...All examinations shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those matters which shall fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek to be appointed. The municipal commission, with the approval of the...

...residents of the judicial district including such locality. The examinations shall be public and shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those...that service into which they seek to be appointed. Such commissions shall prepare lists of preliminary requirements and subjects of examination for the...

...residents of the judicial district including such locality. The examinations shall be public and shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those...that service into which they seek to be appointed. Such commissions shall prepare lists of preliminary requirements and subjects of examination for the...

...residents of the judicial district including such locality. The examinations shall be public and shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacitv and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of that service into which they...

...President in preparing rules and regulations for carrying the Act into effect, provides for examinations which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness...of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the service, and authorizes the Commission to make investigations concerning the facts on all matters...

...and stipulated that "such examinations be practical in their character, and so far as may be possible relate to those matters which will fairly test the...relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined ' (5 USC 3304). The passage of this legislation created a need for methods of rating applicants on...

...administration. 1 . Determining Fitness for Federal Employment The Pendleton Act charges the Commission to "fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the service into which they seek to be appointed." The Commission draws up rules and regulations that...

...due announcement in the public press, and shall be practical in their character, and as far as may be shall relate to those matters which will fairly test...of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the office, and all appointments of field examiners shall be made solely upon the ground of fitness-...

...CEO shall be responsible for conducting open competitive examinations for entrance into the service which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined for the position to be filled. When sufficient competent persons are not available to provide competition,...

...OPM shall be responsible for open competitive examinations Jor admission to the competitive service which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined for the position to be filled. OPM ts authorised to establish standards with respect to citizenship,...