Question: Who prosecutes felony cases in Texas?
Answer Choices:
county judges, district attorneys or offices of the criminal district attorney, attorney general, county attorneys
Answer: district attorneys or offices of the criminal district attorney
Question: Release on promise to appear is called what?
Answer Choices:
personal recognizance, 25% of bail, collateral, cosigner
Answer: personal recognizance.
Question: Under the Gilmer-Aikin Laws, what happened?
Answer Choices:
The Religious Antidiscrimination Act was repealed.
The State Board of Education was abolished.
The State Board of Education members are appointed, not elected.
The State Board of Education was established to supervise public education in Texas.
Answer: the State Board of Education was established to supervise public education in Texas.
Question: What does eminent domain allow?
Answer Choices:
prove funding, first refusal, respond to flood emergencies, take private property with compensation
Answer: take private property for a public purpose as long as they provide just compensation to the property owner
Question: What is a majority-minority district?
Answer Choices:
Minority residents make decisions due to low voter turnout.
District where winner gets plurality.
School district with mostly minority students.
Electoral district where most constituents are racial/ethnic minorities.
Answer: an electoral district in which a majority of the constituents identify with racial or ethnic minority groups
Question: Who appoints the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement?
Answer Choices:
statewide elections, mayors, governor + senate, governor + house
Answer: They are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate.
Question: Community colleges are also funded by what source?
Answer Choices:
Texas Educational Fund, Higher Education Fund, local tax dollars, Permanent College Fund
Answer: local tax dollars.
Question: Texas must comply with federal rules to receive Medicaid reimbursement.
Answer Choices:
True, False
Answer: True
Question: Is public K–12 education available to all children in Texas regardless of immigration status?
Answer Choices:
True, False
Answer: True
Question: Is Texas on track to meet 60x30TX goals without new funding?
Answer Choices:
True, False
Answer: False
Question: Why must Texas pass a balanced budget?
Answer Choices:
It is required by the Texas Constitution, It is optional, It is set by federal law, It is encouraged by the governor
Answer: It is required by the Texas Constitution.
Question: Welfare reforms in Texas are measured by which two dimensions?
Answer Choices:
Waste and fraud.
Change in welfare recipients and success getting people into workforce.
Welfare and crime rate.
Long-term vs short-term recipients.
Answer: the change in the number of people on welfare and the success of getting people into the workforce
Question: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality enforces the Clean Air Act.
Answer Choices:
True, False
Answer: True
Question: Under the Timothy Cole Act, how much is paid per year of wrongful imprisonment?
Answer Choices:
$25,000, $50,000, $80,000, $250,000
Answer: $80,000
Question: What did UT/Texas Tribune surveys (2015–2021) reveal?
Answer Choices:
Republicans and Democrats both had unfavorable views of each other but low party pride.
Libertarians had most support.
Democrats lost all support.
Republicans viewed Democrats negatively but liked their own party.
Answer: While Republicans tended to view Democrats negatively, they tended to have strong positive feelings toward their own party.
Question: Where does Texas rank in air quality?
Answer Choices:
not tracked, average, near top, near bottom
Answer: near the bottom in air quality
Question: Which of the following causes a decrease in state revenue?
Answer Choices:
tax cuts, income caps, balanced budgets, exemptions
Answer: tax cuts
Question: Which statement about Texas’s tax system is accurate?
Answer Choices:
Individuals with a higher income pay less in taxes because of how the tax rates are established and constructed.
Individuals with a lower income pay less in taxes.
Individuals with a higher income pay more in taxes.
The tax system is proportional.
Answer: Individuals with a higher income pay less in taxes because of how the tax rates are established and constructed.