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Test Bank For Political Science An Introduction 13th Edition By Roskin
Chapter 10- Interest Groups
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
- Federal lobbying currently costs around $ __________ per year.
- A) 500 million
- B) 5 billion
- C) 1 billion
- D) 5 million
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 156
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
- What group or groups do interest groups over-represent?
- A) The wealthy and specialized interest groups
- B) Businesses and non-profit organizations
- C) The wealthy and businesses
- D) The larger interest groups and specialized interest groups
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 158
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
- There are rarely more than __________ or so political parties, for several reasons, including the length of a ballot.
- A) two
- B) three
- C) twenty
- D) a dozen
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 157
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
- __________ are only the latest iteration of well-funded interest groups.
- A) Defense industry representatives
- B) Super-PACs
- C) Student organizations
- D) Neo-conservative lobbyers
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 156
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
- Who generally belongs to interest groups?
- A) A multiplicity of people
- B) Primarily the middle-class
- C) Almost exclusively the well-educated
- D) Suburbanites and urbanites
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 157
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
- Explain which individuals have the most influence on politics via interest groups.
- A) Women
- B) The elderly
- C) A wide variety of people
- D) Rich individuals
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 156
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
- 7. What S. groups that are underrepresented by interest groups took to the street in inner-city riots in the 1960s, thus demonstrating what group or groups might do when they cannot express their grievances through legitimate channels?
- A) Poor and Hispanics
- B) African Americans and women
- C) Poor and African Americans
- D) Hispanic Americans and women
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 158
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
- 8. The National Rifle Association is an example of an interest group that seeks the support of primarily one party, in that it tilts strongly toward __________ candidates.
- A) Independent
- B) Libertarian
- C) Republican
- D) Tea Party
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 157
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
- 9. Why did the 2010 healthcare reform bill contain no provision for public insurance options?
- A) The insurance industry blocked them.
- B) The people had no desire for a public option.
- C) Democrats paid more attention to the private option.
- D) Farmers, heavily invested in the insurance industry, blocked them.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 157
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Analyze It
- 10. Why is the democratic playing field uneven?
- A) Some groups are rich and well-connected.
- B) The relatively frequent use of violence by some groups can intimidate others.
- C) Some groups give substantial amounts of money directly to the citizenry.
- D) There are more working class and poor people and they regularly organize themselves to get a larger piece of the pie.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 10.1
Page Reference: 158
A-Head: The Ubiquity of Interest Groups
Skill Level: Analyze It
- Many interest groups are brought about by government, insofar as they are __________.
- A) associated with government programs
- B) funded largely by the government
- C) almost exclusively based in the nation’s capital
- D) usually formed by former politicians
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 10.2
Page Reference: 158
A-Head: Interest Groups and Government
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
- Bureaucracies have become big, and powerful, developing __________ of their own.
- A) candidates
- B) interests
- C) political parties
- D) media outlets
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 10.2
Page Reference: 159-160
A-Head: Interest Groups and Government
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
- A great deal of legislation originates in __________.
- A) economic downturns
- B) corporate boardrooms
- C) specialized agencies
- D) secret
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 10.2
Page Reference: 159-160
A-Head: Interest Groups and Government
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
- A common scenario with government-created interest groups is: Congress creates a program, the program creates an interest group, and then __________.
- A) the interest group works on Congress to keep supporting it
- B) the public works on Congress to keep supporting it
- C) the interest group works on the public to support it
- D) the interest group works on the President to support it
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 10.2
Page Reference: 159
A-Head: Interest Groups and Government
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
- Describe how bureaucracies see their tasks.
- A) With iconoclastic eyes, seeking to controvert typical government policies
- B) With very conservative eyes, seeking to keep their agencies small and economical
- C) As only work to be completed
- D) As extremely crucial, demanding bigger budgets and more employees each year
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 10.2
Page Reference: 160
A-Head: Interest Groups and Government
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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