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Organizing and Financing Schools MCQ

A certificate for a certain amount of public funds provided to support students attending a school of choice is called

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Correct Answer: Voucher

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In ______ instruction is delivered online.

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Correct Answer: Virtual School

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Communication that moves down, and up, the organization chart of personnel in schools is called

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Correct Answer: Vertical communication

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The requirement that employees, especially teachers and other public employees, take one or two days a month off without pay is called

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Correct Answer: Unpaid furlough days

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Team teaching describes a staffing plan in which two or more teachers work together to plan and teach a common group of students

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Correct Answer: True

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A part-time or full-time assignment for a master teacher to guide the professional learning of teachers is called

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Correct Answer: Teacher leader

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The chief executive officer of a school district is called

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Correct Answer: Superintendent

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The state agency responsible for public education in the state is called

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Correct Answer: State Education Agency (SEA)

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Which relationship that interacts with other members of the faculty and staff whom one does not supervise with the expectation that they will communicate, coordinate, and work together is called

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Correct Answer: Staff relationships

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Taxes on products and services such as cigarettes and alcohol whose value has been questioned on religious grounds is called

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Correct Answer: Sin taxes

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One teacher is assigned responsibility for teaching students in the same grade all subjects in the same classroom is called

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Correct Answer: Self-contained classroom

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Teachers of Grades 7–12 is called

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Correct Answer: Secondary teachers

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______ is a trained police officer placed in a school for safety and security reasons.

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Correct Answer: School Resource Officer (SRO)

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The school district governing body that has responsibility for developing the official policies and guidelines for the educational system is called

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Correct Answer: School board

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Rule of law is the expectations and requirements that are enforced equally for all.

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Correct Answer: True

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A form of taxation in which those with less ability to pay pay proportionately more is called

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Correct Answer: Regressive income tax

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Reduction in Force (RIF) describes that Eliminating jobs due to budget cuts.

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Correct Answer: True

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Income tax that is graduated with those having a higher level of income paying a larger percentage is called

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Correct Answer: Progressive income tax

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Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) describes an approach to organizing the adults in a school to meet regularly or a school-wide effort focused on developing a collaborative culture around student and adult learning.

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Correct Answer: True

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Teachers who are not yet tenured are called

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Correct Answer: Probationary teachers

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Contracting with outside for-profit companies to provide services such as cleaning buildings, driving school buses, or accounting is called

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Correct Answer: Privatizing

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Schools that operate with little, or no, public funding is called

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Correct Answer: Private Schools

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Primary Teachers is called of Grades K–3.

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Correct Answer: True

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Policies or guidelines that set limits and specify the procedures that are to be used is called

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Correct Answer: Prescriptive Policies

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______ stated that overarching parameters for what can and cannot be done and how it can be done within an organization.

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Correct Answer: Policies

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Taxes paid by individuals to federal and state governments based on their level of income is called

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Correct Answer: Personal income taxes

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The total number of dollars spent divided by the number of students. It is used as an indicator of a community’s commitment to and support of public education is called

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Correct Answer: Per-pupil expenditure

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N Parent- Teacher Organizations groups of students and parents who have organized to support student learning in a school.

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Correct Answer: False

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Contracting with outside companies to provide services such as cleaning buildings, driving school buses, or accounting is called

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Correct Answer: Outsourcing

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A______ show graphic representation of line and staff relationships and levels of authority within an organization, school, or school district.

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Correct Answer: Organization chart

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Master teachers who serve as mentor, model teacher, peer coach, and teacher trainer within a school is called

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Correct Answer: Onsite Staff developer

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Policies that prohibit students from participating in sports and band unless they maintain a certain Grade Point Average (GPA) is called

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Correct Answer: No pass, no play

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In National Assessment of Educational Progress project that uses a common assessment across states to assess fourth, eighth, and twelfth graders in selected schools that are representative of the U.S. student population. NAEP reports the results of its assessments in the Nation’s Report Card on the academic performance of students in reading, mathematics, and eight other subjects.

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Correct Answer: True

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The tendency to become overly involved in the day-to-day operations of a school or school district is called

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Correct Answer: Micromanaging

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An educational practice in which teachers remain with the same students for two or more grades is called

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Correct Answer: Looping

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Local education Agencies LEAs describes that school districts that include a cluster of schools in the same geographic area.

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Correct Answer: True

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______ is an authority for decision making regarding schools that is in the hands of those nearest the site, whether it is the district or a school.

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Correct Answer: Local control

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One position has direct supervisory authority over another is called

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Correct Answer: Line relationships

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Educational organizations that pool resources and share costs to provide educational services such as special education to multiple school districts. They may be called a Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Regional Educational Service Agency etc is called

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Correct Answer: Intermediate Units

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Teachers of Grades 4–6 is called

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Correct Answer: Intermediate teachers

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______ is a formal or informal group whose members are advocates for a common interest.

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Correct Answer: Interests group

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The act of teaching based in assessments, the learning outcomes, and the curriculum is called

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Correct Answer: Instruction

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Which department is responsible for hiring employees and ensuring that they are paid and have benefits such as health care and retirement?

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Correct Answer: Human Resources (HR)

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Communications across the various levels in the organization chart is called

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Correct Answer: Horizontal communication

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Children are taught at home by a parent or tutor is called

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Correct Answer: Home school

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Governance is the process and administration of managing an organization for the purpose of making decisions and implementing actions.

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Correct Answer: True

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A budgeting calculation that combines the number of part-time students to be equal to one full-time student is called

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Correct Answer: Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

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Federalism describes the Involvement of the ______ government in making decisions about education for the whole nation.

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Correct Answer: Federal

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The state of fairness and justice across individuals and groups. It does not mean the same educational strategies across groups, but does expect somewhat equal results is called

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Correct Answer: Equity

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In which policies Statements or guidelines that identify a goal or vision but leave open the means for achieving the desired end?

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Correct Answer: Empowering policies

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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is a Federal legislation first passed in ______ that established national priorities and programs for improving schools and education.

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Correct Answer: 1965

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Education Management Organization (EMO) is a private company that receives payment to operate a school.

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Correct Answer: True

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The lessons and academic content taught by teachers to help students meet standards and objectives. The curriculum generally includes books, videos, readings, presentations by teachers, and related assessments is called

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Correct Answer: Curriculum

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Funds spent during a specific school year is called

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Correct Answer: Current expenditures

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The corporate income taxes are paid by corporations to ______ and state governments.

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Correct Answer: Federal

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Deciding to keep the budget the same as it was in the last year is called

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Correct Answer: Continuing resolution

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In consensus-oriented decisions are made through open dialogue, rather than by way of ultimatums and refusals to negotiate.

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Correct Answer: True

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Required attendance at school from an age and to an age set by state legislatures is called

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Correct Answer: Compulsory attendance

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The procedure in which multiple interest groups that have joined forces to influence how a school board or legislator votes is called

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Correct Answer: Coalition

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______ options are given to parents to decide which school their child will attend.

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Correct Answer: Choice

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A state superintendent of public instruction or commissioner of education who may be elected or appointed by the state board of education or governor is called

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Correct Answer: Chief State School Officer (CSSO)

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Which position provides district-wide leadership in relation to instruction, assessment, curriculum, and improvement of the overall quality of educational services?

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Correct Answer: Chief Academic Officer (CAO)

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Publicly funded schools that are allowed to be innovative and operate somewhat independently of the public school system in which they are located is called

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Correct Answer: Charter Schools

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______ is a frequently used phrase to refer to the up/down line relationships in an organization chart that determine who reports to whom.

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Correct Answer: Chain of command

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The predetermined amount of money available for an authorized activity is called

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Correct Answer: Budget

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The Board of trustees is a governing body that has responsibility for developing the official policies and guidelines for the educational system.

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Correct Answer: True

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Legislative action that establishes authority for a certain activity to take place is called

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Correct Answer: Authorize

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The degree to which there are sufficient funds to accomplish the objectives is called

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Correct Answer: Adequacy

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Teachers, administrators, and other school officials taking responsibility and being held responsible for student learning and the effective and efficient use of public resources is called

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Correct Answer: Accountability

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Ability is the capacity to achieve as a result of physical or mental aptitude and ______ .

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Correct Answer: Training

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Federal involvement in education has ______ in the past 60 years.

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Correct Answer: Increased

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Between 1990 and 2008, when the Great Recession occurred, most states adopted some form of class size reduction policy.

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Correct Answer: True

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Per-pupil expenditure is roughly equal across all states in this country.

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Correct Answer: False

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An equal tax rate for all citizens is an example of a progressive tax.

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Correct Answer: False

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School funding is a large portion of state budgets.

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Correct Answer: True

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An interest group is never beneficial to public education.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which branch of the government does Congress comprise?

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Correct Answer: Legislative

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Which percentage represents the approximate level of federal funding provided for education?

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Correct Answer: 10%

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Courts have had a decreasing impact on shaping the directions of education.

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Correct Answer: False

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The advisory board of a corporation is similar to the ______ of a school district.

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Correct Answer: School board

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The CEO of a business is similar to the ______ of a school district.

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Correct Answer: Superintendent

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You were fortunate to follow your same students to the next grade level in a practice called ______.

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Correct Answer: Looping

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Horizontal communication is communication that moves up and down an organization chart, and vertical communication occurs across various levels in an organization chart.

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Correct Answer: False

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In an organization chart, line relationships have direct authority over another position and staff relationships are those where one position does not have direct authority over another position.

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Correct Answer: True

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The primary way to understand the organizational structure of schools is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Role differentiation

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