Exam 3: Local Governments

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Local governments often operate under a ...

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Special districts are created in Texas t...

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A) Initiative
B) Referendum
C) Recall
D) Impeachment
E) Directive

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A) A home-rule city has greater flexibility in its organization and operation.
B) A home-rule city has fewer people to worry about than a general-law city.
C) A home-rule city can use state law to operate.
D) A home-rule city can use its power to overrule state law.
E) A home-rule city can legally become a sanctuary city.

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A) 88
B) 26
C) 32
D) 38
E) 90

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A) Council of government
B) Municipal government
C) County government
D) Special-district government
E) Township government

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A) Junior and community colleges
B) University of Texas system
C) State Technical Institute system
D) Texas A&M system
E) Prairie View University

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A) A strong mayor form of government
B) A council-manager form of government
C) A weak mayor-council form of government
D) A commission form of government
E) A cosmopolitan form of government

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A) A strong mayor with a weak city manager
B) A weak city manager
C) A weak city council and a strong city manager
D) A weak mayor
E) A strong council

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A) Conducting elections,enforcing criminal law,and administering job-training programs
B) Operating courts,conducting elections,and providing higher education
C) Conducting elections,registering voters,and enforcing criminal law
D) Providing higher education,conducting elections,and collecting all state taxes
E) Collecting all state taxes,running state prisons,and maintaining the toll system

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A) The state legislature
B) A city council,a city commission,and a referendum
C) A city commission,a state legislature,and a metropolitan
D) A referendum,a metropolitan,and a state legislature
E) A metropolitan

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A) Strong mayor
B) Council-manager
C) Weak mayor
D) Commission
E) Metroplex

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A) Impoverished housing settlements often without running water or sewage systems
B) Elite gated communities for the wealthy and powerful
C) Colonies of Texas expatriates in other nations
D) Cities contained within giant geodesic domes
E) Gentrified communities populated by millennials

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A) They pass laws to be implemented by cities.
B) They possess home-rule and ordinance-making authority.
C) They are administrative arms of the state.
D) They are primarily responsible for conducting common school education.
E) They are not seen as locally controlled governments by county officials and county residents.

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At-large elections have led to the under...

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A) The state's broad annexation laws
B) Extraterritorial jurisdiction
C) Mandates
D) Changing demographics
E) Excessive taxes

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A) Parks,income security,and education
B) Highways,welfare,and education
C) Police,trash collection,and water
D) Public assistance,education,and military protection
E) Police,education,and income security

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A) The federal government
B) Local school districts
C) City government
D) County government
E) Councils of government

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