Practice question
An employee occupies a legally classified primarily confidential position in an executive agency. The employee says exemption from competitive examination necessarily means the position is outside the civil service altogether. Which answer is correct?
- Every examination exception automatically privatizes the office.
- Confidentiality means the Constitution has no relevance.
- An examination exception is distinct from the constitutional scope of civil service; it does not by itself create that exclusion.
- Only routine examination positions are governmental.
- All confidential personnel become employees of a political party.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, Section 2(1)-(3): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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