SDSU CAL GOV ACTUAL TEST FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
EXAMPREP STUDY SHEET
●● There are ____ state executive branch agencies and approximately
_____ state boards and commissions.
Answer: 85, 325
●● The ____ collects individual budget proposals from state agencies
while the ____ provides nonpartisan and independent review of the
entire budget.
Answer: Department of Finance
Legislative Analyst's Office
●● Which statement best characterizes the impact that California's
unique plural elected executive has on its politics?
Answer: The plural elected executive greatly limits the governor's
freedom to make and implement state policy.
●● The elimination of the California Postsecondary Education
Commission in 2011 is an example of which power?
,Answer: The governor can use a line-item veto to effectively kill a state
program.
●● Match the fund to the description
Special Funds
General Funds
Federal Funds
Bond Funds
Answer: Targeted for specific programs
the largest fund
Money comes that from Washington D.C.
Come from money that is paid back over several years
●● Nearly all of the state's airport, harbor and port, transit, water, waste,
and hospital districts function as which type of district?
Answer: enterprise districts
, ●● Choose all of the following reasons that explain why California's
revenues are more volatile from year to year than in many other states.
Answer: Proposition 13 limits how much of California's revenue comes
from property taxes, a typically steady source of revenue.
California collects much of its revenue from sales and income taxes,
which are subject to fluctuations in the economy.
●● Which of the following statements about the line-item veto is
correct?
Answer: The legislature may override the governor's line-item veto.
●● What was the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 decision in
Gonzales v. Raich?
Answer: It allowed the national government to preempt California's
medical marijuana laws.
●● Which of the following statements about the process of municipal
incorporation in California are accurate?
Answer: The county's LAFCo engages in an extensive review of all
incorporation plans.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
EXAMPREP STUDY SHEET
●● There are ____ state executive branch agencies and approximately
_____ state boards and commissions.
Answer: 85, 325
●● The ____ collects individual budget proposals from state agencies
while the ____ provides nonpartisan and independent review of the
entire budget.
Answer: Department of Finance
Legislative Analyst's Office
●● Which statement best characterizes the impact that California's
unique plural elected executive has on its politics?
Answer: The plural elected executive greatly limits the governor's
freedom to make and implement state policy.
●● The elimination of the California Postsecondary Education
Commission in 2011 is an example of which power?
,Answer: The governor can use a line-item veto to effectively kill a state
program.
●● Match the fund to the description
Special Funds
General Funds
Federal Funds
Bond Funds
Answer: Targeted for specific programs
the largest fund
Money comes that from Washington D.C.
Come from money that is paid back over several years
●● Nearly all of the state's airport, harbor and port, transit, water, waste,
and hospital districts function as which type of district?
Answer: enterprise districts
, ●● Choose all of the following reasons that explain why California's
revenues are more volatile from year to year than in many other states.
Answer: Proposition 13 limits how much of California's revenue comes
from property taxes, a typically steady source of revenue.
California collects much of its revenue from sales and income taxes,
which are subject to fluctuations in the economy.
●● Which of the following statements about the line-item veto is
correct?
Answer: The legislature may override the governor's line-item veto.
●● What was the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 decision in
Gonzales v. Raich?
Answer: It allowed the national government to preempt California's
medical marijuana laws.
●● Which of the following statements about the process of municipal
incorporation in California are accurate?
Answer: The county's LAFCo engages in an extensive review of all
incorporation plans.
