Question 1

What are buyouts?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Buyouts are provided to employees (from their employers) as cash incentives to separate from service. This may occur as part of a larger strategy to reduce the number of higher-paid employees near retirement.

Question 2

What effect do buyouts and reductions in force have on the government workforce?

Accepted Answer

A)  transfer of responsibilities 
B)  expansion of benefits 
C)  reductions in numbers of employees 
D)  reductions in scope of responsibility 
A)  transfer of responsibilities 
B)  expansion of benefits 
C)  reductions in numbers of employees 
D)  reductions in scope of responsibility C

Question 3

Revolving-door restrictions allow federal employees to move easily between federal agencies and private-sector businesses with which they have conducted official government business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

OPM has given agencies ______ flexibility in devising the best tests for their potential employees.

Accepted Answer

A)  some 
B)  no 
C)  greater 
D)  unlimited 
A)  some 
B)  no 
C)  greater 
D)  unlimited

Question 5

Since 2000, private sector union representation ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  has increased 
B)  has decreased 
C)  was declared unconstitutional 
D)  did nothing because it does not exist 
A)  has increased 
B)  has decreased 
C)  was declared unconstitutional 
D)  did nothing because it does not exist

Question 6

Internships, the Recent Graduates Program, and the Presidential Management Fellows program are examples of what federal government hiring strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  an experiential learning focus 
B)  pathways 
C)  stars 
D)  bridges 
A)  an experiential learning focus 
B)  pathways 
C)  stars 
D)  bridges

Question 7

President Reagan fired 11,000 air traffic controllers because ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  they encouraged political activity 
B)  they were part of reductions in force 
C)  they were striking 
D)  they were underperforming 
A)  they encouraged political activity 
B)  they were part of reductions in force 
C)  they were striking 
D)  they were underperforming

Question 8

Government unionization has ______ slightly since the early 2000s but is still ______ prevalent than unionization in the private sector.

Accepted Answer

A)  increased; less 
B)  decreased; more 
C)  stayed the same; less 
D)  fluctuated; more 
A)  increased; less 
B)  decreased; more 
C)  stayed the same; less 
D)  fluctuated; more

Question 9

Both AIDS testing and urine testing of government employees are associated with ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the right to privacy 
B)  political activity 
C)  the Hatch Act 
D)  collective bargaining 
A)  the right to privacy 
B)  political activity 
C)  the Hatch Act 
D)  collective bargaining

Question 10

The Hatch Act prohibits federal workers from ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  being involved in political campaigns 
B)  benefiting from patronage 
C)  rejecting their right to privacy 
D)  joining a union 
A)  being involved in political campaigns 
B)  benefiting from patronage 
C)  rejecting their right to privacy 
D)  joining a union

Question 11

A government agency can hire according to any of the following methods EXCEPT ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  promoting from executive to full professional 
B)  promoting a civil servant 
C)  transferring a civil servant 
D)  through the register 
A)  promoting from executive to full professional 
B)  promoting a civil servant 
C)  transferring a civil servant 
D)  through the register

Question 12

What is the Hatch Act, and how did it affect public employees?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. In 1939,Congress adop

Question 13

All of the following people are given preference for government employment EXCEPT ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  females 
B)  veterans 
C)  teachers 
D)  minorities 
A)  females 
B)  veterans 
C)  teachers 
D)  minorities

Question 14

Dating as far back as the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883, several principals have distinguished the civil service from other types of careers.What are those characteristics?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The text outlines a n

Question 15

What is the civil service system?

Accepted Answer

A)  the collection of rules and procedures that govern the employees who work in career positions in government 
B)  the identification of the specific knowledge a job requires, the job's level of difficulty, and the job's responsibilities 
C)  the collection of government positions 
D)  the collection of rules and procedures that govern agencies in the federal government 
A)  the collection of rules and procedures that govern the employees who work in career positions in government 
B)  the identification of the specific knowledge a job requires, the job's level of difficulty, and the job's responsibilities 
C)  the collection of government positions 
D)  the collection of rules and procedures that govern agencies in the federal government

Question 16

Three Supreme Court decisions have tested the constitutionality of requiring party membership for government jobs, which is otherwise known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  political limitations 
B)  buyouts 
C)  the right to privacy 
D)  patronage 
A)  political limitations 
B)  buyouts 
C)  the right to privacy 
D)  patronage

Question 17

Federal pay tends to be higher than or equivalent with private-sector pay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What are some of the qualities unique to the public sector regarding unionization?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Government,unlike the

Question 19

How does position classification for government agencies work?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. An agency goes throug

Question 20

______ prohibits federal workers from being involved in political campaigns.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Pendleton Civil Service Act 
B)  The Hatch Act 
C)  The Civil Service Reform Act 
D)  The Model Cities Act 
A)  The Pendleton Civil Service Act 
B)  The Hatch Act 
C)  The Civil Service Reform Act 
D)  The Model Cities Act

What are buyouts?

What effect do buyouts and reductions in force have on the government workforce?

Revolving-door restrictions allow federal employees to move easily between federal agencies and private-sector businesses with which they have conducted official government business.

OPM has given agencies ______ flexibility in devising the best tests for their potential employees.

Since 2000, private sector union representation ______.

Internships, the Recent Graduates Program, and the Presidential Management Fellows program are examples of what federal government hiring strategy?

President Reagan fired 11,000 air traffic controllers because ______.

Government unionization has slightly since the early 2000s but is still prevalent than unionization in the private sector.

Both AIDS testing and urine testing of government employees are associated with ______.

The Hatch Act prohibits federal workers from ______.

A government agency can hire according to any of the following methods EXCEPT ______.

What is the Hatch Act, and how did it affect public employees?

All of the following people are given preference for government employment EXCEPT ______.

Dating as far back as the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883, several principals have distinguished the civil service from other types of careers.What are those characteristics?

What is the civil service system?

Three Supreme Court decisions have tested the constitutionality of requiring party membership for government jobs, which is otherwise known as ______.

Federal pay tends to be higher than or equivalent with private-sector pay.

What are some of the qualities unique to the public sector regarding unionization?

How does position classification for government agencies work?

______ prohibits federal workers from being involved in political campaigns.

Accountability

What Government Does And How It Does It

What Is Public Administration?

Organizational Theory

The Executive Branch

Organization Problems

Administrative Reform

Human Capital

Decision Making: Rationality and Risk

Budgeting

Implementation and Performance

Regulation and the Courts

Accountability and Politics

Filters

Exam 8: The Civil Service

What are buyouts?

What effect do buyouts and reductions in force have on the government workforce?

Revolving-door restrictions allow federal employees to move easily between federal agencies and private-sector businesses with which they have conducted official government business.

OPM has given agencies ______ flexibility in devising the best tests for their potential employees.

Since 2000, private sector union representation ______.

Internships, the Recent Graduates Program, and the Presidential Management Fellows program are examples of what federal government hiring strategy?

President Reagan fired 11,000 air traffic controllers because ______.

Government unionization has ______ slightly since the early 2000s but is still ______ prevalent than unionization in the private sector.

Both AIDS testing and urine testing of government employees are associated with ______.

The Hatch Act prohibits federal workers from ______.

A government agency can hire according to any of the following methods EXCEPT ______.

What is the Hatch Act, and how did it affect public employees?

All of the following people are given preference for government employment EXCEPT ______.

Dating as far back as the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883, several principals have distinguished the civil service from other types of careers.What are those characteristics?

What is the civil service system?

Three Supreme Court decisions have tested the constitutionality of requiring party membership for government jobs, which is otherwise known as ______.

Federal pay tends to be higher than or equivalent with private-sector pay.

What are some of the qualities unique to the public sector regarding unionization?

How does position classification for government agencies work?

______ prohibits federal workers from being involved in political campaigns.

Accountability

What Government Does And How It Does It

What Is Public Administration?

Organizational Theory

The Executive Branch

Organization Problems

Administrative Reform

Human Capital

Decision Making: Rationality and Risk

Budgeting

Implementation and Performance

Regulation and the Courts

Accountability and Politics

Filters

Government unionization has slightly since the early 2000s but is still prevalent than unionization in the private sector.