Question 1

One way in which AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) has
Been effective at overcoming the free-rider problem is by providing ________ benefits
To its members.

Accepted Answer

A)  selective
B)  elective
C)  free-rider
D)  public goodE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

When a coalition of credit card companies forms an interest group called the Partnership to
Protect Consumer Credit,this suggests that

Accepted Answer

A)  credit card companies are interested in the public good.
B)  private interests are hiding behind the ideals of public interests.
C)  public interest groups are now actively involving private corporations.
D)  the free-rider problem does not apply to private corporations.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

The best description of the ideal of pluralism is that

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A)  the public good should always trump individual interests.
B)  interest groups should be free to compete for governmental influence.
C)  interest groups are factions that endanger liberty.
D)  democracy is best served by legalizing but regulating the influence of interest groups.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

A membership association is a group

Accepted Answer

A)  that accepts anyone as a member.
B)  in which members play an important role in the daily activities and administration.
C)  in which members vote directly for their leaders.
D)  in which only members may receive benefits.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The Sierra Club is a(n) ________ group.

Accepted Answer

A)  public interest
B)  ideological
C)  labor
D)  businessE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Another name for lobbying is

Accepted Answer

A)  stalking.
B)  mobilizing.
C)  petitioning.
D)  litigating.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 7

In an iron triangle,the interest group

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A)  is legally excluded from any interactions with congressional committees and administrative agencies.
B)  provides campaign contributions to members of Congress and lobbies for larger administrative agency budgets.
C)  organizes grassroots mobilizations against administrative agencies and congressional incumbents.
D)  files formal lawsuits and amicus briefs against administrative agencies and congressional incumbents.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT part of the ethics rules enacted by Congress in 2007?

Accepted Answer

A)  a prohibition on lobbyists from paying for most meals,trips,parties,and gifts for members of Congress
B)  a requirement to disclose the amounts and sources of small campaign contributions collected from clients and "bundled" into large contributions
C)  a requirement to disclose the funds lobbyists use to rally voters to support or oppose legislative proposals
D)  a prohibition on all PAC contributions to members of CongressE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

What is the MOST important and beneficial resource that lobbyists provide government officials?

Accepted Answer

A)  money
B)  information
C)  campaign workers
D)  legal assistanceE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Moveon.org began

Accepted Answer

A)  in 1996 as a social networking site for progressive activists opposed to free-trade agreements.
B)  in 1998 as an email group fighting against the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
C)  in 2003 as a protest movement fighting against the war in Iraq.
D)  in 2010 as a lobbying organization opposed to the Affordable Care Act.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

The practice of lobbying is protected by

Accepted Answer

A)  the First Amendment.
B)  state and federal laws dating from the 1930s.
C)  internal rules of Congress.
D)  a 1961 Supreme Court decision.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

The Christian Coalition is a(n) ________ group.

Accepted Answer

A)  public interest
B)  ideological
C)  labor
D)  businessE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 13

Which of the following groups is MOST likely to belong to the New Politics movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  blue-collar workers whose formative experience was the Great Depression
B)  upper-middle-class professionals,for whom the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s were key experiences
C)  conservative evangelical southerners,reacting to the cultural changes of the 1960s
D)  recent immigrants to the United StatesE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

How the Constitution balances the threat posed by organized interests with the need for liberty is discussed in the

Accepted Answer

A)  Federalist Papers,no.7.
B)  Federalist Papers,no.10.
C)  Federalist Papers,no.51.
D)  Anti-Federalist Papers,no.78.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Alexis de Tocqueville argued that the proliferation of interest groups promoted

Accepted Answer

A)  tyranny of the majority.
B)  undemocratic elitism.
C)  governmental responsiveness.
D)  economic equality.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 16

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has approximately how many members?

Accepted Answer

A)  100,000
B)  1 million
C)  5 million
D)  12 millionE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

What distinguishes lobbying from other strategies of influence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lobbying is the least expensive and the most democratic strategy of influencing government.
B)  Lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on government officials themselves.
C)  Lobbying is the only form of influence that has explicit First Amendment protection from regulation.
D)  Lobbying involves advertising in order to create a positive image of an organization.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 18

Public interest groups differ from other types of interest groups in that

Accepted Answer

A)  they claim to serve the common good,not just their own particular interests.
B)  they were the first political associations to use the strategy of direct mailing.
C)  they were the first group to abandon lobbying and take up only grassroots activism.
D)  unlike other interest groups,their status is like that of a charity,not a political organization.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Exam 8: Interest Groups

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The best description of the ideal of pluralism is that

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What distinguishes lobbying from other strategies of influence?

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Public interest groups differ from other types of interest groups in that

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Which of the following was NOT part of the ethics rules enacted by Congress in 2007?

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One way in which AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) has Been effective at overcoming the free-rider problem is by providing ________ benefits To its members.

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How the Constitution balances the threat posed by organized interests with the need for liberty is discussed in the

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A membership association is a group

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When a coalition of credit card companies forms an interest group called the Partnership to Protect Consumer Credit,this suggests that

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The National Rifle Association (NRA) has approximately how many members?

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What is the MOST important and beneficial resource that lobbyists provide government officials?

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The practice of lobbying is protected by

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Moveon.org began

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The Sierra Club is a(n) ________ group.

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In an iron triangle,the interest group

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The Christian Coalition is a(n) ________ group.

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Alexis de Tocqueville argued that the proliferation of interest groups promoted

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Which of the following groups is MOST likely to belong to the New Politics movement?

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