To express a number in standard form, we write it in the form \(a \times 10^b\), where \(1 \leq a < 10\) and \(b\) is an integer. To express 0.000834 in standard form, we need to move the decimal point to the right until we obtain a number between 1 and 10. We have: $$0.000834 = 8.34 \times 10^{-4}$$ Therefore, the answer is (a) 8.34 x 10-4.