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Cumulative Exam — Cumulative exam

Question 23 • AP US Government and Politics

Refer to the passage.[The President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.–US Constitution, Article II, Section 2

Answer
A
The president and the Senate were given the most power to create new offices.
B
The federal government must limit the number of appointments that can be created.
C
The executive branch was given the power to create a bureaucracy to administer laws.
D
The appointment of bureaucratic officers not mentioned in the Constitution must be approved by the Senate.
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