Civil Service || Questions and 100% Verified Answers.
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Civil Service System correct answers Employment system used by democratic governments to minimize political tinkering with the administrative process
Employees are correct answers 1. Attached to positions
2. Hired by merit
3. Protected from political interference and dismissal
Position clas...
Civil Service || Questions and 100% Verified Answers.
Civil Service System correct answers Employment system used by democratic governments to
minimize political tinkering with the administrative process
Employees are correct answers 1. Attached to positions
2. Hired by merit
3. Protected from political interference and dismissal
Position classification correct answers Each position is identified in terms of the special
knowledge the job requires, its level of difficulty, and the responsibilities the come with it.
Staffing correct answers Recruiting and retaining employees
Positions are defined according to occupation, degree of difficulty and responsibility correct
answers
General Schedule correct answers Governs most employees include 15 grades
Each grade has ten steps correct answers 1-4 : 52 weeks
4-8 104 weeks
7-10 156 weeks
General schedule category of work correct answers Professional
Administrative
Technical
Clerical
Other
9 Factors to classify a position correct answers Knowlege
Supervisory control
Guidelines
Complexity
The scope and effect of the work
The personal contracts
The purposes or reasons for personal contract
Physical demands of the job
, The nature of the work environment, job hazards and safety precautions required to perform the
work safely
Written descriptions rarely match actual jobs correct answers System creates strong incentives
for grade creep
Federal workforce has changed, makes it difficult to keep system up to date
Grade creep correct answers Tendency for agencies to multiply the number of high
administrative positions, shift professional specialists to administrative roles, or seek higher
classifications for existing positions
Hiring by merit correct answers Assembled examination
Grigg vs. Duke power: disparate impact theory
Applicants who pass the exam are placed on register of individuals for hire correct answers Rule
of three: the first three names on a ranked register list eligible for hire
Reform correct answers Eligible vs. Ineligible
Veteran receive a five point bonus in the federal system; if they are disabled they get a ten point
bonus correct answers Preference over equally qualified white males is given to minorities,
women, and disabled applicants
Average length of service: 17 years for full time, permanent, non postal employees correct
answers hard to remove mediocre employees
Separation by attrition, reductions in force, and buyouts correct answers
Reductions in force (RIFS) correct answers governments reduce their personnel ceilings to
accommodate tight budgets; practiced in early 2000 by state and local governments
Buyouts correct answers government offers cash incentives to employees who agree to leave
government employment
Federal pay has tended to lag behind what employees would earn in similar private sector jobs
correct answers Government tends to provide generous fringe benefits
Civil service principle correct answers Individuals should receive equal pay for jobs of
comparable value
Comparable pay correct answers Adjusted annually by the president
Locality pay adjustment
Equal pay for jobs of comparable worth
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