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WorksheetsIntroduction to PS 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 55mins
2- A legislature with two houses is called:
a) a hybrid system
b) bicameral
c) Unicameral
d) A divided government.
3- Citizens vote to elect the leader directly in:
a) Presidential systems
b) Parliamentary systems
c) Both
4- Who do citizens vote for in a Parliamentary Democracy?
a) the legislature only
b) the executive only
c) both the legislature and the executive
d) citizens do not vote in a parliamentary democracy
5- Who do citizens vote for in a Presidential Democracy?
a) the legislature only
a) the executive only
c) both the legislature and the executive
d) citizens do not vote in a presidential democracy
6- Presidents in presidential systems are responsible to the legislatures:
a) True
b) False
7- In a presidential system, the two branches of government cannot control, dissolve, or oust the other.
True
False
8- Deadlock are more common in Presidential system than a parliamentary one
True
False
9- The theory of government where one branch has power to keep another branch of government from becoming too powerful is called?
a) Separation of Powers
b) Checks and Balances
c) Limited Government
d) Constitutional Government
10- The prime minister and cabinet can be speedily ousted in parliamentary systems through:
a) Party whips
b) Vote of no confidence
c) Impeachment
d) Referendums
11- Coalition governments are more frequent in a presidential system than a parliamentary system:
True
False
12- Few of the legislatures originate laws as much legislation originates in government departments and agencies.
True
False
13- The British legislators practice the function of supervising and criticizing the government through:
a) Party whips
b) Question hour
c) Ombudsman
d) Impeachment
14- The legislatures are losing power to the executive due to:
a) Few legislators are experts on technical, military, economic, or social problems.
b) Citizens everywhere are more impressed with presidents or prime ministers than with parliaments.
c) This means little fresh, young blood enters parliament with new ideas
d) All of the above
a) None of the above
15- The chief executive in a presidential regime is
a) Governor general.
b) President of senate
c) President of republic
d) Prime minister.
16- In contrast to the US separation of power, The UK’s system can be described as a fusion of power:
True
False
17- Among the disadvantaged of Parliamentary systems is:
a) The possibility of forming minority governments can occur due to the inability of single party to win the majority of seats
a) Deadlock between executive and legislative branch
c) The danger of impeachment
d) All of the above
18- One of the duties of the legislatures is to inform and instruct the citizenry on the affairs of government
True
False
19- In a parliamentary system, the prime minister and cabinet are responsible to:
a) The president
b) The people
c) The Parliament
d) The Monarch
20- Divided government is a situation in which
a) Cabinet posts are split between different parties.
b) One political party controls one house of a bicameral legislature and another controls the other house.
c) The executive and legislative branches are controlled by different parties
d) No party has a majority in the legislature.
1- What is the main difference between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?
a) A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.
b) A Prime Minister has more power than a President.
C) A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.
d) A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature
