Bulgarian Civil Servant General Competencies Test flashcards

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Civil Servant Act scope

The Bulgarian statute regulating the legal status, recruitment, rights, obligations, disciplinary liability and termination of employment of state civil servants in the administration.

Disciplinary sanctions list

Under the Civil Servant Act: reprimand, written warning, postponement of salary increase up to two years, demotion, and dismissal from the civil service.

Probationary period

A newly appointed Bulgarian civil servant serves a probationary period of up to six months, during which performance is assessed before permanent appointment.

Conflict of interest declaration

Senior civil servants must declare assets and interests under the Public Officials' Asset Declaration Act; false or missing declarations trigger disciplinary and criminal liability.

Administrative act definition

A unilateral, authoritative decision of an administrative authority that creates, modifies or extinguishes rights or obligations of an individual addressee or a class of addressees.

Notification of administrative act

An administrative act enters into force upon notification to the addressee, served personally, by registered mail, or electronically via SEAP with the recipient's consent.

Appeal deadline administrative act

Administrative acts may be challenged by administrative appeal to a higher authority within 14 days, and by judicial appeal to the administrative court within 14 days of notification.

Void administrative act

An act is void when issued by an incompetent authority, in a form contrary to law, or in violation of a fundamental rule; nullity may be declared at any time.

Rule of law Article 4

Article 4 of the Bulgarian Constitution declares that the Republic is governed by the Constitution and the laws, and that no law may contradict the Constitution.

Constitutional Court composition

Twelve justices serve nine-year terms: four appointed by the National Assembly, four by the President, and four by the joint general assembly of the supreme courts.

National Assembly size

The unicameral Bulgarian National Assembly (Narodno Sabranie) consists of 240 members elected for four-year terms by proportional representation with a 4% threshold.

Presidential suspensive veto

The Bulgarian President may return legislation to the National Assembly for reconsideration; the veto is suspensive and can be overridden by an absolute majority.

Postpositive definite article

Bulgarian attaches the definite article as a suffix: -ът/-ят (masculine subject), -а/-я (masculine object), -та (feminine), -то (neuter), -те (plural).

Vocative in formal address

Bulgarian preserves the vocative case, required in formal salutations and when addressing officials, e.g., господине, госпожо, уважаеми колеги.

Official document structure

An official Bulgarian document opens with issuer identification, then addressee, subject line (Относно:), body, closing formula, date and signature.

Formal capitalisation Вие

In formal Bulgarian correspondence, „Вие“ is capitalised when addressing one official or institution politely, and lowercase „вие“ for plural addressees.

Modus tollens

A valid deductive form: from P → Q and ¬Q, infer ¬P. Denying the consequent yields the negation of the antecedent.

Necessary versus sufficient

„A only if B“ means A → B, so B is necessary for A; „A if B“ means B → A, so B is sufficient for A.

Correlation versus causation

An observed association between two variables does not establish that one causes the other; a confounding variable may explain the relationship.

Percentage change formula

Percentage change equals (new value minus old value) divided by old value, multiplied by 100; percentage points measure the arithmetic difference between two percentages.

Compound growth formula

Final amount equals initial amount multiplied by (1 + r) raised to the power n, where r is the periodic rate and n the number of periods.

Mean versus median

The mean is the sum divided by the count and is sensitive to outliers; the median is the middle value of an ordered set and is robust to extremes.

Weighted average formula

The weighted average equals the sum of each weight multiplied by its value, divided by the sum of all weights; used when subgroups differ in size.

Bulgaria EU accession

Bulgaria joined the European Union on 1 January 2007 and has been a NATO member since 2004 and a Council of Europe member since 1992.

State Gazette promulgation

The State Gazette (Darzhaven Vestnik) is the official publication where laws, decrees and treaties are promulgated; promulgation is required for entry into force.

Supreme Administrative Court role

The Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) is the highest authority for administrative justice, reviewing the legality of administrative acts and subordinate legislation.

Qualified electronic signature

A qualified electronic signature (КЕП), issued by a certified trust service provider under eIDAS, has the same legal effect as a handwritten signature.

Information security triad

Confidentiality limits access to authorised persons, integrity ensures data are not altered, and availability ensures data are accessible when needed.

Phishing indicators

Warning signs include mismatched sender domains, urgency cues, unexpected attachments and credential requests; verify through a separate channel before acting.

Eisenhower prioritisation matrix

Urgent and important tasks are done now; important but not urgent are scheduled; urgent but not important are delegated; neither are eliminated.

Collaborating conflict style

A conflict-handling approach that seeks a mutually satisfactory solution; preferred when the issue is important and time permits joint problem-solving.

Whistleblower protection

Bulgarian law protects persons who report or publicly disclose information on violations; retaliation against them is prohibited and sanctioned.