POLS 207 LATEST EXAM TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Federal funding with flexibility is called a ______ grant. - ✔✔Block
✔✔The largest single revenue source for states is ______. - ✔✔Federal grants-in-aid
✔✔Bonds backed by government taxing power are ______ bonds. - ✔✔General
obligation
✔✔Bonds repaid from project revenue are ______ bonds. - ✔✔Revenue
✔✔Revenue bonds are considered more ______ than general obligation bonds. -
✔✔Risky
✔✔The Texas budget process begins with ______ requests from agencies. -
✔✔Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR)
✔✔The ______ helps draft the state budget and includes legislators. - ✔✔Legislative
Budget Board (LBB)
✔✔The Governor's budget office is called the ______. - ✔✔Governor's Office of Budget
and Planning (GOBP)
, ✔✔The Comptroller produces the ______ estimating future revenue. - ✔✔Biennial
Revenue Estimate (BRE)
✔✔The legislature cannot appropriate more than the ______ allows. - ✔✔BRE
✔✔The Texas governor has ______ veto power over specific spending items. -
✔✔Line-item
✔✔A veto issued after the legislature adjourns is called a ______ veto. - ✔✔Post-
adjournment
✔✔Post-adjournment vetoes are powerful because they cannot be ______. -
✔✔Overridden
✔✔The Texas legislature meets for ______ days every two years. - ✔✔140
✔✔The ______ committee resolves differences between House and Senate budgets. -
✔✔Conference
✔✔The ______ ensures the budget is balanced before approval. - ✔✔Comptroller
✔✔The final approved budget becomes ______ and binds agencies. - ✔✔Law
✔✔The governor and LBB can adjust spending through ______ authority. - ✔✔Budget
execution
✔✔The main social service programs are ______, ______, and ______. - ✔✔TANF;
SNAP; Medicaid
✔✔______ provides cash assistance to low-income families. - ✔✔TANF
✔✔______ provides food assistance through EBT cards. - ✔✔SNAP
✔✔______ provides healthcare for low-income individuals. - ✔✔Medicaid
✔✔The welfare reform law of 1996 is ______. - ✔✔PRWORA
✔✔PRWORA replaced AFDC with ______. - ✔✔TANF
✔✔TANF requires recipients to work within ______ years. - ✔✔2
✔✔TANF benefits are limited to ______ years lifetime. - ✔✔5
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Federal funding with flexibility is called a ______ grant. - ✔✔Block
✔✔The largest single revenue source for states is ______. - ✔✔Federal grants-in-aid
✔✔Bonds backed by government taxing power are ______ bonds. - ✔✔General
obligation
✔✔Bonds repaid from project revenue are ______ bonds. - ✔✔Revenue
✔✔Revenue bonds are considered more ______ than general obligation bonds. -
✔✔Risky
✔✔The Texas budget process begins with ______ requests from agencies. -
✔✔Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR)
✔✔The ______ helps draft the state budget and includes legislators. - ✔✔Legislative
Budget Board (LBB)
✔✔The Governor's budget office is called the ______. - ✔✔Governor's Office of Budget
and Planning (GOBP)
, ✔✔The Comptroller produces the ______ estimating future revenue. - ✔✔Biennial
Revenue Estimate (BRE)
✔✔The legislature cannot appropriate more than the ______ allows. - ✔✔BRE
✔✔The Texas governor has ______ veto power over specific spending items. -
✔✔Line-item
✔✔A veto issued after the legislature adjourns is called a ______ veto. - ✔✔Post-
adjournment
✔✔Post-adjournment vetoes are powerful because they cannot be ______. -
✔✔Overridden
✔✔The Texas legislature meets for ______ days every two years. - ✔✔140
✔✔The ______ committee resolves differences between House and Senate budgets. -
✔✔Conference
✔✔The ______ ensures the budget is balanced before approval. - ✔✔Comptroller
✔✔The final approved budget becomes ______ and binds agencies. - ✔✔Law
✔✔The governor and LBB can adjust spending through ______ authority. - ✔✔Budget
execution
✔✔The main social service programs are ______, ______, and ______. - ✔✔TANF;
SNAP; Medicaid
✔✔______ provides cash assistance to low-income families. - ✔✔TANF
✔✔______ provides food assistance through EBT cards. - ✔✔SNAP
✔✔______ provides healthcare for low-income individuals. - ✔✔Medicaid
✔✔The welfare reform law of 1996 is ______. - ✔✔PRWORA
✔✔PRWORA replaced AFDC with ______. - ✔✔TANF
✔✔TANF requires recipients to work within ______ years. - ✔✔2
✔✔TANF benefits are limited to ______ years lifetime. - ✔✔5
