Government Unit 2 Test

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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


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