Which of the following is an example of an open-ended question?

The Social Security Administration rendering a decision about whether an individual was wrongly denied disability payments illustrates the __________ function of the federal bureaucracy

a. administrative b. quasi-judicial c. accountability d. regulatory

Which was an influential factor in the expansion of the federal bureaucracy during the post–Civil War era?

a. the expansion of voting rights to African American men b. the elimination of the spoils system c. a series of poor harvests and agricultural distribution problems d. the growing incidence of price fixing and other unfair business practices