PLS101 (QUIZ) CH14: INTEREST
GROUPS WITH 100%
APPROVED SOLUTIONS
2026/2027 STUDY SET
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS LOBBIES ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS INTERESTS?
A) THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS (AARP)
B) THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
C) THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
D) THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
B) THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WHICH BEST DESCRIBES INTEREST GROUPS IN THE EARLY TO MID-1800S?
A) THEY WERE MOSTLY SINGLE-ISSUE GROUPS, SEATED IN CHRISTIAN REVIVALISM, OR
FOCUSED ON BUSINESS INTERESTS.
B) THEY FOCUSED LARGELY ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THE CREATION OF A
SYSTEM OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES.
C) MOST INTEREST GROUPS WERE BASED AROUND CIVIL RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND OFTEN
, TOOK ON UNCONVENTIONAL FORMS OF PROTEST.
D) THEY WERE LARGELY ANTI-RELIGION AND FOCUSED EFFORTS ON THE RIGHTS OF
INDUSTRIAL LABORERS.
A) THEY WERE MOSTLY SINGLE-ISSUE GROUPS, SEATED IN CHRISTIAN REVIVALISM, OR
FOCUSED ON BUSINESS INTERESTS.
WHICH IS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE FOR RAPID INCREASE IN NUMBER OF INTEREST GROUPS IN
RECENT DECADES?
A) A DECLINE IN POLITICAL PARTIES LED TO MORE INTEREST GROUP FORMATION.
B) A DECLINE IN GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE PROMPTED NEW GROUPS TO FORM.
C) DEVELOPMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY MADE INTEREST GROUP ACTIVITIES EASIER.
D) LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES WERE LIFTED.
C) DEVELOPMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY MADE INTEREST GROUP ACTIVITIES EASIER.
AN APPEAL TO MEMBERSHIP IN AN INTEREST GROUP BASED ON PASSION OR PURPOSE
WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR A(N) ______ INTEREST GROUP OR ORGANIZATION.
A) BUSINESS
B) RELIGIOUS OR IDEOLOGICAL
C) TRADE
D) PROFESSIONAL
GROUPS WITH 100%
APPROVED SOLUTIONS
2026/2027 STUDY SET
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS LOBBIES ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS INTERESTS?
A) THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS (AARP)
B) THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
C) THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
D) THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
B) THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WHICH BEST DESCRIBES INTEREST GROUPS IN THE EARLY TO MID-1800S?
A) THEY WERE MOSTLY SINGLE-ISSUE GROUPS, SEATED IN CHRISTIAN REVIVALISM, OR
FOCUSED ON BUSINESS INTERESTS.
B) THEY FOCUSED LARGELY ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THE CREATION OF A
SYSTEM OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES.
C) MOST INTEREST GROUPS WERE BASED AROUND CIVIL RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND OFTEN
, TOOK ON UNCONVENTIONAL FORMS OF PROTEST.
D) THEY WERE LARGELY ANTI-RELIGION AND FOCUSED EFFORTS ON THE RIGHTS OF
INDUSTRIAL LABORERS.
A) THEY WERE MOSTLY SINGLE-ISSUE GROUPS, SEATED IN CHRISTIAN REVIVALISM, OR
FOCUSED ON BUSINESS INTERESTS.
WHICH IS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE FOR RAPID INCREASE IN NUMBER OF INTEREST GROUPS IN
RECENT DECADES?
A) A DECLINE IN POLITICAL PARTIES LED TO MORE INTEREST GROUP FORMATION.
B) A DECLINE IN GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE PROMPTED NEW GROUPS TO FORM.
C) DEVELOPMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY MADE INTEREST GROUP ACTIVITIES EASIER.
D) LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES WERE LIFTED.
C) DEVELOPMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY MADE INTEREST GROUP ACTIVITIES EASIER.
AN APPEAL TO MEMBERSHIP IN AN INTEREST GROUP BASED ON PASSION OR PURPOSE
WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR A(N) ______ INTEREST GROUP OR ORGANIZATION.
A) BUSINESS
B) RELIGIOUS OR IDEOLOGICAL
C) TRADE
D) PROFESSIONAL
