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Which of the following is the most direct benefit that arises when a factory divides a production process into small tasks and assigns each task to a separate worker?

The most direct benefit is that workers gain skill and speed by repeating one task. Division of labour assigns narrow operations to each worker, so practice improves dexterity and raises output per person. It does not make workers all-rounders, remove machinery, or reduce interdependence.

  1. AWorkers acquire greater skill and speed through repeating a single taskCorrect
  2. BWorkers become equally capable of performing every task
  3. CThe need for machinery is eliminated entirely
  4. DWorkers' dependence on one another is removed

Explanation

Division of labour lets each worker repeat one operation, which builds dexterity and speed and so raises output per worker. Making workers equally capable of all tasks is the opposite of specialisation. Machinery usually increases, not disappears, and workers become more interdependent.

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