An act that could be performed by a private enterprise.

• A. Governmental function
• B. Ministerial act
• C. Proprietary function
• D. Administrative act

Answer: (C)

Proprietary function is the kind of activity that a private enterprise could perform. It isn’t about exercising sovereign power or delivering a mandated public duty; instead, it describes routine business-type activities that could be provided by the private sector, such as offering services in a competitive market. The other terms refer to government-only or government-specific actions: a governmental function involves sovereign powers that typically only the government can exercise; a ministerial act is a routine, non-discretionary task performed by a public official applying law; an administrative act is a formal decision by a public administrator applying policy to facts. Since the question asks for an act that could be performed by a private enterprise, the correct concept is proprietary function.