3.2.2.5 Pressure groups: UK and US comparison Quiz: AQA Politics, Unit 2

The 20 questions

1. Which strategy is commonly used by pressure groups in both the UK and the US?

   • Forming governments
   • Standing candidates
   • Levying taxes
   • Lobbying officials

2. How is the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) classified as a pressure group?

   • Electoral party
   • Anarchist movement
   • Cause outsider group
   • Sectional insider group

3. Which fundraising body is characteristic of US politics without a direct UK equivalent?

   • Constituency branches
   • Trade unions
   • Corporate boards
   • Political action committees

4. Which judicial ruling facilitated the rapid growth of US super PACs?

   • Brown v Board
   • Marbury v Madison
   • Roe v Wade
   • Citizens United

5. How is Greenpeace typically classified within pressure group typology?

   • Sectional insider group
   • Governing party
   • Trade association
   • Outsider promotional group

6. What pluralist factor inherently limits the overall power of pressure groups?

   • Mandatory silence
   • State monopolies
   • Competing rival groups
   • Constitutional bans

7. Which UK term describes stable policy-making networks of civil servants and groups similar to US iron triangles?

   • Policy communities
   • Issue networks
   • Cabinet coalitions
   • Executive committees

8. Which action most directly increases the influence of a US pressure group in Congress?

   • Funding friendly candidates
   • Dissolving committees
   • Boycotting elections
   • Organising general strikes

9. What is the primary method used by UK insider pressure groups?

   • Blocking motorways
   • Occupying universities
   • Consulting civil servants
   • Staging mass protests

10. What structural feature makes evaluating pressure group power between the UK and USA contestable?

    • Separated powers
    • Universal suffrage
    • Uncodified constitutions
    • Unitary monarchy

11. What model of democracy suggests power in both the UK and US is spread among competing groups?

    • Pluralism
    • Authoritarianism
    • Elitism
    • Totalitarianism

12. Which institutional actors in the US Congress act as primary gatekeepers for pressure group legislation?

    • Congressional committees
    • State governors
    • Supreme Court justices
    • Federal marshals

13. What key institutional difference explains variations in pressure group influence between the UK and USA?

    • Hereditary peers
    • Devolved assemblies
    • Proportional representation
    • Separated powers

14. What is a major risk for a UK pressure group that achieves close insider status?

    • Electoral landslide
    • Financial bankruptcy
    • Mass recruitment
    • Co-optation

15. What strategy do UK outsider groups typically rely on due to a lack of ministerial access?

    • Civil service lobbying
    • Committee testimony
    • Drafting legislation
    • Public campaigns

16. What common elitist criticism challenges the pluralist view of UK pressure groups?

    • Secret ballots
    • Mandatory voting
    • Universal franchise
    • Resource inequality

17. Which characteristic defines a UK insider pressure group?

    • Total secrecy
    • Routine consultation
    • Electoral boycotts
    • Violent protest

18. What document primarily guides a UK government's rejection of a pressure group's policy demands?

    • Hansard report
    • Magna Carta
    • Party manifesto
    • Judicial review

19. What do US politicians typically exchange with pressure groups in return for campaign contributions and expertise?

    • Legislative access
    • Judicial appointments
    • Tax exemptions
    • Cabinet positions

20. Which federal act regulates lobbying disclosure requirements in the United States?

    • Ethics in Government Act
    • Campaign Reform Act
    • Federal Election Campaign Act
    • Lobbying Disclosure Act

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