A post office worker or Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent would typically be part of the federal bureaucracy known as
A. the competitive service.
B. Schedule C positions.
C. the merit service.
D. the contingent service.
E. the excepted service.
Answer: E
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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