US Government - Interest Groups
Test Quiz
1. What is it called when special interest groups try to influence public officials?
a. Vetoing
b. Voting
c. Polling
d. Lobbying
e. Dabbing
2. True or False: Political interest groups try to influence laws and government policy?
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
3. How would the National Wildlife Federation would rate a Senator who supported National Parks?
a. High
b. Medium
c. Low
d.
e.
4. What are the two main types of interest groups?
a. Environmental and Civil Rights
b. Business and Labor
c. Economic and public
d. Agriculture and Consumer
e. Trade and Firearms
5. True or False: Interest groups may run ads to get the general public on their side.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
6. What are some ways that lobbyists try to influence elected officials?
a. Have meetings
b. Offer legal advice
c. Help to draft new laws
d. Take them out to dinner
e. All of the above
7. What type of public-interest group is the NAACP?
a. Agriculture
b. Trade association
c. Civil rights
d. Consumer
e. Environmental
8. What is a lobbyist?
a. A person who works for a special interest group
b. A person who tries to persuade public officials to support their cause
c. A person who helps elected officials who support a specific lobby
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
9. True or False: Environmental groups try to protect the civil rights of people in the country.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
10. What type of interest group is the Better Business Bureau?
a. Agriculture
b. Trade association
c. Civil rights
d. Consumer
e. Environmental
About this quiz: All the questions on this quiz are based on information that can be found on the US Government - Interest Groups page at /history/us_government/political_interest_groups.php.
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