Lesson 2.3.1
2.3.1 Structure, role and powers of the Executive Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Politics, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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Who comprises the core membership of the UK executive?
- Senior judges
- MP backbenchers
- Ministers and departments
- Privy counsellors
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What is the main collective decision-making forum of central government?
- The Treasury
- Privy Council
- Select committee
- The Cabinet
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Which administrative body is headed by a minister and implements government policy?
- Select committee
- Government department
- Executive agency
- Royal commission
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What is the term for ministers who sit below Cabinet rank within a department?
- Junior ministers
- Permanent secretaries
- Parliamentary private secretaries
- Special advisers
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Which of these is an example of a royal prerogative power?
- Amending constituency boundaries
- Passing primary legislation
- Making treaties
- Levying new taxes
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What type of law is made by ministers using powers delegated by an Act of Parliament?
- Secondary legislation
- Constitutional convention
- Primary legislation
- Common law
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Who initiates the vast majority of successful primary legislation in the UK?
- Backbench MPs
- The government
- House of Lords
- Law Commission
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What term describes rules made by ministers under authority granted by an existing Act?
- Royal proclamation
- Common law
- Delegated legislation
- Private Bill
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Who must formally approve taxation changes proposed in the annual budget?
- Parliament
- The Supreme Court
- The Cabinet
- Bank of England
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What is a departmental policy change made using existing statutory powers called?
- Executive action
- Judicial review
- Constitutional reform
- Primary legislation
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Which formal power allows the Prime Minister to choose and remove ministers?
- Prerogative veto
- Royal assent
- Whip authority
- Patronage power
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Which parliamentary event outlines the government's upcoming legislative programme?
- Budget statement
- Autumn Statement
- King's Speech
- Prime Minister's Questions
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Executive use of prerogative powers is ultimately subject to scrutiny by which bodies?
- Parliament and courts
- Civil service alone
- Monarch directly
- Privy Council exclusively
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What is the primary constitutional role of a Cabinet minister regarding their department?
- Chief accounting officer
- Permanent secretary
- Political head
- Judicial arbiter
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Which factor most enhances the UK executive's ability to easily pass legislation?
- Cabinet collective agreement
- Royal prerogative power
- House of Commons majority
- House of Lords veto
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What legal doctrine allows courts to overturn executive actions taken beyond legal authority?
- Stare decisis
- Sub judice
- Ultra vires
- Habeas corpus
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Which parliamentary mechanism frequently constrains ministers when governing with a small majority?
- Cabinet reshuffles
- Select committees
- Royal assent
- Civil service advice
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Which UK institution can revise and delay bills proposed by the executive?
- House of Lords
- Cabinet Office
- Privy Council
- Supreme Court
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What type of legislation is made by ministers under broad powers granted by Acts of Parliament?
- Private Bill
- Constitutional statute
- Primary legislation
- Delegated legislation
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Which branch of the UK government is generally considered structurally dominant?
- The executive
- The judiciary
- Local government
- The devolved assemblies
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