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Quiz 4 Chapter 8. The Governor in Texas and 9. The Plural Executive and the Bureaucracy in Texas Question 1 Question Score 5 / 5 pts Which statement best describes the salary of the governor? Correct! The Texas governor is one of the highest paid governors in the nation. The Texas governor's salary is a little below the national average. The Texas governor's salary is a little above the national average. The governor's salary is the same as that of the lieutenant governor. Additional Comments: Question 2 Question Score 5 / 5 pts The powers of the Texas governor are __________. Correct! weak compared to the powers of other state governors about the same as those of most state governors about the same as those of 80 percent of all state governors
extensive compared to the powers of a third of other state governors Additional Comments: Question 3 Question Score 5 / 5 pts The primary role of the executive branch of Texas government is to __________. make laws Correct! carry out laws interpret the law say what the law is Additional Comments: Question 4 Question Score 5 / 5 pts The power of the governor to institute martial law in response to insurrection or natural disaster is based on the governor's constitutional __________ power. Correct! military
law enforcement message legislative Additional Comments: Question 5 Question Score 5 / 5 pts During economic hard times, governors have found it necessary to transfer or withhold funds from an agency. Whose approval must a governor obtain before this can happen? Correct! the Legislative Budget Board the speaker of the house the lieutenant governor both the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house Additional Comments: Question 6
Question Score 5 / 5 pts Why have Texas governors rarely invoked their clemency power in death penalty cases? Correct! Politicians running for re-election in Texas cannot afford to appear soft on crime. Texas has very few death penalty cases compared to other states. Capital punishment cases receive little media attention. It only provides a week-long reprieve to confirm paperwork signatures. Additional Comments: Question 7 Question Score 5 / 5 pts When did the Republican Party take control of both Texas's governorship and its legislature for the first time since Reconstruction? 2010 Correct! 2002 1978 1994
Additional Comments: Question 8 Question Score 5 / 5 pts Which governor was the first to establish an online presence? Correct! Rick Perry George W. Bush Greg Abbott Ann Richards Additional Comments: Question 9 Question Score 5 / 5 pts The framers of the Texas constitution envisioned that the governor would__________. grow the power of the office over time be involved in the day-to-day operations of the office Correct!
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