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PLSC FINAL EXAM questions withcomplete solutions
Does the UK have a written constitution? - correct answer ✔✔No
What system can be contrasted from federalism? - correct answer ✔✔Unitarist
Parliamentary sovereignty can be defined by - correct answer ✔✔laws passed by legislature are not
subject to judicial review
What is not a feature of a constitution? - correct answer ✔✔definition of the advantage of federalism
One of the leading complaints of judicial review is - correct answer ✔✔Judges are often unelected, yet
interpret major constitutional issues
What is a disadvantage of federalism and decentralization? - correct answer ✔✔Outlaws different
localities to reject or accept fundamental constitutional rights
Is France a unitary state? T of F - correct answer ✔✔True
Switzerland is not a federal country. T or F - correct answer ✔✔False
What is leasty likely under authoritarian regimes? - correct answer ✔✔It will behave constitutionally but
doesn't have a constitution
The emergence of constitutionalism is not associated with... - correct answer ✔✔the emergence of
totalitarianism
, What phrase is related to how federalism relates to national security? - correct answer ✔✔Different
political units coming together in a federal system
A constitution that is relatively rigid will be characterized by... - correct answer ✔✔Difficulty in making
amendments
Iran is characterized by... - correct answer ✔✔strong judicial review by clerics
What document is the longest standing work of constitutional significance in the world today? - correct
answer ✔✔The English Magna Carta
Every democratic country in the world shares what feature? - correct answer ✔✔Nationwide or general
election for the legislation
2 basic structures of legislature are... - correct answer ✔✔Uni and Bicameral
In general congresses are... - correct answer ✔✔independent of the executive in the checks and
balances system
Characteristics of nearly all single member district systems would be... - correct answer ✔✔Election
based on individual candidates
What country uses a hybrid voting system that has a variable number of seats in the legislature to
achieve opportunities? - correct answer ✔✔Germany
In direct elections for legislatures is common in which circumstances? - correct answer ✔✔Upper
chamber in a federal system
The presence of what features will increase the legislatures leverage over the executives? - correct
answer ✔✔Votes of no confidence in parliamentary systems
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