What are ABC's outputs in the new factory?

• A. Recovered gold and other precious metals
• B. Discarded circuit boards
• C. Wasted energy
• D. Pollution byproduct

Answer: (A)

Outputs are what the factory produces from its processes—the goods or valuable by-products that come out of production. If ABC’s new factory is set up to recover metals from circuit boards, the main result it should deliver is the recovered gold and other precious metals, because these are the valuable products created through the operation. The other options describe things that are not the intended produced goods: discarded circuit boards are waste to be disposed of, wasted energy signals inefficiency, and pollution byproduct is an environmental issue to be managed rather than a produced product. So the recovered metals are the best fit as the factory’s outputs.