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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A potential interest groups.
B grassroots interest groups.
C public interest groups.
D citizen interest groups.
Question #2
A health insurance program
B consciousness-raising workshop
C newsletter
D free T-shirt
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 interest groups from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money Super PACs could contribute.
D prohibited Super PACs from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money interest groups could contribute.
Question #4
A private interests are hiding behind the ideals of public interests.
B public interest groups are now actively involving private corporations.
C credit card companies are interested in the public good.
D the free-rider problem does not apply to private corporations.
Question #5
A Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
B Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)
C Roe v. Wade (1973)
D United States v. Nixon (1974)
Question #6
A do not employ any person who has formerly worked on a political campaign.
B do not coordinate their efforts with a candidate’s own campaign organization.
C present both sides of the issue in their issue advocacy ads.
D are willing to publicize their membership lists.
Question #7
A membership; authority
B legitimacy; power
C policies; personnel
D values; goals
Question #8
A the American Civil Liberties Union’s
B the Congress of Racial Equality’s
C the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s
D the Human Rights Campaign’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 businesses and corporations.
B labor groups.
C public-sector groups.
D ideological groups.
Question #11
A raise money to spend on the party’s preselected candidate for the general election.
B select a single candidate to represent the party in the general election.
C take nominations for leadership positions within the party.
D vote on the party’s platform.
Question #12
A winning elections
B creating the party platform
C raising the most money
D nominating candidates
Question #13
A donors and amounts contributed do not have to be made public.
B they are only used to support candidates from relatively unknown third parties.
C they can only be used during nonelection years.
D they are technically illegal under an unenforced provision of federal campaign finance law.
Question #14
A affirmative action legislation from the 1960s requires proportional representation in all elections.
B the Constitution requires at least minimal levels of representation in election campaigns.
C voters tend to prefer candidates who are closer to themselves in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, geography, and social background.
D interest groups frequently engage in direct lobbying to enhance diversity in campaigns.
Question #15
A proportional representation
B an electoral realignment
C external mobilization
D divided party government
Question #16
A people’s compact.
B popular directive.
C grassroots amendment.
D ballot initiative.
Question #17
A Ten
B One
C Four
D thirty-four
Question #18
A external mobilization.
B internal mobilization.
C elite bargaining.
D proportional representation.
Question #19
A are able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money as long as they do not coordinate their activities with a political party.
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 charged with enforcing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.