GOV2306 exam 3 ALL 100 questions

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a. The reaction of Texans to Reconstruction

b. The desire of the founding fathers of Texas to closely copy the structure and operation of the executive branch of the federal government in Washington

c. The Constitution of 1876

d. The reaction of Texans to the governorship of E.J. Davis

a. appointed by the governor.

b. elected in single-member districts in the House of Representatives and in at-large elections in the Texas Senate.

c. all elected in single-member districts.

d. subject to term limitation by the Texas Constitution of 1876.

e. all elected in at-large elections.

a. State Commission on Budgetary Development and Analysis.

b. Comptroller.

c. State Treasurer.

d. Legislative Budget Board.

e. Congressional Budget Office.

a. the lieutenant governor of Texas is the president of the Texas Senate but the real leader of the Texas Senate is the Senate majority leader of the Texas Senate

b. the lieutenant governor is the president of the Texas Senate and is, under the rules of the Texas Senate, the real leader of the Texas Senate

c. the lieutenant governor of Texas is the president of the Texas Senate, however, the real leader of the Texas Senate is the leader of the majority party in the Texas Senate

d. the vice president of Texas is the president of the Texas Senate, however, the real leader of the Texas Senate is the Senate majority leader

e. the speaker of the Texas House also acts as the president of the Texas Senate and is its actual leader

a. Joint committee

b. Standing committee

c. Combined committee

d. Special committee

e. Conference committee

a. up to 140 days

b. no more than two weeks

c. up to 30 days

d. as long as required to complete the agenda of the governor.

e. no more than one year

a. three

b. nine

c. 12

d. 15

e. six

a. to negotiate treaties for Texas with foreign governments.

b. to regulate electric and telephone rates in Texas.

c. to act as the chief election officer for the State of Texas.

d. to collect taxes for the State of Texas.

e. to act as the head of the president of the Senate when the Texas legislature is in session.

a. the judicial branch of Texas government, in the form of the Texas Supreme Court, in its oversight function of the executive and legislative branches of government.

b. a vote of the Texas Senate.

c. a vote of the full legislature.

d. a vote of the Texas House.

e. a joint conference committee made up of Texas Senators and Representatives.

a. the Texas Supreme Court

b. the Joint Committee on Public Policy of the Texas House of Representatives

c. the plural executive

d. the Central Policy Commission of Texas

e. the Texas legislature

a. by the governor.

b. in legislative committees.

c. on the floor of the Texas House.

d. during special sessions of the legislature.

e. in the House of Representatives.

a. income taxes.

b. sales taxes.

c. severance taxes.

d. ad valorem taxes.

e. property taxes.

a. 435

b. 32

c. 31

d. it varies from session to session depending on the state’s population

e. 15

a. textbook adoptions.

b. state budget requests.

c. teacher salaries.

d. state football programs.

e. University Interscholastic League literary competition rules.

a. the chief election officer of the State of Texas.

b. the chief tax collector for the State of Texas.

c. responsible for collecting overdue child support payments for Texans.

d. responsible for administering the Texas Veterans’ Land Board.

e. issuing corporation charters and monitoring public corporations in the State of Texas.

a. the Texas Constitution forbids the Legislature to override a gubernatorial veto

b. by a vote of a conference committee

c. by a majority vote of the Texas Senate alone in the exercise of its advise and consent power

d. by a 2/3rds vote of members present from both houses

e. by a simple majority vote of members present from both houses

a. general bill

b. a true bill

c. a resolution

d. a special bill

e. private bill

a. pharmacy and real estate.

b. business and finance.

c. medicine and insurance.

d. law and business.

e. education.  education and sales.

a. the voters of the State of Texas.

b. the members of the Texas Senate.

c. the caucus of the majority party at the start of a new legislative session.

d. a vote of the full legislature.

e. a single-member district election in Travis County, home county for the Texas Legislature (in Austin).

a. Texas Land Commissioner

b. Governor of Texas

c. Comptroller of Public Accounts

d. Lieutenant Governor of Texas

e. Texas Secretary of State

a. Lieutenant Governor of Texas.

b. Texas Secretary of State.

c. Comptroller of Public Accounts.

d. Governor of Texas.

e. Texas Agricultural Commissioner.

a. County government

b. Independent school districts

c. State government

d. Municipal government

e. Community college districts

a. Texas Secretary of State

c. Texas Land Commissioner

d. Comptroller of Public Accounts

e. Texas Agriculture Commissioner

a. to iron out differences between different versions of legislation passed by the House and the Senate

b. to meet and study issues in the period between regular legislative sessions

c. to draft a state budget for consideration be the full legislature

d. to consider overrides of gubernatorial vetoes

e. to assign bills to calendars for scheduling on the House floor

a. all U.S. military troops which are stationed in Texas at a given time.

b. the Austin Chapter of the American Legion.

c. the Texas National Guard.

d. the Fort Hood military installation in Central Texas.

e. the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University.

a. Texas Senate.

b. Texas House of Representatives.

c. Governor of Texas.

d. Attorney General of Texas.

e. Supreme Court of Texas.

a. Criminal Science Institute (CSI) of Texas.

b. Texas Rangers.

c. the director of the Texas Bureau of Investigation.

d. the board of the Department of Public Safety.

e. state investigatory grand jury.

a. has tremendous influence over the preparation, creation and adoption of the budget of the state each biennial session.

b. greatly influences the creation and adoption of the budget for the state through the Government Office of Management and Budget.

c. influences the creation and adoption of the state’s biennial budget through his selection and appointment of the Texas Secretary of the Treasury.

d. has sole constitutional power in the state to develop and set the state biennial budget; he then sends the completed budget to the legislature for implementation and distribution based upon his (the governor’s) specific and strict directions

e. has little official power and influence over the creation and final adoption of the biennial state budget during the regular legislative session.

a. The Legislature meets in regular session starting in January for 160 days every odd-numbered year.

b. The Legislature meets in regular session every year, holding 140-day sessions in odd-numbered years and 160-day sessions in even-numbered years.

c. The Legislature meets in regular session starting in January every year, adjourning at the end of the year in early December.

d. The Legislature meets in regular session for 260 days every other year.

e. The Legislature meets in regular session starting in January for 140 days every odd-numbered year.

a. True

b. False–The income tax is set at 2% of a person’s annual income. When added to the federal income tax requirement, a Texas citizen pays 8.25% of her income in income taxes.

c. False–there is no state income tax.

d. False–the state income tax is based on the biennial income of a Texas citizen.

a. the Legislative Budget Board.

b. the Public Utility Commission.

c. the Texas Railroad Commission.

d. Texas State Board of Insurance.

e. the Sunset Advisory Board.

a. joint committee.

b. combined committee.

c. conference committee.

d. special committee.

e. standing committee

a. 100

b. 50

c. 10

d. 900

e. 200

a. Earl Butz

b. Todd Staples

c. Jim Hightower

d. Hank Gilbert

e. Susan Combs

a. senatorial courtesy.

b. sunset review.

c. sunshine legislation.

d. administrative oversight and review.

e. redistricting.

a. initiating lawsuits against parents delinquent on child support payments

b. issuing legal opinions interpreting state laws before issues relating to the laws are adjudicated by the courts

c. defending the state against lawsuits

d. prosecuting individuals accused of serious crimes

e. acting as the constitutional lawyer for agencies, boards, and commissions of the state of Texas.

a. None; all states, including Texas, tax the personal income of residence of their states

b. seven

d. two

a. Vice President

b. President

c. Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate

d. Secretary of State

e. Speaker of the U.S. House

a. the Texas Constitution.

b. a resolution passed by the Texas Legislature in 1980.

c. the United State Constitution.

d. the Texas Supreme Court in a constitutional ruling in the early part of the 1950s.

e. the U.S. Congress.

a. a bill to increase criminal penalties on drug possession

b. the governor no longer has the line-item veto power–the Texas line-item veto was declared illegal by a federal court ruling

c. a bill declaring the Southern Baptist religion the official state religion of Texas

d. a bill to raise the minimum drinking age

e. a bill to appropriate money to operate state prisons

a. Texas Agriculture Commissioner

b. No commission or agency or department in Texas government has this power

c. Texas Railroad Commission

d. General Land Commission

b. Texas Department of Energy

c. Public Utility Commission

d. Texas Railroad Commission

e. Texas Department of Petroleum Development

a. The Governor may call a special session, but only with the approval of the Legislature by a majority vote of both houses

b. Either the Speaker or Lieutenant Governor may call a special session

c. Only the Governor may call a special session

d. The Legislature calls itself into special session by a 2/3rds vote of both houses

e. The Texas Secretary of State calls special sessions with the approval of the Lieutenant Government and Speaker of the House

a. The governor is elected by a vote of the Texas Senate every two years at the start of the session of the Texas Legislature in January of odd numbered years

b. Governors may serve no more than four two-year terms consecutively

c. The term of office for governor of Texas is four years and the Texas Constitution sets no limit on the number of terms a governor may serve

d. The governor serves a two-year term of office and there is no limit set by the Texas Constitution as to how many terms he or she may serve

e. The governor serves an elected four year term but is limited by constitutional amendment to serving no more than ten years (two full elected terms and up to two additional years if first assuming the office due to the death, resignation, or impeachment and conviction of the preceding governor

a. Texas Attorney General.

b. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

c. Texas Commissioner of Agriculture.

d. Comptroller of Public Accounts.

e. Lieutenant Governor of Texas.

a. the Lieutenant Governor

b. the Texas Attorney General

c. the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court

d. the Texas Secretary of State

e. a member of the Railroad Commission

a. Preston Smith.

b. James Ferguson.

c. Rick Perry.

d. Bill Clements.

e. George W. Bush.

a. district resolution.

b. district development.

c. congressional reapportionment.

d. redistricting.

e. redlining.

a. governor

b. attorney general

c. chairman of the Legislative Budget Board

d. treasurer

e. comptroller

a. six

b. three

d. nine

a. an important aspect of the governor’s “bully pulpit” because it is broadcast live on network television during prime-time to the people of Texas.

b. an informal tradition initiated by Gov. E. J. Davis during Reconstruction and is an official state holiday.

c. given by the governor every year at the start of the Texas legislative session in January.

d. called for by the Texas Constitution and is given before a joint session of the Texas Legislature following the start of the regular session.

e. is no longer given in person by the governor in the form of a speech delivered before the legislature but instead is a printed message sent to both legislative bodies and posted at the front entrance to each chamber.

a. is found in Nebraska.

b. the U.S. Congress.

c. is in Texas.

d. now banned by the U.S. Constitution.

e. now gone, abandoned when the State of Texas moved to a bicameral organization in the 1970s.

a. in the Legislative Budget Board

b. in the Texas Senate.

c. with the governor.

d. with the Comptroller of Public Accounts.

e. in the Texas House.

a. The Speaker is appointed by the Governor and is approved by the Senate in its advice and consent powers

b. The Secretary of State serves ex officio as Speaker of the Texas House

c. The Speaker is a state representative elected by the full House to serve as speaker

d. The Speaker is elected statewide

e. The Lieutenant Governor acts, as part of his constitutional duties, as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

c. Texas Land Commissioner.

e. Governor of Texas

a. he lacks any significant independent removal power over his appointments.

b. he has complete authority to appoint judges for life terms to all the courts of the state judicial branch at any time at all levels throughout the state of Texas.

c. he had complete power over the length of service of those appointments, holding the power to independently dismiss any of his appointments at any time without any consultation by or approval from the Texas Legislature.

d. he has ultimate authority in times of crisis over all the military personnel and bases of the United States quartered in Texas including the power to make field promotions of officers and commanders.

e. has significant power to make committee assignments for members of the Texas Legislature.

a. similar to that of an employer in the private sector–he may fire any member of a state board or commission except when that firing is considered racially motivated or retaliatory.

b. limited to only those members of state boards and commissions from previous administrations.

c. limited to only those specifically appointed by the governor, with approval of the Senate (two-thirds vote).

d. unlimited. As chief executive officer of the state, he has the power to appoint and dismiss any member of the state executive branch or its agencies and commissions.

e. denied to the governor. Once the governor appoints someone to a state board or commission that person cannot be removed from office except by impeachment.

a. oil and gas companies.

b. in the medical field.

c. farmers and ranchers.

d. governments.

e. in the insurance industry.

a. Esperanza “Hope” Andrade.

b. John Steen.

c. also, by law, the Lieutenant Governor of the State.

d. Geoffrey Connor.

e. Roger Williams.

a. Rick Perry

b. Ted Cruz

c. Bill Ratliff

d. David Dewhurst

e. William “Bill” Hobby

a. appoint judges and justices to state courts when there is a vacancy on a court due to a death, resignation, or removal of the judge or justice.

b. to reduce prison overcrowding by executive order.

c. to order the death penalty be imposed following the conviction of a defendant for capital murder.

d. review and reverse decisions of lower courts when the decisions are appealed directly to his office.

e. appoint all judges and justices to all the courts on all levels in the State of Texas.

a. 6.25%.

b. 8.25%.

c. tied directly to the federal treasury bills rate.

d. 7.25%.

a. Attorney General of Texas

b. Lieutenant Governor of Texas

c. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

d. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives

a. The official powers of the Governor or Texas are about average in comparison with other governors.

b. The official powers of the Governor of Texas are among the weakest in the nation.

c. The official powers of the Governor of Texas are among the strongest in the nation.

d. They are somewhat above average in comparison with the other governors’ powers.

b. Special committee

c. Standing committee

d. Conference committee

e. Irregular committee

a. Commissioner of the Veterans’ Land Board of Texas.

b. Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office.

c. Chairman of the Texas Veterans Administration.

e. Lieutenant Governor.

a. liberal Democrats.

b. conservative-to-moderate Democrats.

c. conservative to ultra-conservative Republicans.

d. former lieutenant governors.

e. members of the Tea Party of Texas.

a. George W. Bush.

b. E.J. Davis.

c. William Clements.

d. James Ferguson.

e. Miriam Ferguson.

a. 42/seven

b. 19/two

c. 35/six

d. 26/five

e. 24/one

a. Marbury v. Madison.

b. Ruiz v. Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

c. Brown v. Board of Education.

d. Fisher v. The University of Texas.

e. Hopwood v. Texas.

a. appointed to their positions by the Governor of Texas (with the approval of the Texas Senate).

b. required by the Texas Constitution of 1876 to have worked for at least a ten-year period in the railroad industry in Texas.

c. required by law to serve only one six-year term in office.

d. elected in single-member district elections from three separate sections of the state by the people of Texas with the approval of the vote of both chambers of the legislature.

e. elected to their positions by the people of Texas.

a. bicameral executive system of government.

b. unitary executive system of government.

c. cabinet system in operation in the executive branch of government.

d. nonpartisan unicameral system of government.

e. plural executive system operating the executive branch of government.

a. The Lieutenant Governor is a member of the House selected by the Texas House to serve as Lieutenant Governor

b. The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years by the Texas delegates to the Elector College at their electoral meeting held every four years held prior to voting for the presidential selection.

c. The Lieutenant Governor is elected statewide directly by the citizens of Texas

d. The Lieutenant Governor is appointed by the Governor and is approved by the Senate in its advice and consent power

e. The Lieutenant Governor is a member of the Texas Senate elected by the full Senate to serve as Lieutenant Governor

a. presidential elections.

b. results of the most recent election of the U.S. House of Representatives and of the Texas House of Representatives.

c. directives issued by the Senate Committee on Redistricting and the Census.

d. report from Congress on reapportionment based on the national census.

e. report of the Interstate Redistricting Commission.

a. meeting in special session.

b. meeting in regular session.

c. meeting as a Committee of the Whole to revise the Texas Constitution of 1876.

d. not in session.

a. any member of the Texas legislature or a member of the Texas delegation to the U.S. Congress.

b. the Speaker or the Lieutenant Governor only.

c. any member of the legislature or the governor.

d. any member of the legislature in the member’s own chamber.

e. any current or former member of the legislature.

a. appointed to their positions by a vote of the Texas Legislature.

b. are appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Energy and have full authority over the production of and development of all energy resources within the state of Texas.

c. ex officio officeholder, serving in their PUC positions as a part of their duties as Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and Comptroller of Public Accounts.

d. elected to their positions by a direct, statewide vote of the people of Texas.

e. appointed to their positions by the Governor of Texas (with the approval of the Texas Senate).

a. Secretary of State.

c. Legal Counsel to the Governor of Texas.

d. Attorney General.

e. Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

a. the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

b. Article I of the United States Constitution.

c. the annexation agreement between the United States and the Republic of Texas.

d. the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lopez v. Texas.

e. the Texas Constitution of 1876.

a. the Texas Legislature is a bicameral body.

b. the U.S. Constitution in Article I and II requires it.

c. the Texas Constitution requires that the state legislature pass a balanced budget.

d. the governor has a two year term of office.

e. the Texas Legislature meets once every two years.

a. Commissioner of Agriculture.

b. Lieutenant Governor.

c. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

d. Secretary of State.

e. Attorney General.

a. George H.W. Bush

b. Ann Richards

c. George W. Bush

d. Miriam Ferguson

e. E.J. Davis

a. The Texas House has 150 members elected for two-year terms while the Texas Senate has 31 members elected for six-year terms

b. The Texas House has 150 members elected for two-year terms while the Texas Senate has 31 members elected for four-year terms

c. The Texas House has 435 members elected for 2-year terms and the Texas Senate has 100 members elected for 6-year terms

d. The Texas Legislature is a unicameral legislative body made up of 100 members.

e. The Texas House has 31 members elected for four-year terms while the Texas Senate has 150 members elected for two-year terms

a. the president pro tempore of the Texas Senate takes over the vacated position for the remainder of the term of office

b. by a called special state-wide election to fill the remaining term of the former lieutenant governor

c. the governor appoints a new lieutenant governor, with the approval of a vote of the full legislature

d. the president of the Senate moves into the position of Lieutenant for the remainder of the Lieutenant Governor’s term of office

e. the Senate elects one of its members to the position of lieutenant governor to serve the balance of the vacant term

a. the Committee Assignment Committee.

b. by seniority.

c. by appointment by the lieutenant governor.

d. by the lieutenant governor and a vote of the full Senate.

e. agreement among the members meeting as a committee of the whole in a conference committee.

a. Texas House of Representatives.

b. governor’s cabinet and the Governor of Texas.

c. Supreme Court of Texas with the Chief Justice of Texas sitting as the chief judge over the proceedings.

d. Texas Senate.

e. Attorney General of Texas sitting as the head of a court made up of members of the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

a. Executive Director of the Texas Education Agency.

b. Chairman of the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

c. Attorney General.

d. Land Commissioner.

e. Comptroller of Public Accounts.

a. the Lieutenant Governor.

b. Senate minority leader.

c. Governor.

d. Speaker of the House.

e. Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

a. Sonia Sotomayor.

b. Kay Bailey Hutchinson.

c. Carol Keeton Strayhorn.

d. Miriam Ferguson.

e. Susan Combs.

a. the Lieutenant Governor of Texas.

b. the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

c. the Attorney General of Texas.

d. the Comptroller of Public Accounts.

e. the Governor of Texas.

a. 10 days

b. 140 days

c. until one week after the end of the legislative session

d. three weeks

e. three days

a. Texas Commissioner of Agriculture.

b. Texas Attorney General.

c. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

a. the three members of the Texas Railroad Commission to office.

b. the Lieutenant Governor of Texas to office.

c. the Texas Agricultural Commissioner to office.

d. the Texas Secretary of State to office.

e. the Texas Attorney General to office.

a. centralized power.

b. violating the U.S. Constitution.

c. a diffusion of power.

d. confusion.

e. the spread of socialism.

a. ten years.

b. year.

c. five years.

d. time the Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor decide it is necessary and prudent to do so.

e. two years.

a. 42/ten

b. 35/five

c. 26/five

d. 21/two

e. 18/one

a. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives

b. Comptroller of Public Accounts

c. Lieutenant Governor of Texas

d. Texas Attorney General

e. Texas Commissioner of Agriculture