The Office Manager of Your Company Has Instructed You to Find

question 28

Multiple Choice

The office manager of your company has instructed you to find a solution for a problem. A new employee is being hired and her desk will be located where there is a table that is occupied by an older model fax machine and scanner. There is no room to put the table anywhere else and the table that holds the inkjet printer is too small for the other two devices. There is money in the budget if funds are necessary. What do you recommend?

• A)put the fax and scanner on the floor and tell the new employee to step around them
• B)buy a new plotter that performs scanning and faxing functions
• C)replace the inkjet printer with a multifunction printer
• D)each day, put the fax and scanner on the desk of an absent employee

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