EOC Civic Engagement Practice Questions

Acquisition of power and influencing decision making  

• Political Parties

• Civic Engagement

• Public Policy Processes

• Political Processes

Institutional actions involved with government carrying out its functions

• Public Policy Processes

• Civic Engagement

• Political Processes

• Interest Groups

Apply information literacy, problem-solving and communication skills to address societal problems

• Political Processes

• Public Policy Processes

• Civic Engagement

• Political Parties

Organizations whose members hold similar views - seek to determine public policy through winning elections and public office

• Civic Engagement

• Public Policy Processes

• Political Processes

• Political Parties

Organizations whose members hold similar views - seek to influence public policy through the political and public policy processes

• Media

• Interest Groups

• Political Parties

• Civic Engagement

Means of mass communication / political parties and interest groups use media to influence the political and public policy processes

• Research Data

• Public Records

• Media

• Advocacy Groups

County tax records, state agency report, Congressional Record

• Media

• Research Data

• Public Records

• Interest Groups

May originate with universities to research institutes

• Research Data

• Advocacy Groups

• Public Records

• Media

(Interest groups, lobbies) produce literature websites that outline positions on public policy issues

• Advocacy Groups

• Credibility of Sources

• Persuasion

• Compromise

Qualifications of writer; circumstances in which source material was generated; internal consistency and agreement with other credible sources; use of supporting evidence and logical conclusions; bias or unstated assumptions

• Persuasion

• Compromise

• Credibility of Sources

• Advocacy Groups