TheNat'l Treasury Emps

question 55

Multiple Choice

TheNat'l Treasury Emps.Union v.Von Raabcase referenced in the text,involved the testing of U.S.Customs Service employees in line for transfer or promotion to certain sensitive positions involving drug interdiction or the handling of firearms.How did the U.S.Supreme Court rule?

• A) That drug testing would be allowed only if the government could establish evidence of a drug problem among that group of customs employees.
• B) That the drug testing was illegal and unconstitutional.
• C) That the drug testing was justified by the need for national security and by the extraordinary safety hazards attendant to the positions involved.
• D) That the drug testing would be allowed because the customs employees, as public employees, had no greater rights than private employees.

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Definitions:

Pulsating

Describes a physical or electrical effect that occurs in intervals, typically experienced as oscillations or vibrations.

Sine

A mathematical function that describes the ratio of the length of the opposite side to the length of the hypotenuse in a right-angled triangle, often related to waveforms in physics.

Linear

When used in comparing electric devices or quantities, signifies that one unit is equal to another.

RMS

Root Mean Square, a statistical measure of the magnitude of a varying quantity, commonly used to calculate the effective value of an alternating current.