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Q21Complete the analogy: Law is to Justice as Medicine is to ___?
✓ Correct answer: A. Health
Law is the system through which justice is sought; medicine is the discipline through which health is sought. The relationship is: Law → Justice :: Medicine → Health.
Q22In the first quarter, crime rose by 10%. In the second quarter, it fell by 10% from the first quarter level. Compared with the start of the first quarter, crime is now:
✓ Correct answer: C. 1% lower
Start = 100. After 10% rise: 110. After 10% fall from 110: 110 × 0.9 = 99. Crime is now 1% lower than the original level.
Q23An officer works 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. How many hours does the officer work in 4 weeks?
✓ Correct answer: B. 160
5 days × 8 hours = 40 hours per week. 40 × 4 weeks = 160 hours.
Q24A suspect was seen at 400 metres from the crime scene and is running at 8 km/h away from it. How long (in minutes) will it take for the suspect to be 1.2 km from the crime scene?
✓ Correct answer: D. 6 minutes
Distance to cover = 1,200 − 400 = 800 metres = 0.8 km. Time = 0.8 ÷ 8 = 0.1 hours = 6 minutes.
Q25Under the NSL, what is the minimum term of imprisonment for a person convicted of the less serious form of a terrorist offence?
✓ Correct answer: B. 5 years
NSL Article 24 provides that for terrorist activities, a person who is an active participant shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 10 years.
Q26Under the Basic Law, religious organisations in Hong Kong enjoy which rights?
✓ Correct answer: C. The right to maintain and develop religious activities and engage in religious education
Article 141 of the Basic Law provides that the HKSAR shall not restrict the freedom of religious belief, interfere in the internal affairs of religious organisations or restrict religious activities which do not contravene the laws of the Region, including maintaining and developing their activities and engaging in religious education.
Q27Article 4 of the Basic Law states that the HKSAR shall safeguard which rights?
✓ Correct answer: B. The rights and freedoms of residents of the HKSAR in accordance with law
Article 4 of the Basic Law provides that the HKSAR shall safeguard the rights and freedoms of the residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and of other persons in the Region in accordance with law.
Q28Under the Basic Law, the HKSAR may establish official relations or conclude and implement agreements with foreign states and relevant international organisations in which fields?
✓ Correct answer: A. Economic, trade, financial, monetary, shipping, communications, tourism, cultural and sports fields
Article 151 of the Basic Law specifies that the HKSAR may on its own, using 'Hong Kong, China' as its name, maintain and develop relations and conclude and implement agreements with foreign states and organisations in the economic, trade, financial, monetary, shipping, communications, tourism, cultural and sports fields.
Q29Under the Basic Law, who is responsible for stationing military forces in Hong Kong for defence?
✓ Correct answer: B. The Central People's Government (through the PLA garrison)
Article 14 of the Basic Law provides that the Central People's Government shall be responsible for the defence of the HKSAR. The garrison of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) stationed in Hong Kong is responsible for defence.
Q30Article 23 of the Basic Law requires the HKSAR to enact laws on its own to prohibit which of the following?
✓ Correct answer: A. Treason, sedition, subversion and theft of state secrets
Article 23 mandates the HKSAR to enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People's Government, or theft of state secrets.
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