This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Communication > Political > Political Communication – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Communication Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Politics is the activity through which people make, preserve and amend the general rules under which they live A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Propaganda technique involving the use of a celebrity or spokesperson to speak on behalf of a product of candidate A) Testimonial. B) Bandwagon. C) Transfer. D) Card stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Testimonial. 3. ..... is how trustworthy you think a media message is. A) Opinion. B) Bias. C) Credibility. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Credibility. 4. Facilitating the formation of public opinion and feeding that opinion back to the public form whence it came is the function of media for ..... A) Advocacy. B) Political discourse. C) Education. D) Publicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political discourse. 5. The importance of an informed, knowledgeable electorate dictates that democratic politics must be pursued in the ..... A) Private area. B) Public arena. C) Education system. D) Group interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public arena. 6. Any nonviolent, legal means of encouraging or disapproving government action, directed to the judicial, executive or legislative branch A) Petitioning the government. B) Lobbying. C) Media. D) Monitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petitioning the government. 7. People who are concerned with some particular issue or part of the government and who try to influence legislators or to act in their favor, also known as a special interest group A) Interest group. B) Impact. C) Lobbying. D) Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interest group. 8. According to the text, how does the author describe the impoverishment of electoral content? A) As an increase in the quality of the proposals. B) Like a decrease in the diversity of candidates. C) Like a lack of culture and knowledge in the candidates. D) Like excess regulation on social networks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like a lack of culture and knowledge in the candidates. 9. Once mandated (or rejected, as the case may be) the political parties agree to abide by the constitutional rules of the political system in which they operate, respecting the limitations it puts on their power to implement or oppose policy, until such time as another electoral opportunity comes along A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which political party has these beliefs-government regulation of the economy and higher taxes for the rich? A) Republican Party. B) Democratic Party. C) Socialist Party. D) Independent Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic Party. 11. The column is a stylistic dramatisation not only of the subject or issue at hand but also of the pundit's rightful status to speak on it authoritatively A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Whole-family secrets = keeping secrets from outsiders A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. What is the propaganda technique called "Testimonial" based on? A) Using logical arguments to persuade people. B) Presenting statistics and facts to prove a point. C) A celebrity or well-known person endorsing a product. D) Using fear to persuade the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A celebrity or well-known person endorsing a product. 14. Which of the following is a method used by interest groups to support their cause through the legal system? A) Litigation. B) Public speaking. C) Fundraising. D) Social media campaigns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litigation. 15. Which option presents a clear point of view? A) Bias. B) Metaphor. C) Propaganda. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 16. Following the Indonesian riots of May 1999 and the resignation of President Suharto, several political reforms were set in motion via amendments to the Constitution of Indonesia, which resulted in changes to all branches of government A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Some examples of interpersonal political communication are mentioned below, except for ..... A) Visual means of signification such logo design. B) The political discussions of people in public bars. C) The behind-closed-doors negotiations of governments. D) The information gleaned by journalists from face-to-face meetings with high-level sources,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual means of signification such logo design. 18. The media play a hegemonic role by contributing the maintenance of consent for a system of power A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The press and broadcast media, by the nature of their functioning and role, employ different modes of intervention in politics A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. The media is taking role as an important political actors by (1) transmit the messages about organizations to the public, (2) organize the political events, (3) moderate the political events, (4) transform the political events toward political news, and (5) give an interpretation of a political event. The right actions conducted by media are number A) 1, 2, 5. B) 3, 4, 5. C) 1, 4, 5. D) 2, 3, 4. 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