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WorksheetsChapter #10 - Theories of Interest Groups - Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is the term that describes an organization of people with a similar policy goal, who enter the political process at one or more points, in one or more policy arenas to try to achieve their goals?
political party
third party
interest group
grassroots movement
Choose from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree for the following statements.
Interest groups are harmful to our present democracy.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Which of the following theories states that interest groups provide a key link between the people and the government?
Pluralism
Elitism
Majoritarian
Hyperpluralism
Which of the following interest group theories states that the power of a few is fortified by an extensive system of "interlocking directorates?"
Pluralism
Elitism
Majoritarianism
Hyperpluralism
Which of the following theories of interest groups states that the government treats all pressure groups demands as legitimate and see that the job of government is to advance them all?
Pluralism
Elitism
Majoritarian
Hyperpluralism
A(n) _______________________ consists of interest groups, government agenices, and congressional committees that are mutually dependent and have a mutually advantageous relationship to dominate certain policymaking areas.
issue network
league of friendship
iron triangle
policy network
All of the following are true of the hyperpluralist theory EXCEPT:
Interest group liberalism is aggravated by numerous iron triangles.
Groups may win many minor policy battles, but corporate elites prevail when it comes to big decisions.
Trying to please every group results in contradictory and confusing policy.
Interest groups have become too powerful in the political process as government tries to appease every conceivable interest that leads to gridlock.
Which of the following is a key characteristic of the pluralist theory of group politics?
Big power is held by the largest copor
Smaller groups may win many minor policy battles, but corporate elites prevail when it comes to big decisions.
One result of government treating all pressure groups the same is that government programs mulitply.
No one pressure group is likely to dominate because of the competition.
How do interest groups raise money to donate to candidates that the actual interest groups will support?
Individual Donations
Political Action Committees
Membership Dues
Fundraising Events
How do interest groups try to solve the "free-rider" problem?
collective goods
political benefits
lobbying
selective benefits
Which amendment gives interest groups the right to assemble?
1st
10th
14th
24th Amendment
All of the following are groups that make up the iron triangle EXCEPT
Government Corporation
Bureaucratic Agency
Interest Groups
Congressional Committee
All of the following are strategies that are used by lobbyists to influence the government EXCEPT:
Going Public
Gerrymandering
Election
Litigation
Hyperpluralism is where government treats all pressure groups demands as legitimate. The Government sees their job is to advance the interests of all groups. The following are results of hyperpluralism. Choose the best answer.
I. Government Agencies proliferate
II. Conflicting Regulations
III. Bigger groups begin to dominate
IV. Government's budget skyrockets
V. Groups play by the rules of the game
I and IV only
III, IV, and V
I, II, and IV
I, II, III, and V
What is the difference between a potential group member and an actual group member?
potential group members receive selective benefits because the group is trying to get them to join.
Actual group members share in benefits that they secure.
Potential group members see the "free-rider" problem as insignificant.f
Members of potential groups share in the benefits that members of the actual group who worked to secure them.
___________ are goods that a group can restrict to those who have actually joined the group.
Selective Benefits
Collective Goods
"Free-Rider" Goods
Actual Goods
______________ is the communication, by someone other than a citizen acting on his or her own behalf, directed to a governmental decision maker with the hope of influencing government action.
Election
Lobbying
Litigation
Going Public
________________ is the direct group involvement in the electoral process.
Electioneering
Lobbying
Litigation
Gerrymandering
When a group fails with legislative objectives in Congress, where does an interest group take their idea?
to the people
to the state legislature
to the courts
to the president
Which of the following philosophers studied Americans and their likeliness to participate in a civic association?
James Madison
Alexis de Tocqueville
John Locke
Robert Putnam
