Practice question
For a covered ordinary career appointment, the agency selects a person lacking a mandatory qualification. It supplies complete forms and endorsements, then claims paperwork completeness conclusively cures the substantive deficiency. No authorized exception applies. Which is best?
- Forms automatically confer every qualification
- Substantive qualification and documentary compliance are distinct; completed forms do not cure the stated deficiency
- Endorsement repeals the qualification standard
- The employee may certify a nonexistent credential
- Every appointment is exempt from review
Legal references
- CSC Resolution No. 2500358, 2025 ORAOHRA, Rules I-IV and relevant appointment provisions: https://csc.gov.ph/phocadownload/userupload/irmo/mc/2025/MC%20No.%2008%20s.%202025.pdf
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