You are about to be asked to complete 6 multiple choice questions about constitutional law, with 3 possible answers for each question. For each answer, you must state your confidence level (high, medium, or low) and you will be scored based on whether your answer is correct and your confidence level.

1. You are about to be asked to complete 6 multi-choice questions, each with 3 possible
answers (1 correct, 2 incorrect).
As well as stating which dancer in the ‘dance-off’ has the correct answer, you must
also state how confident you are in the answer they have given – either high, medium
or low.
You score marks according to the following table:
Degree of certainty Low Medium High
Mark if correct 1 2 3
Penalty if wrong 0 -2 -6

2. When a constitution is written in a single document, it is called a …….1
A
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B
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C
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Convention Statute
Codified
constitution

3. Which of these is not a source of the British Constitution?2
A
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B
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C
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Royal Prerogative Statute Law Common Law

4. The relationship between the individual and the state is
protected by which principle?
3
A
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B
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C
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Parliamentary
Sovereignty
The Rule of Law
A Constitutional
Monarchy

5. When power is concentrated at the political centre this type
of state is called…..
4
A
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B
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C
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A Federal
State
An Autocratic
State
A Unitary
State

6. The Human Rights Act enshrined most the provisions of which treaty into
UK law?5
A
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B
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C
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European Convention
on Human Rights
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights
International Covenant
on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights

7. The establishment of the UK Supreme Court brought about a change in the
relationship between the judiciary and other branches best described as……6
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B
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C
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Establishing the
superiority of the
Supreme Court
Making the
separation of powers
clearer
Establishing the
superiority of the
Legislature