For its 2002 election, Sweden used a electoral system

Which of the following statements is true about a presidential system with checks and balances?

a) The legislative and the executive branches have the right to call for no confidence votes in each other. b) The Speaker of the House and the President will belong to different political parties, thereby balancing each other's political views. c) Some of the legislative function of government is assigned to the executive and some of the executive function is assigned to the legislature. d) The legislature is exclusively responsible for enacting the laws and the executive branch is exclusively responsible for executing the laws

One aspect of the Senate designed to insulate it from transient shifts in public mood is which of the following?

a. One third of the Senate’s membership stand for reelection every 2 years. b. Senators cannot simultaneously run for other offices. c. The President can veto business on the Senate agenda. d. The Senate elects its own president.