POLS 207 LIM TAMU UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● What does the local government take care of?
Answer: Water, lights, roads, etc.
●● Which states have the lowest high school graduation rates?
Answer: Mississippi and Texas (49th and 50th)
●● What is the infant mortality rate in Texas?
Answer: 5.7
●● What is the average infant mortality rate?
Answer: 5.9
●● Other good countries have an infant mortality of what?
Answer: 1-1.2
●● What effects the want for higher wages, GDP, clean water, better
infrastructure, clean air, etc.?
Answer: Public policies
, ●● What is the effect on public policy between neighboring states?
Answer: They tend to influence each other
●● What direction had life expectancy been headed in the past 2 years?
Answer: Down
●● When can we consider data showing a "pattern"?
Answer: 3 years
●● Before using data, what should you do with it?
Answer: Source check, look for evidence
●● How do different groups vote?
Answer: Differently
●● Why has Texas been growing by twice the rate other states are?
Answer: Oil and technology
●● How many illegal immigrants are there in the United States?
Answer: Just under 11 million (50% Hispanic, some simply overstayed a
visa)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● What does the local government take care of?
Answer: Water, lights, roads, etc.
●● Which states have the lowest high school graduation rates?
Answer: Mississippi and Texas (49th and 50th)
●● What is the infant mortality rate in Texas?
Answer: 5.7
●● What is the average infant mortality rate?
Answer: 5.9
●● Other good countries have an infant mortality of what?
Answer: 1-1.2
●● What effects the want for higher wages, GDP, clean water, better
infrastructure, clean air, etc.?
Answer: Public policies
, ●● What is the effect on public policy between neighboring states?
Answer: They tend to influence each other
●● What direction had life expectancy been headed in the past 2 years?
Answer: Down
●● When can we consider data showing a "pattern"?
Answer: 3 years
●● Before using data, what should you do with it?
Answer: Source check, look for evidence
●● How do different groups vote?
Answer: Differently
●● Why has Texas been growing by twice the rate other states are?
Answer: Oil and technology
●● How many illegal immigrants are there in the United States?
Answer: Just under 11 million (50% Hispanic, some simply overstayed a
visa)
