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Question 1.
The primary job of government public relations practitioners is to inform.

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Question 2.
Citizen surveys are useful primarily in evaluating program impacts.

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Question 3.
The 1990s explosion of news media, talk shows, public affairs programs, and special-interest publications has helped increase public information and voter turn-out.

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Question 4.
Citizen frustration and their sense of impotence toward government both contribute to public apathy.

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Question 5.
In addition to public apathy, another barrier to effective government public relations is the public's double-standard that holds that private businesses can publicize and advertise, but government should not.

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Question 6.
The international broadcasting functions of the former United States Information Agency are managed by an independent executive branch, the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

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Question 7.
The military expanded its embedding policy, with reporters serving as the link back home, during "Iraqi Freedom."

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Question 8.
The information transfers that take place in government public relations are predicated on lobbying for a desired outcome.

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Question 9.
The more independent the news media are of government control, the less freedom government public affairs specialists have to conduct public affairs responsibly.

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Question 10.
Government public relations practitioners face less hostility than their private-sector counterparts.

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