What Is the Purpose of the Hatch Act as Amended

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the Hatch Act as amended?

• A)to prohibit federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty
• B)to promote transparency in the federal bureaucracy during the transition from one president to the next
• C)to authorize greater use of discretion in bureaucratic decision making
• D)to prohibit awarding government jobs based on partisan loyalty

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Definitions:

Aggressive Responding

The act of reacting to stimuli or situations with behaviors that are intended to harm or assert dominance over someone else.

Norms

Socially accepted rules that dictate the expected behavior in specific situations, guiding individual actions within a group.

Manipulated

Altered or controlled in a skillful or sometimes deceitful manner to achieve a desired outcome.

Behavior

The actions or reactions of an organism, often in relation to its environment, which can be observed and measured.