WAEC - Government (2011 - No. 34)
Which of the following is a function of a head of state?
Settles cases
Arbitrates electoral petitions
Creates new constitutions
Receives foreign dignitaries
Explication
Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrently the head of government. In the parliamentary system the head of state is the de jure leader of the nation, because the leader de facto is the prime minister (the head of government).