Federalism Mid Exam (R) ID No:___________________
MIZAN-TEPI UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
FEDERALISM MID EXAMINATION
TARGET GROUP: 3rd YEAR LAW STUDENTS SEMESTER: II
PROGRAMME: REGULAR LL.B EXAM LOAD: 25%
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2023/24 EXAM DATE: 30/01/2017 E.C
COURSE CODE: Laws-2025 TIME ALLOWED: 1Hr
CREDIT HOUR: 3 INSTRUCTOR: Mr. MOHAMMED S. (LL.B, LL.M)
INVIGILATOR: Mr. AWEKE A.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. WRITE YOUR ID. NO. AT THE TOP OF EACH EXAM PAPER.
2. THIS IS A CLOSED BOOK EXAM.
3. ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS AND FOCUSES ON THE POINT.
4. YOUR HAND WRITING MUST BE READABLE.
5. WHENEVER APPROPRIATE, SUPPPORT YOUR ARGUMENTS WITH PERTINENT
LEGAL PROVISIONS.
6. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO ALLOCATE YOUR TIME BASED ON THE MARKS ALLOTED
PER QUESTION.
7. ANY FORM OF CHEATING ENTAILS PENALTY AS PER THE RULE OF MIZAN-TEPI
UNIVERSITY.
8. WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ONLY IN THE PREPARED ANSWER SHEET.
9. BE SURE THE EXAM PAPER HAS 6 PAGES INCLUDING THE COVER PAGE AND THE
ANSWER SHEET.
10. THE EXAM CONTAINS TRUE/FALSE AND CHOICE PARTS ONLY.
11. PUT YOUR PERSONAL SINGANURE ON THE PREPARED PLACE AT THE BOTTOM OF
EACH PAPER.
12. SWITCH OFF YOUR CELL PHONE.
13. DON’T TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.
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SECTION I: TRUE/FALSE (5.5%)
READ THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS CAREFULLY AND WRITE TRUE, IF THE STATEMENT IS
CORRECT AND FALSE, IF THE STATEMENT IS INCORRECT IN THE SEPARATE ANSWER
SHEET ATTACHED TO THIS EXAM PAPER
1. Federalism is an ideology which dictates the formal division of powers among
different level of governments. (1%)
2. Ethiopia is a defacto federation since 1930 to 1991.
3. The House of Federation of Ethiopia is similar with USA senate in its law making
function.
4. The rigid constitution may prevent the abuse of power.
SECTION II: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (19.5%, 1.5 each)
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES AND WRITE THE LETTER
OF YOUR CHOICE ON THE SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET ATTACHED TO THIS EXAM PAPER.
1. Federalism is __________________________________________________________________
A. An ideology and descriptive concept that shows the division of power between two
or three level of government.
B. An institution to refer the actual system of the government.
C. The normative principle that shows the formal division of powers among different
level of government.
D. The same with decentralization of power which are intended to balance the shared
rule and self-rule aspects.
E. None of the above
2. Which of the following is TRUE about the feature of decentralization of government?
A. Decentralization is the constitutional division of power between different levels of
governments.
B. Decentralization is mainly created to balance the self-rule and shared rule aspects.
C. In decentralization, the regions are the creations of the centers which cannot be
wiped out after their existence.
D. Decentralization presupposes the existence of central authority and the center may
delegate powers to local government which can only be revoked by the consent of
the local governments.
E. None of the above
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3. Confederation is DIFFERENT from federation in that_______________________.
A. In Federation, the states retain almost the whole of their sovereignty but the former
are not.
B. In confederation, the central government has direct authority over the citizens of
the country but in the latter case, it is not.
C. Confederation is created to join together for unlimited purposes but in the latter
case established for certain purposes.
D. Confederation has strong single and independent executive organ to enforce laws
and decisions of courts but in federations no single organ to enforce the laws.
E. None
4. Which of the following is the CORRECT statement about federalism?
A. Federalism is an ideology that is suitable for homogenous society’s country.
B. Federalism is advantageous for only developed countries.
C. Federalism is suitable for diversified societies that have different cultural values,
religious believers and languages only.
D. Federalism has not come up with good things but only for complexity.
E. Federalism is appropriated for geographically wide countries.
F. None
5. _____________and ____________are the examples for coming together and holding together
federations respectively.
A. USA and Switzerland
B. USA and Australia
C. India and Belgium
D. Switzerland and India
E. None
6. How federations can be formed?
A. When the former sovereign states join together and form a single country.
B. When the former unitary states are dissolved and created a number of provinces
seeking a federal solution to the problem of scale and diversity.
C. By coming together.
D. By holding together.
E. All
F. None
7. Which of the following is true about Ethiopian Federation?
A. There is a great consensus about the approaches of for its formation.
B. The Ethiopian federation is a matured federation.
C. The Ethiopian federation is similar with other federations in all aspects.
D. The Ethiopian federation is more of holding together than coming together.
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E. The Ethiopian federation is more of coming together than holding together.
F. All
G. None
8. Rigidity and flexibility of the constitutions are the features of ______________________ and
__________________________respectively.
A. Unitary and federations.
B. Federation and unitary government.
C. Confederation and federations.
D. Decentralization and federations.
E. All.
F. None.
9. Which of the following is TRUE about the common features of federations?
A. Federations have only one common character i.e. division of power between
different level of governments.
B. Federations are common in division of power in areas of legislative, judicially and
executive matters only.
C. Codified and written supreme constitution that can be altered by federal
government is the common features of federation.
D. Federations are common by having umpiring bodies although the umpiring models
can be different from country to country.
E. None.
10. Identify the country which does not adopt federalism.
A. Ethiopia
B. Germany
C. France
D. USA
E. Nigeria
F. None
11. Which of the following is TRUE about the House of Federation?
A. It is the legislative organ empowering for reviewing of only concrete cases.
B. Its power is only limited to deciding constitutional disputes that can be existed
between regional states.
C. It is the organ the unity aspect is represented at federal level.
D. It is similar with Germany’s second chamber in that of non-law making function.
E. The members are directly elected by the peoples seen from practical perspective.
F. All
G. None
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12. Why the Ethiopian constitution opt political model as umpiring body? All of the
following are the reasons EXCEPT___________
A. Giving power for regular courts means strengthen courts to make precedent laws.
B. Giving power for regular courts is not acceptable due to the political nature of the
constitution.
C. NNPs are sovereign and their voice should be reflected through second chamber.
D. Regular courts are not well organized so that it is not advisable to give umpiring
function.
E. All
F. None
13. _______________and _______________are the FDRE constitutional provisions which are
unconstitutionally amended by the HoPR.
A. Art 104 and art.105
B. Art. 98 and art. 99
C. Art. 99 and art.103(5)
D. Art 103(5) and art.98
The end!!
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