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:

Fixed-ratio Schedule

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have been made.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a process in which a behavior is strengthened or made more likely to occur again by rewarding it or providing a positive stimulus.

Fixed Number

A quantity that remains constant and does not change or vary in a given context.

Varying Amounts

Different quantities or measures of something without a fixed or exact number.