South Carolina Is Facing Budget Cuts

question 190

Multiple Choice

South Carolina is facing budget cuts. The number of employees needs to be reduced over the next three years at all state agencies. The state decides to stop hiring new employees to fill vacated positions to comply with budgetary constraints. This approach is called

• A) attrition.
• B) natural turnover.
• C) layoffs.
• D) passive firing.
• E) downsizing.

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Definitions:

Arc

A luminous discharge of electricity through gas.

Voltage

The electric potential difference between two points, or the push that drives an electric current between those points.

Conduction

The transfer of heat or electricity through a substance, resulting from a difference in temperature or electrical potential.

Wilhelm Roentgen

The German physicist who discovered X-rays in 1895, an achievement for which he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.