Adam Sears Is an Assembly Line Employee with Swenson Motors

question 53

Multiple Choice

Adam Sears is an assembly line employee with Swenson Motors. Though Adam is popular among his supervisors and colleagues, Adam experiences low morale and lack of motivation. He feels frustrated that his job is restricted to fixing nuts and bolts on the car parts. He fears that he has no chances of advancing in his career as he cannot completely assemble a car. Which of the following is true with regard to Adam?

• A) Adam's job has high task complexity.
• B) Adam's job has a high span of control.
• C) Adam's job has low role definition.
• D) Adam's job has low task identity.
• E) Adam's job has high task significance.

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Definitions:

Prepaid Expense

Expenses paid in advance for goods or services to be received in the future, recorded as an asset on the balance sheet until consumed.

Accrued Liabilities

Expenses that have been incurred but not yet paid or recorded in the company's ledger, representing future outflows of cash.

Common Stock Account

An equity account on a company's balance sheet representing the total value of common shares that have been issued.

Balance Sheet

A financial statement that reports a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time, providing a snapshot of its financial condition and net worth.