Chapter 8 practice quiz

XX7. ________ is a strategy that attempts to mobilize the widest and most favorable climate of opinion. a. Litigation b. Creating a "war room" c. Creating an iron triangle d. Going public

e. Going public

20. Universities are classified as which type of interest group? ideological professional association public sector labor union

public sector

11. A free rider is a(n) interest group that files an amicus curiae brief. person who enjoys the benefits of a collective good, action, or service without any effort on their part. a person who receives the services distributed by a monopoly. member of a public interest group.

person who enjoys the benefits of a collective good, action, or service without any effort on their part.

12. The Supreme Court's landmark decision in _____ dramatically increased the flow of money from interest groups, 527s, and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns. McCutcheon v. FEC McComish v. Bennett Citizens United v. FEC SpeechNow.org v. FEC

Citizens United v. FEC

9. ___ are the MOST widespread and important category of selective benefits offered to group members. Material benefits Solidary benefits Purposive benefits Informational benefits

Informational benefits

10. Which person is MOST likely to join an interest group? a working-class employee a college student a doctor a single mother

a doctor

18. Mutual cooperation among an executive agency, a legislative agency, and an interest group, exemplified by defense contractors acting in concert with congressional committees and executive agencies, is an example of campaign activism. public interest politics. an iron triangle. the role of conservative interest groups.

an iron triangle.

XX 14. what distinguishes lobbying from other strategies of influence? a. Lobbying is the least expensive and 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.

b. Lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on government officials themselves.

XX 2. In the lobbying world, to be "Microsofted" means that a company has become vulnerable to adverse legislation and investigation as a result of failing to lobby the federal government. only lobbied members of one political party, who have just lost their majority. lobbied only the federal government, opening itself up to adverse actions by state governments. allowed other companies to become free riders on its costly lobbying efforts.

become vulnerable to adverse legislation and investigation as a result of failing to lobby the federal government.

19. Benefits that are broadly available and cannot reasonably be denied to others is the definition of ___ goods. a. constituent b. regulative c. collective d. universalistic

c. collective

16. Super PACs differ from regular political action committees in that they a. can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. b. can only spend money directly on candidates. c. are more interested in specific issues rather than actual political campaigns. d. have slightly higher spending limits than political action committees.

can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money.

17. A type of interest group that is known for serving the general good rather than its own particular interests is known as a(an) ideological group political party citizen group public-sector group

citizen group

XX 15. Which of the following is a theoretical assumption of pluralism? Competition among interests will produce balance, with all interests moderating each other. Competition among interests will produce extreme public policy, with one interest dominating all others. Only some interests should be free to compete for influence in the United States. All interests are not equally free to compete for influence in the United States.

competition among interests will produce balance with all interests regulating each other

XX4. The solidary benefits of interest groups include ________. a. information and money b. special services and goods c. representation before government d. friendship and consciousness-raising

d. friendship and consciousness-raising

XX 21. AARP has approximately ________ members today. a. 3,800,000 b. 338,000 c. 38,000 d. 38,000,000

e. 38,000,000

XX8. Which of the following is a way that interest groups use the courts to influence public policy? joining an issue network filing an amicus curiae brief. forming a political action committee creating an iron triangle

filing an amicus curiae brief.

XX 6. "Selective benefits" are government programs that provide tax cuts for people at the top of the income distribution. government programs that distribute food, housing, or monetary assistance to people who make less than a predetermined amount of money each year. incentives that interest groups make available only to those people who are members of their organizations. incentives that interest groups distribute to people who do not belong to their organizations in order to win public support for their causes.

incentives that interest groups make available only to those people who are members of their organizations.

5. The "New Politics movement" is composed of Nixon's "silent majority" block of voters from the late 1960s and early '70s. upper-middle-class professionals and intellectuals that participated in the 1960s social change movements. millennials who seek to form new grassroots social protest movements. voters of generation X and their children.

intellectuals that participated in the 1960s social change movements.

XX1. The increased number and importance of interest groups causes a subsequent expansion in government. is a response to an increase in the size and activity of government. is a response to a decrease in the size and activity of government. is due to the decline in the United States' multiparty system.

is a response to an increase in the size and activity of government.

XX 13. Public interest groups differ from other types of interest groups in that they claim to serve the common good, not just their own particular interests. they were the first political associations to use the strategy of direct mailing. they were the first group to abandon lobbying and take up only grassroots activism. unlike other interest groups, their status is like that of a charity, not a political organization.

they claim to serve the common good, not just their own particular interests.

3. intellectuals that participated in the 1960s social change movements. to leverage contacts within an industry to change policy to advertise directly to members of Congress to create a positive image of an organization to directly appeal to members of an industry for membership

to create a positive image of an organization