GOVT 2306 COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
PACK
●● More important than the express qualifications that are required for
election to governor are a person's _______ qualifications, like
previously holding statewide elected office.
Answer: informal
●● Nationwide, _______ African Americans have been elected as
governor.
Answer: three
●● Which of the following women served as governor of Texas?
Answer: Miriam A. Ferguson
Ann Richards
●● Governor Perry claimed what kind of economic background?
Answer: son of a sharecropper
●● A candidate must be at least _____ years old to run for governor in
the state of Texas.
Answer: 30
,●● Which of the following is an important informal qualification for
becoming governor?
Answer: having previously held elected office
●● What is the amount of the Texas governor's annual salary?
Answer: $150,000
●● How many Asian Americans currently (2018) serve as governor in
the U.S.?
Answer: one
●● In Texas, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected
Answer: separately.
●● As of 2018, how many states have elected women as governors?
Answer: 28
●● Governor Bush was a good example of a Texas governor in terms of
background, in that he had both a ______ and ______.
Answer: famous name; family wealth
●● In order to be elected governor in the state of Texas you must be
, Answer: at least 30 years old.
a resident of Texas for 5 years before election.
a citizen of the United States.
●● Compared with members of the state legislature, the Texas governor
is
Answer: extremely well paid.
●● The term _________ _________ refers to the role of the lieutenant
governor when he or she takes over the gubernatorial office in the
governor's absence.
Answer: Acting Governor
●● What happens if the governor of Texas dies or leaves office during
his or her term?
Answer: The lieutenant governor becomes governor.
●● What one thing have the men who have served as the governor of
Texas generally had in common?
Answer: wealth
●● When the governor leaves the state, the lieutenant governor serves as
______, performing the function of the gubernatorial office.
Answer: acting governor
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
PACK
●● More important than the express qualifications that are required for
election to governor are a person's _______ qualifications, like
previously holding statewide elected office.
Answer: informal
●● Nationwide, _______ African Americans have been elected as
governor.
Answer: three
●● Which of the following women served as governor of Texas?
Answer: Miriam A. Ferguson
Ann Richards
●● Governor Perry claimed what kind of economic background?
Answer: son of a sharecropper
●● A candidate must be at least _____ years old to run for governor in
the state of Texas.
Answer: 30
,●● Which of the following is an important informal qualification for
becoming governor?
Answer: having previously held elected office
●● What is the amount of the Texas governor's annual salary?
Answer: $150,000
●● How many Asian Americans currently (2018) serve as governor in
the U.S.?
Answer: one
●● In Texas, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected
Answer: separately.
●● As of 2018, how many states have elected women as governors?
Answer: 28
●● Governor Bush was a good example of a Texas governor in terms of
background, in that he had both a ______ and ______.
Answer: famous name; family wealth
●● In order to be elected governor in the state of Texas you must be
, Answer: at least 30 years old.
a resident of Texas for 5 years before election.
a citizen of the United States.
●● Compared with members of the state legislature, the Texas governor
is
Answer: extremely well paid.
●● The term _________ _________ refers to the role of the lieutenant
governor when he or she takes over the gubernatorial office in the
governor's absence.
Answer: Acting Governor
●● What happens if the governor of Texas dies or leaves office during
his or her term?
Answer: The lieutenant governor becomes governor.
●● What one thing have the men who have served as the governor of
Texas generally had in common?
Answer: wealth
●● When the governor leaves the state, the lieutenant governor serves as
______, performing the function of the gubernatorial office.
Answer: acting governor
