Chapter 5

Question 1

The ability to determine who will occupy key positions within the bureaucracy

Answer 1

Appointment Power

Question 2

The executive’s ability to exert influence on the state’s budget process.

Answer 2

Budget Power

Question 3

Appearance made by the governor as the most visible state officeholder that can function as a source of power;events and ceremonial functions

Answer 3

Ceremonial Duty

Question 4

the responsibility to act as a policymaker, coordinator of resources, and point person in the wake of natural and man-made disasters.

Answer 4

Crisis Manager

Question 5

A designation by the governor that allows proposed legislation to be moved to the beginning of the legislative session and be voted on during the first sixty days of the session.

Answer 5

Emergency Legislation

Question 6

Orders issued by the exec. to direct existing agencies or create new committees or task forces in order to address a particular policy area.

Answer 6

Executive Order

Question 7

Formal procedure to remove an elected official from office for misdeeds; passage of impeachment articles by Texas House means there’s sufficient evidence for trial, conducted by Texas Senate.

Answer 7

Impeachment

Question 8

attribute of personal power based on factors such as electoral mandate, political ambition ladder, personal future as governor, and performance ratings rather than on constitutionally enumerated powers.

Answer 8

Informal Power

Question 9

The executive’s role in influencing the state’s legislative agenda.

Answer 9

Legislative Role

Question 10

The ability of the executive to selectively veto only some parts of a bill; in Texas available only on spending bills.

Answer 10

Line-Item Veto

Question 11

Executive grant of release from a sentence or punishment in a criminal case; governor can only grant upon Board of Pardons and Paroles’ recommendation

Answer 11

Pardon

Question 12

When individuals who supported a candidate for public office are rewarded with public jobs and appointments and government contracts.

Answer 12

Patronage

Question 13

executive branch in which the functions have been divided among several, mostly elected, officeholders rather than residing in a single person, the governor.

Answer 13

Plural Executive

Question 14

manner in which a political figure has come up through the ranks, working through various levels of state governmental offices and positions on the way to the top position;

Answer 14

Political Ambition Ladder

Question 15

The claim that a newly elected official’s legislative agenda is the will of the people based on a high margin of victory in a general election.

Answer 15

Popular Mandate

Question 16

A veto that occurs after the legislature has adjourned, leaving the legislature unable to overturn it

Answer 16

Post-Adjournment Veto

Question 17

A gubernatorial appointment made while the Texas Senate is not in session; requires Texas Senate approval within ten days of the next legislative session.

Answer 17

Recess Appointment

Question 18

governor’s power to remove an appointee; needs 2/3 of Texas Senate.

Answer 18

Removal Power

Question 19

The phenomenon of legislators and members of the executive branch moving easily from government office to lucrative positions with lobbying firms.

Answer 19

Revolving Door

Question 20

The informal requirement that a gubernatorial appointee have approval of her or his own state senator in order to obtain support within the Texas Senate

Answer 20

Senatorial Courtesy

Question 21

Meetings of a legislature to that occur outside the regular legislative session; in Texas, special sessions are called by the governor and last for thirty days.

Answer 21

Special Session

Question 22

The constitutional requirement that the governor address the state legislature about the condition of the state; the state of the state address occurs at the beginning of each legislative session and at the end of the gov.’s term.

Answer 22

State of the State Address.

Question 23

A set order, usually spelled out in the constitution, denoting which officeholder takes over when the sitting governor resigns, dies, or is impeached.

Answer 23

Succession

Question 24

The formal power of the executive to reject bills that have been passed by the legislature; in Texas, a veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both houses.

Answer 24

Veto Power