PPG - WEEK 13 ONLINE QUIZ

1. What are a device for filling a governmental office through choices made by the electorate, a designated body of qualified people?

• Elections

• Governance

• Politics

• Vote buying

Why is election important?

• To recruit leaders

• Build legitimacy

• Provide representation

• All of these.

Which is NOT a function of elections?

• Strengthen elites

• Influence policy

• Educate voters

• None of these.

What do you call a set of rules that governs the conduct of elections?

• Party list system

• Constitution

• Electoral System

• Laws

The winning candidate needs only to achieve a plurality of votes. The candidate who won the highest number of votes should assume the respective office.

• Single- Member Plurality

• Alternative Vote and Supplementary Vote

• Second Ballot System

• Mixed-member Proportional & Additional Member

6. This electoral system is usually performed in two phases to ensure the attainment of majority vote.

• Single-Transferable Vote System Model States

• Party-list System Model State

• Alternative Vote and Supplementary Vote

• Second Ballot System

Voting is according to ranked preferences until the attainment of the majority vote.

• Second Ballot System Model States

• Mixed-member Proportional & Additional Member System Model States.

• Party-list System Model State

• Alternative Vote & Supplementary Vote (Majoritarian) Model States.

Proportional-Elector cast two votes: one for candidate and one for the party.

• Single-Transferable Vote System Model States

• Mixed-member Proportional & Additional Member System Model States

• Alternative Vote & Supplementary Vote (Majoritarian) Model States

• Party-list System Model State.

Quota system & there is a flexible computation regarding the minimum number of votes needed to be in office.

• Party-list System Model State

• Mixed-member Proportional & Additional Member System Model States

• Single-Transferable Vote System Model States

• Alternative Vote & Supplementary Vote (Majoritarian) Model States

10. Elector vote for parties not for candidates.

• Alternative Vote & Supplementary Vote (Majoritarian) Model States

• Mixed-member Proportional & Additional Member System Model States

• Single-Transferable Vote System Model States

• Party-list System Model State