Government Unit 2 Test
Which of the following is NOT a federal law governing political campign financing?
A person can spend no ore than $1,000 in an election on behalf of a candidate without that candidates permission
Which of the following is NOT legal under the current federal presidential campagin financing laws?
A person or group can contribute unlimited funds to a politcal campaign
All of the following are examples of groups that promote causes EXCEPT the
American League
The term "public opinion" is misleading because
Americans belong to many different publics, each with a distinctive viewpoint
The term "grass roots" refers to
Average Voters
Which of the following steps in scientific polling comes FIRST?
Defining the universe
Unlike the major political parties, interest groups
Do not nominate candidates for office
Single-interest groups try to affect elections based on
Each candidate's stand, in regard to the groups' interests
Most interest groups are formed on the basis of
Economic interests
Which of the following is the earliest and one of the most significant agents in the political socialization process?
Family
The influence of public opinion on public policy is limitied by what?
Interest Groups
Which of the following statements about the FEC is FALSE?
It regulates the use of money in State and local elections only
Interest groups know that public opinion matter is important because
No policy will stay in place very long without public support
Politicians want to have accurate information about public opinions because they can
Plan better campaigns if they know what is important to the people
One way interest groups become invilved in the election process is by
Providing campaign funds
The most reliable measure of public opinion is
Scientific polls
Which form of mass media is now the principle source of politcal information about 80 percent of the population of the United States?
Television
Which of the following statements about PACs is FALSE?
They can raise funds only for the presidential and congressional campaigns
Which of the following is NOT a shortcoming of current scientific polls?
They cannt accurately measure political preferences
Which of the following statements about voting machines are TRUE?
They do away with the need for manual voting counting
Which one of the following is a criticism of interest groups?
They do not necessarily represent the people for whom they claim to speak
Interest groups are also called pressure groups mainly because
They seek to put pressure on the government to affect policies
Propaganda is a technique
Used to influence people to adopt a particular belief
Lobbyists today are people who generally
Work within the government pricess to affect policies
"Universe" is a term used to describe
the entire group of person whose opinions a poll seeks to measure
Why are voting machines used?
to minimize vote-counting errors
All of the following are loopholes in the current federal election laws EXCEPT
unlimited contributions by PACs to any one federal candidate
A labor union is an organization of workers who
work in the same job or industry
Polls are taken to
determine people's attitudes and viewpoints
The impact of the mass media on the public agenda can best be described as its ability to
focus the public's attention on specific issues
A positive aspect of interest groups is that they
help stimulate interest in public affairs
Interest groups are MOST interested in
influencing specific public policies
Money is an indispensable campaign resource because
it allows candidates to make themselves known to the public
The purpose of poll watchers is to
make sure that only qualified people vote
The nominating stage is important in the electoral process mostly because
nominations set real limits to the choices voters can make in general elections
A primary in which candidates are not labeled by party is knows as a
nonpartisan primary
On which ballot are candidates listed together under the title of the position they seek?
office-group ballot
In a closed primary
only declared party members may vote
Which of the following ballots tend to encourage straight-ticket voting?
party-column ballot
Public opinion is made known through all of the following EXCEPT
peer groups
Propaganda techniques aim to be
persuasive
The smallest geographic unit for conducting an election is a
precinct
The oldest form of the nominating process in the United States is
self-announcement
The Federak Election Commission enforces laws in each of the following areas EXCEPT
setting a maximum amount a candidate may contribute to his or her own campaign
PACs that concentrate their efforts on one particular issure are also called
single interest groups
All of the following are propaganda techniques EXCEPT
supporting a government policy change
The most costly items in a typical campaign budget today are
television advertisements
The most expensive item in a typical campaign budget is
television advertisements
Public affairs are those events and issues
that concern all or most people
The Constitution gives the pwoer to set the date for holding congressional elections to
Congress
Lobbying is the process by which groups pressures are applied to
all aspects of the public policy making proces
Petitions to nominate candidates
are generally required by State law for nominating minor party candidates
Campaign contributions to presidential candidate can
be made by any American
All of the following are goals of interest groups EXCEPT
being chiefly interested in winning electiosn and controlling government
Attitudes help by a significant number of people concerning government and political questions are known as
public opinion
Common Cause and the League of Women Voters are examples of
public-interest groups
Voters are asked to complete elections ballots in all the followings ways EXCEPT
raising hands at a public meeting
An interest group ties to persuade people to
respond to its members' shared attitudes
