Critical Policy Analysis Practice Test 2014 (2)

1.

1 point

The Racial Discrimination Act (1975) is based on which of the following acts?

The Discrimination Act (1920)

International Convention of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1969)

The Fairness Act (1969)

The Immigration Restriction Act (1901)

2.

1 point

The International Convention of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1969)...

Condemns racial discrimination

Endorses equality before the law

Identifies "special measures" as exceptions

All of the above

3.

1 point

The Malaysia deal (May, 2011) proposed which of the following actions?

Sending asylum seeker boats to Indonesia

Processing asylum seekers onshore

Swapping 800 asylum seekers for 4000 UNHCR approved refugees

Refusing to let asylum seeker boats into the country

4.

1 point

Discrimination is...?

Similar treatment of similarly situated people

Different treatment of differently situated people

Similar treatment of differently situated people

Different treatment of similarly situated people

5.

1 point

What is one of the meanings of knowledge production?

That knowledge is powerful

That knowledge is authoritative

That knowledge changes over time

That knowledge is a marketable commodity

6.

1 point

"Likes should be treated alike" is based on what principle?

The special treatment principle

The fairness principle

The discrimination principle

The anti-discrimination pricniple

7.

1 point

Censorship is based on what premise?

That the Government should restrict/regulate certain types of information

That the Government should greatly restrict what can be viewed on the internet

None of the above

That the Government should allow people to access any type of information

8.

1 point

What did the case of DeFunis v Odegaard decide?

That affirmative action polices based on race were not constitutional

That affirmative action polices based on race were constitutional

That individuals should not be excluded from universities based on their race

None of the above

9.

1 point

Equal protection means...?

Similarly situated people should be similarly treated

Similarly situated people should be treated differently

All people should be protected equally

Different situated people should be treated differently

10.

1 point

The core idea of equality is that people...?

Should be treated the same way

Should be given special treatment in certain circumstances

Should be treated differently

That no one should be treated differently

11.

1 point

The case of Sweatt v Painter and the case of DeFunis v Ovegarrd upheld which of the same principles?

Likes should be treated a like

Likes should be treated differently

Unlike people should be treated a like

None of the above

12.

1 point

What percentage of the global asylum claims does Australia accept in comparison to other industrialised countries?

2.5%

8%

10%

30%

13.

1 point

The High Court ruled that Malaysia Deal was invalid and unlawful.

True

False

14.

1 point

Equal opportunity sees affirmative actions as...?

Preferential treatment

Justifiable treatment

Fair treatment

None of the above

15.

1 point

Human sciences has played a role in supplying...?

False knowledges

Special knowledges

Authoritative knowledges

Different knowledges

16.

1 point

Which of the following Labor Prime Minster's dismantled the Pacific Solution?

Kevin Rudd

Julia Gillard

Paul Keating

Bill Shorton

17.

1 point

What year was HECS introduced?

2005

1997

1989

1987

18.

1 point

The knowledge economy is said to derive itself form what discourse?

Biology

Economics

Marxism

Sociology

19.

1 point

What year was homosexuality listed as a sexual deviation in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

1952

1964

1972

1930

20.

1 point

Which of the following binaries is prevalent within the issue of equality?

Sameness/difference

Equality/inequality

Equality/difference

Equal/unequal