Public Policy and Economy of Texas: An Analysis, Exams of Nursing

Download Public Policy and Economy of Texas: An Analysis and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! 1 Instructions: 1. Exam 8 will cover Public Policy. 2. This exam will include all online course materials under this section. It will also include the introductory chapter and chapter 1 from your text. 3. This exam will have 25 questions which you will have 45 minutes to complete. 4. Each multiple choice question is worth 4 points. 5. It will count for 8.5% of your final grade. • Question 1 4 out of 4 points According to your notes, "clear gold.:" Selected Answer: Refers to water. Correct Answer: Refers to water. 2 • Question 2 4 out of 4 points Added together, education and health and human services make up what proportion of the Texas budget? Selected Answer: About 75%. Correct Answer: About 75%. • Question 3 4 out of 4 points State governments often seek to employ a system of tax , or fairness. Selected Answer: equity Correct Answer: equity • Question 4 4 out of 4 points In what way can the Governor Teas make public policy, according to your notes? Selected Answer: Issue and Executive Order. 5 A graduated income tax. • Question 8 4 out of 4 points taxes are levied on natural resources such as crude oil, natural gas, and sulfur, that are severed (removed) from the 6 earth. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: severance severance • Question 9 4 out of 4 points in your notes, "Tax people not companies," refers to which of the following policies? Selected Answer: Absence of corporate income tax. Correct Answer: Absence of corporate income tax. • Question 10 4 out of 4 points When it comes to water policy in Texas, which of the following matters? Selected Answer: All of the others. Correct Answer: 7 All of the others. • Question 11 4 out of 4 points A tax of which the poor pay a larger proportion of their income is: Selected Answer: Regressive. 10 Correct Answer: Texas does not spend all of the money allotted by the federal government. • Question 15 4 out of 4 points Whenever the government attempts to improve the quality of life for the poor, it is producing public policy. Selected Answer: redistributive Correct Answer: redistributive • Question 16 4 out of 4 points According to your notes on factors that influence public policy and the public policy agenda in a state, which elected official can have a significant impact? Selected Answer: Governor. Correct Answer: Governor. 11 • Question 17 4 out of 4 points The most important person or group of people in determining the budget of Texas is (are): Selected Answer: The Legislative Budget Board. 12 Correct Answer: The Legislative Budget Board. • Question 18 4 out of 4 points regards priorities and programs that provide services and benefits to the public. Selected Answer: public policy Correct Answer: public policy • Question 19 4 out of 4 points Which of the following factors influences public policy and the public policy agenda in a state? Selected Answer: All of the others. Correct Answer: All of the others. 15 • Question 23 4 out of 4 points Who has more influence than the governor in determining the nature of the state's budget? Selected Answer: All of the others. Correct Answer: All of the others. 16 • Question 24 4 out of 4 points According to your notes, which of the following is not one of the general categories of public policy: Selected Answer: Judicial Policy. Correct Answer: Judicial Policy. • Question 25 4 out of 4 points According to your text, per capita government expenditures (how much the state spends per person) in Texas is: Selected Answer: Below the national average. Correct Answer: Below the national average. Question 1 17 4 out of 4 points According to your text, the biggest winners in the future economy will be: Selected Answer: Class Three workers (educated, specialized services) 20 All of the others. Correct Answer: All of the others. Question 5 4 out of 4 points When it comes to water policy in Texas, which of the following matters? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: All of the others. All of the others. Question 6 4 out of 4 points Added together, education and health and human services make up what proportion of the Texas budget? Selected Answer: 21 Correct Answer: About 75%. About 75%. Question 7 4 out of 4 points When every person pays the same percentage of their income to the government, it is called: 22 Selected Answer: Correct Answer: A proportional tax. A proportional tax. Question 8 0 out of 4 points A government with revenue shortfalls: Selected Answer: Correct Answer: needs to loan money to under-funded neighbor governments needs additional funds to cover spending needs Question 9 4 out of 4 points A major tax in Texas is the , which is assessed against corporations as the price of doing business in the state. Selected Answer: 25 in your notes, "Tax people not companies," refers to which of the following policies? Selected Answer: All of the others. 26 Correct Answer: Absence of corporate income tax. Question 13 4 out of 4 points For fiscal year 2016-17, about 40 percent of the state budget was slated for . Selected Answer: education and related agencies. Correct Answer: education and related agencies. Question 14 0 out of 4 points regards priorities and programs that provide services and benefits to the public. Selected Answer: 27 Correct Answer: social welfare public policy Question 15 4 out of 4 points 30 Question 18 4 out of 4 points How is the Legislative Budget Board limited in what they can do? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: All of the others. All of the others. Question 19 4 out of 4 points Texas writes a new budget: Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Every two years. Every two years. Question 20 4 out of 4 points 31 How does Texas compare to other states in its spending for education, looking at education spending as a proportion of the state budget? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Better than your average state. Better than your average state. Question 21 32 4 out of 4 points Whenever the government attempts to improve the quality of life for the poor, it is producing public policy. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: redistributive redistributive Question 22 4 out of 4 points The personal state income tax: Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Is not used in Texas. Is not used in Texas. Question 23 4 out of 4 points The poverty is calculated on a single mother with two children - model and represents a boundary at which one may not be able to sustain their basic necessities. 35 • Question 1 4 out of 4 points Compared to other large states, the spending of Texas per person in the state is: Selected Answer: Quite low. 36 Correct Answer: Quite low. • Question 2 4 out of 4 points Which format of budgeting is used in Texas? Selected Answer: Pay as you Go Budgeting. Correct Answer: Pay as you Go Budgeting. • Question 3 4 out of 4 points What responsibilities does the Legislative Budget Board have? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: All of the others. All of the others. 37 • Question 4 4 out of 4 points A state's infrastructure refers to: Selected Answer: Its highways, schools and sewage systems. 40 Correct Answer: Texas does not spend all of the money allotted by the federal government. Texas does not spend all of the money allotted by the federal government. • Question 8 4 out of 4 points According to your notes, "clear gold.:" Selected Answer: Refers to water. Correct Answer: Refers to water. • Question 9 4 out of 4 points The tax that businesses pay for the right to do business in the state of Texas is called: 41 Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Franchise tax. Franchise tax. • Question 10 4 out of 4 points 42 Who has more influence than the governor in determining the nature of the state's budget? Selected Answer: All of the others. Correct Answer: All of the others. • Question 11 4 out of 4 points In Texas, programs to assist needy citizens long have been funded primarily by: Selected Answer: Correct Answer: federal funds and obligatory state funds (to qualify for the federal $) federal funds and obligatory state funds (to qualify for the federal $) • Question 12 4 out of 4 points According to your textbook and notes, more than half of the exports in Texas go to: Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Mexico. 45 Correct Answer: Called a severance tax. Called a severance tax. • Question 16 46 4 out of 4 points The general sales tax is a tax. This is seen by lower­income residents paying a larger proportion of their income to these taxes. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: regressiv e regressiv e • Question 17 4 out of 4 points TANF is a public policy. The acronym represents: Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Temporary assistance to needy families Temporary assistance to needy families • Question 18 4 out of 4 points The key issue revolving around education and the Edgewood vs. Kirby case in Texas is: Selected Answer: Correct Answer: 47 equal education. equal education. • Question 19 50 Progressive. Correct Answer: Progressive. • Question 22 4 out of 4 points A tax of which the poor pay a larger proportion of their income is: Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Regressive. Regressive. • Question 23 4 out of 4 points What unit of government makes public policy wit administrative rulings to help implement laws? Selected Answer: The Administrative State (Bureaucracy). Correct Answer: The Administrative State (Bureaucracy). 51 • Question 24 4 out of 4 points The largest proportion of the Texas budget is spent on: 52 Selected Answer: Tie between Education and Health and Human Serivices Correct Answer: Tie between Education and Health and Human Serivices • Question 25 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is generally considered to be a proportional (everyone pays the same proportion of their income) tax? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: The flat tax. The flat tax. 1. According to your notes, "clear gold.:" water 2. • In Texas, which of the following is considered a regressive method of getting money? All 3. How does Texas rate in terms of its tax burden (amount of taxes per citizen)? least 4. The key issue revolving around education and the Edgewood vs. Kirby case in Texas is: equal edu 5. • taxes are levied on the total gross revenues (sales) of certain businesses; electric and water companies being two examples severenceWRONG