Executive Systems Practice Test

In a comparative executive-systems overview, the text explains that the United Kingdom’s parliamentary executive emerged from cabinet responsibility to parliament, the U.S. presidential executive was designed with separation of powers and checks, and France’s semi-presidential executive formed in 1958 with a president and prime minister. Based on the passage, which country exemplifies a parliamentary system?

A comparative politics reading describes the U.S. presidential system’s separation of powers, including vetoes and legislative oversight; it contrasts this with the U.K. parliamentary system’s executive dependence on confidence and France’s semi-presidential dual executive established in 1958. Which of the following best describes a presidential system as discussed in the passage?