Presidents Use Their Appointment Power to ______

question 19

Multiple Choice

Presidents use their appointment power to ______.

• A) appoint career civil servants who can manage an agency effectively
• B) reward loyal members of Congress
• C) gain necessary control over the bureaucracy or unnecessarily politicize the bureaucracy, depending on your perspective
• D) reward members of their family
• E) appoint career civil servants who agree to abandon their loyalty to their agency in order to serve the president

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Definitions:

Economic Costs

The total cost of choosing one action over another, including both explicit costs (direct payment) and implicit costs (opportunity costs).

Normal Rate

Typically refers to a baseline or standard rate of interest, production, or growth that is considered usual or expected under normal circumstances.

Minimum Efficient Scale

The smallest level of production at which a firm can achieve the lowest long-run average total cost.

Economic Costs

The total cost of choosing one action over another, comprising both the costs directly incurred and the opportunity costs forgone by not taking the alternative action.