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Test Description: 6
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following officials acts as the state's banker
A
SECRETARY OF STATE
B
attroney general
C
land commissioner
D
comptroller
2) Which of the following tx officials heads an agency that administers the school lunch program?
A
comptroller
B
commissioner of agriculture
C
land commissioner
D
secretary of state
3) Which of the following tx officials heads an agency that generates revenue for the permanent school fund (PSF)?
A
secretary of state
B
commissioner agriculture
C
land commissioner
D
comptroller
4) Which of the following agencies regulates the tx oil and gas industry?
A
tx department of transportation (txdot)
B
public utility commission (PUC)
C
railroad commission
D
general land office
5) Which of the following agencies regulates telephone and electric utilities?
A
railroad commission
B
public utility commission
C
general land office
D
tx commission on enviromental quality
6) Which of the following agencies is headed by a 15-member elected board?
A
railroad commission
B
public utility commission
C
state board of education
D
general land office
7) what is the purpose of sunset review?
A
to select a political party's canidates for state office
B
to formulate legislative proposals for addressing policy problems between legislative sessions
C
to evaluate state agencies to determine whether the should be restructured or even eliminated
D
to review the decision of a lower court to decide whether it should be upheld or reversed
8) sunset review is a tool used by which of the following units of government?
A
the governor
B
the tx legislature
C
the tx supreme court
D
the federal government
9) what happens if the legislature fails to reuthorize an agency that is up for sunset review?
A
it can continue to operate if the governor, l. governor, and speaker agree
B
it must face sunset review again in the next tegular session
C
it must shut down its operation and go out of business
D
it continues without changes in its operation
10) what power does the governor of tx have over the activitites of the general land office?
A
the gov has considerable power because he appoints the land commissioner and can remove them
B
the gov has some power becasue he appoints land commissioner, but the gov has no removal authority
C
none of the above
D
the gov has some power because he or she controls the agency's budget
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