Making decisions based on personal judgment rather than specific legal requirements is
a. delegation.
b. co-optation.
c. implementation.
d. discretion.
e. lobbying.
Q. 2Which is NOT an example of a tax limitation measure?
a. California's Proposition 13 (1978)
b. Oregon's Measure 5 (1990)
c. Indiana's Question 3 (2004)
d. Colorado's TABOR amendment (1992)
Q. 3The executive branch carrying out policies made by the legislature is
a. delegation.
b. co-optation.
c. implementation.
d. discretion.
e. lobbying.
Q. 4In a 2010 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state of Washington could do what with signatures collected on a popular referendum?
a. Make them available to the public.
b. Destroy them.
c. Prevent the public from viewing them.
d. Use them to identify pedophiles.
Q. 5Positive activities of interest groups include all but which of the following?
a. Providing information to public officials
b. Educating members of interest groups
c. Mobilizing interest group members in constitutionally approved ways
d. Astroturf campaigning for desired goals
e. Lobbying government officials
Q. 6With regard to the effect of direct democracy on public policy, all of the following are true EXCEPT
a. direct democracy makes policies more representative of what people want and always leads to better publicpolicy.
b. when voters are allowed to make direct choices on policies they sometimes make decisions that their electedrepresentatives would not.
c. the biggest policy effects of direct democracy may be in the realm of governance policy.
d. the mere presence of the initiative process can affect public policy by changing how legislators behave.
Q. 7Which of the following is not a criticism of interest groups?
a. Promotion of narrow, selfish interests
b. Groups working to elect candidates to public office
c. Potential corruption of public officials
d. Powerful groups demanding public policy reflect their views
e. Special interests prevailing over public interests
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