This System Is Intended to Prevent the Arbitrary Use of Power

question 27

Multiple Choice

This system is intended to prevent the arbitrary use of power and to give leaders sufficient time to forge consensus on divisive issues.

• A)separation of powers system
• B)checks and balances system
• C)spoils system
• D)civil service system
• E)None of these answers is correct.

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Definitions:

Productivity

The measurement of the efficiency of a person, machine, factory, system, etc., in converting inputs into useful outputs.

Smelters

Facilities where metal is extracted from its ore through a process involving heating and melting.

Bureaucracy

A formal organization in which each person has specific duties and responsibilities and is assigned to only one supervisor.

Favoritism

The practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of others.