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SOL Review CE 10 Public Policy

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

All of the following are ways the media plays important role in setting the public agenda expect.

a)

Focusing public attention on selected issues

b)

Offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated

c)

Holding government officials accountable to the public

d)

Telling the public what to think

2.

Government officials use the media to ____________ with the public.

a)

communicate

b)

media

c)

influence

d)

share

3.

Please select all of the correct strategies for evaluating media.

a)

Separating fact from opinion

b)

Lobbying public officials

c)

Detecting bias

d)

Evaluating sources

e)

Identifying propaganda

4.

Seeking to influence legislators to introduce or vote for or against a bill is know as _______________.

a)

PACs

b)

Influencing

c)

Lobbying

d)

Propaganda

5.

Participating in politics (e.g., voting, campaigning, seeking office) and joining interest groups are ways individuals can influence ____________ ____________.

a)

public policy

b)

public opinion

c)

public contributions

d)

public attitude

6.

Individuals and interest groups influence public policy in all of the following ways except.

a)

Identifying issues

b)

Making political contributions

c)

Lobbying government officials

d)

Expressing opinions

e)

Creating Op-Eds

7.

Identifying issues, making political contributions, lobbying government officials and expressing opinions are all ways that ___________ and ____________ influence public policy.

a)

Individuals and Interest Groups

b)

Individuals and People

c)

Individuals and Countries

d)

Individuals and Pets

8.

A person who seeks to influence legislators to introduce or vote for a bill in known as _______________.

a)

Judge

b)

Manager

c)

Lobbyist

d)

New Anchor

9.

Which of the following is not an type of interest group.

a)

Public Interest Groups

b)

Economic Interest Groups

c)

Private Interest Groups

d)

Ideological Interest Groups

e)

Single-Issue Groups

10.

When watching a political ad on YouTube it is very important that you evaluate the ad using all the following strategies except.

a)

Separate fact from opinion

b)

Detect Bias

c)

Believe everything you see

d)

Evaluating sources

e)

Identify propaganda

11.

Which type of interest group focuses on one narrow topic like drunk driving?

a)

Single Issue

b)

Public Interest

c)

Economic Interest

d)

Ideological Interest

12.

Which type of interest group promotes a set of beliefs?

a)

Public Interest

b)

Ideological Interest

c)

Professional Interest

d)

Economic Interest