The Organization Created by the Pendleton Act to Administer Entrance

question 73

Multiple Choice

The organization created by the Pendleton Act to administer entrance exams for the federal civil service and set standards for promotion based on merit is known as the

• A) Foreign Service.
• B) Federal Trade Commission.
• C) Civil Service Commission.
• D) U.S. Merit System.
• E) Executive Service.

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Definitions:

Land Animals

Organisms that live primarily or exclusively on land, as opposed to aquatic or air environments.

Million Years

A unit of time equal to one million years, often used to describe geological and evolutionary time scales.

Bilateral Symmetry

A body shape with right and left halves that are approximately mirror images of each other. Compare with radial symmetry.

Cephalization

The evolution of a head; the concentration of nervous tissue and sense organs at the front end of the animal.