Exam 10: Interest Groups

A) Changes in federal law
B) The creation of virtual currency
C) The intense partisanship in the federal government
D) The increased diversity of the U.S. population
E) The advent of social media

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A) Tenth Amendment provisions
B) The equal access clause of the Constitution
C) The fairness doctrine
D) Ninth Amendment provisions
E) The right to petition the government outlined in the First Amendment

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A) They often do not represent compelling interests.
B) The Internet has not made it easier to convince individuals to join.
C) They usually suffer from diseconomies of scale.
D) As they grow in size, they attract more unfavorable publicity.
E) Many of their potential members prefer to let someone else shoulder the interest group's financial burden.

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A) Public-interest groups and civil rights make up a large percentage of interest groups lobbying Congress.
B) Interest group leaders are from the lower socioeconomic groups.
C) Interest groups demonstrate the validity of the elite theory model of the U.S. political system.
D) Interest groups can be problematic for democracy because members of the middle or upper classes often dominate them.
E) Interest groups are required by the Constitution.

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A) The middle and upper classes
B) Environmental groups
C) The common good
D) The political right
E) The political left

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A) Young people
B) Paying members
C) Media attention
D) Votes in Congress
E) Cooperation from other interest costs

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A) Union
B) NGO
C) Lobby
D) Party
E) PAC

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A) Contribute to the activities of the group
B) See the group as influential
C) Make a financial contribution
D) Decide to be free riders
E) Question the sincerity of commitment to the stated goals of the group or its leaders

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A) Convince policymakers that public opinion overwhelmingly supports the interest group's position
B) Mislead the public on environmental issues
C) Bypass the legislative process
D) Force bureaucrats to answer to congressional committees
E) Lobby lawmakers directly

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A) They are frequently divided and mobilize to lobby against each other.
B) They are generally concerned about the public welfare.
C) They cannot engage in many forms of lobbying during election years.
D) They rarely have an influence on legislation except as it affects their narrow interests.
E) They lose a considerable amount of resources during election years.

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A) It is basically a short-term tool, whereas policymaking is a long-term process.
B) It almost always generates more opposition than support.
C) No one pays attention to protests.
D) It is illegal.
E) It often results in the arrest of interest group members.

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A) The free-rider problem
B) A party coalition
C) An indirect technique
D) A direct technique
E) A boycott

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A) Oppose terrorism
B) Speak on their behalf
C) Support environmental issues
D) Include children among their beneficiaries
E) Advocate reduced government spending

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A) Primary mover
B) Policy maintainer
C) Interest group entrepreneur
D) Monitoring agent
E) Public proponent

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