DGOVT 2306 Exam 3 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS| GET IT CORRECT !!!
Which of the following is true about bicameralism in the
Texas legislature? -
-Correct Answers
Since bills must be passed by both chambers, the
process requires compromise, but also allows individual
members of the legislature the ability to block passage
of bills.
District courts usually have __________ jurisdiction,
meaning that they hear a broad range of civil and
criminal cases. -
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general
The governor can exercise the line-item veto in which of
the following circumstances: -
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only specific provisions or lines of appropriations bills.
Veterans' courts, DWI courts, and drug courts are types
of -
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specialty courts
You are an owner of a family farm that raises chickens,
and you're concerned about changes that the state
recently made to animal quarantine laws. You want to
, talk to the person who is in charge of actually enforcing
these laws. Who do you contact? -
-Correct Answers
The agriculture commissioner
The legislative budget -
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is given full consideration by the House and Senate once
it is prepared and submitted by the Legislative Budget
Board.
In even numbered years, Texas representatives receive a
salary of only ________ per year not including a per
diem. -
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$7,200
Since each member of the plural executive except the
________ is independently elected, they are ultimately
accountable to ________. -
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secretary of state; the voters.
Civil rights organizations representing Latinos and
African Americans have argued that for minorities to get
elected into office -
-Correct Answers
there must be small judicial districts where minority
voters make up the majority.
CORRECT ANSWERS| GET IT CORRECT !!!
Which of the following is true about bicameralism in the
Texas legislature? -
-Correct Answers
Since bills must be passed by both chambers, the
process requires compromise, but also allows individual
members of the legislature the ability to block passage
of bills.
District courts usually have __________ jurisdiction,
meaning that they hear a broad range of civil and
criminal cases. -
-Correct Answers
general
The governor can exercise the line-item veto in which of
the following circumstances: -
-Correct Answers
only specific provisions or lines of appropriations bills.
Veterans' courts, DWI courts, and drug courts are types
of -
-Correct Answers
specialty courts
You are an owner of a family farm that raises chickens,
and you're concerned about changes that the state
recently made to animal quarantine laws. You want to
, talk to the person who is in charge of actually enforcing
these laws. Who do you contact? -
-Correct Answers
The agriculture commissioner
The legislative budget -
-Correct Answers
is given full consideration by the House and Senate once
it is prepared and submitted by the Legislative Budget
Board.
In even numbered years, Texas representatives receive a
salary of only ________ per year not including a per
diem. -
-Correct Answers
$7,200
Since each member of the plural executive except the
________ is independently elected, they are ultimately
accountable to ________. -
-Correct Answers
secretary of state; the voters.
Civil rights organizations representing Latinos and
African Americans have argued that for minorities to get
elected into office -
-Correct Answers
there must be small judicial districts where minority
voters make up the majority.
