Question: What is the free rider problem?

Answer: When some individuals receive benefits without helping to bear the cost

Question: How can lawmakers benefit from lobbyists’ information?

Answer: Lawmakers may support an idea the will facilitate reelection.

Question: What is a lobbyist?

Answer: A person who represents an organization in an attempt to influence government policy

Question: What is a material incentive?

Answer: Monetary or physical benefits given to group members to help overcome a collective action problem

Question: Why do interest groups support candidates with similar views?

Answer: To gain access to them once they are in office

Question: In addition to influencing policy, which of the following is a goal of interest groups?

Answer: Monitor government activity

Question: What is outside lobbying?

Answer: Conveying an organization’s message to the public, in hopes that they will pressure lawmakers

Question: What is the disturbance theory?

Answer: The theory that an external event can lead to interest group mobilization

Question: Which of the following is an advantage of a group with financial resources?

Answer: It can offer incentives

Question: What did President Obama’s Executive Order 13490 prohibit for appointees in the executive branch?

Answer: Accepting gifts from lobbyists