Chapter 10 Practice Quiz

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. What year did most non-Indigenous women first gain the right to vote in Canadian federal elections?

1918 correct incorrect

1920 correct incorrect

1922 correct incorrect

1960 correct incorrect

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. Which of the following terms refers to a candidate's representative, or a person who observes the counting of the ballots?

Polling agent correct incorrect

Returning officer correct incorrect

Scrutineer correct incorrect

Electoral officer correct incorrect

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. What are advance polls?

ballots that are submitted by mail rather than being cast at a polling station correct incorrect

polling stations for citizens who do not have any identification correct incorrect

polling stations that are open prior to Election Day correct incorrect

polls that are open exclusively to party members correct incorrect

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. What is the rule which states that no province shall have fewer seats than it did in 1985?

the Senate floor rule correct incorrect

the grandparent rule correct incorrect

the Quebec rule correct incorrect

the parity rule correct incorrect

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. What is the limit that corporations and unions can donate to political parties at the federal level in Canada?

up to $1,500 in a general election correct incorrect

up to $1,500 per electoral district correct incorrect

there is no limit correct incorrect

they are not permitted to donate to political parties correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are legal sources of funding for political parties at the federal level in Canada?

government subsidies correct incorrect

donations from individual Canadians correct incorrect

membership fees correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements is accurate?

Federal, provincial, and territorial elections are all run exclusively under single-member plurality rules. correct incorrect

The first-past-the-post system inflates the seat count of parties whose support is more thinly spread across many districts. correct incorrect

The single-member plurality system tends to produce more hung parliaments than proportional representation. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. What is the minimum number of campaigning days for an official campaign at the federal level?

365 correct incorrect

100 correct incorrect

36 correct incorrect

there is no minimum correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a district in which parties are most likely to concentrate resources and attention?

safe seat correct incorrect

stopgap candidate's riding correct incorrect

swing district correct incorrect

northern constituency correct incorrect

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. At which stage of an election campaign does most candidate recruitment take place?

pre-wit correct incorrect

the organizational period correct incorrect

the leader's debate correct incorrect

post-debate correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements is accurate?

Recall legislation exists in only one Canadian province. correct incorrect

The results of a referendum in Canada automatically become law. correct incorrect

Governments are not permitted to hold multiple plebiscites on the same issue. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. In Canada, the proportion of eligible voters who cast ballots in an election:

is known as voter turnout. correct incorrect

varies considerably among provinces and orders of government. correct incorrect

is highest in Prince Edward Island. correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. What is the maximum number of governing years before an election is called, as stated in the Constitution?

four correct incorrect

five correct incorrect

six correct incorrect

there is no maximum correct incorrect

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. Which of the following people is least involved in the calling of a federal election?

prime minister correct incorrect

chief electoral officer correct incorrect

governor general correct incorrect

speaker of the House of Commons correct incorrect

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. According to federal law, which of the following are required to report publicly on their fundraising and spending activities?

national party organizations correct incorrect

local district associations correct incorrect

leadership contestants correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect