Production Management MCQ

7/25/2019 Production Management MCQ

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The "father" of scientific management is

Eli Whitney.

Frederick W.Taylor.

Michael

Schumacher.

Henry Ford.

The three major business functions necessary toall organizations are

marketing, production, operations.

Finance/accounting, personnel,operations.

marketing, finance/accounting,

research & deelopment.

marketing, finance/accounting,production/operations.

Which of these is NOT one of the basic functions of themanagement process.

!ontrolling

"nspecting

Staffing

#eading

Which of these statements accurately captures a current trend inoperations?


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There is increased focus on local markets and local competition.

!ost competition is more important than any other $asis for competition.

%o$s are increasingly specialied as 'orkers focus on $asic assem$ly

tasks.

(roducts and serices are designed more )uickly and $y teams.

The service sector constitutes what percentage of employmentin the United tates?

*et'een ++ and -+

*et'een + and ++

*et'een + and 0+

*et'een -+ and +

!roductivity increases when

inputs and outputs increase proportionately.

inputs decrease 'hile outputs remain the same.

outputs decrease 'hile inputs remain the same.

inputs increase 'hile outputs remain the same.

The capital investment each year in the United tates usually

decreases unless faora$ly ta1ed.


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decreases.

increases.

remains constant.

Which appears to provide the best opportunity for increases inproductivity?

management

#a$or

ra' materials

!apital

The person who introduced standardized" interchangeable partswas

W. Ed'ards 2eming.

3dam Smith.

Eli Whitney.

Henry Ford.

The person who developed plant#wide $uality control systemswas

W. Ed'ards 2eming.


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Eli Whitney.

Henry Ford.

Frederick Taylor.

%n insurance adjuster processes the claims of si& policy holdersin an eight hour wor' day. The adjuster uses () in gasoline and(* in forms and office supplies to complete the wor'. What isher labor productivity?

4 claim per dollar

5.+ claims per hour

4.66 hours per claim

74 per claim

Two car wash employees are paid (+.), an hour each and arecapable of washing - cars per hour" using (- of water and ( ofsoap and other cleaning supplies. What is the multifactorproductivity of this operation?

4.0 dollars per car

4.5+ dollars per car

5.8+ cars per dollar

5.-- cars per dollar

When a tangible product is NOT included in the service" it iscalled


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a direct serice.

a kno'ledge9$ased serice.

an intangi$le product.

a pure serice.

/n the early part of the -stcentury" annual productivity growthin the U.. has been 0000000 .

4

:.+

/ncreases in productivity are difficult to achieve if

the task is more intellectual and personal.

the task is more )uantitatie and repetitie.

the task is more good9producing and standardied.

the task is more physical and tangi$le.

Which one of the follo'ing 'ould not generally $e considered an aspect of operationsmanagement;

%1Work methods


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21Secure financial resources

31

Maintain )uality

41(roduct or serice design

51

Manage inentories

Which one of the follo'ing is not a typical )uestion dealt 'ith $y an operationsmanagers;

%1Ho' much capacity 'ill $e needed in the months ahead;

21What is a satisfactory location for a ne' facility;

31

Which products/serices should $e offered;

41Ho' to motiate employees;

51

3ll are typical of operations decisions.

*Which one does not use operations management;

%13 !(3 firm.

213 $ank.


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31

3 hospital

41

3 supermarket

51

They all use it.

6Which one is not generally considered to $e an adantage of using models for decisionmaking;

%1

(roiding a systematic approach to pro$lem soling.

21Emphasiing )uantitatie information.

31

(roiding an e1act representation of reality.

41Ena$ling managers to ans'er


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41!raft production.

51

"nterchangea$le parts.

1 JIT refers to ___________

a) jump in time

b) judge in time

c) just in time

d) job in time

2 _____________ sets the quantity of each end item to be completed each week of the short

range planning

a) master production schedule

b) quarter schedule

c) weekly schedule

d) basic production schedule

! _________ is a management function whereby procurement" storage and issuance of the

same for purposes of manufacturing the products or consumption are conducted

a) handling material control

b) handling equipments

c) managing workers

d) managing the raw materials

# ______ are materials held at $arious locations in a production systema) %tore

b) &odown

c) In$entories

d) 'ard

( ________ at e$ery stage is necessary to deri$e competiti$e ad$antage

a) ontrolling

b) oordinating

c) Tasking

d) *ptimisation

+ ,- refers to . _________

a) omputer ,ided -rafting

b) ompter ,ssisted -rafting

c) omputer ,ided -esign

d) omputer ,utomated -esign

/ I0 refers to . ________

a) omputer Integrated 0achining

b) omputer Integrated 0anufacturing


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c) ompute Integrated 0odels

d) omputer Integrated 0echanisms

________ helps in impro$ing identification " pick up and repacking the materials in addition to

relie$ing monotony of the workers

a) computerisation

b) digitiationc) mechnanisation

d) optimiation

3 The factory" the location where all the acti$ities take place" machinery and hea$y equipments

are kept is known as ________ 4

a) godown

b) plant

c) industry

d) workshop

15 0ethodologies" technology" toolings" fi6tures 7 for establishing" maintaining and impro$ing

producti$ity are referred to as _____ 4

a) programs

b) tasks

c) duties

d) processes

11 ____________ ha$e to be established to enable the organisation to mo$e towards

leadership position

a) 8uality systems

b) 9uman resources systems

c) Information systems

d) *perations systems

12 To achie$e e6cellence" _________ processes are employed and international certificationsought

a) information

b) operations

c) quality

d) benchmarking

1! ________ has become fundamental for an organiation:s e6istence because processes

in$ol$ed are automated and the flows cannot be interrupted

a) Technologymanagement

b) Information systems

c) ;roduction management

d) ,ssurance of quality

1# ___________ introduced the < science of management refers to _________ a) ontrolled >etwork oding

b) omputer>umerical ontrolled

c) ontrolled >umerical oding

d) omputeried >etwork ontrolled

1/ ________ are used for inspection" identification and guidance

a) ?ision %ensors

b) ,T0s

c) %canners

d) *@

1 ,%@% refers to _______

a) ,utomated %tatement and @eporting %ystems

b) ,utomated %ensing and @epeating %ystems

c) ,utomatic %ensing and @eflecting %ystems

d) ,utomated %torage and @etrie$al %ystems

13 ___________ are designed so that the assembly tasks are performed in the sequence they

are designed

a) ;lant Aayout

b) ;roduct Aayouts

c) ,ssembly Bnits

d) ;roduction Bnits

25 In the shop floor longer runs lead to ______ and minimie the set up costsa) higher producti$ity

b) higher effeciency

c) better utility

d) better management

21 ____________is a process where the resultant effect of all factors C both cost increasing and

decreasing elements in each of them C is analysed

a) =eedback

b) *ptimiation

c) osting

d) Dstimation

22 ________ means specifications of materials" finishes" characteristics and other features that

are incorporated in the product of which the maker is aware and e6pects them

to meet the customers: needs

a) customiation

b) characteriation

c) specificaiton

d) design


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2! The degree to which the manufactured product or deli$ered ser$ice meets the parameters

that ha$e been incorporated in the design is referered to as ________

a) optimiation

b) conformance

c) quality

d) maintainablity2# ________ are graphical represenattaion of distribution of data

a) bar graph

b) pie charts

c) histogram

d) frequency chart

2( This is a tool for classifying problem areas according to the degree of importance and

attending to the most important

a) scatter diagram

b) pie chart

c) histogram

d) pareto

2+ ;-, cycle is also known as _______

a) ;ie chart

b) Jurangs cycle

c) -emings cycle

d) ,lfreds cycle

2/ _________ is a total response that a business undertakes utiliing resources and deli$ering

outputs that create $alue for the customer

a) Eusiness process

b) Eusiness product

c) ;roduct managementd) ;roduct process

2 _____________ refers to a set of acti$ities undertaken to optimise the business process for

impro$ing their performance" deli$er better $alue for the customer" ma6imie

the earnings and keep its head abo$e competition

a) project management

b) business process management

c) total quality management

d) resource management

23 0anagement is the technique of understanding the problems" needs and controlling the use

of resources" such as cost" time" manpower" materials" etc

a) ;roject

b) ;D@T

c) ;0

d) 0anagement

!5 It consists of the $arious acti$ities of operations" resources and the limitations imposed on

them

a) ;rocess


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b) 0anagement

c) ;roject ycle

d) ;roduct

!1 It is a part of the project which consists of simple and routine instructions to achie$e a

desired result of any acti$ity of the project

a) ;rocessb) 0anagement

c) ;roject ycle

d) ;roduct

!2 This proposal contains the strategies adopted to market the product to the customers

a) 0arketing

b) -esign

c) ,nalysis

d) D$aluation

!! In this phase the project manager and the teams members work on the project objecti$es as

per the plan

a) 0arketing

b) -esign

c) ,nalysis

d) D6ecution

!# In this phase information is collected from the customer pertaining to the project and the

requirements are analyed

a) 0arketing

b) -esign

c) ,nalysis

d) D6ecution

!( *ne can find out the $ariance and use the $ariance to analye the $arious probabilisticestimates pertaining to the project in ___ method

a) ;0

b) ;D@T

c) ;0

d) IT

!+ ,ssist the team members" stakeholders" managers with necessary information and summary

of the information shared to the higher le$el managers is one of the aspects of ___

a) -%%

b) FE%

c) ;0I%

d) DI%

!/ ,ssists the managers in doing what if analyses about project staffing" proposed staffing

changes and total allocation of resources is one of the aspect of ____

a) ;0I%

b) FE%

c) -%%

d) DI%


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! 9elp organiational learning by helping the members of the organiation learn about project

management is one of the aspects of ____

a) DI%

b) FE%

c) -%%

d) ;0I%!3 *ne of the objecti$es of ____ is enhancement of co$erage and accuracy of management

information systems

a) 0@%

b) DI%

c) T;%

d) %0

#5 %0- represents ________

a) single model description

b) single machine description

c) simple machine description

d) single model deterministic

2 mark questions

8> 8uestion

1 Just7in7time and Aean 0anufacturing methodologies were de$eloped to _________ the

_________across the organisation

a) ma6imie " profits

b) minimie" wastages

c) minimie" contributions

d) ma6imie " in$entories

2 I0 process helps in ________ and ________

a) manufacturing and packagingb) ma6imiing profits and minimiing losses

c) optimising manpowwer and materials

d) rapid production and better business

! ,ccuracy of fulfillment of order is ensured by two basic factors . _________ and _______

a) order e6tent and procurement e6tent

b) procurement e6tent and billing e6tent

c) billing e6tent and ta6 e6tent

d) order e6tent and co$erage e6tent

# ______ and ________ refers to information management system which initiates" directs"

monitors and collects feed back to enable efficient use of all other resources

a) super$ision and e6ecution

b) planning and control

c) delegation and super$ision

d) initiation and direction

( Gith increases in ________ and _________ at all stages of the supply chain" fle6ibility has

become $ital to effect economies

a) production and profit


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b) re$enue generation and efficiency

c) $ariety of products and reduced lead time

d) wastages and cost

+ =actors influencing ;lant location can be broadly di$ided into two types namely _______ and

_____

a) general factors and specific factorsb) specific factors and specialied factors

c) specialied factors and utility factors

d) general factors and special factors

/ The essence of planning is the determination of acti$ities that need to be performed at a future

date to meet demands that ha$e been forecast based on ______ and ________

a) product characteristics and specificaiton

b) market sur$eys and forecasting

c) prediction models and forecasting

d) manpower and resource a$ailability

%trategy means _______ and _______a series of acti$ities based on the e$aluation of both

internal and e6ternal en$ironment" so as to ma6imise the yield

a) planning and supplementing

b) implementing and coordinating

c) pricing and planning

d) e$aluating and planning

3 Gorking for quality awards like _______ and _________ increases efficiencies in the

organisation and builds confidence of the customers

a) -eming and ;uliter

b) 0alcolm Ealridge and ;uliter

c) -eming and 0alcolm Ealdridge

d) Ealance %core card and %i6 %igma15 ___________________ enables us to go into details at e$ery stage of the process and $erify

the ____________________

a) process definitions" authenticity of information

b) business process" adequacy of data

c) business process" authenticity of information

d) process definitions" adequacy of data

11 consider the following statements . i) The process in which interactions depends on the

nature of work and dynamic and dependent on team inno$ations is closing process Ii) the

process in which the project is re$iewed " findings afe reporeted and project performacne is

analysed is e6ecuting process The statements are .

a) both true

b) both false

c) true and false respecti$ely

d)false and true respecti$ely

12 Two of the process groups are initaiting processes and controlling processes i) initiating

process 7 recognition to start and establishing commitment ii) controlling processes 7

formaliing acceptiace and bringing project to an ordelry end


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The statements are 7

a) Eoth are True

b) Eoth are false

c) true" false respecti$ely

d) false " true respecti$ely

1! haracteristics of project mindset are . i)Time C It is impossible to impro$e the pace of theproject by reducing the time frame of the process The mindset is normally to work a comfort

mode by stretching the time limits ii) ;rocesses7 ;roject mindset lays emphasis on rigid

processes

a) Eoth are True

b) Eoth are false

c) true" false respecti$ely

d) false " true respecti$ely

1# ,t a node 1( there are # predecessors D%T wrt each of the # predecessors is !("!2"!5"!1

days Ghat is the D%T of the node 1(H

a) !( days

b) !2 days

c) !1 days

d) !5 days

1( ,t a node 11 there are # successors AT wrt each of the # successors is 2/"#!"1"!/ days

Ghat is the AT of the node 11H

a) 2/ days

b) #! days

c) 1 days

d) !/ days

1+ If tm/days" to1days" tp/days what is the $alue of sd standard e$iation) H

a) 5 dayb) 1 day

c) 2 days

1/ -0,I% represents ___

a) define" measure" analyse" impro$e" standardie

b) define" monitor" analyse" impro$e" system

c) define" monitor" analyse" integrate" standardie

d) define" measure" analyse" integrate" system

1 The agenda for a re$iew should be well structured in terms of ___ and ___

a) time and content

b) content and list of participants

c) list of participants and time

d) roles and responsibilities

13 The team should e6hibit better control of their project ____ and then demonstrate better

control about business ____

a) prospects" growth

b) portfolio" profitability

c) portfolio" prospects


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d) prospects" e6pandability

25 %uccess of JIT depends upon a lot of ________ and _______

a) preparation and committed implementation

b) teamwork and technology

c) cooperation and effort

d) information technology and planning# mark questions

8> 8uestion

1 ;rodcution planning functions can be broadly identified as ______ " _______ and _______

a) estimating " routing " distribution

b) estimating " routing " scheduling

c) estimating" distribution" collection

d) distribution" collection" scheduling

2 =or efficient process of order picking by personnel" communication plays a $ital role in any

organisation and the directi$es they need to ha$e are ____ " _____ and _______

a) simple" clear and straight

b) straight" clear and easy

c) precise" timely and appropriate

d) accurate " timely and sufficient

! The three major functions of any business organiation are _______ " _______ and ______

a) coordinating" organiing" delegating

b) organiing" super$ising" e6ecuting

c) controlling" manning" procuring

d) operations" marketing" finance

# =ormulation of the strategy depends on the _________

a) assessments of strengths" understanding of the weaknesses" the nature of e6ternal

en$ironment and the resilience of the internal en$ironmentb) understanding strategies" formulation of plans" utiliation of resources" enabling oppurtunities

c) resilience of internal en$ironment" resilience of e6ternal en$ironment" understanding

strategies" enablling oppurtunitites

d) decision making abilities" strategiing the actions" preparation of master plan" resource

planning

( 0atch the following . ;)market analysis 6) needs assessment 8)competiti$e priorities y)

design analysis @)product design ) cost quality Ghich of the following is correct H

a) ;7K" 87'" @7L

b) ;7K" 87L" @7'

c) ;7'" 87L" @7K

d) ;7L" 87'" @7K

+ ,ll operation systems are based on criteria of _____ " ______ and _____

a) output of product " specification of product and flow pattern

b) input of product" characteristics of product and prices

c) quality of ser$ices" operations and input of product

d) decision making ability" input of product and output of product

/ onsider the following statements . ;) D$aluation is done for the processes and quality


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assurance measures 8) %ometimes suppliers are gi$en total responsibility for design"

procurement of materials" processing" quality and deli$eries as per schedules which of the

following is correct H

a) Eoth are true

b) Eoth are false

c) true and false respecti$elyd) false and true respecti$ely

The method used mainly where transportation costs either for distribution of products or

collection of materials from different suppliers is the main criteria

a) entre of gra$ity method

b) Ereak e$en analysis

c) ;oint rating method

d) =actor rating method

3 ;-, stands for ________

a) ;repare" -e$elop" ontrol " ,ct

b) ;lan " -e$elop" oordinate" ,nalye

c) ;roduct" -e$leopment" ost" ,nalye

d) ;lan " -o " heck" ,ct

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