Chapter 11 Post Test

A  government programs that provide tax cuts for people at the top of the income distribution.

B  incentives that interest groups make available only to those people who are members of their organizations.

C  incentives that interest groups distribute to people who do not belong to their organizations in order to win public support for their causes.

D  government programs that distribute food, housing, or monetary assistance to people who make less than a predetermined amount of money each year.

A  material benefits

B  purposive benefits

C  solidarity benefits

D  informational benefits

A  solidary benefit.

B  collective good.

C  purposive benefit.

D  free rider.

A  material benefit.

B  collective good.

C  purposive benefit.

D  solidary benefit.

A  these types of “outsider” strategies can be quite effective.

B  they are primary interested in material benefits.

C  it is the most conventional form of participation.

D  they are an effective use of insider strategies.

A  information

B  campaign workers

C  legal assistance

D  money

A  an iron triangle.

B  a membership association.

C  an issue network.

D  the New Politics movement.

A  $500,000

B  $500

C  $5,000

D  $50,000

A  individuals may contribute up $15,000 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  political action committees can contribute $500,000 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.

A  eliminated the requirement that lobbyists register with Congress.

B  banned the practice of lobbyists giving members of Congress an honorarium for giving speeches.

C  lifted all limits on the number of gifts lobbyists could give members of Congress.

D  allowed businesses to deduct lobbying costs as a business expense.

A  corporate and professional groups

B  government groups

C  the homeless and the poor

D  citizen groups

A  $40,000

B  40 million

C  400,000

D  4 million

A  raise and distribute money to election campaigns.

B  build better networks between interest groups and political parties.

C  produce and carry out an institutional advertising campaign.

D  raise grassroots support for a particular interest.

A  Lobbying involves advertising in order to create a positive image of an organization.

B  Lobbying is the least expensive and the most democratic strategy of influencing government.

C  Lobbying is the only form of influence that has explicit First Amendment protection from regulation.

D  Lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on government officials themselves.

A  prohibited interest groups from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money 527s and Super PACs could contribute.

B  dramatically increased the flow of money from interest groups, 527s, and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.

C  dramatically decreased the flow of money from interest groups, 527s, and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.

D  prohibited 527s and Super PACs from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money interest groups could contribute.

A  $7,500

B  $1,000

C  $2,800

D  $5,000

A  Creating an iron triangle

B  Litigation

C  Creating a “war room”

D  Going public

A    

B  filing amicus curiae briefs, financing lawsuits, and bringing a suit on behalf of the group.

C  working with 527 committees, directly lobbying judges, and engaging in institutional advertising.

D  engaging in institutional advertising, activating issue networks, and directly lobbying judges.

E  directly lobbying judges, using direct-mail solicitations, and making campaign contributions to members of Congress.

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.

A  a legislative committee, an interest group, and an executive agency.

B    

C  the federal courts, the state courts, and interest groups.

D  a legislative committee, an executive agency, and the federal courts.

E  the media, a legislative committee, and the federal courts.

A    

B  permits interest groups to spend an unlimited amount of money on issue advocacy during a campaign.

C  extends First Amendment protection to interest groups trying to lobby executive agencies.

D  requires agencies to create opportunities for public comments before implementing new rules and regulations.

E  allows former agency officials to work for the industries they had regulated within six months of leaving government service.

A  internal rules of Congress.

B  the First Amendment.

C  state and federal laws dating from the 1930s.

D  a 1961 Supreme Court decision.

A  lobbying the executive branch

B  lobbying Congress

C  protesting at the White House

D  litigating a case in court

A  a network of individuals from various business groups and interest groups, each representing different issues

B    

C  a network of individuals seeking to improve the environment that is made up of governors, environmental activists, climate change interest groups

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 that attempts to raise a great deal of money from corporations, unions, and individuals to fund election candidates

A  health insurance program

B  newsletter

C  consciousness-raising workshop

D  free T-shirt

A  members of Congress listen only to organized interest groups and not to public-opinion polls.

B  members of Congress are presented with many opportunities to amend a piece of legislation.

C  the benefits of a group’s actions are available only to a specific segment of society.

D  the benefits of a group’s actions are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers.

A  material benefits

B  informational benefits

C  purposive benefits

D  international benefits

A  free-rider; selective benefits

B  principal-agent; selective benefits

C  free-rider; collective goods

D  principal-agent; collective goods

A  who work in manual labor and unskilled occupations.

B  from the lower socioeconomic levels.

C  with higher levels of income and education.

D  who identify as Democrats.

A  potential

B  citizen

C  grassroots

D  public

A  citizen groups.

B  think tanks

C  government groups.

D  public interest groups.

A  business

B  public interest

C  labor

D  ideological

A  labor groups.

B  ideological groups.

C  businesses and corporations.

D  public-sector groups.

A  business

B  ideological

C  labor

D  public interest

A  more financial resources

B  more grassroots members

C  less need for lobbyists

D  more public funding for their activities

A  Paul Wolfowitz

B  Jack Abramoff

C  Karl Rove

D  Valerie Plame

A  limits the ability of the group to influence policy.

B  creates a lack of talent in the recruitment of new members.

C  is a resource that contributes to the group’s effectiveness.

D  reduces the amount of resources the group can acquire.

A  pursue litigation.

B  mobilize public opinion.

C  lobby officials.

D  conduct partisan politics.

A  litigation

B  setting up a Super PAC and donating to campaigns

C  using material benefits to expand group numbers

D  lobbying a member of a regulatory agency

A  prohibited any political activity from 527 committees.

B  did not restrict PACs in any significant way.

C  banned PACs.

D  limited PAC donations to $10,000.

A  an interest group buys advertisements in newspapers around the country in order to publicize an issue.

B  interest groups organize to support a dark-horse presidential candidate.

C  a spontaneous show of political support for a particular position manifests itself.

D  an interest group mobilizes its members throughout the country to write their representatives in support of the group’s position.

A  Tea Party

B  American Civil Liberties Union

C  New Politics movement

D  Department of Justice

A  Congress of Racial Equality

B  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

C  American Civil Liberties Union

D  Human Rights Campaign

A  organizes grassroots mobilizations against administrative agencies and congressional incumbents.

B  files formal lawsuits and amicus briefs against administrative agencies and congressional incumbents.

C  is legally excluded from any interactions with congressional committees and administrative agencies.

D  provides campaign contributions to members of Congress and lobbies for larger administrative agency budgets.

A  encourage administrative agencies to engage in direct and open negotiations with affected interests when developing new regulations.

B  eliminate iron triangles.

C  reduce the number of lawsuits by encouraging interest groups to solve conflicts with administrative agencies through mediation.

D  forbid lobbying of administrative agencies.

A  lobbying

B  electoral politics

C  protesting

D  litigation

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  the act of working on a re-election campaign.

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  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.

A  iron triangle.

B  PAC.

C  ballot initiative.

D  issue network.

A  a ballot initiative.

B  institutional advertising.

C  lobbying.

D  an outside strategy.

A  purposive benefit.

B  material benefit.

C  promotion offer.

D  solidary benefit.

A  information and money.

B  special services and goods.

C  professional accreditation.

D  friendship and consciousness raising.

A  material benefit

B  informational benefits

C  international benefits

D  purposive benefit

A  solidarity benefit.

B  collective good.

C  material benefit.

D  international benefit.

A  they lack the pluralist vision and interest in policy outcomes required for organization.

B  they lack interest in organization and in policy outcomes.

C  they lack interest in job programs or in affordable housing required for organization.

D  they lack the resources, money, time, and skills required for organization.

A  interest groups should be free to compete for governmental influence.

B  interest groups are factions that endanger liberty.

C  that all interest groups are guaranteed political equality.

D  that the public good should always trump individual interests.

A  ideological groups.

B  labor.

C  professional associations.

D  think tanks.

A  ideological

B  business

C  professional

D  labor

A  more than 50%

B  less than 1%

C  33%

D  25%

A  unlike other interest groups, their status is like that of a charity, not a political organization.

B  they were the first group to abandon lobbying and take up only grassroots activism.

C  they were the first political associations to use the strategy of direct mailing.

D  they claim to serve the common good, not just their own particular interests.

A  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.

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, but America has far fewer 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.