Lesson 3.1.1.3.2

3.1.1.3.2 The Prime Minister and cabinet: responsibility and accountability Quiz: AQA Politics, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which convention requires all cabinet ministers to publicly support official government policy?

    • Collective responsibility
    • Parliamentary privilege
    • Ministerial code
    • Individual responsibility

  2. Who is a minister directly answerable to for their department's conduct?

    • The Prime Minister
    • The Cabinet
    • Parliament
    • The Monarch

  3. Which convention was highlighted by Sir Thomas Dugdale's 1954 Crichel Down resignation?

    • Ministerial immunity
    • Collective responsibility
    • Cabinet secrecy
    • Individual responsibility

  4. What triggers a minister's resignation under collective ministerial responsibility?

    • Civil service mistakes
    • Personal misconduct
    • Departmental errors
    • Policy disagreement

  5. Iain Duncan Smith's 2016 resignation was a breach of which constitutional convention?

    • Individual responsibility
    • Parliamentary sovereignty
    • Collective responsibility
    • Royal prerogative

  6. How do ministers primarily fulfill their accountability to Parliament on a daily basis?

    • Issuing orders
    • Answering questions
    • Chairing committees
    • Passing legislation

  7. What can a Prime Minister temporarily suspend to allow ministers to express opposing views?

    • Parliamentary privilege
    • Individual responsibility
    • Judicial review
    • Collective responsibility

  8. Which parliamentary vote tests the government's ultimate collective accountability to the Commons?

    • Statutory instrument
    • No-confidence vote
    • Private Member's bill
    • Early day motion

  9. Who do ministers often blame to avoid resigning under individual ministerial responsibility?

    • Judicial chairs
    • Opposition leaders
    • Civil servants
    • Backbench MPs

  10. What key political benefit does collective ministerial responsibility provide for the government?

    • Government unity
    • Parliamentary neutrality
    • Judicial independence
    • Bipartisan consensus

  11. How can collective responsibility undermine individual parliamentary scrutiny of ministers?

    • Strengthening select committees
    • Exposing cabinet leaks
    • Increasing backbench power
    • Hiding behind consensus

  12. Which parliamentary bodies directly scrutinise specific government departments and ministers?

    • Privy Council
    • Cabinet committees
    • Boundary Commissions
    • Select committees

  13. What main factor helps a government regularly resist parliamentary attempts at accountability?

    • Civil service neutrality
    • Judicial review
    • House of Lords
    • Parliamentary majority

  14. Which action is traditionally expected of a minister following a major departmental failure?

    • Prorogation
    • Cabinet reshuffle
    • Filibustering
    • Resignation

  15. Sir Thomas Dugdale's 1954 resignation over Crichel Down is an example of what?

    • Parliamentary privilege
    • Collective responsibility
    • Judicial review
    • Individual responsibility

  16. Which constitutional mechanism ensures that the cabinet presents a united public front?

    • Collective responsibility
    • Individual responsibility
    • Royal prerogative
    • Parliamentary sovereignty

  17. What factor most influences the parliamentary accountability of a Prime Minister?

    • Civil service advice
    • Opposition leadership
    • Government majority size
    • Cabinet reshuffles

  18. Under collective responsibility, what must a minister who publicly opposes policy do?

    • Cross the floor
    • Surrender parliamentary seat
    • Face judicial review
    • Resign from office

  19. Which concept describes ministers answering to Parliament for their own department's errors?

    • Collective cabinet responsibility
    • Individual ministerial responsibility
    • Judicial independence
    • Parliamentary privilege

  20. What concept is undermined when a minister blames civil servants for departmental errors?

    • Parliamentary sovereignty
    • Individual ministerial responsibility
    • Judicial neutrality
    • Collective responsibility

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