What is the ultimate check on the governor?
  • the power to appoint judges to vacancies in the courts
  • the power to appoint boards and commissions
  • impeachment
  • to handle elections and voter registration
What is the Texas governor's greatest judicial power?
  • There was suspicion of a strong chief executive.
  • the power to appoint judges to vacancies in the courts
  • to handle elections and voter registration
  • the power to appoint boards and commissions
What is the most significant and far-reaching of the Texas governor's powers?
  • the power to appoint judges to vacancies in the courts
  • the power to appoint boards and commissions
  • There was suspicion of a strong chief executive.
  • to handle elections and voter registration
What is the primary task of the Texas secretary of state?
  • to handle elections and voter registration
  • the power to appoint judges to vacancies in the courts
  • There was suspicion of a strong chief executive.
  • the power to appoint boards and commissions
For a Texas governor, what is the benefit of a post-adjournment veto?
  • The legislature is prevented from overriding it.
  • the power to appoint boards and commissions
  • There was suspicion of a strong chief executive.
  • break tie votes in the Senate.
In Texas, if a sitting governor is unable to hold office due to impeachment and conviction, resignation, or death, who becomes governor?
  • the secretary of state
  • born in Texas
  • The lieutenant governor is a full member of the Texas Senate.
  • the lieutenant governor
Why did the Texas constitution establish a plural executive?
  • the power to appoint boards and commissions
  • the power to appoint judges to vacancies in the courts
  • to handle elections and voter registration
  • There was suspicion of a strong chief executive.
The governor of Texas has
  • the power to appoint judges to vacancies in the courts
  • attorney general.
  • It dilutes the power of the governor and fragments the executive branch.
  • few formal powers, so the office is one of the weakest chief executives in the United States.
In Texas, which officer in the plural executive is not elected by voters?
  • to keep the governor informed about problems and issues
  • the secretary of state
  • The lieutenant governor is a full member of the Texas Senate.
  • the lieutenant governor
What is the most important function of the Texas governor's staff?
  • the secretary of state
  • to keep the governor informed about problems and issues
  • The governor will not appoint someone to office unless that appointee's state senator agrees
  • The lieutenant governor is a full member of the Texas Senate.
The Texas governor has all of the following legislative powers except the power to
  • break tie votes in the Senate.
  • animal and insect control.
  • appointment by the governor.
  • the differences in personality
The ______ is the oldest state agency in Texas.
  • The governor can declare martial law during a natural disaster.
  • It reviews state agencies every twelve years to see if they are still needed.
  • state treasurer
  • Land Office
The chief lawyer for Texas is the
  • animal and insect control.
  • a line-item veto
  • impeachment
  • attorney general.
Which state office was eliminated in 1996?
  • born in Texas
  • The lieutenant governor is a full member of the Texas Senate.
  • state treasurer
  • funding public school districts.
Who was the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction, and when was he or she elected?
  • the lieutenant governor
  • The lieutenant governor is a full member of the Texas Senate.
  • born in Texas
  • William Clements in 1978
In Texas, why are gubernatorial elections held in off years?
  • In Texas, what is the most important power of the state comptroller?
  • to handle elections and voter registration
  • It dilutes the power of the governor and fragments the executive branch.
  • o that gubernatorial elections will not be influenced by a presidential election
What is the purpose of the Sunset Advisory Commission in Texas?
  • It reviews state agencies every twelve years to see if they are still needed.
  • The legislature is prevented from overriding it.
  • Land Office
  • The governor can declare martial law during a natural disaster.
In Texas, the plural executive is held accountable through all of the following except
  • the Department of Agriculture
  • break tie votes in the Senate.
  • the differences in personality
  • appointment by the governor.
Which of the following is the best example of the Texas governor's military powers?
  • The governor can declare martial law during a natural disaster.
  • The governor will not appoint someone to office unless that appointee's state senator agrees
  • It reviews state agencies every twelve years to see if they are still needed.
  • Land Office
Almost one-half of the attorney general's employees are involved in what government task?
  • collecting child-support payments
  • appointment by the governor.
  • break tie votes in the Senate.
  • the Department of Agriculture
Which of the following is the best example of the Texas governor's exercise of senatorial courtesy?
  • The governor will not appoint someone to office unless that appointee's state senator agrees
  • to keep the governor informed about problems and issues
  • The lieutenant governor is a full member of the Texas Senate.
  • born in Texas
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