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gov exam pt 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The state _____________________________serve as the chief judicial advocate for their respective states, representing state interests in all trials, investigations, and appeals involving the state as a legal party. | attorneys general |
| State_____________________administer or supervise the financial transactions taking place in state government. | treasurer |
| State __________________________, for instance, typically arrive in state coffers monthly from retail merchants who sell taxed goods or services. | sales taxes |
| There are many instances where state resources are insufficient to complete budget goals. State legislatures, with the governor’s approval, will direct the state treasurer to issue _______________________. | bonds |
| The best bond rating from Standard & Poor’s, a major private bond rating corporation, is _________________________. | AAA |
| Bonds receiving a lower rating entail a greater degree of financial risk but pay a ________________________________. | higher rate of interest |
| The U.S. Internal Revenue Service allows in its _______________________ provision for the development of individually funded tax-exempt college savings accounts. These accounts are administered by the State Treasurer | Code 529 |
| In some states the state treasurer also plays an important role in state policy innovation by managing __________________________ intended to fund novel policy initiatives. | grant monies |
| _______________________________________: an effort that began in the early 1800s to provide free education to all students, regardless of wealth, heritage, or class. | Common School Movement |
| _____________________________, who became the first Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education in 1873, is credited with starting the free education movement. | Horace Mann |
| The superintendent of public instruction’s office maintains accountability through student testing. Since the ___________________________________________was sent into law in 2001, the state office is also responsible for school performance | No Child Left Behind Act |
| __________________________ are among the oldest jurisdictions of government. In Western Europe, counties were units of aristocratic government, the jurisdiction of a Count or an Earl. | Counties |
| The primary elected executive leadership in a US county is typically the county _______________________. | commission |
| Increasingly, counties have appointed ______________________________, an administrative executive position, to manage the day-to-day operations of counties. | county managers |
| Rule: State-national government power relations are embedded in the U.S. Constitution, granting the states almost unlimited authority aside from limitations imposed by the Constitution and resulting federal statute; in terms of state-local power relations | Dillon('s) |
| Rule: The power of a local city or county that is granted by states limited— and reversible—to independently create and manage policy at the local level. | Home |
| County commissions regularly create “________________________________” (units with their own limited taxing authority) and elected or administrative executive positions to deal with specific issues. | Special Districts |
| Technically, the above districts are units of local government that are not a ______________________________. | All of the answers are correct |
| In municipal government, the most commonly recognized executive position is that of _____________________________. In most municipal government structures, the mayor is the elected executive in a city. | mayor |
| ____________________________________: A form of local government consisting of both an elected executive branch and a legislative branch, where one of the most significant powers afforded the mayor is that of budget director. | strong mayor-council |
| Form of local government where the mayoralty is a ceremonial position; executive leadership is a cooperative effort on the part of the entire city council, which collectively decides and approves appointments | Weak mayor-council |
| _________________________________: City government that divides the responsibilities of the municipality among council members; each commissioner held executive power over a major public works department (e.g., water, sanitation, and roads). | None of these are correct. |
| During the ____________________________, municipal government moved away from strong mayoral control over the executive aspects of governance. City managers — an appointed executive — became a more common feature in municipal executive leadership | Progressive Era |
| State and local executives can suggest and support legislation, issue executive orders, use their powers of suasion as leaders, and establish various advisory boards, | sustainability |
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