The comptroller wants to set the standards according to a study done by a consulting firm for a company. The consulting firm used the following assumptions: The machines never break down. Workers never take a break. The material used is perfect. The material arrives on time. No one takes a day off. Workers are well trained. Workers do not make defective units. What kinds of standards are these? Will the workers be motivated to achieve these standards?

A.Ideal standards. Difficult or impossible to meet, so workers would not be motivated to do so.

B.Historic standards. They have been met in the past, so the best workers would be motivated to try to meet or better them.

C.Attainable standards. All workers should attempt to meet them, but success is not guaranteed though they represent reasonable expectations.

D.Easy standards. Not difficult to meet with minimum effort, so not particularly motivating.