Year 7 C&C Test revision 1

An absolute majority is when

• More than half the total votes of all those eligible to vote - 50%+1

• eveyone votes for an idea

• no one votes for an idea

A double majority is a majority of electors in a majority of the states (i.e. at least four of the six states).

• True

• False

Section _____of the Constitution allows the Constitution to be changed.

• 128

• 127

• 53

• 24

Since Federation, only _____ out of 44 proposals to amend the Constitution have been approved

• one

• eight

• ten

• four

The Constitution is hard to change because

• people fear change

• it is expensive

• a double majority is needed

• the governor general can refuse to allow it

In Australia, when voting for the House of Representatives we use...

• compulsory voting

• secret ballot

• preferential voting

• first past the post

A ballot paper which has been placed in the ballot box but was incorrectly completed or not completed at all is called a

• formal vote

• informal vote

The 1967 referendum was to change the Constitution to

• the Aboriginal people to be included in the census and vote.

• to alter the Constitution to establish the Commonwealth of Australia as a republic

• to change the Constituion to allow daylight savings

• recognise local government in the Constitution

A vote where a voter appears to make no choice among the candidates, but numbers preferences for candidates in the order in which they are listed on the ballot-paper.

• Elephant Vote

• Giraffe Vote

• Donkey Vote

• Whale Vote

The representative of the Queen in Australia at the federal level is the

• Prime Minister

• Attorney General

• Governor General

• Leader of the House