Which of the following is a common criticism of interest group activity?

Which of the following is a common criticism of interest group activity?
 
  A) Interest groups provide all groups in society with an opportunity to win support for their ideas and positions.
  B) Joining groups and working for the interests of the group is a natural inclination of citizens and is a method of representation in our democracy.
  C) Interest groups work to concentrate benefits for the few while distributing costs to the many.
  D) The right of association is a basic right protected implicitly by the First Amendment's right to peaceably to assemble.
  E) The system gives all groups an opportunity to compete.

 Q. 2

Which would NOT be subject to enhancement under the Texas Penal Code?
 
  A) a crime committed by a street gang
  B) a crime motivated by racial hatred
  C) a crime committed by a repeat offender
  D) a charge of two offenses in the same criminal episode

 Q. 3

Robert Dahl describes a number of access points for special interest groups to influence policy. Which of the following is not one of these access points?
 
  A) courts
  B) executive branch offices
  C) political party organizations
  D) Congress
  E) news media

 Q. 4

Those who engage in organized crime, repeat offenders, and those who commit hate crimes receive enhanced punishment, which means
 
  A) they are punished as though they had committed the next higher degree of felony.
  B) they are automatically given a death sentence.
  C) their community service requirements double.
  D) they are subject to solitary confinement for the duration of their prison sentence.

 Q. 5

Which theory says that public policy is a product of whatever most citizens prefer?
 
  A) mass cooperation
  B) majoritarianism
  C) pluralism
  D) democracy
  E) conservatism

 Q. 6

Felonies are classified as first, second, or third degree depending on the nature of the crime. This is referred to as
 
  A) enhanced punishment.
  B) graded penalties.
  C) capital felony cases.
  D) enhanced penalties.

 Q. 7

Which theory says that public policy largely results from a variety of interest groups competing with one another to promote laws that benefit members of their respective groups?
 
  A) cooperativism
  B) majoritarianism
  C) pluralism
  D) capitalism
  E) legalism