At the end of your shift, your cash drawer is short by a small amount. What is the BEST action?

Cash handling integrity is critical in a retail role, and the exam tests honesty directly. The best response to a drawer discrepancy is to recount carefully and then report it honestly to a supervisor, following the established cash-handling procedures. Secretly covering the shortage, planning to take extra later, or blaming a coworker are all integrity failures — even quietly covering a shortage with your own money conceals a discrepancy that procedures require be reported and investigated. The VEA strongly screens for honesty in money handling, so transparent, by-the-book reporting is always the strongest choice.