Chapter 2

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  1. Question 1 of 11

    1. Which of the following does not describe the characteristics of conventions?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is B. Conventions are not fixed and entrenched in the constitution.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is B. Conventions are not fixed and entrenched in the constitution.

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  2. Question 2 of 11

    2. Which of the following is NOT a source of the UK constitution?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is A as general textbooks may describe the constitution but are not authoritative texts such as those written by theorists like Dicey and Blackstone.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is A as general textbooks may describe the constitution but are not authoritative texts such as those written by theorists like Dicey and Blackstone.

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  3. Question 3 of 11

    3. Which is the following is an Act that has significantly shaped the UK Constitution?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is A. Though answer B, C and D may have shaped areas of private law such as contract and tort, answer A is part of a collection of Acts of Parliament that have had broad public significance and implications for the responsibilities of the state, law-makers and public bodies.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is A. Though answer B, C and D may have shaped areas of private law such as contract and tort, answer A is part of a collection of Acts of Parliament that have had broad public significance and implications for the responsibilities of the state, law-makers and public bodies.

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  4. Question 4 of 11

    4. Which terms best describe a "form of legislation that allows the provisions of an Act of Parliament to be subsequently brought into force or altered without Parliament having to pass a new Act."

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is B. Precedent is an example of past judicial decisions, which can be termed an authority that is persuasive. A Bill is what is presented to one of the Houses of Parliament before it is made into an Act of Parliament

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is B. Precedent is an example of past judicial decisions, which can be termed an authority that is persuasive. A Bill is what is presented to one of the Houses of Parliament before it is made into an Act of Parliament

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  5. Question 5 of 11

    5. What connects the following series of names, A. V Dicey, Sir William Blackstone, Sir William Jennings and Walter Bagehot?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is C. The ideas of these thinkers may influence what a written constitution may consist of, but statement D is nonetheless inaccurate.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is C. The ideas of these thinkers may influence what a written constitution may consist of, but statement D is nonetheless inaccurate.

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  6. Question 6 of 11

    6. Which of the following is NOT part of the Jennings three part test to identify whether a constitutional convention exists?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is C. One of the distinctions between laws and conventions is conventions are not legally enforceable, where as laws are.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is C. One of the distinctions between laws and conventions is conventions are not legally enforceable, where as laws are.

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  7. Question 7 of 11

    7. Which of the following do Fenwick and Phillipson define as "non-legal, generally agreed rules about how government should be conducted and, in particular, governing the relations between different organs of government"?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is B. Acts of Parliament are far wider in scope, and can cover many areas, precedents are legal rules from case law, and collective ministerial responsibility is an example of a constitutional convention.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is B. Acts of Parliament are far wider in scope, and can cover many areas, precedents are legal rules from case law, and collective ministerial responsibility is an example of a constitutional convention.

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  8. Question 8 of 11

    8. Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of breaching a constitutional convention?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is D. Whilst there is nothing technically to stop our monarch from declaring a new convention, this is very unlikely to ever occur. Conventions are not always written down, and they are established after conduct in line with the Jennings criteria.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is D. Whilst there is nothing technically to stop our monarch from declaring a new convention, this is very unlikely to ever occur. Conventions are not always written down, and they are established after conduct in line with the Jennings criteria.

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  9. Question 9 of 11

    9. Which of the following statements provides the most accurate definition of a EU directive?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is B. Answer A refers to regulations, answer C refers to EU decisions.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is B. Answer A refers to regulations, answer C refers to EU decisions.

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  10. Question 10 of 11

    10. What is the most accurate description of the convention of collective ministerial responsibility?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is C.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is C.

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  11. Question 11 of 11

    11. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the appointment of the Prime Minister?

    • Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is C. The leader of the majority party is conventionally appointed by the Queen.

    • Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is C. The leader of the majority party is conventionally appointed by the Queen.

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