Chapter 15

1. A
3. A
5. A
7. A benefit of the merit system is that it helps to ensure the most qualified applicants are given the position. A drawback is that the bureaucracy is less responsive to the will of elected leaders than under patronage.
9. B
11. Congress tends to create government corporations to perform services that respond to market forces but are too important to the public to be allowed to fail.
13. C

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