Exam 12: Public Policy in Texas

A) Texas has about the same rate of health insurance coverage as the rest of the nation.
B) Texas has a higher proportion of its citizens with health insurance coverage because of Texas individualism.
C) Texas leads the nation in the percentage of residents who lack health insurance coverage.
D) Texas has maintained stringent control of health insurance coverage, and to receive welfare benefits you must have private insurance coverage.
E) Every Texan is covered under Medicaid.

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A) graduation rates were improving and dropout rates were increasing.
B) dropout rates were increasing and test scores were improving.
C) test scores were declining and functional illiteracy was increasing.
D) functional illiteracy was decreasing and test scores were improving.
E) graduation rates and functional illiteracy were both increasing.

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A) comes to the states as a block grant without any significant restrictions.
B) is tied to the number of adults on the welfare rolls in order to reduce the cost of program redundancy.
C) is accompanied by federal rules and regulations, which states must comply with to maintain federal funding of the program.
D) is administered automatically by the federal government to avoid punishing program recipients.
E) is not tied to any state requirements or administrative procedures.

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A) Water rights are a complicated matter balancing private property considerations and the public good.
B) The continuing conflict between Texas and Mexico on the rights to the water flowing as part of the Rio Grande.
C) The business community is usually at odds with the private property rights of water developers and the water processing and transportation rights of stockholders.
D) The regulatory environment in Texas does not pose a huge problem because landowners and water conservation groups promote the public interest.
E) In Texas, water demand is projected to decline substantially over the next century.

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A) equity of payments across all demographic groups.
B) the lack of public support for many of the programs based on religious grounds.
C) the abuse of the program as reported by the Congressional Budget Office.
D) the cost.
E) corruption on the part of federal officials.

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A) Congress was sharply split along party lines.
B) It was passed with the vote of large majorities of both parties.
C) It was vetoed by the president because it included a tax increase.
D) It was later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
E) It immediately reduced the cost of health care for all Americans.

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A) the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.
B) President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.
C) President Truman's post-World War I reforms.
D) President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs.
E) President Gerald Ford's War on Poverty.

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A) grown large and complex, serving a variety of special interest groups.
B) remained unchanged and true to its original intent.
C) been substantially downsized due to the general financial challenges facing the United States.
D) been absorbed by the Social Security Administration in a cost-cutting move.
E) The program was eliminated in 1996.

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A) first
B) about average
C) last
D) in the top 10 percent
E) above average

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A) had nearly eliminated poverty.
B) were helping to create a dysfunctional underclass of people who depended upon it for survival.
C) were being abused, mostly by the wealthy.
D) benefited only the middle class at the expense of the poorer class.
E) should be turned back over to private charities and religious institutions because government resources had been exhausted.

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A) encourages the responsible use of available water equally among all residents.
B) distorts the federal government influence over water policy in Texas.
C) forces businesses and corporations to be good community citizens.
D) encourages landowners to take as much water as possible from groundwater sources.
E) ensures that Texas will never face water scarcity.

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A) achievement gap in the Texas public school system.
B) dropout rate in public schools.
C) continuing persistence of integration failure in public schools.
D) constitutionality of using property taxes to fund public schools.
E) possible misuse of lottery proceeds to fund public schools in Texas.

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A) Gilmer v. Aikin.
B) San Antonio v. Rodriguez.
C) Edgewood ISD v. Kirby.
D) Roe v. Wade.
E) Brown v. Board of Education.

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A) invalidated the state-imposed racial segregation in Texas.
B) validated the election of State Board of Education members.
C) overturned the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court case of 1954.
D) was reinforced by Edgewood ISD v. Kirby.
E) validated the Texas state-imposed racial segregation in public schools.

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A) direct cash payments to citizens living in poverty.
B) provide welfare benefits to the general public regardless of income.
C) assist Texans with their prescription medications.
D) provide wellness checkups for all Texas children.
E) provide health care for the poor.

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