State and Local Government – Exam 3 - Pols 207

b) Line-item veto

What type of veto allows an executive to reject specific parts of a spending bill without vetoing the entire bill?

a) Reduction veto

b) Line-item veto

c) Pocket veto

d) Amendatory veto

b) Few formal powers, making it one of the weakest chief executive offices in the U.S.

The governor of Texas has:

a) An average amount of power compared to governors of other states.

b) Few formal powers, making it one of the weakest chief executive offices in the U.S.

c) The power to appoint all other executive officials.

d) Strong formal powers granted by the Texas Constitution.

a) Governors can only affect expenditures at the edges of the overall budget.

Which argument best describes the governor's control over the budgetary process?

a) Governors can only affect expenditures at the edges of the overall budget.

b) The budgetary process is entirely controlled by the federal government.

c) The process is completely controlled by the state legislature.

d) Governors control the overall process completely.

d) Veto

What is the term for the rejection of legislation by a president or governor?

a) Ordinance

b) Injunction

c) Executive order

d) Veto

a) Governor

In nearly all states, excluding Texas, who is responsible for preparing the budget?

a) Governor

b) Federal government

c) State legislature

d) State senate

b) Represents the state before the courts

What is the role of a state's attorney general?

a) Supervises state elections

b) Represents the state before the courts

c) Develops fiscal policies for the state

d) Helps the governor run the state

d) Elections

What is the ultimate check on the governor?

a) Impeachment

b) The Sunset review process

c) The budgetary review process

d) Elections

a) There was suspicion of a strong chief executive.

Why did the Texas Constitution establish a plural executive?

a) There was suspicion of a strong chief executive.

b) It was necessary to check the state legislature.

c) Texas was modeling the federal executive structure.

d) To make the executive branch as dominant as possible.

b) Message

In Texas, the governor's State of the State address is an example of what power?

a) Veto

b) Message

c) Impeachment

d) Special session

a) Lieutenant governor

Arguably, the most powerful position in Texas state politics is:

a) Lieutenant governor

b) Attorney general

c) Secretary of state

d) State comptroller

b) Ability to pay

Heavier tax burdens on the wealthy are usually defended by which principle?

a) Pay now or later

b) Ability to pay

c) Least painful '

d) Fairest of the unfair

c) Education

The most costly function provided by local governments is:

a) Health costs

b) Public safety

c) Education

d) Transportation

c) Regressive

Income tax rates that decrease as income increases are called:

a) Progressive

b) Proportional

c) Regressive

d) Flat

d) The proportion of taxes paid in relation to personal income

What does "tax burden" refer to?

a) Deductions for the wealthy

b) How much tax revenue the state contributes to the federal government

c) Who pays the most in taxes

d) The proportion of taxes paid in relation to personal income

a) Taxes

State and local governments get most of their money from:

a) Taxes

b) Interest group donations

c) Cost of living adjustments

d) Outsourcing

b) Property

Which tax is a major revenue source for local governments?

a) Corporate income

b) Property

c) Individual income

d) Sales

a) Medicaid

The costliest public assistance program in the states is:

a) Medicaid

b) The State Children's Health Insurance Program

c) Managed care

d) Medicare

d) It strengthened work requirements and limited benefit time

Which of the following is true of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)?

a) States must spend most welfare dollars on monthly cash payments

b) States have less flexibility under TANF

c) It was replaced by Aid to Families with Dependent Children

d) It strengthened work requirements and limited benefit time

d) Medicare is for people over 65

What distinguishes Medicare from Medicaid?

a) Medicare is not federally funded

b) Medicare serves 20% of the population

c) Medicare is a federal program for low-income families

d) Medicare is for people over 65

b) Voucher

Money provided by the government for parents to use for public or private school tuition is called a:

a) Debt

b) Voucher

c) Reward

d) Benefit