Lobbyists serve a useful purpose in the legislative and administrative process by providing valuable information

If a governor has a good chance to move up the career ladder to a U.S. Senate seat or a national Cabinet position:

A. that may cause state legislators and administrators to be less responsive to the governor in the expectation that he or she will soon be gone. B. that usually has no effect on the governor's influence because legislators and administrators have their own careers, independent of the governor. C. that may cause legislators and administrators to be more responsive to the governor in hopes of landing a Washington, D.C. job. D. none of the above

A system of public service employment in which workers are hired on the basis of political connections is:

A. the merit system. B. civil service. C. patronage. D. the senior executive service.