Quiz 6: Federal Elections - Canadian Citizenship Test Kit

Question 1

Who decides if there is to be an early election?

Question 2

What information is on a voter information card?

	The fact that your name is on the National Register of Electors
	Where and when you vote
	Where and when you vote and the number you call if you require an interpreter or other special services
	The names and the opinions of the different political parties

Question 3

Who can question the decisions of the Cabinet?

	The Prime Minister and the Cabinet
	All Members of Parliament
	Only the Official Opposition
	The Senate

Question 4

Once you are at a polling station, where will you actually vote?

	In front of a poll clerk
	Behind a screen
	You must tell the poll clerk, who will then mark your choice
	There are different rooms to go in, depending which candidate you support

Question 5

Who puts ballots in the ballot box?

	The candidate
	An official from the government
	The person who is voting
	The poll clerk

Question 6

Which of these words best describes the type of ballot we use in Canada?

Question 7

When do we say there is a minority government?

	When the party that won the fewest seats form the government
	When the party that won the most seats won less than half of the total number of seats
	When less than half the population voted for the party that won the most seats
	When less than half the population voted

Question 8

After the polling stations close, who counts the ballots?

Question 9

An electoral district is also known as a:

Question 10

What does it mean to "run" in an election?

	You ask party members to vote for you
	You hope that nobody else wants to do that job
	You ask voters to vote for you
	You ask the leader of the party to choose you

Question 11

What are Cabinet ministers responsible for?

	Running all aspects of the federal government
	Running the province they come from
	Running the Cabinet
	Running the federal government departments

Question 12

Where does the voters' list come from?

	From the political party in power at the time
	From the National Register of Electors
	Each riding makes and keeps its own list
	From a list of people who paid taxes the previous year

Question 13

How is the Member of Parliament for an electoral district chosen?

	The candidate who receives the most votes becomes the Member of Parliament for that electoral district
	The candidate who receives the most votes becomes the Member of Parliament for that electoral district, if the Prime Minister approves
	The three candidates who receives the most votes have a second election to choose the winner
	The candidate who is part of the winning party becomes the Member of Parliament for that electoral district

Question 14

What are the names of the major federal political parties in Canada?

	The Social Democrats, the National Socialists, and the National Party
	The Democrats and the Republicans
	The Federalists, the Democratic Party, and the Separatists
	The Conservatives, the New Democratic Party, and the Liberals

Question 15

What three conditions must be met for a person to be eligible to vote in a federal election or a referendum?

	Canadian citizen, 18 years or older, voted in the last election
	Canadian citizen, 21 years or older, voted in the last election
	Canadian citizen, 21 years or older, on the voters' list
	Canadian citizen, 18 years or older, on the voters' list