POLI330 week 4 Quiz 2018
Week 4 Quiz
Question 1
(TCO 3) What group or groups do interest groups
overrepresent?
The wealthy and
specialized interest groups
Businesses and
nonprofit organizations
The wealthy and
businesses
The larger interest
groups and specialized interest groups
Question 2
(TCO 3) Why did the
2010 healthcare reform bill contain no provision for public insurance options?
The insurance
industry blocked the Democrats’ efforts for a public option.
The people had no
desire for a public option.
Democrats were not
interested in a public option.
Farmers, heavily
invested in the insurance industry, blocked them
Question 3
(TCO 3) Many interest groups are brought about by
government, insofar as they are _____.
associated with
government programs
funded largely by
the government
almost exclusively
based in the nation’s capital
usually formed by
former politicians
Question 4
(TCO 3) Some interest groups maintain a low profile by
promoting their objectives without _____ them.
lobbying for
fully funding
advertising
openly debating
Question 5
(TCO 3) Large parties in particular can be analyzed as
_____.
generations of
like-minded voters
coalitions of
interest groups
team-led
organizations based around a theme
trustworthy
representatives of national interest
Question 6
(TCO 3) _____ allow and even encourage parties to split.
Single-member
districts
“First past the
post” systems
Proportional
representation systems
Plurality systems
Question 7
(TCO 3) Which of the following has recently done much to
encourage state and local party organizations to cooperate with national party
platforms?
Door-to-door
canvassing
Cohesive national
platforms
Computerized mailing
lists
Local political
pandering
Question 8
(TCO 3) What do you think might be a side effect of or a
cause of nations with very high voter turnout having that level of turnout?
They may have a kind
of political fever in which partisan politics has become too intense.
They likely play
host to elections in which indistinct personalities and a relatively unified
electorate bring out more voters.
They probably don’t
offer automatic voter registration.
They usually have
mandatory voting.
Question 9
(TCO 3) Describe the impact of education on those who vote.
Education drops the
sense of participation and makes people feel more cynical, which makes people
more likely to take action but not to actually follow political news.
Education lifts the
sense of participation and abstract intellectual curiosity, which makes people
more likely to follow individual politicians.
Education lifts the
sense of political knowledge, which makes people more likely to follow
political news and feel involved.
Education lifts the
sense of participation and abstract intellectual curiosity, which makes people
more likely to follow political news and feel involved.
Question 10
(TCO 3) Why might
factory workers in small towns feel a different sense of the stakes elections
hold than executives and professionals?
Factory workers in
small towns may perceive a great deal of difference between candidates,
noticing considerable change from one administration to another, and executives
and professionals feel generally less involved but still perceive a direct
correlation between who wins and their personal fortunes.
Factory workers in
small towns may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing little
change from one administration to another, and although executives and
professionals share this sense of noticing little change from one
administration to another, they still perceive a direct correlation between who
wins and their personal fortunes.
Factory workers in
small towns may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing little
change from one administration to another, and executives and professionals
feel involved and perceive a direct correlation between who wins and their
personal fortunes.
Executives and
professionals may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing
little change from one administration to another, and factory workers in small
towns feel involved and perceive a direct correlation between who wins and
their personal incomes.