Politics and Dynamics of Public Budgeting: Study Notes
1. Spending in which of the following areas takes up almost 75 percent of Texas's budget?
The correct answer is: education and health and human services
2. Groups of average citizens that are asked to react to issues or words in order to help campaign consultants "package candidates" are called
The correct answer is: focus groups.
3. Which of the following statements is true about pollution in Texas?
a. Texas emits more greenhouse gases than any other state in the nation.
b. Texas emits more carbon dioxide than the next two biggest polluters.
c. If Texas was an independent nation, it would be the seventh-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world.
d. The state's emissions have loaded lakes and rivers across the state with hazardous levels of mercury.
e. All these answers are correct. Correct
The correct answer is: All these answers are correct.
4. What role did race play in Texas politics before the 1960s?
The correct answer is: It was less important in Texas than in other southern states.
5. Which of the following statements about the 10 percent rule in Texas state colleges and universities is true?
The correct answer is: Students in the top 10 percent of their class gain automatic admission to state colleges or universities, regardless of their SAT scores.
6. Which of the following states relies most heavily on sales taxes for revenues?
The correct answer is: Washington
7. The Supreme Court decision of Smith v. Allwright determined which of the following?
The correct answer is: Political parties are state agents and thus cannot exclude people from participating in primaries because of race.
8. The lack of citizen participation in elections heightens the importance of ________ in Texas politics.
The correct answer is: interest groups
9. Which of the following statements about positions on the state executive committee is true?
The correct answer is: These positions are customarily evenly divided between men and women.
10. County chairs are
The correct answer is: education and health and human services
2. Groups of average citizens that are asked to react to issues or words in order to help campaign consultants "package candidates" are called
The correct answer is: focus groups.
3. Which of the following statements is true about pollution in Texas?
a. Texas emits more greenhouse gases than any other state in the nation.
b. Texas emits more carbon dioxide than the next two biggest polluters.
c. If Texas was an independent nation, it would be the seventh-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world.
d. The state's emissions have loaded lakes and rivers across the state with hazardous levels of mercury.
e. All these answers are correct. Correct
The correct answer is: All these answers are correct.
4. What role did race play in Texas politics before the 1960s?
The correct answer is: It was less important in Texas than in other southern states.
5. Which of the following statements about the 10 percent rule in Texas state colleges and universities is true?
The correct answer is: Students in the top 10 percent of their class gain automatic admission to state colleges or universities, regardless of their SAT scores.
6. Which of the following states relies most heavily on sales taxes for revenues?
The correct answer is: Washington
7. The Supreme Court decision of Smith v. Allwright determined which of the following?
The correct answer is: Political parties are state agents and thus cannot exclude people from participating in primaries because of race.
8. The lack of citizen participation in elections heightens the importance of ________ in Texas politics.
The correct answer is: interest groups
9. Which of the following statements about positions on the state executive committee is true?
The correct answer is: These positions are customarily evenly divided between men and women.
10. County chairs are