Which of the Following Statements About the Merit System Is

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the merit system is NOT true?

• A) Every member and official of a government agency has been appointed as a part of the merit system.
• B) The merit system establishes competitive exams for jobs.
• C) The merit system gives bureaucrats job protection.
• D) The merit system in federal employment was originated in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1883.
• E) The merit system stipulates that appointees to public office must be qualified for the job to which they are appointed.

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Definitions:

Feeling

An emotional state or reaction, which can involve physical and psychological changes in response to a trigger.

Intuition

The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.

Anima/Animus

The soul; the archetype of the opposite sex of the individual.

Shadow Archetype

A concept in Jungian psychology representing the unconscious aspects of the personality which the conscious ego does not identify in itself.