Mike Used to Work on the Assembly Line at General

question 65

Multiple Choice

Mike used to work on the assembly line at General Motors in Oshawa,making over 20 dollars an hour.Recently an industrial robot was invented that is able to do the same job and requires a technician making only 10 dollars an hour to check the specifications twice per shift.What has happened to Mike's job?

• A) It was reclassified.
• B) It was deskilled.
• C) It was deindustrialized.
• D) It was downsized.

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Definitions:

Stations Needed

The total number of workstations or production stations required to complete a job or to fulfill a specific part of a manufacturing process efficiently.

Cycle Time

The total time from the beginning to the end of a process, as measured by the customer.

Battery-Powered

Relating to devices or vehicles operated using one or more batteries as their source of electrical power.

Task Time

The time needed to finish a particular task or activity.