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WorksheetsInterest Groups
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
That part of the potential group consisting of members who actually join.
a)
Actual Group
b)
Interest Group
c)
Amicus curiae briefs
d)
Class action lawsuit
2.
An organization of people sharing a common interest or goal that seeks to influence the making of public policy
a)
Actual Group
b)
Interest Group
c)
Amicus curiae briefs
d)
Class action lawsuit
3.
Legal briefs submitted by a "friend of the court" for the purpose of raising additional points of view and presenting information not contained in the briefs of the formal parties. These briefs attempt to influence a court's decision.
a)
Actual Group
b)
Interest Group
c)
Amicus curiae briefs
d)
Class action lawsuit
4.
A technique used by interest groups which allows groups of people with similar complaints to combine their grievances into a single suit.
a)
Actual Group
b)
Interest Group
c)
Amicus curiae briefs
d)
Class action lawsuit
5.
Something of value (money, a tax write-off, prestige, clean air, and so on) that cannot be withheld from a group member (ex. when the AFL-CIO wins a higher minimum wage, all low-paid workers benefit, regardless of whether they are members of the union); in other words, members of the potential group share in benefits that members of the actual group work to secure
a)
Collective good
b)
Electioneering
c)
Elite Theory
d)
Free-rider problem
6.
Activity that seeks to influence the outcome of an election.
a)
Collective good
b)
Electioneering
c)
Elite Theory
d)
Free-rider problem
7.
A theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of governmental organization.
a)
Collective good
b)
Electioneering
c)
Elite Theory
d)
Free-rider problem
8.
The problem faced by unions and other groups when people do not join because they can benefit from the group's activities without officially joining. The bigger the group, the more serious the problem
a)
Collective good
b)
Electioneering
c)
Elite Theory
d)
Free-rider problem
9.
The theory that government policy is weakened and often contradictory because there are so many competing interest groups.
a)
Hyperpluralist thoery
b)
Lobbying
c)
Olson's Law of Large Groups
d)
Pluralist theory
10.
A strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of the legislature.
a)
Hyperpluralist thoery
b)
Lobbying
c)
Olson's Law of Large Groups
d)
Pluralist theory
11.
Advanced by Mancur Olson, a principle stating that "the larger the group, the further it will fall short of providing an optimal amount of a collective good."
a)
Hyperpluralist thoery
b)
Lobbying
c)
Olson's Law of Large Groups
d)
Pluralist theory
12.
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies.
a)
Hyperpluralist thoery
b)
Lobbying
c)
Olson's Law of Large Groups
d)
Pluralist theory
13.
A committee set up by a corporation or interest group to raise and funnels money to political candidates. Donation amounts are limited by FECA rules (hard money).
a)
Political Action Committees
b)
Potential Group
c)
Public Interest Lobbies
d)
Right-to-Work Law
14.
all the people who might be interest group members because they share some common interest
a)
Political Action Committees
b)
Potential Group
c)
Public Interest Lobbies
d)
Right-to-Work Law
15.
According to Jeffery Berry, organizations that seek "a collective good, the achievement of which will not selectively and materially benefit the membership of activities of the organization."
a)
Political Action Committees
b)
Potential Group
c)
Public Interest Lobbies
d)
Right-to-Work Law
16.
A state law forbidding requirements that workers must join a union to hold their jobs. They were permitted by the Taft-Hartley Act.
a)
Political Action Committees
b)
Potential Group
c)
Public Interest Lobbies
d)
Right-to-Work Law
17.
Goods (such as information publications, travel discounts, and group insurance rates) that a group can restrict to those who pay their annual dues.
a)
Selective Benefits
b)
Single-Issue Groups
c)
Subgovernments
d)
Union shop
18.
Groups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics. These features distinguish them from traditional interest groups.
a)
Selective Benefits
b)
Single-Issue Groups
c)
Subgovernments
d)
Union shop
19.
A network of groups within the American political system that exercise a great deal of control over specific policy areas; Also known as iron triangles
a)
Selective Benefits
b)
Single-Issue Groups
c)
Subgovernments
d)
Union shop
20.
A firm that requires all workers, once employed, to become union members within a specified period of time as a condition of their continued employment.
a)
Selective Benefits
b)
Single-Issue Groups
c)
Subgovernments
d)
Union shop
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