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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A public interest groups.
B grassroots interest groups.
C citizen interest groups.
D potential interest groups.
Question #2
A free T-shirt
B consciousness-raising workshop
C newsletter
D health insurance program
Question #3
A dramatically decreased the flow of money from interest groups and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.
B dramatically increased the flow of money from interest groups and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.
C prohibited 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 Super PACs could contribute.
Question #4
A credit card companies are interested in the public good.
B public interest groups are now actively involving private corporations.
C private interests are hiding behind the ideals of public interests.
D the free-rider problem does not apply to private corporations.
Question #5
A Roe v. Wade (1973)
B United States v. Nixon (1974)
C Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
D Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)
Question #6
A are willing to publicize their membership lists.
B present both sides of the issue in their issue advocacy ads.
C do not coordinate their efforts with a candidate’s own campaign organization.
D do not employ any person who has formerly worked on a political campaign.
Question #7
A legitimacy; power
B values; goals
C policies; personnel
D membership; authority
Question #8
A the Human Rights Campaign’s
B the American Civil Liberties Union’s
C the Congress of Racial Equality’s
D the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s
Question #9
A federal agencies almost always attempt to consult relevant stakeholders before implementing a new rule.
B Supreme Court decisions banning iron triangles have largely failed to limit interest group influence.
C the First Amendment to the Constitution only allows corporations to “petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
D interest groups no longer attempt to influence representatives in Congress or judges and focus almost all of their attention, instead, on administrative agencies.
Question #10
A ideological groups.
B labor groups.
C public-sector groups.
D businesses and corporations.
Question #11
A take nominations for leadership positions within the party.
B raise money to spend on the party’s preselected candidate for the general election.
C vote on the party’s platform.
D select a single candidate to represent the party in the general election.
Question #12
A creating the party platform
B raising the most money
C nominating candidates
D winning elections
Question #13
A they are only used to support candidates from relatively unknown third parties.
B they can only be used during nonelection years.
C they are technically illegal under an unenforced provision of federal campaign finance law.
D donors and amounts contributed do not have to be made public.
Question #14
A affirmative action legislation from the 1960s requires proportional representation in all elections.
B voters tend to prefer candidates who are closer to themselves in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, geography, and social background.
C the Constitution requires at least minimal levels of representation in election campaigns.
D interest groups frequently engage in direct lobbying to enhance diversity in campaigns.
Question #15
A an electoral realignment
B external mobilization
C divided party government
D proportional representation
Question #16
A popular directive.
B grassroots amendment.
C ballot initiative.
D people’s compact.
Question #17
A Ten
B Four
C One
D thirty-four
Question #18
A proportional representation.
B external mobilization.
C internal mobilization.
D elite bargaining.
Question #19
A work closely with political parties to coordinate election campaign strategies and fund-raising efforts.
B are able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money as long as they do not coordinate their activities with a political party.
C operate the caucuses of each of the two main political parties.
D are charged with enforcing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.