COM 207 Exam 4
• Question 1
4 out of 4 points
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, which financial sector made the most
... [Show More] campaign contributions between 1990 and 2010?
Answer s:
Construction.
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate.
Media.
Communication and electronics.
• Question 2
4 out of 4 points
According to reporter Michael Beckel, when looking for stories in campaign finance data, one should be on the lookout for...
Answer s:
Patterns and outliers.
Big numbers.
The biggest donor.
Amounts given by individual donors.
• Question 3
5 out of 5 points (Extra Credit)
FOR EXTRA CREDIT -- During an April 20, 1979 fishing trip, President Jimmy Carter was involved in an incident wherein he fended off a(n) that swam threateningly toward his boat.
Answer s:
Alligator.
Catfish.
Rabbit.
Water snake.
• Question 4
0 out of 4 points
According to the Center for Responsive Politics it costs , on average, to run a successful campaign for the U.S. House.
Answer s:
$1.4 million
More than its worth.
$60,000
$2.4 million
• Question 5
The federal court ruling known as SpeechNow led to...
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
The banning of all corporate donations to individual candidates.
The formation of "Super PACs," which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to influence voters.
Many candidates dropping out of the 2010 mid-term congressional campaigns.
More disclosure of donor information.
• Question 6
4 out of 4 points
Under current federal law, which kind of organizations do not have to disclose the source of their donations?
Answer s:
County level organizations.
Political non-profits.
Organizations that promote good government.
Political Action Committees.
• Question 7
An IRS form 990 contains what kind of information?
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
A roster of potential candidates for federal office.
A log of all the Super PACs that have registered with the Federal Election Commission.
The names of the most active 990 voters in a particular county.
Basic financial information about the non-profit organization that filed
the form.
• Question 8
0 out of 4 points
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton's composite conservative rating in the Almanac of American Politics is...
Answer s:
99
percent.
95
percent.
70
percent.
"Goldwat er"
• Question 9
The 2010 Supreme Court decision known as Citizens United....
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
Allowed corporations and labor unions to spend unlimited amounts of money on messaging for or against candidates.
Banned the use of "robo call" fundraising programs.
Allowed foreign countries to spend unlimited amounts of money on U.S. campaigns.
Limited the amount of money individuals could give to candidates for federal office.
• Question 10
Under federal law, Super PACs, are not allowed to...
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
Officially communicate or coordinate with candidates or their campaigns.
Mention the names of candidates in advertising on television or online.
Tell candidates what to do.
Fund raise outside of the states where they are based.
• Question 11
During the Iraq war, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton...
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
Served in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps.
Stayed on his family's Arkansas cattle ranch.
Served as a platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division.
Remained at his law firm.
• Question 12
4 out of 4 points
Which two candidates did relatively well raising small donations from individual voters in 2016?
Answer s:
Clinton and Sanders
Trump and Sanders
Bush and Sanders
Obama and Trump
• Question 13
4 out of 4 points
According to his original 2016 Financial Disclosure form, Rep. Ruben Gallego's 7th Street rental property in Phoenix, Arizona, earned him how much income for the year?
Answer s:
$5,501$10,000
$1,501$5,000
$30,000
$2,501-
$5,000
• Question 14
0 out of 4 points
In 2008, public records revealed that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had plans to install...
Answer s:
A car elevator at his seaside home in La Jolla, Calif.
Certain relatives in key positions in the government.
A new battery for his hybrid vehicle.
A boat ramp at his lakeside home in New Hampshire.
• Question 15
4 out of 4 points
According to Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton and her associated Super PACs raised
dollars for the 2016 presidential campaign.
Answer s:
a lot of
1.5
billion
1.2
billion
900
million
• Question 16
5 out of 5 points (Extra Credit)
FOR EXTRA CREDIT -- In 1984, President Ronald Reagan's campaign ran a highly successful television ad in support of his re-election. The ad was widely known as...
Answer s:
Make America Strong Again
Tear Down that Wall Morning in America The Evil Empire
• Question 17
Choose the true statement...
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
As candidates for president, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spent roughly the same amount of money.
As candidates for president, Hillary Clinton raised and spent more money than Donald Trump.
As candidates for president, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton would often go out for sandwiches together after the debates.
As candidates for president, Donald Trump raised and spent more money than Hillary Clinton.
• Question 18
4 out of 4 points
According to a story in The Atlantic, the average dollar amount of donations to the Bernie Sanders campaign was...
Answer s:
$60
$27
$40
$9.9 9
• Question 19
4 out of 4 points
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake has lived and worked in which of the following African countries...
Answer s:
Namibi a.
Malawi
.
Egypt. Kenya.
• Question 20
4 out of 4 points
According to an article in The Atlantic, the Bernie Sanders campaign rolled out this innovative fund raising tool during a Republican debate....
Answer s:
A tool that donated a dollar for every like to the campaign's Facebook page.
A machine that would turn people's spare change into campaign contributions.
A "take a donation, leave a donation" jar. A text to donate tool.
• Question 21
501 (c) organizations are not required to disclose...
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
The identity of their leaders/officers.
Their secret recipes for guacamole.
The number of their supporters.
The identity of their donors.
• Question 22
4 out of 4 points
How did U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina vote on the nomination of Callista Gingrich to be U.S. ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican)?
Answer s:
Yea
Nay Present
Graham did not vote on the nomination.
• Question 23
CandidateVerification.org is...
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
A candidate recruiting operation in the state of Washington.
A Maryland based opposition research firm.
A Florida candidate tracking service that uses drones to spy on its subjects.
A Washington state based non-profit group that does free, extensive background checks on candidates and posts the results online.
• Question 24
4 out of 4 points
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, enforcement of campaign finance laws is...
Answer s:
Adequate.
Fine.
Much improved since 2005.
Weak.
• Question 25
In campaign financing, "dark money" refers to...
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
Money from undisclosed sources that is spent in order to influence voters.
An NBC drama about campaign financing.
Money that is given directly to candidates for office.
All the money that Donald Trump has purportedly given to charity.
• Question 26
4 out of 4 points
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the cost of a winning campaign against an incumbent...
Answer s:
Rose steadily between 1974 and 2008.
Declined throughout the 1990s. Is a relatively small amount.
Is a bargain when compared with what incumbents cost taxpayers.
• Question 27
What was U.S. Senator Jeff Flake's 2016 group rating from the ACLU?
4 out of 4 points
Answer s:
"Total Right- Winger"
D.
50 percent.
35 percent. [Show Less]