Deck 21: The Executive: Crown, Prime Minister, and Cabinet

Question 1

Who are typically referred to as "ministers without portfolio"?

A)Cabinet ministers
B)deputy prime ministers
C)shadow Cabinet ministers
D)junior ministers

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Balancing ethnic representation in Parliament is a cabinet-making convention in Canada

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Institutionalized Cabinets were a characteristic of the Canadian Cabinet before 1960.

Answer 3

False
Departmental Cabinets were a characteristic of the Canadian Cabinet before 1960.

Question 4

An order in council is a formal decision taken by the Canada Council.

Question 5

It is possible for the prime minister to name someone to the Cabinet who has not won the election.

Question 6

Parliamentary secretaries are Cabinet ministers.

Question 7

Since 1867, how many Prime Ministers have served at least a four-year term in office?

A)9
B)12
C)13
D)14

Question 8

The Canadian head of state is the prime minister.

Question 9

Who is regarded as the highest-ranking public servant?

A)governor of the Bank of Canada
B)Chief of Staff
C)clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the Cabinet
D)auditor general

Question 10

Individual ministerial responsibility means that all ministers must publicly defend all Cabinet policies or else resign.

Question 11

Consider a government characterized by a monarch who is head of state but who rules according to the Constitution, which confides almost all governmental power into other hands. What form of government is this?

A)single executive
B)constitutional monarchy
C)republic
D)dominion

Question 12

What is an important principle of Cabinet operation?

A)collective responsibility
B)compulsory attendance
C)political equality
D)contribution to the budget

Question 13

The Treasury Board is a section of the Department of Finance.

Question 14

What title is given to an MP who is appointed to assist a Cabinet minister?

A)parliamentary secretary
B)parliamentary assistant
C)executive assistant
D)chief of staff

Question 15

What is the Minister of State for Democratic Renewal also known as?

A)PCO Minister
B)PMO Minister
C)Treasury Board Minister
D)Finance Minister

Question 16

Which part of the country was not adequately represented in Trudeau's cabinet?

A)Eastern Canada
B)Ontario
C)Quebec
D)Western Canada

Question 17

A Canadian constitutional convention requires that each province be represented in the Cabinet.

Question 18

The speech from the throne is written and delivered by the governor general.

Question 19

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.

Question 20

What is the formal written document that a minister submits to Cabinet to change government policy?

A)Treasury Board submission
B)Memorandum to Cabinet
C)bill
D)record of decision

Question 21

What are some of the functions of the Crown in relation to the executive branch of Canadian government?

Question 22

Differentiate between the different central agencies. How significant are their functions and roles in Canadian politics?

Question 23

How powerful is the Prime Minister of Canada?

Question 24

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the monarchy?

Question 25

Compare and contrast the concepts of individual ministerial responsibility and collective ministerial responsibility.