Constitutional law worksheet with answers

An ombudsman typically:

1. AProsecutes criminal offences committed by ministers and civil servants
2. BInvestigates complaints of maladministration by public bodies
3. CHears appeals from the highest court
4. DDrafts legislation for parliament

In the UK, after a bill passes both Houses of Parliament, it becomes an Act when it receives:

1. AA referendum vote
2. BJudicial approval
3. CRoyal Assent
4. DCabinet confirmation

Articles 8 to 11 of the ECHR are "qualified" rights. This means that:

1. AInterferences can be justified if lawful, for a legitimate aim and necessary in a democratic society
2. BThey protect only qualified professionals
3. CThey can be restricted only during war or a public emergency threatening the life of the nation, under Article 15
4. DThey can never be restricted in any way

A bicameral legislature has:

1. AThree chambers
2. BNo elected members
3. COne chamber
4. DTwo chambers

A chief constable is dismissed without being told the charges or given a chance to respond. In Ridge v Baldwin, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe dismissal was void for breach of natural justice
2. BThe dismissal was valid, as it was an administrative decision
3. CThe dismissal was valid, because the police had no contract
4. DOnly Parliament could review the decision

Under AG v De Keyser's Royal Hotel, when a statute covers the same ground as a prerogative power:

1. AThe government can choose freely between the two
2. BThe government may still choose the prerogative if it offers more flexible powers
3. CThe prerogative is put in abeyance and the government must act under the statute
4. DThe prerogative overrides the statute

A health authority moves a severely disabled woman into a care home after promising it would be her "home for life", then decides to close it. In R v North and East Devon HA, ex p Coughlan:

1. AThe promise could be broken whenever policy changed
2. BOnly a fair consultation was required
3. CFrustrating her substantive legitimate expectation was an abuse of power
4. DThe promise was void because the authority had no statutory power to make it

In Brown v Board of Education (1954), the US Supreme Court held that racial segregation in public schools:

1. AWas a matter for each state alone
2. BWas constitutional so long as the separate facilities were of equal quality
3. CViolated only the First Amendment
4. DViolated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment