Which of the following accurately describes the mayor-council form of government?

Which of the following accurately describes the mayor-council form of government?
 
  a. The council is chosen by a popularly elected mayor who exercises executive control.
  b. The city council chooses the mayor out of its membership every six months.
  c. The legislative function is assigned to the city council, and the executive function is assigned to the mayor.
  d. The city council has legislative authority but can be disbanded at any time by the mayor.

 Q. 2

Which of the following is a characteristic of a strong-mayor system?
 
  a. The mayor exercises veto authority over the budget.
  b. City administrators are elected independently.
  c. The mayor has the power to recommend to the city council that certain city officials be removed.
  d. The mayor has the power to address city council at the start of every meeting.

 Q. 3

The majority of cities in Texas are __________ cities, while the most common form of city government is __________.
 
  a. general law; mayor-council
  b. home rule; commission
  c. general law; council-manager
  d. incorporated; mayor-council

 Q. 4

Eighty percent of Texans live in __________.
 
  a. apartments
  b. poverty
  c. urban areas
  d. Houston and Dallas

 Q. 5

The largest city in Texas in terms of population is __________; the largest in terms of landmass is __________.
 
  a. Houston; Dallas
  b. Dallas; Houston
  c. Houston; Houston
  d. Dallas; Dallas

 Q. 6

Briefly discuss the infrastructure of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
 
  What will be an ideal response?

 Q. 7

Explain some of the problems that Texas and Mexico face concerning the drug conflict.
 
  What will be an ideal response?