Unit 4
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| The chief law-enforcement officer in county governments is the | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is not a function of county government in Texas? | show 🗑
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| show | Texas voters in the areas that will be covered
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| What is the main difference between a home-rule city and a general-law city? | show 🗑
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| show | the provision of emergency welfare assistance.
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| Which of the following statements about counties in Texas is incorrect? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements about the commissioner form of government is false? | show 🗑
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| In large Texas counties, the ______ prepares the county budget. | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is not provided by a special district? | show 🗑
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| In the case Avery v. Midland County, the U.S. Supreme Court held that | show 🗑
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| The job of serving legal papers at the precinct level of a county goes to the ______. | show 🗑
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| What is a key problem with counties in Texas? | show 🗑
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| What is the function of the twenty-four councils of government in Texas today? | show 🗑
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| show | a special district.
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| show | flooding is seldom contained in a single city or county.
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| What is the main difference between a special district and a county? | show 🗑
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| show | an election in which voters elect officials from the entire geographical area, rather than from a smaller district within the area
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| What is the level of popularity of the commissioner system of city government in Texas today? | show 🗑
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| What type of government is called hidden government because people often do not know it exists? | show 🗑
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| Dallas operates under which form of city government? | show 🗑
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| show | in 1918, during the Progressive era.
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| All of the following are functions of county government except | show 🗑
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| A home-rule charter | show 🗑
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| show | Houston
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| show | They provide the main form of government in rural areas.
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| What are the main sources of revenue for special districts in Texas? | show 🗑
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| show | In the council-manager system, local politics is viewed as a full-time job, unlike in the mayor-council system.
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| In Texas, what is the name of the officer who presides over the county commissioners court? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is the most common form of local government in Texas? | show 🗑
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| The mayor-council form of government is most common in | show 🗑
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| show | They are run by a board elected by residents within the district.
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| School boards can do all of the following EXCEPT | show 🗑
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| show | 1854
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| According to our text, what determines the amount of tax revenue generated from oil and natural gas produced in Texas? | show 🗑
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| The Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) is commonly known as the | show 🗑
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| show | It is required by the Texas Constitution.
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| show | increasing health care costs due to recent efforts to reform the health care system.
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| ()( What is the argument commonly used by supporters of a state income tax? | show 🗑
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| The process of drafting a bill is referred to as | show 🗑
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| Authorized state lottery generates a sizeable sum for the state budget. Which of the following statements regarding the Texas lottery is true? | show 🗑
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| ()(Prior to 2003, tuition rates for public colleges and universities in Texas tended to be | show 🗑
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| )()Compared to other states, which statement regarding revenue sources for the state of Texas is true? | show 🗑
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| )((Who pays the greatest portion of their income in property taxes? | show 🗑
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| )()Texas spending on a per capita basis is | show 🗑
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| ()Taking into account increasing Medicaid and school district funding, the general revenue shortfall for the 2012–2013 biennium budget was | show 🗑
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| ()(Federal money is an important part of the Texas budget, but monies that Texas receives from the federal government | show 🗑
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| ()(Which of the following are not generally considered to be an example of regressive taxes or fees? | show 🗑
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| )()The funds generated by the Permanent School Fund are distributed to school districts across the state | show 🗑
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| )()In theory, Texas has a dual-budget system, meaning the budget authority is shared by the governor and the legislature; however, in practice, the primary player(s) in the budget is/are | show 🗑
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| show | not gasoline taxes
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| show | low interest rates and loose credit standards
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| show | not low-income Texans, collectively, would contribute less to the state budget than wealthy Texans would.
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| show | the University of Texas and Texas A & M university systems.
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| Which statement concerning matching funds in Texas is true? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements is true? | show 🗑
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| show | lieutenant governor.
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| show | the comptroller
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| The National Research University Fund (NRUF) was established through a constitutional amendment to provide a source of funding for | show 🗑
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| Prior to 2003, tuition for public colleges and universities in Texas was set by | show 🗑
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| show | less severe.
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| show | student tuition and fees
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| show | provide a detailed forecast of total revenues that the state is expected to take in.
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| According to the text, just as the economy began to improve and state revenues started increasing, a new threat arose to threaten the newly balanced budget. It was the | show 🗑
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| Which statement regarding state-federal spending in Texas is true? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements is true? | show 🗑
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| ______ monitors state agencies to ensure that they comply with the state budget. | show 🗑
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| Texas spending on a per capita basis is | show 🗑
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| show | low service, low tax
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| One significant component of the budget process that is relatively unique to Texas is | show 🗑
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| show | the comptroller
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| show | the Texas comptroller
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| Federal money for Medicaid programs | show 🗑
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| Under the Gilmer-Aikin Laws | show 🗑
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| Which statement is true? | show 🗑
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| During the 1980s, a growing number of critics alleged that welfare programs | show 🗑
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| show | encourages landowners to take as much water as possible from groundwater sources.
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| show | athletic programs.
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| In Edgewood ISD v. Kirby, the key constitutional issue was | show 🗑
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| Under the separate but equal doctrine in the 1920s and 1930s, the amount of money that the state of Texas spent on black students was ______ the amount spent on white students in public schools. | show 🗑
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| show | required Texas schools to adopt a number of policies that would protect religious speech on campus.
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| show | President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.
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| In the 1960s, welfare policy in Texas reflected | show 🗑
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| show | was still a problem in urban public schools with a large minority population.
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| show | undue reliance upon property taxes to fund public education violated the Texas Constitution.
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| show | constitutionality of using property taxes to fund public schools.
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| Two of the strategies that have been developed by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) to meet the long-term needs of Texas include | show 🗑
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| The percentage of Texans living in poverty is approximately | show 🗑
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| show | 1935 Social Security Act
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| show | The policies of the national government influence Texas, but, for the most part, large segments of public policy, such as education, infrastructure, and legal matters, are state and local matters.
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| The single most important issue confronting Texas policy makers with regard to Medicaid is | show 🗑
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| Federal money for Medicaid programs | show 🗑
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| show | The highest in the nation
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| In March 2010, Congress passed ______, substantially altering the nation’s health care system. | show 🗑
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| In the case of Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Burrell Day and Joel McDaniel (2012), farmers argued that | show 🗑
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| show | a complicated system of private property rights.
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| show | A Nation at Risk.
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| show | make families self-sufficient by ending the cycle of dependency on government benefits.
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| show | desegregate their schools “with all deliberate speed.”
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| show | In Texas, the poverty rate among children is much higher than in the rest of the United States.
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| show | various bureaucratic institutions were established to be responsible for public education in the state of Texas.
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| One important consequence of the “law of capture” concept is that it | show 🗑
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| show | irrigation
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| show | the tax penalizing people who failed to purchase medical insurance was constitutional.
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