Exam 13: Local Government in Texas

A) The change was responsible for the election of a significant number of African American and Hispanic council members.
B) The city lost its status as a home-rule city for five years.
C) At-large districts benefited the local Republican Party.
D) It was challenged in court but found to be constitutional by the Texas supreme court.
E) Fewer minorities were elected to citywide offices.

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A) A general-law city does not have a mayor.
B) A general-law city is chartered for localities with a population of fewer than 5,000 persons.
C) A general-law city is the name for all cities incorporated after 1901.
D) A general-law city has no power to set the property tax.
E) A general-law city has no city council.

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A) hospitals
B) schools
C) flood control
D) city police
E) utilities

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A) Counties are an administrative arm of the state government.
B) There are over 250 counties in Texas.
C) Each county has four county commissioners.
D) All counties have approximately the same number of people.
E) The Texas constitution places many restrictions on the power of county government.

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A) It is the most popular form of city government in Texas.
B) No city in Texas today has a pure commissioner system, but a handful claim a variation of the system.
C) While less popular than the mayor-council system, over one hundred cities in Texas today use the commissioner style.
D) Commissioner systems have never been used in Texas.
E) About half the cities in Texas use a pure commissioner form of government.

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A) county government
B) special districts
C) city government
D) state government
E) councils of government

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B

A) an election for offices that receive no official salary
B) an election in which voters elect officials from the entire geographical area, rather than from a smaller district within the area
C) an election held under the commission system of city government
D) an election in which one or more candidates are under criminal indictment
E) an election in which anyone can vote, even those not previously registered

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B

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A) flooding is seldom contained in a single city or county.
B) the Texas Constitution forbids both cities and the state from spending money on flood prevention.
C) the Galveston hurricane of 1900 revealed the inefficiency and slowness of state government in responding to local disasters.
D) most cities do not have the infrastructure to handle large flooding.
E) most waterways in Texas are managed by special districts.

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A) The council-manager style was meant to reduce the possibility of corruption that the mayor-council system may bring.
B) The council-manager system is the most popular form of government throughout the United States for cities with over 10,000 residents.
C) In the council-manager system, the chief executive is a city manager, not a mayor.
D) In the council-manager system, local politics is viewed as a full-time job, unlike in the mayor-council system.
E) In the council-manager system, local politics is viewed as a part-time job, unlike in the mayor-council system.

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A) property taxes and user fees
B) income taxes and user fees
C) income taxes and sales taxes
D) sales taxes and property taxes
E) property taxes and federal grants

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A) County judges administer all special districts within their jurisdiction.
B) They are run by a board elected by residents within the district.
C) For each special district, the governor appoints members to a review board.
D) They are run by special district administrators who answer directly to the state legislature.
E) The county commissioners' court administers all special districts within its jurisdiction.

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A) sheriff
B) constable
C) auditor
D) clerk
E) tax assessor-collector

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A) end of Reconstruction in 1876.
B) hurricane at Galveston in 1900.
C) Great Depression of 1929.
D) discovery of oil in 1901.
E) tornado at Wichita Falls in 1978.

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A) law enforcement.
B) bridge and road construction.
C) flood control.
D) record keeping.
E) county tax rates.

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A) A special district provides only one specific service within a geographic region.
B) A county is formed in terms of population density, while a special district is created geographically.
C) Special districts are controlled by incorporated cities, unlike county government.
D) Special districts are created by municipalities, while counties are created by the state.
E) There are no major differences.

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