Acommittee was organized at xerox to study the company's hiring, promotion, and compensation policies. the group will review corporate procedures in these areas for the next six months and disband thereafter. this type of committee is referred to as a(n)

This is referred to as an "ad hoc" committee. Ad hoc means "for this" in Latin. The definition of "ad hoc" is a committee that is set up to consider one issue or group of issues only. It is usually set up for a specific period of time and then disbands at the conclusion of the study. It is usually not extrapolated for consideration of different issues.

The answer should be b.