Fill in the blank (workforce change vocabulary) “About twenty clerks were made ______ when the banks introduced computers.” Select the word that best completes the sentence.

Given data

• Context: Introduction of computers led to staff reductions.

Concept/ApproachWhen positions are eliminated because the role is no longer required, employees are made redundant (standard HR/legal usage).

Option analysisredundant — correct technical term for role elimination.retired — happens due to age/service; not implied here.resigned — voluntary act by the employee; not implied.jobless — a general state, but the idiom is “made redundant,” not “made jobless.”

Final Answerredundant