GOVT 2306 FINAL PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS REVIEW MATERIAL

GOVT 2306 FINAL PAPER FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
REVIEW MATERIAL

●● In which of the following ways can the media influence the
legislature?
Answer: Correct
-They can help set the legislative agenda by focusing on certain stories.
-Social media let legislators communicate directly to their constituents.
-They can help constituents learn more about actions by the legislature


Incorrect
-Their consistently upbeat coverage gives Texans a more positive
opinion of the legislature.


●● Texas has a unicameral legislature.
Answer: False


●● The five members of the Legislative Redistricting Board include
which of the following?
Answer: Correct
-the lieutenant governor

, -the Speaker of the House
-the commissioner of the General Land Office
-the comptroller of public accounts
-the attorney general


Incorrect
-the president pro tempore
-the secretary of state


●● Pigeonholing means that the committee chair sets the bill aside and
never brings it before the committee.
Answer: True


●● The Texas Association of Business and the Texas Alliance for Life
are examples of two powerful -- in Texas.
Answer: interest groups


●● Texas legislators and the governor have direct involvement in the
lawmaking process, but which of the following players are involved
indirectly?
Answer: Correct
-interest groups
-the public