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TAMU POLS 207 Smith Chapter 6
Questions and Answers | Latest Update
All lawmakers are members of Congress.
✓ -:- False
State legislatures are only allowed to pass legislation.
✓ -:- False
Recent policy issues considered by state legislatures have included student achievement
tests and the monitoring of sexual predators.
✓ -:- True
Perhaps the single most important function of the state legislature is to pass a budget.
✓ -:- True
State legislatures have no oversight function with regard to state agencies.
✓ -:- False
Few state legislators are lawyers.
✓ -:- False
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An ever-increasing number of state legislators are committed full-time to legislative work.
✓ -:- True
Most African American state legislators are elected in majority-minority districts composed
of large proportions of African American voters.
✓ -:- True
A vast number of Hispanics have been elected to state legislatures across the country.
✓ -:- False
The number of male and female state legislators has reached parity in most states.
✓ -:- False
Equal percentages of men and women run in state legislative elections, even though women
are less successful in winning these seats.
✓ -:- False
Female state legislators tend to place different priorities on certain issues compared to their
male counterparts
✓ -:- True
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TAMU POLS 207 Smith Chapter 6
Questions and Answers | Latest Update
All lawmakers are members of Congress.
✓ -:- False
State legislatures are only allowed to pass legislation.
✓ -:- False
Recent policy issues considered by state legislatures have included student achievement
tests and the monitoring of sexual predators.
✓ -:- True
Perhaps the single most important function of the state legislature is to pass a budget.
✓ -:- True
State legislatures have no oversight function with regard to state agencies.
✓ -:- False
Few state legislators are lawyers.
✓ -:- False
1|P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 0 2 5
, 2024 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel!
An ever-increasing number of state legislators are committed full-time to legislative work.
✓ -:- True
Most African American state legislators are elected in majority-minority districts composed
of large proportions of African American voters.
✓ -:- True
A vast number of Hispanics have been elected to state legislatures across the country.
✓ -:- False
The number of male and female state legislators has reached parity in most states.
✓ -:- False
Equal percentages of men and women run in state legislative elections, even though women
are less successful in winning these seats.
✓ -:- False
Female state legislators tend to place different priorities on certain issues compared to their
male counterparts
✓ -:- True
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