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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A incentives that interest groups distribute to people who do not belong to their organizations in order to win public support for their causes.
B government programs that distribute food, housing, or monetary assistance to people who make less than a predetermined amount of money each year.
C incentives that interest groups make available only to those people who are members of their organizations.
D government programs that provide tax cuts for people at the top of the income distribution.
Question #2
A purposive benefits
B informational benefits
C material benefits
D solidarity benefits
Question #3
A solidary benefit.
B collective good.
C free rider.
D purposive benefit.
Question #4
A purposive benefit.
B material benefit.
C solidary benefit.
D collective good.
Question #5
A they are an effective use of insider strategies.
B they are primary interested in material benefits.
C it is the most conventional form of participation.
D these types of “outsider” strategies can be quite effective.
Question #6
A information
B legal assistance
C money
D campaign workers
Question #7
A a membership association.
B an issue network.
C the New Politics movement.
D an iron triangle.
Question #8
A $50,000
B $500,000
C $500
D $5,000
Question #9
A political action committees can contribute $500,000 to any candidate for federal office in any primary or general election.
B unrestricted “soft money” donations to the national political parties would be eliminated.
C individuals may contribute up $15,000 to any candidate for federal office in any primary or general election.
D each candidate or campaign committee is required to itemize the full name and address, occupation, and principal business of each person who contributes more than $200.
Question #10
A eliminated the requirement that lobbyists register with Congress.
B allowed businesses to deduct lobbying costs as a business expense.
C banned the practice of lobbyists giving members of Congress an honorarium for giving speeches.
D lifted all limits on the number of gifts lobbyists could give members of Congress.
Question #11
A citizen groups
B government groups
C corporate and professional groups
D the homeless and the poor
Question #12
A 40 million
B 400,000
C 4 million
D $40,000
Question #13
A raise and distribute money to election campaigns.
B raise grassroots support for a particular interest.
C produce and carry out an institutional advertising campaign.
D build better networks between interest groups and political parties.
Question #14
A Lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on government officials themselves.
B Lobbying is the only form of influence that has explicit First Amendment protection from regulation.
C Lobbying is the least expensive and the most democratic strategy of influencing government.
D Lobbying involves advertising in order to create a positive image of an organization.
Question #15
A dramatically decreased the flow of money from interest groups, 527s, and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.
B dramatically increased the flow of money from interest groups, 527s, and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.
C prohibited 527s and Super PACs from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money interest groups could contribute.
D prohibited interest groups from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money 527s and Super PACs could contribute.
Question #16
A $7,500
B $1,000
C $2,800
D $5,000
Question #17
A Litigation
B Creating a “war room”
C Going public
D Creating an iron triangle
Question #18
A filing amicus curiae briefs, financing lawsuits, and bringing a suit on behalf of the group.
B working with 527 committees, directly lobbying judges, and engaging in institutional advertising.
C directly lobbying judges, using direct-mail solicitations, and making campaign contributions to members of Congress.
D
E engaging in institutional advertising, activating issue networks, and directly lobbying judges.
Question #19
A is legally excluded from any interactions with interest groups and administrative agencies.
B supports the agency’s budgetary requests and the programs the interest group favors.
C opposes the agency’s budgetary requests and the programs the interest group favors.q
D files formal lawsuits and amicus briefs against administrative agencies and interest groups.
Question #20
A a legislative committee, an interest group, and an executive agency.
B the media, a legislative committee, and the federal courts.
C the federal courts, the state courts, and interest groups.
D a legislative committee, an executive agency, and the federal courts.
E
Question #21
A allows former agency officials to work for the industries they had regulated within six months of leaving government service.
B
C permits interest groups to spend an unlimited amount of money on issue advocacy during a campaign.
D requires agencies to create opportunities for public comments before implementing new rules and regulations.
E extends First Amendment protection to interest groups trying to lobby executive agencies.
Question #22
A the First Amendment.
B internal rules of Congress.
C a 1961 Supreme Court decision.
D state and federal laws dating from the 1930s.
Question #23
A litigating a case in court
B protesting at the White House
C lobbying the executive branch
D lobbying Congress
Question #24
A a network that attempts to raise a great deal of money from corporations, unions, and individuals to fund election candidates
B a network of individuals seeking to improve the environment that is made up of governors, environmental activists, climate change interest groups
C
D a network of interest groups and elected officials that seek to reform a set of policies on a diverse set of issues
E a network of individuals from various business groups and interest groups, each representing different issues
Question #25
A health insurance program
B newsletter
C consciousness-raising workshop
D free T-shirt
Question #26
A the benefits of a group’s actions are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers.
B the benefits of a group’s actions are available only to a specific segment of society.
C members of Congress are presented with many opportunities to amend a piece of legislation.
D members of Congress listen only to organized interest groups and not to public-opinion polls.
Question #27
A informational benefits
B purposive benefits
C international benefits
D material benefits
Question #28
A principal-agent; collective goods
B principal-agent; selective benefits
C free-rider; selective benefits
D free-rider; collective goods
Question #29
A with higher levels of income and education.
B who work in manual labor and unskilled occupations.
C who identify as Democrats.
D from the lower socioeconomic levels.
Question #30
A potential
B citizen
C public
D grassroots
Question #31
A government groups.
B citizen groups.
C public interest groups.
D think tanks
Question #32
A labor
B public interest
C ideological
D business
Question #33
A labor groups.
B public-sector groups.
C businesses and corporations.
D ideological groups.
Question #34
A ideological
B labor
C public interest
D business
Question #35
A less need for lobbyists
B more public funding for their activities
C more grassroots members
D more financial resources
Question #36
A Jack Abramoff
B Karl Rove
C Valerie Plame
D Paul Wolfowitz
Question #37
A creates a lack of talent in the recruitment of new members.
B limits the ability of the group to influence policy.
C reduces the amount of resources the group can acquire.
D is a resource that contributes to the group’s effectiveness.
Question #38
A lobby officials.
B mobilize public opinion.
C conduct partisan politics.
D pursue litigation.
Question #39
A lobbying a member of a regulatory agency
B litigation
C setting up a Super PAC and donating to campaigns
D using material benefits to expand group numbers
Question #40
A prohibited any political activity from 527 committees.
B limited PAC donations to $10,000.
C did not restrict PACs in any significant way.
D banned PACs.
Question #41
A interest groups organize to support a dark-horse presidential candidate.
B an interest group mobilizes its members throughout the country to write their representatives in support of the group’s position.
C a spontaneous show of political support for a particular position manifests itself.
D an interest group buys advertisements in newspapers around the country in order to publicize an issue.
Question #42
A Department of Justice
B American Civil Liberties Union
C Tea Party
D New Politics movement
Question #43
A Congress of Racial Equality
B National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
C American Civil Liberties Union
D Human Rights Campaign
Question #44
A provides campaign contributions to members of Congress and lobbies for larger administrative agency budgets.
B organizes grassroots mobilizations against administrative agencies and congressional incumbents.
C is legally excluded from any interactions with congressional committees and administrative agencies.
D files formal lawsuits and amicus briefs against administrative agencies and congressional incumbents.
Question #45
A eliminate iron triangles.
B reduce the number of lawsuits by encouraging interest groups to solve conflicts with administrative agencies through mediation.
C forbid lobbying of administrative agencies.
D encourage administrative agencies to engage in direct and open negotiations with affected interests when developing new regulations.
Question #46
A lobbying
B litigation
C protesting
D electoral politics
Question #47
A an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of Congress or a state legislature.
B an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting indirect pressure, through phone calls or emails, on members of Congress or a state legislature.
C an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting indirect pressure, through advertisements and media coverage, on members of Congress or a state legislature.
D the act of working on a re-election campaign.
Question #48
A issue network.
B iron triangle.
C PAC.
D ballot initiative.
Question #49
A a ballot initiative.
B lobbying.
C institutional advertising.
D an outside strategy.
Question #50
A promotion offer.
B purposive benefit.
C solidary benefit.
D material benefit.
Question #51
A professional accreditation.
B friendship and consciousness raising.
C information and money.
D special services and goods.
Question #52
A purposive benefit
B informational benefits
C material benefit
D international benefits
Question #53
A collective good.
B solidarity benefit.
C international benefit.
D material benefit.
Question #54
A they lack the resources, money, time, and skills required for organization.
B they lack interest in job programs or in affordable housing required for organization.
C they lack interest in organization and in policy outcomes.
D they lack the pluralist vision and interest in policy outcomes required for organization.
Question #55
A interest groups should be free to compete for governmental influence.
B that all interest groups are guaranteed political equality.
C that the public good should always trump individual interests.
D interest groups are factions that endanger liberty.
Question #56
A labor.
B ideological groups.
C think tanks.
D professional associations.
Question #57
A ideological
B business
C professional
D labor
Question #58
A more than 50%
B less than 1%
C 33%
D 25%
Question #59
A they were the first group to abandon lobbying and take up only grassroots activism.
B they claim to serve the common good, not just their own particular interests.
C they were the first political associations to use the strategy of direct mailing.
D unlike other interest groups, their status is like that of a charity, not a political organization.
Question #60
A Americans are much more likely to join political and social organizations than people in other countries, but America has far fewer organized interest groups than other countries.
B Americans are much less likely to join political and social organizations than people in other countries, and America has far fewer organized interest groups than other countries.
C Americans are much more likely to join political and social organizations than people in other countries, and America has far more organized interest groups than other countries.
D Americans are much less likely to join political and social organizations than people in other countries, but America has far more organized interest groups than other countries.