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Match each term to its corresponding definition.

Which of the following organizations was created by the Pendleton Act to administer entrance exams for the federal civil service and set standards for promotion based on merit?

The granting of release from punishment for a crime is called which of the following?

Fundamental to the core of the federal bureaucracy is the presumption that the people who hold bureaucratic positions have which of the following?

A doctrine holding that the courts should defer to the decisions of elected officials is called which of the following?

Which of the following statements best describes bureaucracy?

Which of the following is responsible for oversight of the national bureaucracy?

Oversight is the process by which Congress does which of the following?

Which German sociologist described bureaucracies as highly rational organizations with detailed technical rules based on logical reasoning that enabled large numbers of people to get difficult jobs done efficiently?

When can the U.S. Supreme Court review a state supreme court decision?