What Is Lobbying

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is lobbying?

• A)communication as a representative of a group with government officials to persuade them to support a particular policy
• B)conducting surveys to gauge public opinion on a policy issue
• C)convincing potential members to join an interest group by offering them material benefits.-Consider This: This is what interest groups to increase their membership but this not lobbying.
• D)fundraising for political candidates and educating the public about the activities of government

---

Definitions:

Fixed Cost

Financial obligations that are static and do not vary with production levels or sales numbers, such as rent, salary payments, and insurance fees.

Activity Level

A measure of the volume of production or operations, often used in cost accounting to allocate variable and fixed costs appropriately.

Mixed Cost

A cost that contains both variable and fixed cost elements, making its total expense vary with changes in the level of output.

Fixed Cost

Expenses that do not fluctuate with changes in production volume, staying constant even as production levels vary.