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The two imperatives that structured the creation of the American presidency at the Constitutional Convention were a deep distrust of __________ and the __________.
 
  A)concentrated power; need for effective, energetic governance
  B)federal systems of power; need for laissez-faire governance
  C)indirect election of executive officials; desire for parliamentary style governance
  D)majority rule; need for deliberative, slow governance

Question 2

When it comes to the actions of bureaucracy, which statement is accurate?
 
  A) Presidents do not necessarily want the bureaucracy to perform its mandated functions efficiently; rather, they want the bureaucracy to perform the functions that matter most to them.
  B)Presidents always support the efficient performance of the bureaucracy's mandated functions, even those actions that do not advance their policy preferences.
  C)Presidents will always seek to reorganize an agency that is not performing the functions that matter the most to them,andthey will always call for an investigation into agencies that underperform in their mandated functions.
  D) Presidents have no control over whether an agency is performing its mandated functions efficiently; rather, theyrely on their allies in Congress to pressure agency heads to perform the functions that matter most to them.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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