Take this Quiz: A-Level Politics: UK Government | Zestly

Question 1

In a hypothetical constituency of Oakhaven, 10,000 votes were cast. Party A received 4,000 votes, Party B received 3,500 votes, and Party C received 2,500 votes. Under the First Past the Post system, which outcome occurs?

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Party A wins the seat with a plurality of the vote.

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Party A and Party B share the seat based on their proportional vote share.

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The seat remains vacant because no party achieved a majority of over 5,000 votes.

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Party A and Party B enter a runoff election to determine the winner.

Question 2

A pressure group campaigning for environmental reform chooses to operate as an 'insider' group. Which of the following best describes their typical method of influence?

Accepted Answer

Consulting directly with government departments during the policy formulation stage.

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Organising mass street protests to disrupt public transport.

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Launching a social media campaign to discredit government ministers.

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Refusing to meet with civil servants to maintain their ideological purity.

Question 3

Under the Additional Member System (AMS), voters cast two votes: one for a constituency candidate and one for a party list. What is the primary purpose of the party list vote?

Accepted Answer

To compensate for the lack of proportionality produced by the constituency results.

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To ensure that the executive branch remains accountable to the monarch.

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To allow voters to select individual representatives for the House of Lords.

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To provide a mechanism for removing members of the judiciary from office.

Question 4

Campaigners for lowering the voting age to sixteen argue that sixteen-year-olds can work, can pay income tax, and can join the armed forces with consent, and so should have a say in decisions that bind them. Which of these is the argument most often made on the other side of that debate?

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That sixteen-year-olds are barred from paying income tax, so the campaigners' premise is simply false.

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That lowering the voting age would cause the party system to collapse.

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That turnout among newly enfranchised sixteen-year-olds would be so high that it would distort results.

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That eighteen is the threshold for most other legal responsibilities, and the franchise should sit alongside them rather than be moved on its own.

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the role of a Select Committee in the House of Commons?

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To scrutinise the work, expenditure, and policy of government departments.

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To draft and introduce primary legislation on behalf of the Prime Minister.

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To provide a final ruling on the constitutionality of new government policies.

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To replace the House of Lords in the process of reviewing proposed bills.