CCSE task 1: Government, law and civic participation
The exam has 10 questions from this task (out of 25). Here are original practice questions with answers and explanations.
Practice questions (120)
- What political form does the Spanish State have, according to the Constitution?
- What is the name of the most important rule in the whole Spanish legal system?
- Who holds national sovereignty in Spain?
- In which buildings must the Spanish flag be flown?
- By what procedure did the citizens ratify the Constitution of 1978?
- What colours does the flag of Spain have?
- According to the Constitution, Spain is a State that is…
- In what year did Spaniards vote for the Constitution that is still in force today?
- How many comunidades autónomas have their own flag?
- Freedom, equality, political pluralism and… what is the fourth higher value of the Constitution?
- Once a law is approved, what else is needed to apply it in practice?
- What place does the Constitution have among Spanish laws?
- What position does the king have in the organisation of the Spanish State?
- What role does the king have regarding how the institutions work?
- What title does the heir to the Crown, the king's daughter, have?
- With which king was democracy restored after Franco's regime?
- Where does the king of Spain live?
- Who can occupy the throne of Spain?
- Which king currently holds the Spanish throne?
- In what year did Felipe VI begin to reign?
- Who holds the supreme command of the Spanish army?
- In the separation of powers there are the executive power, the legislative power and a third one. Which is it?
- Who led the first Government of the democratic period in Spain?
- What is the name of the chamber of the Cortes that represents the territories?
- Which institution directs the military administration of the country?
- Whom do the Cortes Generales represent?
- Which power of the State do the Congreso and the Senado form together?
- Where does the Prime Minister work and live?
- Who are part of the Government of Spain, besides the Prime Minister?
- Who holds the legislative power in Spain?
- What is the official name of the group formed by the Congreso and the Senado?
- Which position holds the third place in the State's order of protocol, after the king and the head of the Government?
- Which body decides the direction of Spain's foreign and domestic policy?
- Which institution gives the final approval to the State budget every year?
- The Cortes Generales are made up of the Senado and another chamber. Which one?
- Which power of the State makes the laws?
- Which of these people has been head of the Spanish Government?
- Where is the vote held to appoint the Prime Minister?
- To whom does the executive power belong?
- How many chambers make up the Spanish Parliament?
- How many women have been head of the Government of Spain so far?
- What is the highest body of the executive power called?
- How many deputies make up the lower chamber of the Cortes?
- Who decides, by vote, who will be Prime Minister?
- Which institution is in charge of interpreting the Constitution?
- Which institution can a person turn to if they want to complain about the poor working of an administration?
- Which institution does the Tribunal de Cuentas depend on?
- Which of these is the highest advisory body of the Government?
- Who does the Defensor del Pueblo depend on?
- Which body governs the judges and magistrates?
- Who has the right to complain to the Defensor del Pueblo?
- Which institution controls the economic and financial management of the State?
- The body called Instituto de las Mujeres, what type of entity is it?
- At what time can you do a procedure at the sede electrónica of an administration?
- Which identification system lets you do procedures with the Administration over the internet?
- There are three levels of public Administration: central, regional and…
- The DGT (traffic) and the Instituto de las Mujeres, who do they depend on?
- Who can do procedures with the Public Administration over the internet?
- Which public body collects taxes in Spain?
- Where are Spanish laws officially published?
- Which of these procedures can be done at the sede electrónica?
- Which phone number is used to ask for information about the Administración General del Estado?
- Which organisation represents and protects people who work for an employer?
- Who manages public health care in Spain?
- What is the basic rule of each comunidad autónoma called?
- Who is in charge of the sports and cultural facilities of a town, such as municipal swimming pools or libraries?
- What governing bodies of their own do the Balearic Islands have instead of diputaciones provinciales?
- How many comunidades autónomas make up Spain?
- A comunidad autónoma has a consejo de gobierno, a president and another institution. Which one?
- What are the governments of each Canary island called?
- How is the Spanish State organised territorially?
- Which figure represents the central Government in each comunidad autónoma?
- How many provinces does Spain have?
- Who takes care of the water supply and public lighting of a city?
- Who has exclusive power over nationality, immigration and foreigners' affairs?
- Who has power over Spain's international relations?
- Who make up the ayuntamiento of a municipality?
- How is the executive of a comunidad autónoma made up?
- Which institution governs each municipality?
- What is the body that governs the provinces called?
- At what level of the Administration do municipalities and provinces belong?
- In which territory is Castilian, or Spanish, official?
- Which language of its own shares official status with Castilian in the País Vasco?
- Which language do all Spaniards have the duty to know, according to the Constitution?
- In which Spanish territory is Aranese spoken?
- Which of these languages is co-official in some comunidad autónoma?
- Which institution promotes the Spanish language and culture in Spanish around the world?
- Which institution deals with the linguistic standardisation of Spanish?
- Which language, besides Castilian, is official in the Baleares?
- What does the Instituto Etxepare promote in the world?
- Which administration must take care of teaching the co-official languages?
- By what other name is the Spanish language known?
- Which of these police forces belongs to a comunidad autónoma?
- Which police force has authority across the whole Spanish territory and in the cities?
- Which of these institutions is a branch of the Fuerzas Armadas?
- Who is responsible for defending the territorial integrity of Spain?
- Since 1989, the Spanish Army has taken part in peace missions of a world organisation. Which one?
- Which force watches the coasts, borders, ports and airports?
- Which force does passport control at airports and borders?
- Which police force depends on the Catalan government?
- What is the País Vasco's own police force called?
- Who is in charge of directing traffic inside cities and towns?
- Which force is in charge of traffic control on the roads?
- What can citizens do to present a bill to the Congreso?
- In the municipal elections, whom do the citizens vote for?
- Which of these acronyms is the name of a Spanish political party?
- What is the minimum number of signatures an iniciativa legislativa popular needs?
- In elections, voting in Spain is…
- How many political parties can there be in Spain?
- Whom do the citizens elect in the European elections?
- From what age can Spaniards vote?
- In which elections can some foreigners living in Spain vote?
- Whom do the citizens elect in the general elections?
- Which of these cities has more inhabitants?
- In which city is the seat of the Government of Spain?
- The blue flag with twelve yellow stars in a circle, whose is it?
- In which of these international organisations does Spain take part as a member country?
- Approximately how many inhabitants does Spain have?
- Which of these cities is among the ten most populated in Spain?
- Which is the comunidad autónoma with the most inhabitants in Spain?
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