Exam 9: Interest Groups: Organizing for Influence

A) the Teamsters Union.
B) United Auto Workers.
C) the AFL-CIO.
D) the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
E) the Communication Workers of America.

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A) an iron triangle includes members of the legislative,executive,and judicial branches,while issue networks bypass the judicial branch.
B) issue networks involve a stable group of bureaucrats,legislators,and lobbyists,while iron triangles exclude lobbyists in an attempt to reach impartial decisions.
C) issue networks are generally less stable than iron triangles,in that the members of an issue network may change as the issue develops.
D) issue networks,being less formal,rely on outside lobbying only,while iron triangles use inside lobbying only.
E) All of these answers are correct.

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A) a tightly-knit set of lobbying groups.
B) the relationship among the Congress,the military,and defense contractors.
C) a small and informal but relatively stable set of bureaucrats,legislators,and lobbyists who are concerned with promoting a particular interest.
D) the strategy of lobbying all three branches of government simultaneously.
E) a corrupt relationship among the president,Congress,and the Supreme Court.

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A) must be coordinated with election campaigns.
B) must not be coordinated with election campaigns.
C) must go directly to election campaigns.
D) must be preapproved by the Federal Election Commission.
E) must be no more than $5,000 per federal candidate per election.

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A) People's separate interests are a legitimate basis of public policy.
B) The idea of the public interest or the collective interest does not have much meaning in cases where the public is sharply divided in its policy opinions.
C) The opinion of the majority should always prevail in a policy dispute over the opinion of a more intense and directly affected minority.
D) Most interests benefit from the workings of the group system,which is a reason to support a policy process that is responsive to groups.
E) Public policy should represent the diversity that exists in society.

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A) the NAACP
B) the AFL-CIO
C) the AARP
D) MADD
E) Common Cause

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An interest group is any organization th...

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A) initiating lawsuits.
B) lobbying for certain judges to be appointed to the bench.
C) outside lobbying only.
D) PACs.
E) both initiating lawsuits and lobbying for certain judges to be appointed to the bench.

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A) special interests should never receive benefits from government.
B) there is no concept of the public interest in a system that gives special interests the ability to determine the policies affecting them.
C) policies that favor a series of minorities are inherently fairer than policies that ignore small groups in favor of a majority.
D) the sum of people's special interests is a rough approximation of society's collective interest.
E) Madisonian theory has created a perfect balance of special interest and common good.

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A) being a tool that provides unfair advantages to liberal Democrats.
B) leveling the playing field for monetary influence in federal elections.
C) making it more likely that minor parties will gain control of government.
D) giving too much influence to the wealthy.
E) refusing to abide by FEC regulations.

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D

A) pressure group.
B) cabal.
C) political party.
D) coalition.
E) constituency.

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A) constitutes a partial and wrongful abdication by government of its authority over policy.
B) argues that lawmakers are rightly prevented from using government to promote group interests.
C) posits that interest groups result in an efficient use of society's resources.
D) describes the effect of groups on policy,resulting in a system of rule by majorities.
E) deals with the tendency of officials to support the policy demands of the interest group or groups that have a special stake in a policy.

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Inside lobbying is based on close contac...

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A) one in two
B) one in four
C) one in six
D) one in eight
E) one in ten

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A) Super PACs.
B) PACs.
C) election reform.
D) independent-expenditure-committees (IECs) .
E) the AARP.

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A) suppressing the claims of special interests,thereby making it more difficult for them to get their opinions heard by officials.
B) resulting in a fragmentation of authority among policymakers,thereby providing groups more opportunities to get their way.
C) eroding the strength of political parties,thereby increasing the opportunity for group influence.
D) weakening the legislative branch,thereby allowing groups to bully Congress into accepting their demands.
E) eroding the power of the mass media,thereby increasing the opportunity for group influence.

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A) 6
B) 11
C) 25
D) 41
E) 60

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A) their leaders are elected by secret ballot of the group's members.
B) their members receive no direct economic benefit from attainment of the group's goals.
C) they do not lobby government officials directly,but rely instead on public service announcements to get their views across to society.
D) they always pursue goals in which there is a high level of agreement among society members.
E) All of these answers are correct.

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