POLS 2312 GOVT EXAM PREPARATION
TEST BANK WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Indirect lobbying:
a. is also called grass roots lobbying
b. is used primarily by small, wealthy interest groups
c. is when a lobbyist meets one on one with a legislator
d. is seldom effective
Answer: a. is also called grass roots lobbying
●● Interest groups that represent those who are unable to represent
themselves are often called:
a. public interest groups
b. labor groups
c. ethnic groups
d. business interest groups
Answer: a. public interest groups
●● When a person joins a group because she likes to go to meetings and
hang out with other members, it is called:
a. personal material benefits
b. solitary benefits
,c. morally wrong
d. a blind date
Answer: b. solitary benefits
●● Of the three types of interest groups discussed in your text, which
has traditionally had the most clout or power in Texas politics?
a. public interest groups
b. moral groups
c. equality groups
d. economic groups
Answer: d. economic groups
●● According to your text, interest group winners during the 74th Texas
Legislature included:
a. local governments
b. all of the other answers
c. labor groups
d. business groups
Answer: d. business groups
●● Which of the following was considered an important resource for an
interest group to have according to class discussion?
a. an ugly tie
, b. media coverage
c. hi tech office
d. geographically disperse membership
Answer: d. geographically disperse membership
●● Given population trends, which of the following interest groups is
LEAST likely to be powerful in Texas in 2025?
a. ethnic groups
b. agricultural groups
c. senior citizens
d. business groups
Answer: b. agricultural citizens
●● LULAC is an example of which of the following group types?
a. ethnic group
b. business or trade group
c. labor union
d. single issue (cause) organization
Answer: a. ethnic group
●● When the members of an interest group get on a bus to go to Austin
and march on the steps of the capitol, they are:
a. trying to bring attention to their cause
TEST BANK WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Indirect lobbying:
a. is also called grass roots lobbying
b. is used primarily by small, wealthy interest groups
c. is when a lobbyist meets one on one with a legislator
d. is seldom effective
Answer: a. is also called grass roots lobbying
●● Interest groups that represent those who are unable to represent
themselves are often called:
a. public interest groups
b. labor groups
c. ethnic groups
d. business interest groups
Answer: a. public interest groups
●● When a person joins a group because she likes to go to meetings and
hang out with other members, it is called:
a. personal material benefits
b. solitary benefits
,c. morally wrong
d. a blind date
Answer: b. solitary benefits
●● Of the three types of interest groups discussed in your text, which
has traditionally had the most clout or power in Texas politics?
a. public interest groups
b. moral groups
c. equality groups
d. economic groups
Answer: d. economic groups
●● According to your text, interest group winners during the 74th Texas
Legislature included:
a. local governments
b. all of the other answers
c. labor groups
d. business groups
Answer: d. business groups
●● Which of the following was considered an important resource for an
interest group to have according to class discussion?
a. an ugly tie
, b. media coverage
c. hi tech office
d. geographically disperse membership
Answer: d. geographically disperse membership
●● Given population trends, which of the following interest groups is
LEAST likely to be powerful in Texas in 2025?
a. ethnic groups
b. agricultural groups
c. senior citizens
d. business groups
Answer: b. agricultural citizens
●● LULAC is an example of which of the following group types?
a. ethnic group
b. business or trade group
c. labor union
d. single issue (cause) organization
Answer: a. ethnic group
●● When the members of an interest group get on a bus to go to Austin
and march on the steps of the capitol, they are:
a. trying to bring attention to their cause
