Poli330 week 4 quiz 2017 march new all correct answers

Poli330 week 4 quiz 2017 march new all correct answers

Subject: Business    / General Business
Question

Question 1.1. (TCO 3) Who generally belongs to interest groups? (Points : 3)

A multiplicity of people

Primarily the middle class

Almost exclusively the well educated

Suburbanites and urbanites

Question 2.2. (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? (Points : 3)

Poor people and Hispanic people

African American people and women

Poor people and African American people

Hispanic American people and women

Question 3.3. (TCO 3) Bureaucracies have become big and powerful, developing _____ of their own. (Points : 3)

candidates

interests

political parties

media outlets

Question 4.4. (TCO 3) In countries where _____, the courts become an arena of interest-group contention. (Points : 3)

public defenders are unavailable

the rule of law is strong

judges have little power

the rule of law is weak

Question 5.5. (TCO 3) Large parties in particular can be analyzed as _____. (Points : 3)

generations of like-minded voters

coalitions of interest groups

team-led organizations based around a theme

trustworthy representatives of national interest

Question 6.6. (TCO 3) The American electoral system is based on the British “first past the post” (FPTP) system, named so because _____. (Points : 3)

third parties can “post” to earn representation

major parties are subject to intense scrutiny by third parties

it resembles a horse race; even a nose better wins

it tends to promote more equal representation

Question 7.7. (TCO 3) Which of the following has recently done much to encourage state and local party organizations to cooperate with national party platforms? (Points : 3)

Door-to-door canvassing

Cohesive national platforms

Computerized mailing lists

Local political pandering

Question 8.8. (TCO 3) _____ gives people a stake in election outcomes, and education raises levels of interest and sophistication. (Points : 3)

Life in the suburbs

Family tradition

Nationalism

High income

Question 9.9. (TCO 3) What was the relationship between African American voting rates and Barack Obama’s run for president? (Points : 3)

African American voting rates rose to those of white voters as African American income and education levels rose.

African American voting rates unexpectedly remained far below those of white voters as African American income and education levels remained steady.

African American voting rates rose to those of Hispanic voters as African American income and education levels rose.

African American voting rates fell unexpectedly below those of white voters despite African American income and education levels rising.

Question 10.10. (TCO 3) Why might factory workers in small towns feel a different sense of the stakes elections hold than executives and professionals? (Points : 3)

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.