Chapter 9: The Judiciary
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Q1) Functions of the judiciary include all of the following except
A) punishing criminals.
B) settling disputes.
C) interpreting statutory law.
D) drafting constitutional amendments.
E) awarding damages in civil cases.
Q2) The execution of __________________ in 2009 raised questions about whether an innocent man was put to death.
A) Elizabeth Gilbert
B) Johnny Webb
C) Ben Salazar
D) Cameron Todd Willingham
E) Billy Wayne Miller
Q3) Because the structure of the Texas court system is essentially unchanged since the days of the Republic of Texas,it remains very simple.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Substance of Justice
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Q1) The term civil rights refers to
A) treating members of all groups equally with the members of other groups.
B) protecting individual liberty.
C) permitting unpopular groups to be discriminated against.
D) the laws of the land.
E) protecting an individual's right to religious belief.
Q2) A majority of Texans oppose the death penalty for those convicted of murder.
A)True
B)False
Q3) As a result of the tort-reform movement,Texas civil courts are less important and have less discretion regarding tort cases.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The U.S.Supreme Court has ruled that there is a constitutional right to keep and bear arms based on the
A) First Amendment.
B) Second Amendment.
C) Third Amendment.
D) Fourth Amendment.
E) Fifth Amendment.
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Chapter 11: Local Government
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Q1) All of the following are true about school districts except
A) the decisions of school boards are usually well publicized.
B) there is generally considerable public interest in school district politics.
C) the number of school districts has been increasing in recent years.
D) the state shares in the funding responsibilities of school districts.
E) school board members are elected.
Q2) Decentralized purchasing and the road and bridge system are two features of county government that illustrate its tendency toward inefficient management.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following forms of city government is said to have originated in Galveston near the turn of the century?
A) Strong mayor-council
B) Weak mayor-council
C) Commission
D) Council-manager
E) Urban machine governance
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Chapter 12: The State Economy and the Financing of State Government
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Q1) The best example of Texas's reliance on regressive taxes is
A) the general retail sales tax.
B) the inheritance tax.
C) the income tax.
D) the corporate income tax.
E) the property tax.
Q2) Discuss the difference between a progressive and a regressive system of taxation.Explain how Texas's tax system functions with regard to progressivity and regressivity.Describe what changes,if any,you would recommend be made to Texas's system in order to improve it from the standpoint of fairness.
Q3) Block grants
A) allow expenditures only for specific programs.
B) are distributed to state governments for whatever projects they wish.
C) are distributed to local governments for whatever projects they wish.
D) are given by the state governments to local governments to be spent on economic development projects.
E) are distributed to states for broad programs.
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Chapter 13: Public Policypeople
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Q1) Modern education reform in Texas began in the mid 1980s with passage of the act known as
A) Robin Hood.
B) The Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
C) No Child Left Behind.
D) No Pass, No Play.
E) State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness Act.
Q2) Homelessness in Texas is hard to estimate,but estimates are that on any given night there are how many Texans homeless?
A) 29,000
B) 44,000
C) 79,000
D) 104,000
E) 129,000
Q3) Texas was the state with the highest percentage of people not covered by health insurance in 2010.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Public Policyresources
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Q1) The NIMBY syndrome stands for "Nuclear Incidents Make a Bad Year."
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the 1960s,a plan called the Texas Water Plan would have piped water from the Mississippi river to assure adequate water supplies for urban Texas.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The two nuclear power plants in Texas,Comanche Peak and the South Texas Nuclear Project,produce about 10 percent of the state's electricity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The practice of wealthy interests,such as the Texas energy industry,hiring government regulators as executives or lobbyists once they leave their government job is known as
A) elitism.
B) pluralism.
C) the revolving door.
D) the free rider principle.
E) capture theory.
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