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Public Services quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is mean by the public sector?

a)

funded by companies or investors

b)

funded by the Government / local authorities

c)

funded by charities

2.

What is meant by the protective services?

a)

Services which defend the country from all enemies both foreign and domestic.  

b)

Services that support the emergency services

c)

Services that keep people safe make a difference, and help communities.

d)

Services funded by private companies

3.

What does the term 'statutory' mean?

a)

required by law and are government funded.

b)

not required by law or receiving government funding

c)

not required by law but receive money from charities

4.

What type of service is the Police?

a)

Uniformed statutory

b)

Non-uniformed statutory

c)

Uniformed non-statutory

d)

Non-uniformed non-statutory

5.

What type of service is the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution)?

a)

Uniformed statutory

b)

Non-uniformed statutory

c)

Uniformed non-statutory

d)

Non-uniformed non-statutory

6.

What type of service do social workers work for?

a)

Uniformed statutory

b)

Non-uniformed statutory

c)

Uniformed non-statutory

d)

Non-uniformed non-statutory

7.

What type of service is the Fire and Rescue service?

a)

Uniformed statutory

b)

Non-uniformed statutory

c)

Uniformed non-statutory

d)

Non-uniformed non-statutory

8.

What type of service is MI6?

a)

Uniformed statutory

b)

Non-uniformed statutory

c)

Uniformed non-statutory

d)

Non-uniformed non-statutory

9.

What type of service do library workers work for?

a)

Uniformed statutory

b)

Non-uniformed statutory

c)

Uniformed non-statutory

d)

Non-uniformed non-statutory

10.

What type of service do ambulance workers work for?

a)

Uniformed statutory

b)

Non-uniformed statutory

c)

Uniformed non-statutory

d)

Non-uniformed non-statutory

11.

Which of these statements is NOT true about why public service workers wear a uniform?

a)

It gives workers authority to carry out their role and looks professional.

b)

It is comfortable but not obstructive (gets in the way of carrying out their job!).

c)

It helps identify the worker’s specific role.

d)

It helps them be seen at night.

12.

Which of these is NOT a purpose of the Police?

a)
  • To protect the public from crime  

b)

To prevent crime

c)

To defend the UK from foreign powers

d)

To pursue and bring to justice those who break the law. 

13.

Which of these is NOT a purpose of the Fire and Rescue Service? 

a)
  • To rescue and protect people in the event of a road traffic collision, and other emergencies.

b)

To train people to work alongside the Armed Services.

c)
  • To educate the public on fire safety. 

d)

To extinguish fires.

14.

What does democracy translate to/mean?

a)

People power

b)

People own everything

c)

People have no power

d)

People own nothing

15.
  • Which of these is NOT a purpose of the National Health Service?

a)

To provide a “free at the point of use” health service, including doctors’ surgeries and hospitals. 

b)
  • To diagnose and treat health conditions 

c)
  • To educate people to try to prevent poor health 

d)

To implement British and international maritime law   

16.

Which one of these is NOT part of the Armed Forces?

a)

RAF

b)

Navy

c)

Army

d)

PCSO

17.

What is the purpose of the Air Ambulance?

a)

To organise the ’home from hospital’ discharge scheme helping patients to leave hospital.

b)

To provide emergency helicopter care to take injured people to hospital quickly.

c)

They provide emergency services to reinstate power supplies after storms etc.  

d)

To provide online e-therapy

18.

The ????????? services purpose is to respond quickly and safely to accidents, incidents or emergencies and to try to prevent incidents.

(a)  

19.

The purpose of the ?????? services is to defend the UK and its dependencies and support international peacekeeping, provide military aid

(a)  

20.

What type of government is this?

A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Communist

d)

Monarchy

21.

What is communism?

a)

A political system where all parts of the state are state owned. As far as possible, people are paid an equal amount.

b)

A political system where elections are held which are free and fair.

c)

A political system where the Head of State is the President.

d)

A political system where a monarch - typically a King or Queen - is the Head of State.

22.

What is a monarchy?

a)

A political system where all parts of the state are state owned. As far as possible, people are paid an equal amount.

b)

A political system where elections are held which are free and fair.

c)

A political system where the Head of State is the President.

d)

A political system where a monarch - typically a King or Queen - is the Head of State.