Exam Questions Ch12 Policy Outcomes In Europe Domestic And

Chapter 12: Policy Outcomes in Europe: Domestic and EU policies

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Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 01

1) Which of the following lists orders policy competences from the least EU involvement to most EU involvement in policy-making?

Feedback: Page reference: 12.1 Policy Authority in a Multilevel Europe

a. Supporting competences, shared comptences, exclusive competences.

b. Exclusive competences, shared competences, supporting competences.

c. Shared competences, supporting competences, exclusive competences.

d. None of the above.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 02

2) Which of the following is a feature of a Christian democratic welfare state?

Feedback: Page reference: 12.5 Health Policy

a. Relatively small, means-tested benefits.

b. Generous benefits, such as free child care and education, that are available to all of society, regardless of wealth or income level.

c. Generous benefits meant to incentivize certain societal norms, such as child-rearing and stay-at-home mothers.

d. No government involvement in the economy.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 03

3) What do we mean with mixed trade agreements?

Feedback: Page reference: 12.2 Trade Policy

a. Trade agreements that span policy areas where the EU has special competences

b. Trade agreements that span policy areas where the EU has supporting competences.

c. Trade agreements that span policy areas where the EU has exclusive competences.

d. Trade agreements that span policy areas where the EU has shared competences.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 04

4) What is the role of EU institutions in health policy?

Feedback: Page reference: 12.5 Health Policy

a. EU institutions can adopt laws, but only if member state governments have chosen not to do so.

b. EU institutions can adopt laws that lead to harmonization of national policies.

c. EU institutions may coordinate or supplement actions of member state governments.

d. EU institutions cannot take any policy-related action.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 05

5) Which EU member state held a referendum on EU immigration policy in 2016?

Feedback: Page reference: 12.3 Immigration Policy

a. Sweden

b. Poland

c. United Kingdom

d. Hungary