POLI 330N Week 4 Quiz 1 with Answers
Question 1
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) Explain which individuals have the most influence on politics via interest groups.
Women
The elderly
A wide variety of people
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POLI 330N Week 4 Quiz 1 with Answers
Question 1
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) Explain which individuals have the most influence on politics via interest groups.
Women
The elderly
A wide variety of people
Correct!
Rich individuals
Chapter 10, page 156
Question 2
0 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) What U.S. groups that are underrepresented by interest groups took to the street in inner-city riots in the 1960s, thus demonstrating what a group or groups might do when they cannot express their grievances through legitimate channels?
Poor people and Hispanic people
You Answered
African American people and women
Poor people and African American people
Hispanic American people and women
Chapter 10, page 158
Question 3
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) A great deal of legislation originates in _____.
economic downturns
corporate boardrooms
Correct!
specialized agencies
secret
Chapter 10, pages 159160
Question 4
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) Some interest groups maintain a low profile by promoting their objectives without _____ them.
lobbying for
fully funding
Correct!
advertising
openly debating
Chapter 10, page 166
Question 5
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) Large parties in particular can be analyzed as _____.
generations of like-minded voters
Correct!
coalitions of interest groups
team-led organizations based around a theme
trustworthy representatives of national interest
Chapter 11, page 173
Question 6
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) _____ allow and even encourage parties to split.
Single-member districts
“First past the post” systems
Correct!
Proportional representation systems
Plurality systems
Chapter 11, page 184
Question 7
3 / 3 pts
(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
Correct!
Computerized mailing lists
Local political pandering
Chapter 11, page 185
Question 8
0 / 3 pts
(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?
Correct Answer
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.
You Answered
They probably don’t offer automatic voter registration.
They usually have mandatory voting.
Chapter 12, page 188
Question 9
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) What impact does beginning to pay taxes have on young people’s relationship to voting?
It tends to make them more likely to vote, but less likely to work for a given campaign.
Beginning to pay taxes tends to make them less interested in elections.
It tends to make them more liberal in their voting.
As they begin paying taxes, they become more interested in elections.
Chapter 12, page 191
Question 10
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) _____ regions may harbor economic and cultural resentments at being ruled by a distant capital.
Urban
Liberal
Northern
Correct!
Outlying
Chapter 12, page 193
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