Purdue SS236 2020 April Unit 8 Quiz Latest

SS236 People, Power, and Politics - An Introduction to American Government

Unit 8 Quiz   

Question 1          Nomination campaigns

involve candidates of the same political party.

end one week before Election Day.

last for a period of time established by law.

are usually a toss-up until the very end.

determine the final outcome of the election.

Question 2          Until 2002, the primary federal regulation of campaign finance occurred according to the

Campaign Contributions Law.

Federal Election Campaign Act.

Campaigns and Elections Act.

Federal Campaign Limits Law.

Bipartisan Campaign Financing Act.

Question 3          Nonprofit, tax-exempt groups that can expressly advocate for candidates and are not required to disclose the names of contributors are called

political action committees.

527 committees.

501(c) groups.

national party committees.

member PACs.

Question 4          A form of journalism popular in the late nineteenth century that featured pictures, comics, color, and sensationalized, oversimplified news coverage was called

muckraking.

"populist" journalism.

penny journalism.

blue dog journalism.

yellow journalism.

Question 5          Television and radio are regulated by the federal government because

there is an unlimited supply of broadcast stations.

television and radio are considered dangerous to the spirit of democracy.

the airwaves are public property.

it is specifically allowed by the Constitution.

media profits are not legally allowed to exceed certain levels.

Question 6          The equal time rule

means that all political candidates must be covered by news stations for roughly the same amount of time.

applies to all political candidates.

is not enforced during debates.

means that stations cannot charge one candidate more than another for air time.

means that at debates, candidates must have equal time to speak.

Question 7          Of the three branches of government, which of the following is the LEAST media friendly?

Executive

Judicial

Legislative

Interest groups

The bureaucracy

Question 8          How are interest groups different from political parties?

They are not recognized by the federal government.

They rarely participate in the political process.

There are very few differences.

They do not nominate candidates for public office.

They are not concerned with collective goods.

Question 9          Today, the most common and most effective types of economic interest groups are

labor unions and farmers.

business groups, labor unions, and women.

business groups and universities.

big business, and to a lesser extent, labor.

labor unions and universities.

Question 10        Interest groups

rely on voter guides.

successfully lobbied for the U.S. to honor the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

often hire lobbying firms to represent them in Washington, D.C.

are largely libertarian in focus.

have greater access when Democrats are in office.