How do the staggered terms of state boards and commissioners affect the governor?
a. It is hard for the governor to remove his or her predecessor's appointees, which impedes progress.
b. A governor has to wait at least two years to get majorities favoring his or her policies on most boards.
c. For three years, a predecessor's appointees technically do not answer to the current governor.
d. The governor cannot enact new policies until a predecessor's appointees have left.
Q. 2If the governor neither signs nor vetoes a bill during the allotted time, it __________.
a. is automatically introduced in the next regular session on a fast track
b. dies for lack of a signature
c. goes back to committee for more deliberation
d. becomes a law without his signature
Q. 3The governor has the authority to veto a bill for up to __________.
a. ten days during a session and twenty days after adjournment
b. twenty days during a session and ten days after adjournment
c. ten days both during a session and after adjournment
d. twenty days both during a session and after adjournment
Q. 4Overriding a governor's veto __________.
a. requires a majority vote by the public
b. requires a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate
c. is not permitted under the constitution
d. requires a majority vote in both the House and Senate
Q. 5The governor's budgetary power is __________.
a. quite strong since the legislature is required to give an up or down vote on the governor's proposed budget
b. limited since the legislature typically gives greater attention to budgetary recommendations of the Legislative Budget Board
c. strong since he or she gets to appoint all members of the Legislative Budget Board
d. weak since he or she must either accept full budget bills or veto them in their entirety
Q. 6The governor's veto power and ability to call special sessions of the legislature __________.
a. can only ever be used in response to bills already passed by the House and Senate
b. were eliminated by the Constitution of 1876 to limit the governor's role in the state government
c. can allow the governor to influence the legislature through the threat of using those powers
d. provide the governor with the ability to determine party leadership and committee chairs in the legislature
Q. 7The governor of Texas faces a difficult situation because the governor __________.
a. has to appoint so many top officials in the executive, like the attorney general and lieutenant governor
b. is unable to get any media coverage and the public expects leadership to come from the legislature
c. cannot influence bills considered by the legislature
Q. 8The governor's power in Texas compared to other states is categorized as __________.
a. very weak
b. moderate
c. strong
d. very strong
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