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- 1.Examples of a labor interest group are?
- A.
The Teamsters
- B.
The AFL-CIO
- C.
IRS
- D.
KKK
- 2.The best description of the ideal of pluralism is?
- A.
Interests should be free to compete with each other for governmental influence
- B.
Interests should cost money to compete with each other
- C.
Interests should be free for the poor
- 3.Organized interest groups enhance what?
- A.
Republicans encouraging political participation
- B.
Not representing others
- C.
American democracy by representing the interests of large numbers of people and encouraging political participation.
- 4.Interest groups are Political parties are
- A.
Interests groups are concerned with the policies of government Political parties are concerned with the personnel of government
- B.
Interests suck Political parties are raw
- 5.All of the following are theoretical assumption of pluralism except?
- A.
All interests are represented.
- B.
Not represented
- C.
The result of competition among interests is in the common good.
- D.
All groups have equal access to the political process.
- 6.All of the following are functions of interest groups besides?
- A.
To influence governmental decisions
- B.
To lobby government officials
- C.
Not to lobby government officials
- D.
To educate their members and the public about the issues that affect them
- 7.
- A.
Material benefit
- B.
Cost price
- C.
Reduction guaranteed
- 8.The Christian Coalition is best described as
- A.
A dumb group.
- B.
An ideological group.
- C.
A Christian group.
- 9.If one enjoys the benefits of a group’s collective efforts but did not contribute to those efforts, one is called
- A.
Knight rider
- B.
Free rider
- C.
The king
- 10.It is difficult for political scientists to categorize unrepresented interests because
- A.
There are no organizations that can present their identities and demands.
- B.
Because there is no point in trying to.
- C.
Because they have no trace.
- 11.Successful interest groups quickly become
- A.
Out of control
- B.
Fired
- C.
Bureaucratized.
- 12.All of the following are key organizational components of interest groups except?
- A.
Members
- B.
Money
- C.
Leadership
- D.
Gym membership
- 13.When a group is called a membership association
- A.
Members recline
- B.
Members play an important role in the daily activities of the group.
- C.
Members create boycotts
- 14.The major organizational factors shared by most interest groups are except
- A.
Leadership
- B.
Money
- C.
An agency or office
- D.
Members
- E.
Congress
- 15.The free-rider problem occurs
- A.
Because thats the way it is
- B.
Because they are free to do whatever
- C.
Because the benefits of a group’s actions are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers.
- 16.The solidary benefits of interest groups include
- A.
Friendship and consciousness-raising.
- B.
Hard work
- C.
Unfair behavior
- 17.Approximately how many members does the AARP have?
- A.
5,000
- B.
35,000,000
- C.
25,000,000
- 18.A political party is best adapted to organizing
- A.
The lower classes
- B.
The upper classes
- C.
The middle classes
- 19.What are the primary variables for predicting the likelihood of joining an interest group.
- A.
Having a higher income and education
- B.
Having a low income and horrible education
- C.
Determination to join on
- 20.All of the following issues are part of the agenda of the New Politics Movement except
- A.
Non-consumer protections
- B.
Environmental protection
- C.
Health and safety legislation
- D.
Consumer protections
- 21.Members of interest groups in the United States are typically people:
- A.
With higher levels of income and education.
- B.
Who work in management or professional occupations.
- C.
Who work for low income
- D.
Who live in the ghetto
- 22.Interest groups most effectively serve
- A.
Black people
- B.
The middle class
- C.
The lower class
- D.
The upper classes.
- 23.All of the following groups were established out of the New Politics Movement except
- A.
Common Cause
- B.
National Organization for Men
- C.
National Organization for Women
- D.
Environmental Defense Fund
- 24.The New Politics movement gave rise to
- A.
Public interest groups
- B.
Political events
- C.
Black people
- 25.Public interest groups differ from other types of interest groups in that
- A.
They claim to serve the common good, not just their own particular interests.
- B.
They are selfish
- C.
They steal money from others
- 26.Lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on
- A.
Other lobbyists
- B.
Governmental officials themselves
- C.
On political figures
- 27.Lobbying is an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by
- A.
Putting pressure on the president
- B.
Barack Obama
- C.
Exerting direct pressure on members of Congress or a state legislature.
- 28.The practice of lobbying is protected by
- A.
The fifth amendment
- B.
The first amendment
- C.
The second amendment
- 29.What is the most important and beneficial resource that lobbyists provide the government officals?
- A.
Information
- B.
Sources
- C.
Terrorists
- D.
Food
- 30.An iron triangle is made up of an alliance between a
- A.
Legislative committee
- B.
Interest group
- C.
Lobbyists
- D.
Executive agency
- 31.What is an Example of mobilizing public opinion.
- A.
When interest groups advertise
- B.
When interest groups take out advertisements and hold marches
- C.
When mobilizer mobilize the mobilization period
- 32.The theory of pluralism states that all interests should be free to compete for
- A.
Anything they want to
- B.
Influence and the result will be compromise and moderation.
- C.
Whatever they believe is right
- 33.In order to increase enrollment, interest groups try to provide members with
- A.
With normal bribes
- B.
Benefits that are unavailable to anyone else.
- C.
Nothing, they don't care about them
- 34.Interest groups are NOT prohibited by federal law from lobbying administrative agencies.
- A.
False
- B.
True
- 35.What is the primary function of a political action committee?
- A.
To build a better network between interest groups and political parties
- B.
To break up from politics
- C.
To run away
- 36.By 2002, there were approximately
- A.
10,000
- B.
2,000
- C.
4,000 PACs in the United States.
- 37.Staff organizations are NOT dependent on volunteers to conduct most of a group’s activities.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 38.A criticism of interest-group pluralism is its class bias in favor of those with?
- A.
With great financial resources
- B.
With lesser financial resources
- C.
With no resources
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