Federal Employees Who Are Hired Through a Merit-Based System to Implement

question 72

Multiple Choice

Federal employees who are hired through a merit-based system to implement federal programs and who are expected to be neutral in their political affiliations are known as

• A) AmeriCorps.
• B) political appointees.
• C) career civil servants.
• D) being in the merit system.
• E) members of a cabinet.

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Definitions:

Affordable Consumption Options

Choices of goods and services that are within the financial reach of a consumer, considering their income and expenses.

Inferior Goods

Goods whose demand decreases when consumer income rises, opposite of normal goods.

Normal Goods

Goods for which demand increases as the income of consumers increases.

GDP

Gross Domestic Product refers to the sum total of all monetary values of final goods and services produced within the geographical confines of a country during a given time frame.