UT Texas Government (310L) Test
Review Questions and Actual
Answers.
$16,000 - Answer National poverty guideline in 2006 for the continental USA
3% - Answer The Texas Lottery contributes approximately what percent to state revenues?
10th place - Answer Where does Texas rank in terms of average faculty salaries among the
ten most populous states?
35% - Answer Federal funds represent approximately what % of the state's revenues?
45% - Answer State taxes account for approximately what % of the state's revenues?
140 - Answer The Texas Legislature meets for how many days during the regular session?
254 - Answer How many counties does Texas have?
375 - Answer As of 2005, Texas had how many home rule cities?
1845 - Answer When was the first Texas Constitution drafted?
1869 - Answer Which Texas Constitution provided for centralized power by the state
government, generous salaries for elected officials, and annual sessions of the state legislature?
46% - Answer What % of Texans turned out for presidential balloting in the last 3 years?
absentee ballot or early vote - Answer If a citizen is planning to be out of town during an
election, they may vote by:
address - Answer Process by which the legislature may request that the governor remove a
district or appellate judge from office by a 2/3 vote:
administrative discretion - Answer Freedom that bureaucrats have to implement and
interpret laws
,US Department of Agriculture - Answer Administers the national food stamp program
Hopwood v. State - Answer 1996 case over affirmative action programs
alderman - Answer Most general law cities in Texas have this model of government:
policy agenda - Answer Identified by government agencies, interest groups, court mandates,
and elected officials
jury wheel - Answer Potential jurors are selected form a _____ which is developed from voter
registrations, driver's licenses, and state ID cards
Edgewood v. Kirby - Answer 1987 court case that ruled that the state's schools systems were
unequal, poorly financed, and violated the state constitution
weak - Answer Because candidates finance their own campaigns, primary elections
determine nominations, parties have no discipline over officeholders, candidates rely on their
own organizations, etc., political parties in Texas are _____:
interest on state funds, state lottery, sale and leasing of mineral rights on public lands, user fees
and licenses - Answer Besides taxes, how does Texas raise revenues?
well publicized, board members are publicly elected, the number has been declining - Answer
In contrast to other special districts, school districts are:
annexation - Answer Rules for _______ include: providing infrastructure and roads within 2.5
years, adding only unincorporated areas, and fire and police services.
Texas Court of Appeals - Answer The _____________ are organized geographically, do not
have juries, and judges serve 6-year terms on panels.
State Bar - Answer The _______ acts as a political interest group, regulatory agency, and
professional organization
Article 3 - Answer ________ of the Texas Constitution established the legislature.
, 10 years - Answer The (single-member) districts for the Texas Legislature are redrawn every
______
31 - Answer The Texas Senate has ____ members
County Commissioner's Court - Answer The ____________ has no judicial functions, appoints
the heads of the (unelected) departments, adopts the budget and tax rate for the county, and
all members are elected.
county governments - Answer Decentralized purchasing, inappropriate size, the spoils
system, partisanship, and restrictive structure are weaknesses in Texas _________.
Ethics Bill - Answer The ________ of 2003 requires that local officials file personal financial
statements, candidates file campaign finance reports electronically (unless they spend less than
$2000), candidates disclose cash balances in campaign accounts, and legislators who are
lawyers disclose when they are paid to delay trials during a legislative session.
Jacksonian democracy - Answer ________ promoted: long ballots with most officials
popularly elected, short terms of office, the spoils system, and expansion of individual
participation in government.
State Board of Insurance - Answer The __________ was abolished by the legislature and
replaced with a single appointed executive after the Travis County Grand Jury issued a critical
report in 1991 and the agency favored the industry against consumers.
redistricting - Answer Texas senators stand for election the year following ______.
2 or 4 - Answer Texas senators draw lots for either _________ year terms.
appellate jurisdiction - Answer The authority of a court to review the decisions of a lower
court, then confirm or overturn them.
county executive committees - Answer The state convention does NOT appoint the ______.
appointment and removal - Answer The governor's constitutional and statutory authority
hire and fire people employed by the state
apportionment - Answer Drawing counting precinct lines based on equal population.
Review Questions and Actual
Answers.
$16,000 - Answer National poverty guideline in 2006 for the continental USA
3% - Answer The Texas Lottery contributes approximately what percent to state revenues?
10th place - Answer Where does Texas rank in terms of average faculty salaries among the
ten most populous states?
35% - Answer Federal funds represent approximately what % of the state's revenues?
45% - Answer State taxes account for approximately what % of the state's revenues?
140 - Answer The Texas Legislature meets for how many days during the regular session?
254 - Answer How many counties does Texas have?
375 - Answer As of 2005, Texas had how many home rule cities?
1845 - Answer When was the first Texas Constitution drafted?
1869 - Answer Which Texas Constitution provided for centralized power by the state
government, generous salaries for elected officials, and annual sessions of the state legislature?
46% - Answer What % of Texans turned out for presidential balloting in the last 3 years?
absentee ballot or early vote - Answer If a citizen is planning to be out of town during an
election, they may vote by:
address - Answer Process by which the legislature may request that the governor remove a
district or appellate judge from office by a 2/3 vote:
administrative discretion - Answer Freedom that bureaucrats have to implement and
interpret laws
,US Department of Agriculture - Answer Administers the national food stamp program
Hopwood v. State - Answer 1996 case over affirmative action programs
alderman - Answer Most general law cities in Texas have this model of government:
policy agenda - Answer Identified by government agencies, interest groups, court mandates,
and elected officials
jury wheel - Answer Potential jurors are selected form a _____ which is developed from voter
registrations, driver's licenses, and state ID cards
Edgewood v. Kirby - Answer 1987 court case that ruled that the state's schools systems were
unequal, poorly financed, and violated the state constitution
weak - Answer Because candidates finance their own campaigns, primary elections
determine nominations, parties have no discipline over officeholders, candidates rely on their
own organizations, etc., political parties in Texas are _____:
interest on state funds, state lottery, sale and leasing of mineral rights on public lands, user fees
and licenses - Answer Besides taxes, how does Texas raise revenues?
well publicized, board members are publicly elected, the number has been declining - Answer
In contrast to other special districts, school districts are:
annexation - Answer Rules for _______ include: providing infrastructure and roads within 2.5
years, adding only unincorporated areas, and fire and police services.
Texas Court of Appeals - Answer The _____________ are organized geographically, do not
have juries, and judges serve 6-year terms on panels.
State Bar - Answer The _______ acts as a political interest group, regulatory agency, and
professional organization
Article 3 - Answer ________ of the Texas Constitution established the legislature.
, 10 years - Answer The (single-member) districts for the Texas Legislature are redrawn every
______
31 - Answer The Texas Senate has ____ members
County Commissioner's Court - Answer The ____________ has no judicial functions, appoints
the heads of the (unelected) departments, adopts the budget and tax rate for the county, and
all members are elected.
county governments - Answer Decentralized purchasing, inappropriate size, the spoils
system, partisanship, and restrictive structure are weaknesses in Texas _________.
Ethics Bill - Answer The ________ of 2003 requires that local officials file personal financial
statements, candidates file campaign finance reports electronically (unless they spend less than
$2000), candidates disclose cash balances in campaign accounts, and legislators who are
lawyers disclose when they are paid to delay trials during a legislative session.
Jacksonian democracy - Answer ________ promoted: long ballots with most officials
popularly elected, short terms of office, the spoils system, and expansion of individual
participation in government.
State Board of Insurance - Answer The __________ was abolished by the legislature and
replaced with a single appointed executive after the Travis County Grand Jury issued a critical
report in 1991 and the agency favored the industry against consumers.
redistricting - Answer Texas senators stand for election the year following ______.
2 or 4 - Answer Texas senators draw lots for either _________ year terms.
appellate jurisdiction - Answer The authority of a court to review the decisions of a lower
court, then confirm or overturn them.
county executive committees - Answer The state convention does NOT appoint the ______.
appointment and removal - Answer The governor's constitutional and statutory authority
hire and fire people employed by the state
apportionment - Answer Drawing counting precinct lines based on equal population.
