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