This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Elections > Systems > Electoral Systems – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Electoral Systems Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A group of voters in a geographic area A) Constitution. B) Suffrage. C) Constituency. D) Franchise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constituency. 2. An electoral system that uses a combination of single-member districts and proportional representation A) Proportional representation. B) First-past-the-post system. C) Majoritarian system. D) Mixed electoral system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed electoral system. 3. Which electoral system is used in United Kingdom general elections and local council elections in England and Wales? A) First Past the Post. B) AMS. C) SV. D) STV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Past the Post. 4. Who is at the top of the CCP hierarchy? A) Politburo Standing Committee. B) National Party Congress. C) Central Committee. D) National People's Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Politburo Standing Committee. 5. Which is the most proportional of the UK's electoral systems? A) Additional Member System. B) First Past the Post. C) Single Transferable Vote. D) Supplementary Vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single Transferable Vote. 6. What are the criticisms of the Proportional Representation system? A) PR system leads to more stable coalition governments. B) PR system strengthens the link between constituents and their representatives. C) PR system gives equal power to all parties regardless of their size. D) Critics argue that PR can lead to unstable coalition governments, can weaken the link between constituents and their representatives, and can give disproportionate power to small parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Critics argue that PR can lead to unstable coalition governments, can weaken the link between constituents and their representatives, and can give disproportionate power to small parties. 7. What is the key advantage of first past the post electoral system in terms of decision-making? A) It leads to effective decision-making. B) It leads to slow decision-making. C) It leads to indecisive decision-making. D) It leads to no decision-making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It leads to effective decision-making. 8. A set of rules that decide how votes are cast, counted, and translated into seats in a legislature A) Majoritarian system. B) First-past-the-post system. C) Plurality system. D) Electoral system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electoral system. 9. When was the Recall of MPs Act passed? A) 1995. B) 2015. C) 2011. D) 2009. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2015. 10. What are some proposed changes to the UK electoral system? A) Banning all political parties. B) Implementing a monarchy system. C) Some proposed changes to the UK electoral system include implementing proportional representation, lowering the voting age to 16, and introducing online voting. D) Raising the voting age to 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some proposed changes to the UK electoral system include implementing proportional representation, lowering the voting age to 16, and introducing online voting. 11. In what Supreme Court case did the justices strike down limits on individual campaign contributions? A) DC v Heller (2008). B) Citizens United vs FEC (2010). C) Riley v California (2014). D) McCutcheon vs FEC (2014). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) McCutcheon vs FEC (2014). 12. A candidate must win 50 + 1 percent of total votes cast to win the election A) Single-member district. B) Plurality system. C) Majoritarian system. D) First-past-the-post system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Majoritarian system. 13. What is the key advantage of first past the post electoral system in terms of speed and simplicity? A) Complex voting process. B) Longer election period. C) Quick formation of coalition government. D) Quick election results. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quick election results. 14. Who would win under a Single Member District Plurality? A) Candidate A. B) Candidate B. C) Candidate C. D) Candidate D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Candidate A. 15. The campaign season before primaries & caucuses is known as ..... A) Invisible Primaries. B) Invisible Conventions. C) Stealth Campaigning. D) Secret Primaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invisible Primaries. 16. What is the win rate of an incumbent president? A) 75%. B) 68.7%. C) 50%. D) 90%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 68.7%. 17. In the past 10 elections where the incumbent president is running ..... how many incumbents have lost? A) 5. B) 1. C) 3. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 18. Which of the following would not be able to vote? A) Persons over 18 years. B) Homeless. C) Prisoners. D) Physically disabled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prisoners. 19. What was the turnout in the Brexit referendum? A) 50.6. B) 72.2. C) 60.2. D) 84.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 72.2. 20. What is the term length for a member of the House of Representatives? A) 4. B) 8. C) 6. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 21. What is the first stage of voting prior to a presidential elections known as ..... ? A) Party Conventions. B) Preliminary Votes. C) Primaries and Caucuses. D) Early Bird Special. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primaries and Caucuses. 22. What type of government does first past the post electoral system usually lead to? A) Single-party government. B) Anarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Coalition government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Single-party government. 23. Electoral system used in Guyana A) First Past the Post. B) Proportional Representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proportional Representation. 24. Which electoral system is used in the United Kingdom? A) Ranked Choice Voting. B) Electoral College. C) First Past the Post. D) Proportional Representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First Past the Post. 25. What is electoral reform and why is it important? A) Electoral reform is a way to manipulate election outcomes. B) Electoral reform is a waste of time and resources. C) Electoral reform is only important for a small group of people. D) Electoral reform is the changes in the electoral system to improve its fairness, transparency, and effectiveness. It is important because it can help ensure that elections accurately reflect the will of the people and promote democratic principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electoral reform is the changes in the electoral system to improve its fairness, transparency, and effectiveness. It is important because it can help ensure that elections accurately reflect the will of the people and promote democratic principles. 26. What 2 people were the CCP's ideologies heavily influenced by? A) Biden and Trump. B) Blair and Johnson. C) Gorbachev and Putin. D) Marx and Lenin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marx and Lenin. 27. What was significant about the result for Lanark and Hamilton East in 2017? A) There was no result. B) The winner got 99%. C) The winner only got 32.6%. D) It was a draw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The winner only got 32.6%. 28. Does FPTP support those who have support concentrated in certain areas or dispersed support? A) Certain areas. B) Dispersed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Certain areas. 29. Which amendment to the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote? A) Twenty-Sixth Amendment. B) First Amendment. C) Nineteenth Amendment. D) Fourth Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nineteenth Amendment. 30. How many members are in the National People's Congress? A) About 3, 000. B) About 2, 000. C) 35. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 3, 000. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesElections QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesElectoral Systems Quiz 1Electoral Systems Quiz 2Electoral Systems Quiz 3Electoral Systems Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books