Multiple Choice Questions

The most common interest in Washington D.C. are
  • to insulate the organization from partisan influence
  • identification with the purpose or ideology of the group
  • corporations and business trade associations
  • is a response to an increase in the size and activity of government
The highest law in the land in the United States is
  • ideological
  • the Miranda rule
  • plea bargains
  • the constitution
Which department is concerned with external national security?
  • State and Defense
  • an executive order
  • Marbury v Madison
  • executive agreement
What is the term for the complex hierarchical structure of offices, tasks, and rules used by large scale institutions?
  • rallying effect
  • jurisdiction
  • bureaucracy
  • commander in chief
which is a division of the justice department that handles no litigation?
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Federal Reserve Board
  • fiscal policy
  • Supreme court
Why doesnt congress reflect the general population?
  • to be successful in congress, it helps to be well-financed and well-educated
  • solicitor general
  • the Miranda rule
  • a select committee
In recent years, the religious right has had a great effect on American politics through
  • policies; personnel
  • privatization
  • grassroots mobilization
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff
The president appoints the heads of major departments for a group called
  • The opposing political party controlled congress
  • Cabinet
  • Executive Office of the President
  • FDR
When interest groups take out advertisements and hold marches, these are examples of
  • newsletter and website
  • policies; personnel
  • grassroots mobilization
  • mobilizing public opinion
Congress's composition is mostly:
  • term limits
  • free-rider
  • information
  • white males
A criticism of interest-group pluralism is
  • presiding over the senate and casting tie-breaking votes
  • to use prior court decisions as a basis for deciding present cases
  • its class bias in favor of those with greater financial resources
  • experience with Washington, D.C. and government operations
Which is the primary department administering fiscal policy?
  • Treasury
  • Federal Reserve Board
  • criminal division
  • revenue agency
Article II of the constitution establishes what about the presidency?
  • to raise and distribute money to election campaigns
  • Office of management and budget
  • it is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem
  • expressed powers (enumerated powers)
Professional lobbyists are often:
  • the benefits of a group's actions are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers
  • holding the political office for which he or she is running
  • an agency that is not part of a cabinet department
  • all of the above (lawyers, former members of congress, and former employees of government agencies)
why is it important to have independent agencies?
  • to insulate the organization from partisan influence
  • it is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem
  • experience with Washington, D.C. and government operations
  • an agency that is not part of a cabinet department
which of the following is a true statement?
  • The constitution made no provisions regarding the court's size.
  • They interpret ultimately what the constitution means
  • Have sole authority to appoint the person to the judgeship with approval of any other political body
  • corporations and business trade associations
When nominating a justice to the U S supreme court, presidents:
  • Have sole authority to appoint the person to the judgeship with approval of any other political body
  • he or she may be fearful of losing the congressional seat & he or she probably thinks the same way as his or her constituents.
  • to insulate the organization from partisan influence
  • The constitution made no provisions regarding the court's size.
When membership in an organization allows for a reduction in the price of a museum ticket it is called a
  • promotion offer
  • plea bargains
  • conference committee
  • concurring opinion
redistricting occurs
  • to prevent partisan firings
  • every ten years after the census
  • All three branches of government
  • Federal Reserve Board
How long is a senate term?
  • secretary
  • appropriations
  • all of them
  • six years
A presidential veto my be overridden by:
  • a public-sector interest group
  • citizens
  • two-thirds vote in congress
  • promotion offer
The justice on the supreme court who presides over the writing of opinions is
  • the chief justice
  • conference committee
  • bureaucracy
  • inherent powers
A full page, fully paid spread in the New York Times publicizing a major oil company is best described as
  • judicial review
  • going public
  • privatization
  • trial court
Which institution facilitates the exchange of cash, checks, and credits among member banks?
  • Rules committee
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Supreme court
The power of the Supreme court to rule the acts of the other two branches unconstitutional is called:
  • privatization
  • rallying effect
  • judicial review
  • line-item veto
What is the general trend of presidential approval ratings?
  • a tendency to decline over time
  • if the president dies
  • his or her veto power
  • to be successful in congress, it helps to be well-financed and well-educated
What is the sphere of a court's power and authority called?
  • appropriations
  • jurisdiction
  • criminal division
  • to raise and distribute money to election campaigns
What supreme court case established Judicial review?
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Cabinet
  • Marbury v Madison
  • The president nominates a candidate
When departments and agencies put policies into action it is called:
  • term limits
  • implementation
  • revenue agency
  • legislative
Many of the tax exemptions can be attributed to what insitution?
  • conference committee
  • if the president dies
  • congress
  • they are typically representative of he public at large
The permanent agencies that perform the defined management tasks for the president are within the
  • The president nominates a candidate
  • FDR
  • ended the 2000 presidential elections by not permitting the manual recount of "undervotes"
  • Executive Office of the President
The carrying out of policy decisions is left to the
  • a tendency to decline over time
  • bureaucracy
  • citizens
  • two-thirds vote in congress
what is the term for the power of the president to command the national military and state national guard?
  • revenue agency
  • state of the union
  • bureaucracy
  • commander in chief
The clause that states that all government activities must comply with the consitution is called the:
  • interest groups
  • supremacy clause
  • rallying effect
  • collective good
By what means can interest groups influence elections?
  • financial support and campaign activism
  • to raise and distribute money to election campaigns
  • expressed powers (enumerated powers)
  • All three branches of government
A precedent allows a judge
  • each legislature's vote is recorded by the clerk.
  • is a co-equal branch of government with the legislative and executive branches
  • interest should be free to compete with each other for governmental influence
  • to use prior court decisions as a basis for deciding present cases
When a senator holds the floor by continually speaking to prevent a vote on a bill, he or she is carrying out a:
  • selective
  • filibuster
  • term limits
  • line-item veto
What is the most important beneficial resource that lobbyist provide government officials?
  • privatization
  • information
  • jurisdiction
  • cloture
patronage ensures that
  • politicians have loyal people working under them.
  • holding the political office for which he or she is running
  • presiding over the senate and casting tie-breaking votes
  • They interpret ultimately what the constitution means
What is the claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out campaign promises?
  • mandate
  • selective
  • going public
  • legislative initiative
A system of jurisprudence, including private law, used to settle disputes that so not involve criminal penalties is called:
  • Marbury v Madison
  • Rules committee
  • Executive Office of the President
  • civil law
What is the generally favorable reaction of the public to presidential actions taken in foreign policy cises?
  • filibuster
  • department
  • going public
  • rallying effect
what is the term for an agency that is responsible for collecting taxes?
  • state of the union
  • newsletter
  • revenue agency
  • raising and lowering interest rates
How are federal judges appointed?
  • Majority leader
  • civil law
  • The president nominates a candidate
  • Joint committee
Which of the following is a correct statement?
  • it is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem
  • newsletter and website
  • Have sole authority to appoint the person to the judgeship with approval of any other political body
  • Interest groups form both in response to new government policy and to create new policies.
What can influence major shifts in the supreme court position on broad issues?
  • change in membership of the court & political trends & public opinion
  • commander in chief
  • state of the union
  • raising and lowering interest rates
Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the constitution but are inferred from it are called
  • inherent powers
  • promotion offer
  • concurring opinion
  • if the president dies
A brief that is filed not by the direct participants in a case is called a
  • commander in chief
  • the supreme court
  • newsletter
  • friend of the court
In the case Bush V Gore over the issue of whether to count "undervotes" in Florida, the Supreme Court:
  • The opposing political party controlled congress
  • ended the 2000 presidential elections by not permitting the manual recount of "undervotes"
  • Joint committee
  • House of Representatives
Why does the media focus a great deal of attention on the president?
  • News is money, and the president is easy news
  • Majority leader
  • an executive order
  • The opposing political party controlled congress
the teamsters and the AFL-CIO are examples of what kind of interest group?
  • interest groups
  • jurisdiction
  • a labor group
  • implementation
how many justices serve on the supreme court?
  • bicameral
  • criminal division
  • cloture
  • nine
A___ is the best example of an informational benefit provided by many interest groups.
  • cloture
  • department
  • information
  • newsletter
the head of a department is called a
  • department
  • secretary
  • regulatory agency
  • to prevent partisan firings
The primary funtion of the judiciary is to
  • civil law
  • Rules committee
  • a labor group
  • interpret law
What is the Federal Reserve Board's most powerful tool?
  • jurisdiction
  • department
  • revenue agency
  • raising and lowering interest rates
why wouldnt a congress person go against the wishes of his or her district?
  • the benefits of a group's actions are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers
  • all of the above (lawyers, former members of congress, and former employees of government agencies)
  • it is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem
  • he or she may be fearful of losing the congressional seat & he or she probably thinks the same way as his or her constituents.
The highest court in a particular state or in the United States is the
  • Supreme court
  • Joint committee
  • State and Defense
  • supremacy clause
Interest groups are concerned with the ___of government, while political parties are concerned with the ___ of government.
  • grassroots mobilization
  • filibuster
  • policies; personnel
  • collective good
which agency is not an independent agency?
  • interpret law
  • State and Defense
  • Federal Reserve System
  • State Department
What is the equivalent of the US presidency in Great Britain?
  • inherent powers
  • if the president dies
  • the Miranda rule
  • The prime minister and queen/king
which sector tends to have the most influence at the committee stage?
  • interest groups
  • trial court
  • bipartisanship
  • appropriations
why is it important for interest groups to offer selective benefits
  • change in membership of the court & political trends & public opinion
  • to raise and distribute money to election campaigns
  • to prevent partisan firings
  • it is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem
The war powers resolution was passed over which president's veto?
  • Nixon
  • Joint committee
  • Supreme court
  • House of Representatives
The presidential foreign policy council composed of many of the president's closest advisers and the 'inner cabinet' is called the:
  • bureaucracy
  • National Security council
  • his or her veto power
  • promotion offer
The National League of Cities is a good example of
  • ideological
  • a public-sector interest group
  • staff organization
  • citizens
what is the largest unit of the justice department
  • term limits
  • criminal division
  • Federal Reserve Board
  • mandate
How can interst groups use litigation as a strategy of influence?
  • Have sole authority to appoint the person to the judgeship with approval of any other political body
  • all of them
  • mobilizing public opinion
  • filing amicus curiae briefs, financing lawsuits, and bringing a suit on behalf of the group
The best description of the ideal of pluralism is that
  • to raise and distribute money to election campaigns
  • interest should be free to compete with each other for governmental influence
  • identification with the purpose or ideology of the group
  • to insulate the organization from partisan influence
The agency that prepares the national budget and provides oversight for presidential program finances is the:
  • Office of management and budget
  • friend of the court
  • state of the union
  • grassroots mobilization
What is the largest subunit of the executive branch?
  • department
  • Treasury
  • Federal Reserve Board
  • commander in chief
The power of an executive to veto specific provisions of an appropriations bill is called the:
  • line-item veto
  • rallying effect
  • judicial review
  • implementation
Which of the following groups has had the greatest success with a strategy of litigation
  • Federal courts
  • Interest groups form both in response to new government policy and to create new policies.
  • NAACP
  • privatization
The christian Coalition is best described as a(n)___group
  • plea bargains
  • solicitor general
  • The prime minister and queen/king
  • ideological
Over the last forty years, the number and scale of interest groups at he national level has
  • supremacy clause
  • Speaker of the House
  • collective good
  • dramatically increased
Which term is policy of reducing or eliminating restraints on the conduct of private institutions?
  • solicitor general
  • staff organization
  • National Security council
  • deregulation
the individuals that federal judges employ to research legal issues are called:
  • Supreme court
  • law clerks
  • fiscal policy
  • interpret law
If one enjoys the benefits a of a group's collective efforts but did not contribute to those efforts, one is a
  • filibuster
  • free-rider
  • selective
  • pork barrel
One way the AARP has been effective at overcoming the free-rider problem is by providing__ benefits to its members.
  • selective
  • secretary
  • collective good
  • department
Permanent committees that focus on a particular policy area are called:
  • standing committees
  • state of the union
  • commander in chief
  • dramatically increased
Why did presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush have such a low "batting average" with congress?
  • Marbury v Madison
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • The opposing political party controlled congress
  • News is money, and the president is easy news
Why are federal court rulings important?
  • to raise and distribute money to election campaigns
  • rewrite legislation it feels the court has misinterpreted
  • They interpret ultimately what the constitution means
  • is a co-equal branch of government with the legislative and executive branches
What position has the most power in the Senate?
  • News is money, and the president is easy news
  • The opposing political party controlled congress
  • Majority leader
  • fiscal policy
An iron triangle is made up of an alliance between
  • defendant
  • his or her veto power
  • a legislative committee, and interest group, and an executive agency
  • plaintiff
The constitution gives what court the final say in all litigation?
  • all of them
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • commander in chief
  • the supreme court
Efforts to regulate lobbying activities more effectively may conflict with
  • the First Amendment right to petition government
  • The constitution made no provisions regarding the court's size.
  • fiscal policy
  • News is money, and the president is easy news
What are the negotiated agreement in criminal cases between the state and a defendant?
  • The prime minister and queen/king
  • plaintiff
  • plea bargains
  • if the president dies
what distinguishes lobbying from other strategies of influence?
  • lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on government officials themselves.
  • change in membership of the court & political trends & public opinion
  • filing amicus curiae briefs, financing lawsuits, and bringing a suit on behalf of the group
  • rewrite legislation it feels the court has misinterpreted
What is the use of taxing and spending powers to manipulate the economy called?
  • State Department
  • fiscal policy
  • executive agreement
  • an executive order
What is the center of military and policy management in the United States?
  • criminal division
  • commander in chief
  • rallying effect
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff
The major organizational factors shared by most interest groups are
  • it is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem
  • corporations and business trade associations
  • expressed powers (enumerated powers)
  • leadership, money , an agency or office, and members
Appellate courts
  • every ten years after the census
  • do not hear new evidence and witnesses
  • to use prior court decisions as a basis for deciding present cases
  • expressed powers (enumerated powers)
Why do we have a merit system in the bureaucracy?
  • it is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem
  • All three branches of government
  • to prevent partisan firings
  • Federal Reserve Board
The practice of asking approval of the senators from a federal judge nominee's state before an official nomination is made by the president is called:
  • line-item veto
  • the supreme court
  • senatorial courtesy
  • supremacy clause
A congress person's staff is important because they:
  • civil law
  • House of Representatives
  • State and Defense
  • all of the above (develop policy ideas, draft legislation, and negotiate with lobbyists)
what is the name of the speech that the president must give congress from time to time?
  • state of the union
  • jurisdiction
  • commander in chief
  • rallying effect
A roll-call vote means that:
  • to use prior court decisions as a basis for deciding present cases
  • every ten years after the census
  • each legislature's vote is recorded by the clerk.
  • The constitution made no provisions regarding the court's size.
the veto power of eh president is classified as what type of power?
  • legislative
  • selective
  • a labor group
  • jurisdiction
What type of group generally has the most trouble retaining members
  • plaintiff
  • congress
  • a select committee
  • citizens
members of interest groups in the United States are typically people
  • All three branches of government
  • with higher levels of income and education
  • leadership, money , an agency or office, and members
  • it is necessary to limit the extent of the free-rider problem
why do bureaucrats, an unelected group of people, essentially make law?
  • legislative
  • appropriations
  • all of the above
  • interest groups
When does the vice president take over ruling the country?
  • inherent powers
  • solicitor general
  • they are typically representative of he public at large
  • if the president dies
what term refers to the president's ability to bring a policy agenda before congress?
  • state of the union
  • bipartisanship
  • legislative initiative
  • newsletter and website
Who is the individual or organization that brings a complaint in court?
  • citizens
  • The prime minister and queen/king
  • the chief justice
  • plaintiff
When paid staff conduct most of the daily business of a group, that group is best described as
  • staff organization
  • ideological
  • two-thirds vote in congress
  • a public-sector interest group
A unites States representative serves for a
  • department
  • two-year term
  • white males
  • newsletter
Which of the following is NOT a key organizational component of interest groups
  • appropriations
  • newsletter and website
  • revenue agency
  • trial court
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