Advanced Studies in Canadian Politics Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Advanced Studies in Canadian Politics offers an in-depth exploration of the political landscape of Canada, covering its federal and provincial institutions, electoral systems, public policies, and key political actors. Students will critically analyze topics such as federalism, indigenous governance, multiculturalism, party politics, and policy-making processes. Emphasis is placed on understanding the historical and contemporary challenges facing Canadian democracy, the evolving dynamics of intergovernmental relations, and the country's role in a global context. Through case studies, comparative perspectives, and theoretical frameworks, this course equips students with the analytical tools necessary to engage with complex political issues in Canada.
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Chapter 1: Approaching the Study of Politics
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Q1) In the class analysis approach, the political elite takes orders from the capitalist elite and the state is an instrument of bourgeois domination.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to political science, what are the three different types of power?
A)coercion, authority, and legitimacy
B)authority, influence, and coercion
C)influence, legitimacy, and respect
D)authority, coercion, and influence
Answer: D
Q3) The class approach postulates that the political system is characterized by openness and that power is widely dispersed among many interests.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Institutional Foundations and the Evolution of the State
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Q1) What did the Durham Report recommend?
A)the creation of Prince Edward Island
B)municipal governing policies
C)official bilingualism
D)responsible government
Answer: D
Q2) Despite the implementation of the Constitution Act of 1867, the British still controlled Canadian foreign and trade policies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) What is one of the fundamental principles of the Canadian constitution?
A)separation of powers
B)colonialism
C)multiculturalism
D)judicial review
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Regionalism
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Q1) What does the Crow rate refer to?
A)the unequal economic relationship between inner and outer Canada
B)a subsidized freight rate that disadvantaged the West
C)a subsidized freight rate that advantaged the West
D)a means of encouraging the Prairies to export their wheat via British Columbia
Answer: C
Q2) Globalization is one of the reasons for a decline in the manufacturing industry in Ontario.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which statement best reflects the main goal of the Trans-Canada Pipeline?
A)It delivers Hibernia oil and Nova Scotia gas to central Canada.
B)It delivers Western natural gas to Eastern Canada.
C)It delivers Western oil to central Canada.
D)It delivers services that are similar to a Crown corporation.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Aboriginal Peoples
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Q1) Who is represented by the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples advocacy group?
A)status Indians
B)non-status Indians
C)Métis
D)Inuit
Q2) What was the significance of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Indian Act, 1876 for Aboriginal inhabitants?
Q3) According to the Indian Act, which term refers to those Aboriginal Canadians registered with the federal government?
A)status Indians
B)non-status Indians
C)enfranchised Indians
D)North American Indians
Q4) The first provincial comprehensive land claim settlement was the Nisga'a treaty.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Europeans were originally attracted to Canada by its military significance.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What is meant by the term "Aboriginal self-government"?
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Chapter 5: French Canada and the Quebec Question
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Q1) Which statement does NOT describe the Quebec new middle class?
A)It suddenly appeared in the early 1960s.
B)It promoted the growth of the public sector.
C)It promoted the autonomy of the province.
D)It had close ties to the Roman Catholic Church.
Q2) How can one apply the pluralist and state-based approaches to the discussion of French-English relations in Canada?
Q3) What is la francophonie?
A)an organization of French-speaking states
B)a Canadian pressure group representing all francophones
C)an association representing the interests of francophones outside Quebec
D)the satellite carrying French-language communications
Q4) The limit on Bill 178 was five years.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Only two of the four clauses in Bill 101 were eventually deemed unconstitutional.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are some of the characteristics that make Quebec distinct?
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Chapter 6: Ethnocultural Minorities
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Q1) Which urban area has the largest composition of non-Caucasians?
A)Toronto
B)Vancouver
C)Montreal
D)Calgary
Q2) Visible minorities constitute approximately 19 percent of the Canadian population.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Trace the history of immigration patterns in Canada from the 1860s to the present.
Q4) Immigration is a concurrent constitutional responsibility between both the federal and provincial governments.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Temporary resident workers are not able to apply to become permanent residents.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What were the basic objectives of Pierre Trudeau's multiculturalism policy?
Q7) Why was there a backlash toward immigrants and visible minorities in the 1990s?
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Chapter 7: Gender
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Q1) Canada has a comprehensive national day care program.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In 1981, 51 percent of Canadians felt that homosexuality was "never justifiable."
A)True
B)False
Q3) When was the first woman appointed to the Federal Cabinet?
A)1935
B)1957
C)1959
D)1963
Q4) What province became the first to enact legislation prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation?
A)Ontario
B)Alberta
C)British Columbia
D)Quebec
Q5) How has representation of women in politics and government progressed in the last century?
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Chapter 8: Class
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Q1) What program is NOT part of the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST)?
A)health
B)post-secondary education
C)rehabilitation
D)welfare
Q2) Within the apparatus of government, what is often seen as a lobby for big business?
A)House of Commons
B)judiciary
C)bureaucracy
D)Senate
Q3) Which category best describes the "working class"?
A)petit bourgeoisie
B)proletariat
C)new middle class
D)economic elite
Q4) Why are the corporate elite thought to wield so much political power in Canada?
Q5) What does it mean to be "class-conscious"? How does this sentiment affect the working and poor classes in Canada?
Q6) List five suggestions for how governments could improve the lot of the poor.
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Chapter 9: Urbanrural Location, Religion, and Age
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Q1) What issue will be most pressing for seniors in the future?
A)health care
B)Old Age Security
C)housing
D)mandatory retirement
Q2) Seniors were one of the last groups in society identified for public support by the federal government.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain the historical basis for a separate school system in Canada.
Q4) As early as the 1980s, the recital of the Lord's Prayer in Ontario public schools was outlawed unless it was accompanied by readings from other religious groups.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of the following was protected by the Constitution Act, 1867?
A)separate protestant school minority rights in Quebec
B)separate school minority rights in both Quebec and Ontario
C)separate Catholic school minority rights in Ontario
D)separate school minority rights in Manitoba
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Chapter 10: Canadas External Environment: The United
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Q1) The Canadian Auto Workers union was originally part of the United Auto Workers Union.
A)True
B)False
Q2) U.S. branch plants first proliferated in Canada following the introduction of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An act or threat of violence perpetrated by an ideological group that is intended to produce fear or change is called terrorism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How have international terrorism events, such as 9/11, affected Canadian domestic and foreign policy?
Q5) Chapter 21 is the clause in the NAFTA treaty that allows a foreign company to sue a country on the ground that government policies reduced its profits.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Canadian Political Culture
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Q1) What are thought to be the distinguishing features between Canadian and U.S. values?
Q2) Which of the following best describes political equality in a democracy?
A)regular elections
B)one person, one vote
C)equal rights for all members of society
D)representation by population
Q3) Pluralists deride the notion of "one person, one vote" as a genuine measure of political equality.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is NOT considered a fundamental freedom?
A)freedom to vote
B)freedom of religion
C)freedom of peaceful assembly
D)freedom of thought
Q5) Explain the concept of limited identities and their importance for Canadian political values.
Q6) What are some of the main differences between fragment and formative event theories?
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Chapter 12: Political Socialization, The Mass Media, and Public Opinion Polls
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Q1) American homes subscribe to cable or satellite television more than any other country in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following increases a person's degree of political participation?
A)newspaper consumption
B)television viewership
C)radio listenership
D)Internet consumption
Q3) What are some of the issues that can arise from the relationship between the media and politicians?
Q4) The Harper government maintained strict control over the flow of information and therefore, was less accessible to reporters.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Agenda setting deals with the manner in which information about an issue is presented.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 13: Elections and the Electoral System
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Q1) Which statement is NOT an outcome of a mixed member proportional election system?
A)It would increase the representation of women and minorities.
B)It would result in wider representation within the Cabinet.
C)It would produce majority governments.
D)It would make every vote count.
Q2) What are the primary functions of an election in the Canadian political system?
Q3) How many times in Canadian history has the governor general refused to comply with the Prime Minister's request to dissolve Parliament?
A)never
B)one time
C)two times
D)three times
Q4) How does the discrepancy between seats won and popular vote affect political parties?
A)It results in party policies being directed only to areas where seats were won.
B)It results in distorted party leader selection.
C)It results in a broad representation of women and minorities.
D)It results in parties catering to areas where seats were lost.
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Chapter 14: Political Parties and the Party System
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Q1) Which ideology is NOT a characteristic of conservatism?
A)individualism
B)elitism
C)tradition
D)equality
Q2) Pre-Mulroney Conservatives used to exhibit a strong red Tory touch.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain the term "the iron law of oligarchy" as it relates to political parties.
Q4) What can be found in the right spectrum of the ideological continuum?
A)social democracy
B)egalitarianism
C)collectivism
D)individualism
Q5) Which cleavage is NOT a factor contributing to the formation of minor parties in Canada?
A)regional
B)ethnic
C)class
D)religious
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Chapter 15: The Election Campaign, Voting, and Political Participation
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Q1) In the pre-writ period, researching solutions for national problems is normally a priority of national parties.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Roman Catholic support for the Liberal party has exponentially increased over the past decade.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Younger voters in Quebec prefer the Bloc Québécois than any other party.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Regional factors have recently been the strongest sociodemographic influence in Canadian voting behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which statement best reflects national media advertising campaigns?
A)It is normally the most expensive part of the election campaign.
B)No party can spend any more than another.
C)All broadcasting time is paid for from the public purse.
D)No party is allowed to use foreign advisers.
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Chapter 16: Advocacy Groups, Social Movements, and Lobbying
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Q1) What political party is linked to the Canadian Labour Congress?
A)NDP
B)Liberal
C)Conservative
D)Bloc Québécois
Q2) Which of the following is NOT among the most powerful business pressure groups in Canada?
A)Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
B)Canadian Chamber of Commerce
C)Canadian Federation of Independent Business
D)Council of Canadians
Q3) Advocacy groups that are permanent, well-established, formal organizations, usually with a head office in Ottawa, are known as issue-oriented groups.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Money, information, prestige, public support, and lack of opposition help to explain the significant influence of the Canadian Medical Association.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Canadian Constitution and Constitutional Change
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Q1) What province refused to accept the Constitution Act, 1982?
A)Ontario
B)Prince Edward island
C)Quebec
D)Alberta
Q2) What makes up the formal, legal documents of the Canadian Constitution?
A)the Constitution Act, 1867; the Constitution Act, 1982; and certain British and Canadian Statutes
B)the Constitution Act, 1867; the Statute of Westminster; and the Constitution Act, 1982
C)the Constitution Act, 1867; the Constitution Act, 1982; and the Bill of Rights
D)the Constitution Act, 1867; the Constitution Act, 1982; and the Charter
Q3) The 1982 constitutional amending formula requires that Parliament and provincial voters approve amendments.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Opponents of the Meech Lake Accord included women's, labour, and left-wing groups.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: The Federal System
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Q1) The depression qualified as an emergency in terms of the emergency doctrine interpretation of the Peace, Order, and Good Government clause.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The federally-appointed lieutenant governor has an alternative to giving royal assent to a provincial law.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a condition of the Canada Health Act, 1984?
A)comprehensive
B)universal
C)portable
D)independent
Q4) Explain the federal-provincial financial relationship since 1940.
Q5) In-between the two world wars, Canada experienced a period of classical federalism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Q1) What did the courts consider an infringement on freedom of religion?
A)the Ontario Retail Business Holidays Act
B)Ontario's Separate School System
C)the Lord's Day Act
D)blood transfusions for minors against their parents' religious wishes
Q2) What rights are covered under Sections 3-5 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
A)democratic
B)legal
C)equality
D)fundamental
Q3) There are fetal rights in Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Greg Hein shows that New Left advocates have been the single biggest interest in taking Charter cases to the courts.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What were some of the significant events or issues that led to the creation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
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Chapter 20: The Policy-Making Process and Policy Instruments
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Q1) Describe and explain the significance of policy instruments?
Q2) In terms of government intervention, explain how the role of the state has evolved over the last 100 years.
Q3) Air Canada used to be a Crown corporation that has since been privatized.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The state-centred approach assumes that whatever the formal phases of the policymaking process, the political system ultimately responds to the demands of the corporate elite.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Deliberate inaction on the part of the government on an issue can be categorized as a symbolic response.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Taxation has the effect of constraining behaviour in actually taking something tangible away from the individuals and corporations on whom it is imposed.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 21: The Executive: Crown, Prime Minister, and Cabinet
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Q1) Canada has a dual executive. What does this mean?
A)Symbolic powers are given to the Queen, but the effective executive consists of the prime minister and the Cabinet.
B)The functions of the executive are shared between the legislature and the Senate.
C)The functions of the executive are shared between the Cabinet and the prime minister.
D)The Queen and the prime minister and Cabinet govern together and equally.
Q2) A Canadian constitutional convention requires that each province be represented in the Cabinet.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Treasury Board is a section of the Department of Finance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Parliamentary secretaries are Cabinet ministers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How powerful is the Prime Minister of Canada?
Q6) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the monarchy?
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Chapter 22: The Bureaucracy
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Q1) How is the Canadian bureaucracy controlled?
Q2) Who heads the different branches within a department?
A)minister
B)deputy minister
C)branch ministers
D)assistant deputy minister
Q3) Public servants in a department share four basic characteristics: they are expected to be expert, permanent, anonymous, and impartial.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Department of Finance is an opponent of new department spending programs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Who handles human resources and financial and expenditure management?
A)Public Service Commission
B)Prime Minister's Office
C)Department of Finance
D)Treasury Board Secretariat
Q6) What is the purpose of Crown corporations?
Q7) How are responsibility and accountability managed in departments?
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Chapter 23: Parliament
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Q1) What motion is made when the government wants to call an election?
A)to prorogue Parliament
B)to dissolve Parliament
C)to adjourn Parliament
D)to terminate Parliament
Q2) If a nonconfidence motion passes, the government must do one of two things. One option is to resign. What is the second option?
A)Ask the governor general for another chance.
B)Ask the Opposition for another chance.
C)Hold a referendum.
D)Call an election.
Q3) What does either side of the House request when they want a formal recorded vote?
A)a closure
B)a division
C)a count
D)a debate
Q4) The Senate has a veto over all legislation except money bills.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 24: The Judiciary
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Q1) What are the powers of the Supreme Court of Canada?
Q2) What term describes the power of the courts to declare laws invalid?
A)habeas corpus
B)judicial review
C)stare decisis
D)judicial discretion
Q3) Ontario is the only province that requires legislation in order to remove a provincial court judge.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is handled by the Federal Court of Canada?
A)divorces
B)immigration and refugee appeals
C)criminal cases
D)charter cases
Q5) Which of the following is NOT considered an aspect of adjudication?
A)mediating differences between two disputing parties
B)interpreting the law in cases of dispute
C)applying the law to settle disputes
D)making a judgment
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