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Question 1

European Union policies typically involve spending:

a) Very little money compared to member states.

b) A lot more money than the member states.

c) A comparable amount of money compared to the member states.

d) No money at all.

Question 2

How large was the EU budget for 2006?

a) 122 billion euros

b) 1038 billion euros

c) 881 billion euros

d) 3398 billion euros

Question 3

Transposition is:

a) The position of a "shadow" rapporteur in the Parliaments committee work.

b) A system bringing together buyers and sellers of goods

c) The most common form of EU legislation

d) The act of amending national law to meet the specifications of EU legislation.

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the 3 policy-making modes of the European Union?

a) Intergovernmental method

b) Open Method of Coordination (OMC)

c) The Exclusive method

d) The Community method

Question 5

The term "negative integration" is associated with which of the following policies?

a) Market-building policy

b) Market-cushioning policy

c) Market-closing policy

d) Market-correcting policy

Question 6

Which of the following is not an example of a market-building policy?

a) Competition Policy

b) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

c) Commercial (Trade) Policy

d) Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)

Question 7

What type of policy attempts to limit inequalities or compensate for the cost to particular groups imposed by the building of markets?

a) Market-cushioning policies

b) Market-correcting policies

c) Market-building policies

d) Market-sharing policies

Question 8

What percent of the budget in 2006 did the European Union spend on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)?

a) 80%

b) 10%

c) 41%

d) 25%

Question 9

Market-cushioning policies:

a) Try to minimize the harm economic activities impose on humans and nature.

b) Include the CAP and the cohesion policy.

c) Try to redistribute money from rich regions to poorer regions.

d) Stimulate market forces and favour the withdrawal from the state in market economics.

Question 10

What policy area does the REACH directive fall under?

a) Economic and Monetary Union

b) Cohesion Policy

c) Common Agricultural Policy

d) Environmental and social regulation

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