Study Guide for Test 3
HCC Test 3 – study guide
Which of the following is not true about recent state budgets?
income tax
general sales taxes.
ad valorem taxes.
user taxes.
hidden taxes.
Texas’s largest single individual revenue source is
What taxes are the major source of revenue for virtually all local government, cities, counties, and special duties?
severance
The commissioners’ courts
The central appraisal district
sin tax.
cigarettes.
liquor.
gasoline.
ability-to-pay taxes
progressive tax rates.
regressive tax rates.
tax shifting
effective taxes
comptroller of public accounts
health and human services.
education.
transportation.
crime and punishment.
Civil Law
prosecutor.
plaintiff.
defendant.
respondent.
Administrative Law
Common Law
Statutory Law
stare decisis.
writ of injunction.
punitive damages.
tort reform.
Criminal law
Citizens generally obey law for which of the following reason?
Which of the following statements about crime in Texas is correct?
Due process
Probable cause
Compulsory process
Exclusionary rule
Writ of certiorari
Writ of mandamus
Writ of error
writ of habeas corpus
The assigned counsel system in Texas has been criticized for
Voir dire
Challenging
Preemptory challenging
Punishment
Recidivism
Deterrence
Isolation
Which of the following is not a type of clemency in Texas?
the agenda-setting step in the policymaking process
the policy implementation step in the policymaking process
the policy adoption step in the policymaking process
the sin tax
the severance tax
The income tax
regressive taxation
a “pay-as-you-go” state.
lieutenant governor
attorney general
comptroller
Speaker of the Texas House
Texas’s “Rainy Day Fund?”
Subsidies
property tax.
Excise tax
Governor’s Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy
Legislative Appropriation Request
dual federalism.
administrative federalism.
marble cake federalism.
fiscal federalism.