Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
|
|
|
1.
|
The two houses of the Georgia legislature are the
A. | Senate and First House Assembly. | B. | Senate and House of
Representatives. | C. | Supreme Court and House of Commons. | D. | Assembly and House of
Representatives. |
|
|
|
2.
|
must be at least 25 years of age
must be a citizen of the United States
must have
lived in Georgia for at least two years | |
The above box is describing the qualifications to be a A. | senator. | B. | governor. | C. | representative. | D. | supreme court
justice. |
|
|
|
3.
|
A member of the Georgia General Assembly serves a term of how many years?
|
|
|
4.
|
In order to overturn a veto by Georgia’s governor, how many votes are
necessary from both houses of the Georgia General Assembly?
A. | half | B. | majority | C. | two-thirds | D. | three-fourths |
|
|
|
5.
|
Within the Georgia General Assembly, the political party with the most
representatives is called the
A. | majority party. | B. | minority party. | C. | executive
party. | D. | leadership party. |
|
|
|
6.
|
Most of the actual work that takes place in the Georgia General Assembly takes
place
A. | during recess. | B. | in committees. | C. | within house
districts. | D. | during the general session. |
|
|
|
7.
|
In the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House is elected to that
position by
A. | the majority party. | B. | the state’s citizens. | C. | the governor’s
office. | D. | the members of the House. |
|
|
|
8.
|
What is the MAIN responsibility of the minority leader in the House of
Representatives?
A. | engaging in compromise with the majority party | B. | making sure the
minority party’s ideas get a hearing | C. | assigning members of the minority party to
committees | D. | leading the fund raising efforts of minority party
members |
|
|
|
9.
|
In the Georgia General Assembly, the leader of the Senate is called the
A. | minority party leader. | B. | majority party leader. | C. | Speaker of the
House. | D. | President of the Senate. |
|
|
|
10.
|
In the Georgia General Assembly, what is the MAIN responsibility of the minority
leader in the Senate?
A. | engaging in compromise with the majority party | B. | making sure the
minority party’s ideas get a hearing | C. | assigning members of the minority party to
committees | D. | leading the fund raising efforts of minority party
members |
|
|
|
11.
|
A standing committee in the Georgia General Assembly is a committee that
is
A. | permanent and deals with a specific area of concern. | B. | active between
legislative sessions on special issues. | C. | to work to reconcile House and Senate versions
of a similar bill. | D. | comprised of members of both houses to work on
assigned topics. |
|
|
|
12.
|
An interim committee in the Georgia General Assembly is a committee that
A. | works between legislative sessions on special issues. | B. | is permanent and
deals with a specific area of concern. | C. | works to reconcile House and Senate versions of
a similar bill. | D. | is comprised of members of both houses to work on assigned
topics. |
|
|
|
13.
|
What type vote in the General Assembly is necessary in order to override a
governor’s veto?
A. | half | B. | majority | C. | two-thirds | D. | three-fourths |
|
|
|
14.
|
1. The governor considers a bill.
2. The entire house debates a bill.
3. The entire
house votes on a bill.
4. A bill is assigned to a committee. | |
Which places the above steps in the
correct order as a bill becomes a law? A. | 2,4,3,1 | B. | 4,2,3,1 | C. | 1,4,2,3 | D. | 3,1,4,2 |
|
|
|
15.
|
Besides signing a bill, in what other way can the governor of Georgia make sure
a bill becomes a law?
A. | He can veto the bill. | B. | He can do nothing with the
bill. | C. | He can send the bill to the judicial branch. | D. | He can allow the
lieutenant governor to sign the bill. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.
|
The largest source of revenue in Georgia is/are
A. | sales taxes. | B. | income taxes. | C. | fees and
sales. | D. | the state lottery. |
|
|
|
17.
|
The state of Georgia spends most of its money for
A. | education. | B. | public safety. | C. | transportation. | D. | human services. |
|
|
|
18.
|
The two areas of state expenditures that total 13 percent of Georgia’s
budget are
A. | public safety and transportation. | B. | interest on debt and
transportation. | C. | natural resources and transportation. | D. | economic development and public
safety. |
|
|
|
19.
|
Which statement best describes the data in Figure 66?
A. | Little state money is spent on public safety. | B. | Human services has a
high budgetary priority. | C. | The same amount of money is spent on
transportation and public safety. | D. | The legislature spends more than 10 percent of
its funds on state government. |
|
|
|
20.
|
What percentage of Georgia’s state revenue comes from sources other than
sales and income taxes?
A. | 5 percent | B. | 10 percent | C. | 15
percent | D. | 20 percent |
|