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.