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Use these questions both to test your detailed knowledge of each chapter. Make a note of your answers and then consult the answers page on this website. If you score less than 12 correct answers for any chapter, you probably need to spend more time re-reading and revising its contents.
CHAPTER 11: The Devolved System of Governance
1. The Devolution Acts for Scotland and Wales were given the Royal Assent in:
a) 1997
b) 1998
c) 1999
2. The Scottish National Party first won a seat in the Westminster Parliament in:
a) 1967
b) 1977
c) 1997
3. Preservation of the national language is:
a) A bigger concern of Welsh than of Scottish nationalism
b) Of the same level of concern to both
c) A bigger concern for Scottish than for Welsh nationalists
4. Turnout in referendums concerning devolution has been:
a) Higher in Wales than in Scotland
b) About the same in both
c) Higher in Scotland than in Wales
5. The legislative powers of the Scottish Parliament are:
a) Greater than those of the Welsh Assembly
b) About the same as those of the Welsh Assembly
c) Less than those of the Welsh Assembly
6. The Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly are :
a) Elected for fixed periods of four years
b) Elected for a maximum of five years but can be dissolved at an earlier date by consent of the Monarch
c) Elected for a minimum period of three years and a maximum of five years
7. The Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly are elected by:
a) The Additional Member System
b) The 'first past the post' Westminster system
c) The Hare System
8. The Scottish and Welsh devolved governments have:
a) Never experienced single party government
b) Have always been governed by a single party
c) Have experienced a mixture of single party and coalition government
9. The building housing the Scottish Parliament is:
a) Modelled on the Palace of Westminster
b) An old building refurbished
c) A purpose built modern building
10. Devolved government has:
a) Made no difference to the substance of policy in Wales and Scotland
b) Has produced great differences with England, but made exactly the same difference to the substance of policy in Wales and Scotland
c) Has produced very different changes to the substance of policy in the two devolved systems.
11. Direct rule from Westminster was first introduced in Northern Ireland in:
a) 1921
b) 1972
c) 1998
12. The number of people killed in sectarian violence in Northern Ireland is:
a) About 1,500
b) About 3,500
c) About 10,500
13. The Belfast Agreement was concluded in:
a) 1998
b) 2001
c) 2004
14. The system of rule proposed in the Belfast Agreement is based on:
a) Majority rule
b) Consociationalism
c) Minority rule
15. Devolved government in the United Kingdom is:
a) A stable, established system of rule
b) A temporary expedient likely to be reversed
c) An irreversible but unstable system of rule
