The Number of Political Appointments Available to the President

question 31

Multiple Choice

The number of political appointments available to the president

• A) is constrained by the civil service system.
• B) puts the president in charge of deciding which individuals will occupy more than 50,000 jobs in government.
• C) allows the president to appoint a majority of the civilian appointments in the bureaucracy.
• D) is confined mainly to the military.
• E) has been dramatically limited by the use of the constitutional amendment process.

Understand the calculation and significance of the margin of safety percentage.

Recognize the effect of sales mix shifts on the break-even point.

Understand the special case relationship between the break-even point formula and the formula to attain a target profit.

Understand how to compute budgeted changes in inventory levels.

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