Worked example
An invented charter says the council approves budgets and the manager spends only approved funds. Who has the stated budget-approval role?
Answer & why
Answer: The council
The charter explicitly assigns approval to the council.
Grade 11 · Social studies
Apply an invented institution's rules
Use an explicitly supplied institutional charter to distinguish authority, implementation and accountability without importing a real jurisdiction's law.
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Question 1
A charter assigns auditors to compare spending receipts with the approved budget. Which action fits that accountability role?
- Checking whether receipts match authorized spending.
- Inventing receipts for missing purchases.
- Replacing all records with a slogan.
- Approving their own unrelated payments without review.
A hint
Apply only the rule written in the scenario; do not assume another place has the same institutions.
Answer & why
Answer: Checking whether receipts match authorized spending.
The assigned task is checking recorded spending against authorization.
Question 2
A fictional rule gives every member one vote. Twenty members vote, but one member's ballot is counted three times. Which principle in the rule is violated?
- A ban on recording totals.
- A requirement that everyone choose the same option.
- The spelling of the club's name.
- One vote per member.
A hint
Apply only the rule written in the scenario; do not assume another place has the same institutions.
Answer & why
Answer: One vote per member.
Counting one person's ballot three times gives that person extra votes.
Question 3
A panel follows all stated procedures, but a member dislikes the result. What distinction matters?
- Following procedure proves everyone agrees.
- Opinions and written rules are identical measurements.
- Procedural compliance and agreement with the outcome are different questions.
- Disliking a result proves every rule was broken.
A hint
Apply only the rule written in the scenario; do not assume another place has the same institutions.
Answer & why
Answer: Procedural compliance and agreement with the outcome are different questions.
A process can follow its rules even when participants prefer another outcome.
Question 4
A scenario supplies rules for an imaginary institution. What conclusion would be unsupported?
- A missing rule should not be invented.
- Real institutions may have different rules.
- The scenario's rule can be applied to its own case.
- Every real country's institutions use these exact rules.
A hint
Apply only the rule written in the scenario; do not assume another place has the same institutions.
Answer & why
Answer: Every real country's institutions use these exact rules.
An invented charter is a model, not a description of every jurisdiction.
Question 5
An invented charter says the council approves budgets and the manager spends only approved funds. Who has the stated budget-approval role?
- Any supplier
- The council
- The manager acting alone
- A visitor with no assigned role
A hint
Apply only the rule written in the scenario; do not assume another place has the same institutions.
Answer & why
Answer: The council
The charter explicitly assigns approval to the council.
Question 6
A club rule requires publishing a proposal seven days before a vote. A proposal is published one day before. Which statement follows?
- Seven days passed because a vote occurred.
- The rule was automatically repealed.
- The proposal's popularity changes the number of days.
- The stated notice rule was not met.
A hint
Apply only the rule written in the scenario; do not assume another place has the same institutions.
Answer & why
Answer: The stated notice rule was not met.
One day is shorter than the required seven days.