Chapter 8 example #28987

What are political parties more capable of doing than interest groups? A. Raising Money B. Providing soldiery benefits C. Providing purposive benefits D. Articulatings a clear and persuasive ideology E. Organizing people on a mass scale

Many interest groups are initially organized because: A. Most state-level government agencies will only negotiate policy implementation with organized groups. B. Funding opportunities provided but the federal bureaucracy encourage collective action. C. A political entrepreneur with a strong commitment to a particular set of goals believes a group will promote his or her goal and enhance his or her political influence. D. Activist realize that it is easier to form an interest group than it is to engage in other forms of political participation. E. A politician has lost an election and wants to challenge the results

If one enjoys the benefits of a group's collective efforts but did NOT contribute to those efforts, one is called a: A. Citizen B. Subject C. Free Rider D. Lobbyist E. Political activist

An iron triangle is made up of an alliance between: A. a legislative committee, an executive agency and the federal courts. B. The federal courts, the state courts, and interest groups. C. A legislative committee, an interest group and an executive agency D. An interest group , and executive and the media E. The media, a legislative committee and the federal courts.

A grassroots lobbying campaign occurs: A. When an interest group mobilizes its members and their families throughout the country to write their representative in support of the groups's position. B. When a spontaneous show of political support for a particular position manifest itself C. When interest groups organize to support a dark-horse presidential candidate D. Before a session of Congress formally begins E. When an interest group buys advertisements in newspapers around the country in order to publicize an issue.

What is the primary function of a political action committee? A. To raise grassroots support for a particular interest. B. To organize and coordinate a strategy of litigation. C. To build better networks between interest groups and political parties. D. To raise and distribute money to election campaigns. E. To produce and carry out and institutional advertising campaign.

Which of the following has been eliminated as a result of 2002 campaign-finance reforms? A. PAC's B. Soft Money C. Laws limiting the amount a candidate may spend of his or her personal fortune. D. Interest group lobbying E. Grassroots Mobilization

Most initiative campaigns today are sponsored by: A. Candidates for political office who see it as a way to engage in "money swapping" B. Issue networks who want to change government policies without attracting attention from public C. Citizens who care deeply about a given issue D. Interest groups seeking to circumvent legislative opposition to their goals E. Political parties seeking to raise public awareness about a particular issue.

Lobbying is: A. 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 B. An attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure, through phone calls or emails on members of Congress or a state legislature. C. the act of working on a re-election campaign. E. Making illegal campaign contributions to government officials.

Which of the following groups has had the greatest success with a strategy of litigation? A. The national Chamber of Commerce B. The National Riffle Association C. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored people D. The southern Christian Leadership Conference E. The AARP