A Technique for Estimating the Proportion of Time a Worker

question 93

Multiple Choice

A technique for estimating the proportion of time a worker spends on various activities is

• A) stopwatch time study
• B) simultaneous motion study
• C) work sampling
• D) standard elemental (historical) times
• E) predetermined (published) time standards

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