Interest Groups Quiz

What is another word for an interest group?

• Coalition

• Faction

• Union

• Alliance

Who creates political action committees (PACs)?

• Individual citizens

• Corporations, labor unions, membership organizations or trade associations

• Government agencies

• Political parties

What is the main way lobbyists try to influence legislators?

• By organizing public demonstrations

• By giving legislators information on technical issues

• By funding political campaigns

• By creating media advertisements

What is grassroots lobbying?

• Directly funding political candidates

• Influencing government decision makers through the indirect pressure of mobilized constituents

• Organizing large-scale protests

• Creating viral online petitions

What is the goal of iron triangles and issue networks?

• To create and implement common policy

• To disrupt existing political systems

• To promote international cooperation

• To increase public awareness of issues

What is the role of lobbyists in influencing policy?

• To create new laws

• To provide information and persuade legislators

• To enforce existing regulations

• To organize public protests

What is an issue network?

• A permanent group of congressional committees

• A fluid and dynamic web of people in interest groups, congressional staffs, bureaucratic agencies, universities, and media

• A fixed group of bureaucratic agencies

• A static organization of media personnel

What do issue networks and iron triangles compete with each other to do?

• Create new laws

• Make policy

• Elect officials

• Raise funds

What is the composition of iron triangles?

• Only media personnel

• Congressional committee, interest group, and bureaucratic agency

• Only university staff

• Only interest groups

What is the main goal of issue networks?

• To create permanent structures

• To solve problems through debate

• To fund political campaigns

• To dissolve bureaucratic agencies