State Government Assessment

What is the name of the process used to remove elected officials from their office?

• a referendum

• a recall

• an initiative

• a constituent

Which of the following is a state official who assists the governor?

• secretary of state

• attorney general

• superintendent of public instruction

• all of the above

A governor's duties include all of the following EXCEPT

• interpreting state laws

• appointing state officials

• drawing up state budgets

• carrying out state laws

Some state jobs are filled by people recommended by political party leaders through a practice known as

• recall.

• referendum.

• patronage.

• Missouri Plan.

An example of a reserved power is the power to

• administer elections.

• regulate interstate commerce.

• coin money.

• declare war.

The governor is the head of

• all state branches.

• the state legislative branch.

• the state judicial branch.

• the state executive branch.

The Missouri Plan is

• a law requiring states to organize their government like Missouri.

• a method of selecting judges with a committee drawing up a list of qualified judges for the governor to appoint.

• where the governor of Missouri appoints all state judges.

• an agreement for states along the Mississippi River to build bridges together.

Local governments get their powers from

• lawmakers of the territory

• the federal government

• the state

• a referendum

After both houses of a state legislature approve a bill, who does it go to for approval?

• governor

• state supreme court

• attorney general

• voters

The full faith and credit clause ensures that each state will

• agree to give credit to other states.

• accept the decisions of civil courts in other states.

• work together to build bridges.

• follow the rules of the federal government.