A Technician Is Diagnosing a Vehicle That Does Not Crank

question 37

Multiple Choice

A technician is diagnosing a vehicle that does not crank over when the gear selector is in Park or Neutral but does crank when the gear selector is in Reverse and Drive. Technician A says the neutral safety switch needs adjustment. Technician B says the gear selector linkage needs to be adjusted. Who is correct?

• A) A only
• B) B only
• C) both A and B
• D) neither A nor B

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Definitions:

Cost Of Goods Sold Budget

A budget of the estimated direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead consumed by sold products.

Direct Materials

Direct materials are raw materials that are directly attributable and allocable to a finished good or product being manufactured.

Factory Overhead

The indirect costs associated with running a manufacturing operation, including costs like utilities, maintenance, and depreciation of factory equipment.

Variable Costing

The concept that considers the cost of products manufactured to be composed only of those manufacturing costs that increase or decrease as the volume of production rises or falls (direct materials, direct labor, and variable factory overhead).