Exam 8: Interest Groups

A) businesses and corporations.
B) labor groups.
C) ideological groups.
D) public-sector groups.

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A) more problematic in very large groups.
B) more problematic in very small groups.
C) not affected in any way by the size of the group in question.
D) not related to groups in any way because it is an individual-level problem.

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A) members of Congress.
B) organizations affected by a government policy.
C) corporations that sell government bonds or securities.
D) individual activists that participate in the New Politics movement.

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A) do not coordinate their efforts with a candidate's own campaign organization.
B) are willing to publicize their membership lists.
C) present both sides of the issue in their issue advocacy ads.
D) do not employ any person who has formerly worked on a political campaign.

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A) public-sector interest group.
B) professional association.
C) political action committee.
D) public interest group.

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A) public interest
B) business
C) Labor
D) ideological

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A) the impact that an interest group can have through lobbying Congress.
B) the impact that an interest group can have through a litigation strategy.
C) the impact that an interest group can have through Super PACs.
D) the impact of iron triangles on the policy making process.

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A) declined from over 7,000 to just 480.
B) declined from over 1,000 to just 48.
C) increased from 480 to over 7,000.
D) remained relatively constant.

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A) causes a subsequent expansion in government.
B) is a response to an increase in the size and activity of government.
C) is a response to a decrease in the size and activity of government.
D) is due to the decline in the United States' multiparty system.

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A) They file amicus curiae briefs,finance lawsuits,and bring suit directly on behalf of
The group.
B) They directly lobby judges,use direct-mail solicitations,and make campaign contributions to members of Congress.
C) They engage in institutional advertising,activate issue networks,and directly lobby judges.
D) They work with 527 committees,directly lobby judges,and engage in institutional advertising.

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A) solidary benefit.
B) promotion offer.
C) material benefit.
D) purposive benefit.

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A) very close links with the national news media,direct ties to a member of Congress,a headquarters in Washington,D.C. ,and members.
B) very close links with the national news media,connections with Hollywood,direct ties to the president of the United States,and members.
C) leadership,money,an agency or office,and members.
D) leadership,a rigid hierarchical structure,access to loans from the Federal Reserve,and members.

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A) Competition among interests will produce balance,with all interests moderating
Each other.
B) Competition among interests will produce extreme public policy,with one interest dominating all others.
C) Only some interests should be free to compete for influence in the United States.
D) All interests are not equally free to compete for influence in the United States.

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A) staff organization
B) free-rider group
C) lobbyist firm
D) 527 committee

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A) $500
B) $5,000
C) $50,000
D) $500,000

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A) promoted by late nineteenth-century Populists and Progressives as an antidote to interest group influence in the legislative process.
B) promoted by late nineteenth-century religious conservatives as a way to restore "moral values" to the country.
C) promoted by early twentieth-century liberals as a way of protecting immigrant rights.
D) established at the federal level by the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.

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A) $150 million
B) $570 million
C) $750 million
D) $1.3 billion

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