Each Semester, Your School Budgets for a Certain Amount of Office

question 38

Multiple Choice

Each semester, your school budgets for a certain amount of office supplies, including paper to use in the printers available in your school's computer labs.If the supplies run out, the school cannot afford to purchase more until the following semester.Students are allowed to freely access the computer labs and print out their homework or papers for class, and there is no policing of how much each student prints.The school estimates that each student will print about 200 pages per semester.If enough students exceed this limit, the computer labs may run out of paper before the end of the semester; students will then no longer be able to freely print out their assignments for class and will have to make other arrangements to ensure they turn in their work on time.This scenario describes which common problem in politics?

• A)transaction costs
• B)free-rider problem
• C)tragedy of the commons
• D)gatekeeping
• E)bargaining failure

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Definitions:

Foster Children

Children placed by a government or a social service agency into temporary care with a state-certified caregiver, known as foster parents.

Adoptive Families

Families that have become legally responsible for children who are not their biological offspring through the process of adoption, forming new familial bonds.

Infertility

The inability to conceive a child after trying for a significant amount of time or the inability to carry a pregnancy to full term.

Semi-open Adoption

A type of adoption where there is some level of contact or exchange of information between the adoptive and biological parents, but direct communication is typically mediated or facilitated through a third party.