The Texas legislature has imposed strict environmental regulations on all major Texas cities to ...

The Texas legislature has imposed strict environmental regulations on all major Texas cities to reduce air pollution.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

 Q. 2

If you live in Houston, you breathe some of the dirtiest air of any major city in the United States.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

 Q. 3

The United States Supreme Court, in a 2003 ruling on a case involving the University of Michigan, effectively overturned Hopwood v. Texas by holding that
 
  A) universities can use affirmative action in admissions decisions but cannot use racial quotas.
  B) university admissions must be color blind. C) universities can use affirmative action in admissions as long as it applies only to gender discrimination.
  D) universities may use affirmative action criteria in admissions to their law schools but not for undergraduate programs.
  E) universities may not use affirmation action.

 Q. 4

In 1997, in an attempt to give the best students from poor and minority public school
 
  districts an equal footing in university admissions without falling afoul of the Hopwood decision, the legislature enacted a law that guaranteed automatic admission to state universities for high school graduates who finished in the top _____ percent of their class.
  A) two
  B) five
  C) ten
  D) fifteen
  E) twenty

 Q. 5

A 1997 law concerning Texas university admissions policies allowed university officials deciding which students would be admitted to consider criteria such as
 
  A) a student's family income and individual income, and a parent's employment.
  B) a parent's education level and income level, and the student's employment.
  C) a student's high school class standing and income level, and a parent's employment. D) a student's family income and high school standing, and a parent's education level.
   E) a parent's education and employment, and a student's employment in the armed forces.

 Q. 6

Which of the following best describes the scope of Attorney General Dan Morales's interpretation of the Hopwood ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down the affirmative action admissions system at the University of Texas Law School?
 
  A) Race cannot be used as a preferential factor in admissions to the University of Texas Law School.
  B) Race cannot be used as a preferential factor in admissions to the entire University of Texas.
  C) Race cannot be used as a preferential factor in admissions to any law school in Texas.
  D) Race cannot be used as a preferential factor in admissions to any university in Texas.
  E) Race cannot be used as a preferential factor in admissions, scholarships, and other student programs at any university in Texas.

 Q. 7

What was the central issue in Edgewood v. Kirby?
 
  A) School financing B) Teachers' unions C) Racial and ethnic disparities in standardized test scores D) Affirmative action in Texas public universities E) The curriculum in high school science courses as it related to evolution and creationism