What Is Meant by "Red Tape" in the Bureaucracy

question 125

Multiple Choice

What is meant by "red tape" in the bureaucracy?

• A) government documents which are sealed with red tape
• B) the rules, regulations, and forms produced by the bureaucracy
• C) the top-secret audio and video tapes showing what Communists around the world are plotting
• D) the direct audio link between the State Department and the Russian embassy
• E) the quick and efficient means by which bureaucracies respond to presidential directives.

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Definitions:

Source-To-Sink

A concept describing the movement of materials or energy from a region of production (source) to a region of storage or consumption (sink) in organisms or ecosystems.

Pressure Flow

A hypothesis explaining the process by which sugars are transported in the phloem of plants from sources to sinks.

Active Transport

The movement of molecules across cell membranes from lower to higher concentration, requiring energy.

Phytoremediation

The use of plants to remove, degrade, or contain environmental pollutants from contaminated soil, water, or air.