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Chapter 8 Multiple choice questions
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Which one of the following statements is false?
The Privy Council coordinates policy and appointments through the Cabinet
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The monarch participates in Cabinet debates.
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The Privy Council makes Orders in Council which is a type of secondary legislation
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The Privy Council hears judicial appeals from overseas jurisdictions.
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Which one of the following statements is true?
The office of Prime Minister is a creature of convention and could be abolished without legal formality.
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The office of Prime Minister was created by statute.
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At common law a new government must be formed within a few days of the publication of the results of a general election
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The monarch's powers to appoint and dismiss a Prime Minister are limited by statute and common law.
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Which one of the following is not a key role of the Prime Minister?
Giving advice to the monarch on the exercise of all prerogative powers concerning the government.
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Determining the size and membership of the Cabinet.
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The appointment of the monarch's private secretary.
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Advising the monarch on the appointment of senior civil servants, senior members of the judiciary, heads of the security and intelligence services and senior officers of the Church of England.
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Which one of the following statements is false?
Members of the Cabinet are all members of the Privy Council.
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Members of the Cabinet are accountable only to the monarch.
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The Cabinet determines the policy submitted to Parliament, including decisions as to the contents of the Queen's Speech and the legislative timetable.
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The Cabinet determines broad economic policies within which the Chancellor of the Exchequer formulates the budget.
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Which one of the following statements is true?
Ministers are not accountable to Parliament for the actions or conduct of civil servants within their departments.
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Only civil servants are sued in the courts for damage caused by their conduct in government departments.
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A minister is automatically dismissed if there is misconduct or incompetence on the part of civil servants in his department.
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When a statute places a duty on a minister it may generally be exercised by a member of his department for whom he accepts responsibility and for whose conduct he is accountable.
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Which one of the following is a key feature of devolution within the United Kingdom?
Legislative and executive powers within the United Kingdom have been given to legislative and executive organizations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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The United Kingdom is now a federal state.
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The Welsh Assembly has the power to raise taxes to fund the Welsh Assembly Government.
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All executive powers have devolved to the Scottish Government.
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Which of the following statutes created the Welsh Assembly Government?
The Government of Wales Act 1998
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The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
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The Government of Wales Act2006
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The Local Government Act 1972
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