diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js
index 229e4ba754..e75c364013 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export default ['$log', function($log){
                 //end span
                 line = line.replace(/\[0m/g, '');
             }
-            
+
             return line;
         },
         // adds anchor tags and tooltips to host status lines
@@ -170,19 +170,22 @@ export default ['$log', function($log){
                 return emptySpan;
             }
         },
+        getLineArr: function(event) {
+            return _
+                .zip(_.range(event.start_line + 1,
+                    event.end_line + 1),
+                    event.stdout.replace("\t", "        ").split("\r\n").slice(0, -1));
+        },
         // public function that provides the parsed stdout line, given a
         // job_event
         parseStdout: function(event){
             // this utilizes the start/end lines and stdout blob
             // to create an array in the format:
             // [
-            //     [lineNum: lineText],
-            //     [lineNum: lineText],
+            //     [lineNum, lineText],
+            //     [lineNum, lineText],
             // ]
-            var lineArr = _
-                .zip(_.range(event.start_line + 1,
-                    event.end_line + 1),
-                    event.stdout.replace("\t", "        ").split("\r\n").slice(0, -1));
+            var lineArr = this.getLineArr(event);
 
             // this takes each `[lineNum: lineText]` element and calls the
             // relevant helper functions in this service to build the
diff --git a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js
index 45a63abacd..6901c0e475 100644
--- a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js
+++ b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js
@@ -1,33 +1,118 @@
 'use strict';
 
-describe('', () => {
+describe('parseStdoutService', () => {
     let parseStdoutService,
-        $log;
+        log;
 
     beforeEach(angular.mock.module('Tower'));
 
-    beforeEach(angular.mock.module('jobResults', function($provide){
-        // $log = jasmine.createSpyObj('$log', [
-        //     'error'
-        // ]);
-        // $provide.value('$log', $log);
+    beforeEach(angular.mock.module('jobResults',($provide) => {
+        log = jasmine.createSpyObj('$log', [
+            'error'
+        ]);
+
+        $provide.value('$log', log);
     }));
 
     beforeEach(angular.mock.inject((_$log_, _parseStdoutService_) => {
         parseStdoutService = _parseStdoutService_;
     }));
 
-    describe('parseStdout()', () => {
-        it('returns the line number and text from an event object', () => {
-            var service = parseStdoutService,
-            span = '<span class="JobResultsStdOut-lineExpander"></span>`',
-            event = {
+    describe('getCollapseIcon()', () => {
+        let emptySpan = `
+<span class="JobResultsStdOut-lineExpander"></span>`;
+
+        it('returns empty expander for non-header event', () => {
+            let nonHeaderEvent = {
+                event_name: 'not_header',
                 start_line: 0,
                 end_line: 1,
-                stdout:"PLAY [all] *********************************************************************"
+                stdout:"line1"
             };
+            expect(parseStdoutService.getCollapseIcon(nonHeaderEvent))
+                .toBe(emptySpan);
+        });
+    });
 
-            expect(parseStdoutService.parseStdout(event)).toBe(span);
-        })
+    describe('getLineArr()', () => {
+        it('returns stdout in array format', () => {
+            let mockEvent = {
+                start_line: 12,
+                end_line: 14,
+                stdout: "line1\r\nline2\r\n"
+            };
+            let expectedReturn = [[13, "line1"],[14, "line2"]];
+
+            let returnedEvent = parseStdoutService.getLineArr(mockEvent);
+
+            expect(returnedEvent).toEqual(expectedReturn);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('parseStdout()', () => {
+        let mockEvent = {"foo": "bar"};
+
+        it('calls functions', function() {
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'getLineArr').and
+                .returnValue([[13, 'line1'], [14, 'line2']]);
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'getLineClasses').and
+                .returnValue("");
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'getCollapseIcon').and
+                .returnValue("");
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'getAnchorTags').and
+                .returnValue("");
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'prettify').and
+                .returnValue("prettified_line");
+
+            parseStdoutService.parseStdout(mockEvent);
+
+            expect(parseStdoutService.getLineArr)
+                .toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockEvent);
+            expect(parseStdoutService.getLineClasses)
+                .toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockEvent, 'line1', 13);
+            expect(parseStdoutService.getCollapseIcon)
+                .toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockEvent, 'line1');
+            expect(parseStdoutService.getAnchorTags)
+                .toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockEvent, "prettified_line");
+            expect(parseStdoutService.prettify)
+                .toHaveBeenCalledWith('line1');
+
+            // get line arr should be called once for the event
+            expect(parseStdoutService.getLineArr.calls.count())
+                .toBe(1);
+
+            // other functions should be called twice (once for each
+            // line)
+            expect(parseStdoutService.getLineClasses.calls.count())
+                .toBe(2);
+            expect(parseStdoutService.getCollapseIcon.calls.count())
+                .toBe(2);
+            expect(parseStdoutService.getAnchorTags.calls.count())
+                .toBe(2);
+            expect(parseStdoutService.prettify.calls.count())
+                .toBe(2);
+        });
+
+        it('returns dom-ified lines', function() {
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'getLineArr').and
+                .returnValue([[13, 'line1']]);
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'getLineClasses').and
+                .returnValue("line_classes");
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'getCollapseIcon').and
+                .returnValue("collapse_icon_dom");
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'getAnchorTags').and
+                .returnValue("anchor_tag_dom");
+            spyOn(parseStdoutService, 'prettify').and
+                .returnValue("prettified_line");
+
+            var returnedString = parseStdoutService.parseStdout(mockEvent);
+
+            var expectedString = `
+<div class="JobResultsStdOut-aLineOfStdOutline_classes">
+    <div class="JobResultsStdOut-lineNumberColumn">collapse_icon_dom13</div>
+    <div class="JobResultsStdOut-stdoutColumn">anchor_tag_dom</div>
+</div>`;
+            expect(returnedString).toBe(expectedString);
+        });
     });
 });