Aparticular teacher spends 80 percent of her time filling out proper forms required by the school district and the rest of her time actually teaching. this illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy?

This illustrates coercive burocracy.

Explanation:

Coercive bucrocracy is defined by the unflexibilty of rules and regulations, in addition of not allowing the employee to accomplished his or her paritucular job at fully. A teacher having to fill out so many forms, is an example of how rules and regulations are so unflexible, and are put in a more important place than the actual teaching job.

Burocracy in this case doesn´t help to persue the job properly, put it is coercive.

a would be the answer

answer; rational if melanie values sleep more highly than the benefits she expects to receive from attending the class;