Chapter 13 Multiple choice questions

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True or false: Commissioners represent each member state's interests.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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How long is the Commission's term of office?

Six months correct incorrect

Two years correct incorrect

Four years correct incorrect

Five years correct incorrect

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According to intergovernmentalists, why do member states delegate policy-making to the Commission?

It allows the member states to make use of the Commission's technical expertise. correct incorrect

It produces efficiency and credibility gains for member states. correct incorrect

It can do so without surrendering control over the broader direction of policy. correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect

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True or false: The Commission has sole right of initiative in 'Union method' legislation.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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In which of the following policy areas does the Commission have direct implementation powers?

Competition policy correct incorrect

Environmental policy correct incorrect

Structural funds correct incorrect

Social policy correct incorrect

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What event triggered a root-and-branch reform of the Commission's financial management?

The signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 correct incorrect

The resignation of the Santer Commission in 1999 correct incorrect

The end of Jacques Delors' presidency of the Commission in 1995 correct incorrect

The post 2008 global financial crisis correct incorrect

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How is the 'civil service' of the Commission structured?

It is organized by policy area into cabinets correct incorrect

It is organized by policy area into directorates-general correct incorrect

It is organized by country into national working groups correct incorrect

It is divided into councils staffed by member state and commission representatives correct incorrect

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True or false: One of the reasons why the Commission is so influential is because it can control the policy agenda.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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How have the Commission's powers and independence within the decision-making process been eroded?

The EP can request that the Commission initiate a proposal. correct incorrect

Co-decision means that there is a possibility that the Council and the EP may agree an entirely different legislative text to that proposed by the Commission correct incorrect

Changes made to co-decision in the Treaty of Amsterdam correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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Why has policy implementation become more difficult over time for the Commission?

The range of EC legislation is much greater than in the past correct incorrect

Policy responsibility is increasingly shared across different agencies and levels of government correct incorrect

The capacities of the member states to implement policy varies across the EU correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect