Texas Government Questions with CORRECT Answers (Verified Update)
Q1: A professor drops a student from the class for excessive absences. State law requires the
student to receive a "W" for the course and retake the class. This illustrates which stage of
the policy-making process?
A. Policy evaluation
B. policy implementation
C. policy formulation
D. policy evaluation - b.policy implementation
Answer: D. policy evaluation - b.policy implementation
Q2: This illustrates which stage of the policy-making process?
A. Policy evaluation
B. policy implementation
C. policy formulation
D. policy evaluation
Answer: B. policy implementation
Q3: According to public opinion polls, most Texans
A. oppose capital punishment
B. support capital punishment
C. believe death row inmates should have unlimited appeals for their conviction
D. do not support the execution of women because they are considered "rehabilitable" -
b.support capital punishment
Answer: D. do not support the execution of women because they are considered "rehabilitable" -
b.support capital punishment
Q4: After a policy is formulated, a government body must act to put the policy into effect. This
step in the policy process is known as
A. policy adoption
B. agenda setting
C. policy implementation
D. policy evaluation - a.policy adoption
Answer: D. policy evaluation - a.policy adoption
,Q5: Which of the following situations best illustrate policy evaluation?
A. A city police department conducts a study to determine whether the location of police
substations in high-crime neighborhoods affects the crime rate in those neighborhoods
B. A neighborhood civic club gathers signatures on petitions demanding that the city take
action to reduce crime in their part of town
C. The city council budgets additional money for police overtime pay in order to increase the
number of officers on the street
D. A candidate for mayors stresses crime prevention in her election campaign - a.A city
police department conducts a study to determine wether the location of police substations in
high-crime neighborhoods affect vrime rate in those neighborhoods
Answer: D. A candidate for mayors stresses crime prevention in her election campaign - a.A city
police department conducts a study to determine wether the location of police substations
in high-crime neighborhoods affect vrime rate in those neighborhoods
Q6: which of the following situations best illustrates agenda setting?
A. a local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant, boarded-up
apartment complexes becoming ragouts for drug dealers
B. the governor signs a bill requiring persons to show proof of insurance when they renew a
driver's license
C. a city council debates how best to cut the city budget in order to avoid raising taxes
D. a professor researches the impact effect of the death penalty on the incidence of violent
crime - a.a local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant,
boarded-up apartment complexes becoming ragouts for drug dealers The development of
courses of action for dealing with the problems on the government's agenda is the definition
for which of the following?
Answer: A. a local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant,
boarded-up apartment complexes becoming ragouts for drug dealers
Q7: d.a professor researches the impact effect of the death penalty on the incidence of violent
crime
Answer: a.a local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant,
boarded-up apartment complexes becoming ragouts for drug dealers
Q8: The development of courses of action for dealing with the problems on the government's
agenda is the definition for which of the following?
A. policy formulation
B. policy implementation
C. policy formulation
D. agenda setting - a.policy formulation
Answer: D. agenda setting - a.policy formulation
, Q9: The school superintendent chairs a special commitee of teachers, parents, and community
leaders to develop a plan to discourage drug use. The committee's actions illustrate which
stage of the policy process?
A. agenda building
B. policy adoption
C. policy evaluation
D. policy formulation - d.policy formulation
Answer: D. policy formulation - d.policy formulation
Q10: Which of the following best illustrates policy adoption?
A. A committee of the Texas legislature holds hearings on a proposal to require all healthcare
workers to be tested for tuberculosis infection
B. Sheriff deputies conduct an intensive traffic patrol looking for drunk drivers
C. The local board of school trustees votes to purchase metal detectors to search students for
weapons on school grounds
D. The commissioner of agriculture gives a speech encouraging Texans to purchase products
produce grown in the Lone Star State - c.The local board of school trustees votes to
purchase metal detectors to search students for weapons on school grounds
Answer: D. The commissioner of agriculture gives a speech encouraging Texans to purchase products
produce grown in the Lone Star State - c.The local board of school trustees votes to
purchase metal detectors to search students for weapons on school grounds
Q11: At which state of the policy process are policies carried out?
A. policy evaluation
B. policy implementation
C. agenda setting
D. policy formulation
Answer: B. policy implementation
Q12: c.agenda setting d.policy formulation
Answer: b.policy implementation
Q13: An editorial praises the legislature for passing a law that requires public college and
university students to complete six semester hours in national, state, and local government,
including the study of the Texas Constitution. The editorial illustrates which stage of the
policy process?
A. policy implementation
B. policy adoption
C. policy formulation
D. policy evaluation - d.policy evaluation
Answer: D. policy evaluation - d.policy evaluation
Q1: A professor drops a student from the class for excessive absences. State law requires the
student to receive a "W" for the course and retake the class. This illustrates which stage of
the policy-making process?
A. Policy evaluation
B. policy implementation
C. policy formulation
D. policy evaluation - b.policy implementation
Answer: D. policy evaluation - b.policy implementation
Q2: This illustrates which stage of the policy-making process?
A. Policy evaluation
B. policy implementation
C. policy formulation
D. policy evaluation
Answer: B. policy implementation
Q3: According to public opinion polls, most Texans
A. oppose capital punishment
B. support capital punishment
C. believe death row inmates should have unlimited appeals for their conviction
D. do not support the execution of women because they are considered "rehabilitable" -
b.support capital punishment
Answer: D. do not support the execution of women because they are considered "rehabilitable" -
b.support capital punishment
Q4: After a policy is formulated, a government body must act to put the policy into effect. This
step in the policy process is known as
A. policy adoption
B. agenda setting
C. policy implementation
D. policy evaluation - a.policy adoption
Answer: D. policy evaluation - a.policy adoption
,Q5: Which of the following situations best illustrate policy evaluation?
A. A city police department conducts a study to determine whether the location of police
substations in high-crime neighborhoods affects the crime rate in those neighborhoods
B. A neighborhood civic club gathers signatures on petitions demanding that the city take
action to reduce crime in their part of town
C. The city council budgets additional money for police overtime pay in order to increase the
number of officers on the street
D. A candidate for mayors stresses crime prevention in her election campaign - a.A city
police department conducts a study to determine wether the location of police substations in
high-crime neighborhoods affect vrime rate in those neighborhoods
Answer: D. A candidate for mayors stresses crime prevention in her election campaign - a.A city
police department conducts a study to determine wether the location of police substations
in high-crime neighborhoods affect vrime rate in those neighborhoods
Q6: which of the following situations best illustrates agenda setting?
A. a local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant, boarded-up
apartment complexes becoming ragouts for drug dealers
B. the governor signs a bill requiring persons to show proof of insurance when they renew a
driver's license
C. a city council debates how best to cut the city budget in order to avoid raising taxes
D. a professor researches the impact effect of the death penalty on the incidence of violent
crime - a.a local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant,
boarded-up apartment complexes becoming ragouts for drug dealers The development of
courses of action for dealing with the problems on the government's agenda is the definition
for which of the following?
Answer: A. a local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant,
boarded-up apartment complexes becoming ragouts for drug dealers
Q7: d.a professor researches the impact effect of the death penalty on the incidence of violent
crime
Answer: a.a local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant,
boarded-up apartment complexes becoming ragouts for drug dealers
Q8: The development of courses of action for dealing with the problems on the government's
agenda is the definition for which of the following?
A. policy formulation
B. policy implementation
C. policy formulation
D. agenda setting - a.policy formulation
Answer: D. agenda setting - a.policy formulation
, Q9: The school superintendent chairs a special commitee of teachers, parents, and community
leaders to develop a plan to discourage drug use. The committee's actions illustrate which
stage of the policy process?
A. agenda building
B. policy adoption
C. policy evaluation
D. policy formulation - d.policy formulation
Answer: D. policy formulation - d.policy formulation
Q10: Which of the following best illustrates policy adoption?
A. A committee of the Texas legislature holds hearings on a proposal to require all healthcare
workers to be tested for tuberculosis infection
B. Sheriff deputies conduct an intensive traffic patrol looking for drunk drivers
C. The local board of school trustees votes to purchase metal detectors to search students for
weapons on school grounds
D. The commissioner of agriculture gives a speech encouraging Texans to purchase products
produce grown in the Lone Star State - c.The local board of school trustees votes to
purchase metal detectors to search students for weapons on school grounds
Answer: D. The commissioner of agriculture gives a speech encouraging Texans to purchase products
produce grown in the Lone Star State - c.The local board of school trustees votes to
purchase metal detectors to search students for weapons on school grounds
Q11: At which state of the policy process are policies carried out?
A. policy evaluation
B. policy implementation
C. agenda setting
D. policy formulation
Answer: B. policy implementation
Q12: c.agenda setting d.policy formulation
Answer: b.policy implementation
Q13: An editorial praises the legislature for passing a law that requires public college and
university students to complete six semester hours in national, state, and local government,
including the study of the Texas Constitution. The editorial illustrates which stage of the
policy process?
A. policy implementation
B. policy adoption
C. policy formulation
D. policy evaluation - d.policy evaluation
Answer: D. policy evaluation - d.policy evaluation
