Chapter 12 Multiple-choice questions

. Which statements below are accurate? Please select all that apply.

Members of central government are drawn from Parliament.

The government must command the confidence of the House of Commons in order to function.

The executive is separate and distinct from Parliament.

The government is accountable to Parliament for its activities.

. Which statement below is not accurate? The role of government is to:

carry out administration.

make law.

formulate and implement policy.

implement laws.

. The 'elective dictatorship' is a term used to describe the first past the post system.

True

False

. The 'payroll vote' refers to:

the government's guaranteed support by its backbench MPs.

the government's guaranteed support by ministers.

support by the Opposition for government policy.

the Prime Minister's power of patronage.

. The Crown's administrative powers are exercised by:

government ministers.

Parliament.

the monarch.

the courts.

. The office of Prime Minister and the Cabinet were created, and are regulated, by statute.

True

False

. Which statements below are accurate in relation to civil servants? Please select all that apply.

Civil servants are independent of government.

Civil servants change with each new government.

Under the Carltona principle, where a statute places a duty on a minister, it must not be exercised by a civil servant in their department.

Civil servants are accountable to ministers.

. Which statement concerning the Royal Prerogative below is inaccurate?

Prerogative executive powers are exercised on behalf of the Crown by government ministers.

Parliament can abolish, change or limit a prerogative power by express words in a statute.

The Royal Prerogative enables ministers to change statute law.

Where a statute and prerogative power cover the same subject matter, the statute takes priority and the prerogative is suspended.

. In the Miller/Cherry case, the Supreme Court held that the issue of the Prime Minister's decision to prorogue Parliament was not justiciable.

True

False

. Ministerial responsibility is a constitutional convention which requires government accountability to Parliament.

True

False

. Collective responsibility requires that: Please select all that apply.

all ministers must vote with the government and support government policy in Parliament and in public.

the government must command the confidence of the House of Commons.

all ministers are bound by Cabinet decisions but need not support them publicly.

ministers should not disclose what has been discussed in Cabinet.

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