WEEK 4: QUIZ
- Due Nov 19, 2017 at 11:59pm
- Points 30
- Questions 10
- Available Nov 12, 2017 at 12am – Nov 20, 2017 at 11:59pm 9 days
- Time Limit 60 Minutes
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Welcome to the POLI330 Week 4 Quiz.
- This quiz covers CO 3 and Chapters 10, 11, and 12
- This quiz is worth 30 total points and includes 10 multiple choice questions at 3 points each.
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Question 1
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) Who generally belongs to interest groups?
Correct!
A multiplicity of people
Primarily the middle class
Almost exclusively the well educated
Suburbanites and urbanites
Chapter 10, page 157
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
Correct Answer
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) Which of the following is a function of political parties?
Parties limit voters’ choices by narrowing the playing field.
Correct!
Parties function as an input device, allowing citizens to get their needs heard.
Parties decide the issues for televised political debates.
Parties nominate candidates, thereby increasing voter efficacy.
Chapter 11, page 173
Question 6
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) Why does proportional representation (PR) allow and even encourage parties to split?
Correct!
PR systems assign parliamentary seats in proportion to the percentage of votes in that district.
PR systems designate representation on a flat regional basis.
PR systems allow only a simple plurality to win.
Voters in PR systems tend to be less loyal to their parties.
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
3 / 3 pts
(TCO 3) _____ gives people a stake in election outcomes, and education raises levels of interest and sophistication.
Life in the suburbs
Family tradition
Nationalism
Correct!
High income
Chapter 12, page 189
Question 9
3 / 3 pts
(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.
Correct!
Education lifts the sense of participation and abstract intellectual curiosity, which makes people more likely to follow political news and feel involved.
Chapter 12, page 189
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
