Production and Operations Management

1. Which of the following is (are) important consideration(s) concerning activity times?

  1. Activity time should be obtained from the person responsible for the completion of an activity
  2. Activity time must be independent of any influence which the preceding or succeeding activity may have on it.
  3. Activity time may assume that just the normal quantity of resources required to carry out the activity are available.
  4. All of the above
Correct answer: (D)
All of the above

2. Objective of Work Study is to improve ---------

  1. Cycle time
  2. Productivity
  3. Production
  4. All of the above
Correct answer: (B)
Productivity

3. The following is not a major contributor in the development of Control Charts and Sampling plan

  1. F H Dodge
  2. H G Roming
  3. Walter Schewhart
  4. J M Juran
Correct answer: (D)
J M Juran

4. Organizational models are

  1. multinational model
  2. international model
  3. global organizational model
  4. All of the above
Correct answer: (D)
All of the above

5. The ––––––––– is the defect level for which lots are regarded as bad lots.

  1. Acceptable quality level
  2. Consumer’s risk
  3. Producer’s risk
  4. Lot Tolerance Percentage Defective
Correct answer: (D)
Lot Tolerance Percentage Defective

6. What are the advantages of templates over diagrams?

  1. Can be conveniently moved on the graph paper
  2. Less laborious
  3. Saves time
  4. All of the above
Correct answer: (D)
All of the above

7. Attack strategies are

  1. Frontal attack
  2. Flank attack
  3. Encirclement attack
  4. All of the above
Correct answer: (D)
All of the above

8. Which of the following are assignable cause?

  1. Large variations in hardness of material
  2. Tool wear
  3. Errors in setting
  4. All of the above
Correct answer: (D)
All of the above

9. Which of the following are activities of corrective maintenance?

  1. Overhauling
  2. Emergency repairs
  3. Modifications and improvements
  4. All of the above
Correct answer: (D)
All of the above

10. Limitations of Traditional cost accounting are

  1. Assumes factory as an isolated entity
  2. It measures only the cost of producing
  3. both (A) and (B)
  4. none of the above
Correct answer: (C)
both (A) and (B)
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