Government Quiz 4
Government Quiz 4
- 1.Which of the following forms of legislative action is used by the Texas legislature to propose constitutional amendments?
- A.
Bill
- B.
Simple resolution
- C.
Concurrent resolution
- D.
Joint resolution
- E.
None of the above
- 2.Which of the following types of legislation may not originate in the Texas Senate?
- A.
Education bills
- B.
Revenue bills
- C.
Local bills
- D.
Welfare bills
- 3.An effort to force the withdrawal of a controversial bill through the use of the unlimited privileges of debate in the Senate is called a ____.
- A.
Cloture motion
- B.
Consent decree
- C.
Filibuster
- D.
Gerrymander
- E.
None of the above
- 4.Differences between bills passed by the House and Senate are resolved by what type of committee?
- A.
Standing
- B.
Select
- C.
Joint
- D.
Conference
- E.
Rules
- 5.The public often criticizes legislators for being unprincipled, apparently because it does not understand the role of ________ in the political system.
- A.
Interest groups
- B.
Morality
- C.
Compromise
- D.
Money
- E.
None of the above
- 6.In recent years, the legislature in Texas ______.
- A.
Has become more rural and more Democratic
- B.
Has become more alike in both Houses
- C.
Has become more liberal and Republican
- D.
Has become more urban and more Republican
- E.
None of the above
- 7.Which of the following is not among the reforms recommended for the Texas legislature by the authors of the text?
- A.
Reducing the number of committees
- B.
Establishing a joint budget committee
- C.
Providing more professinal committee staff
- D.
Adopting a stricter seniority rule for committee membership
- E.
Curbing the influence of the lobby
- 8.Whose opinions have the force of law unless they are successfully challenged in court?
- A.
Governor
- B.
Lieutenant governor
- C.
Speaker
- D.
Attorney general
- E.
Comptroller
- 9.Most critical for a bill's chance of success is ________.
- A.
A bill that is controversial
- B.
A favorable committee assignment
- C.
A sponsor who has a political agenda
- D.
A public hearing
- 10.The Senate Health and Human Services Committee ____________.
- A.
Conducted interim studies
- B.
Held hearings
- C.
Reported a bill to limit children's access to tobacco
- D.
All of the above
- 11.The bill to limit children's access to tobacco__________.
- A.
Generated very little publicity
- B.
Had little resistance from the tobacco lobby
- C.
Was wanted and lobbied for heavily by the Coalition for Tobacco-Free Kids
- D.
Was killed by a filibuster
- 12.Parliamentary procedures enable _________.
- A.
The speaker and lieutenant governor to control the legislative process
- B.
Legislators to call for points of order if they find that bills have not been processed correctly
- C.
Legislators to move bills out of unfriendly committees
- D.
Both B and C
- 13.Bankers and mneylenders in Texas ___________.
- A.
Were opposed to home equity loans
- B.
Favored home equity loans
- C.
Would not present their opinions
- D.
Worked with realtors to defeat passage of any changes
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