Texas Government Questions with CORRECT Answers (Verified Update)
Q1: Among the factors that work against rationality and efficiency in the making of public policies
is that?
A. politicians are more interested in votes than in effective policies.
B. administrators of policies often seek the easiest way of administering laws rather than the
most efficient ways.
C. governments work incrementally.
D. rational and efficient policies are often difficult to legitimate to a broader public.
E. all of the above
Answer: E. all of the above
Q2: An example of policy legitimation is when
Answer: the courts uphold the constitutionality of a law
Q3: State courts tried to address the issue of equity in the funding of public schools
Answer: in the case of San Antonio v. Rodríguez
Q4: Among the reforms in public education in Texas to improve the quality of education was
Answer: "No Pass, No Play."
Q5: Poverty among those over age 65 and those under age 18 in Texas
Answer: is at a level above the national average
Q6: The welfare reforms of the 1990s?
A. resulted from a belief that the welfare policies of the 1960s had failed.
B. led to a 36-month limitation on welfare benefits in Texas.
C. led to a five-year ban on reapplying for benefits once benefits ran out.
D. expanded education and job-training programs.
E. all of the above
Answer: E. all of the above
Q7: Two presidents who had major roles in welfare policy are
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson
Q8: The Affordable Care Act
Answer: will increase health insurance coverage to millions of Texans
Q1: Among the factors that work against rationality and efficiency in the making of public policies
is that?
A. politicians are more interested in votes than in effective policies.
B. administrators of policies often seek the easiest way of administering laws rather than the
most efficient ways.
C. governments work incrementally.
D. rational and efficient policies are often difficult to legitimate to a broader public.
E. all of the above
Answer: E. all of the above
Q2: An example of policy legitimation is when
Answer: the courts uphold the constitutionality of a law
Q3: State courts tried to address the issue of equity in the funding of public schools
Answer: in the case of San Antonio v. Rodríguez
Q4: Among the reforms in public education in Texas to improve the quality of education was
Answer: "No Pass, No Play."
Q5: Poverty among those over age 65 and those under age 18 in Texas
Answer: is at a level above the national average
Q6: The welfare reforms of the 1990s?
A. resulted from a belief that the welfare policies of the 1960s had failed.
B. led to a 36-month limitation on welfare benefits in Texas.
C. led to a five-year ban on reapplying for benefits once benefits ran out.
D. expanded education and job-training programs.
E. all of the above
Answer: E. all of the above
Q7: Two presidents who had major roles in welfare policy are
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson
Q8: The Affordable Care Act
Answer: will increase health insurance coverage to millions of Texans
