Which of the following transactions would be counted in calculating the GDP?
a. a pension payment
b. a payment to Social Security
c. the purchase of a new car
d. the purchase of steel by the Ford Motor Company
Answer: c
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Which of these is not a source of power for the governor when dealing with the budget?
a. the line-item veto b. the preparation of his or her own budget separate from that of the LBB c. the election of legislators who share his or her budget philosophy d. the ability to restore funding that the legislature has cut e. none of these, since all are sources of budget power for the governor
In a nonequivalent comparison group study,
a. the experimental group gets a pretest, then the experimental treatment, then a posttest. b. there is no control group. c. to interpret the results, the pretest scores have to be identical for the two groups. d. random assignment to groups is common.
What was the main purpose of the cohabitation arrangement between the executive and legislative branches in France's parliamentary system?
a. to reduce the likelihood of corruption among high officials b. to minimize conflict between the two houses of the legislature c. to enable the president to check the power of the legislature over domestic policy d. to enable a president and a prime minister from different parties to govern together
Which of the following land-based industries formed the basis of the early economic development of Texas?
A) cotton, cattle, timber, and minerals B) cattle, oil, corn, and real estate speculation C) mining, cattle, natural gas, and oil D) manufacturing, oil, silver, and cotton