CCSE task 2: Fundamental rights and duties
The exam has 3 questions from this task (out of 25). Here are original practice questions with answers and explanations.
Practice questions (36)
- The Spanish Constitution forces everyone to follow a religion.
- The Constitution forbids subjecting anyone to torture and abolishes the death penalty.
- In Spain a person can be forced to say what their ideology or religion is.
- For ideological reasons, the State can stop a citizen from leaving or entering the country.
- The police can enter any house, at any time, without a judge's authorisation.
- Personal communications are secret, unless a judge orders otherwise.
- In Spain you need prior permission from the Government to create an association.
- The law limits the use of information technology to protect personal data.
- Informing freely has a limit: you cannot damage people's honour.
- Spain is a confessional State, with a religion of its own for the State.
- The right of association is recognised in Spain.
- In some comunidades autónomas freedom of thought is not guaranteed.
- A Spaniard can move freely through all the comunidades autónomas.
- Citizens can freely choose in which city they want to live within Spain.
- Educación Primaria, from 6 to 12 years old, is voluntary and has to be paid for.
- Academic freedom allows teachers to teach freely within the constitutional framework.
- Primaria and ESO are the two stages of compulsory education.
- Basic education in Spain is only for foreigners.
- Basic education in Spain is compulsory, but it has to be paid for in all schools.
- The Constitution establishes that Spaniards have the right to decent housing.
- Spanish laws set when separation or divorce can be obtained.
- Free public health care is only for people over 65.
- In Spain public health care is always paid for.
- Trade unions have a voice in negotiations with companies and with the Executive.
- Workers do not have the right to strike in Spain.
- All citizens have access to public Seguridad Social, except unemployed people.
- All people have the right to an adequate environment and the duty to preserve it.
- The public authorities have the duty to look after the population's health and to promote sport.
- A person who gets Spanish nationality by residence must wait three years before being able to vote.
- Political parties must work in a democratic way.
- The Constitution recognises fundamental rights only for Spanish people.
- If a judge asks, citizens have a duty to cooperate with the justice system.
- Before the law, women and men have identical rights in Spain.
- No one can be discriminated against for personal or social circumstances, according to the law.
- Judges administer justice following the instructions of the Government.
- In a disaster or public calamity, citizens can never be forced to cooperate.
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