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luminitza

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The civil service system was created to
 
  A) ensure equal partisanship in filling government jobs.
  B) allow greater congressional control of the bureaucracy.
  C) increase presidential control over the bureaucracy.
  D) reduce the amount of politics in awarding government jobs.
  E) discourage incompetent job applicants from seeking government employment.

Question 2

Patronage is described as
 
  A) the practice of filling government jobs with political allies or cronies.
  B) the practice of appointing a certain percentage of the national bureaucracy.
  C) maintaining a service that the private sector does not have enough financial incentive to do.
  D) maintaining the safety of products for the public.
  E) the tendency for big government to endure over the long term.



C.mcnichol98

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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