A prescribed guide for conduct or action; an accepted procedure, custom or habit is best described by which term?

• A. Secondary sources
• B. Rule
• C. Sectionalism
• D. Scale

Answer: (B)

A rule is a prescribed guide for conduct or action. It describes an accepted procedure, custom, or habit that tells people what to do or how to behave in a given situation. Rules can be formal, like laws or school policies, or informal, like classroom norms or traffic expectations.

Think of it this way: a rule sets the standard for behavior. That’s why it fits best. The other terms don’t describe guides for behavior—secondary sources are about sources of information, sectionalism is about loyalty to a region, and scale is about measurement or proportion.