Production and Operation Management Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following is (are) important consideration(s) concerning activity times?
a. Activity time should be obtained from the person responsible for the completion of an activity
b. Activity time must be independent of any influence which the preceding or succeeding activity may have on it.
c. Activity time may assume that just the normal quantity of resources required to carry out the activity are available.
d. All of the above
2. Which of the following are assignable cause?
a. Large variations in hardness of material
b. Tool wear
c. Errors in setting
d. All of the above
3. What is the reason of excessive friction between parts?
a. Improper or lack of lubrication
b. Material of parts
c. both a and b
d. None of above
4. Which kind of labour force is required in case of Jobbing Production?
a. Highly Skilled
b. Semi skilled
c. Unskilled
d. Any of the above
5. What is the location of lower control limit in the X bar. R control chart?
a. 3 standard deviations below central line
b. 2 standard deviations below central line
c. 1 standard deviations below central line
d. Any of the above
6. Which photographic technique is used to record path of motions of the members of the body during method study?
a. Acrograph
b. Cyclograph
c. Cyclogram
d. Cycloscope
7. The term ________ implies the foregone profit due to inability of company to produce.
a. Opportunity cost
b. Marginal cost
c. Overhead cost
d. All of the above
8. In case of an OC curve, the risk of rejecting a good quality lot may vary between ________.
a. 0.01 to 5%
b. 0.01 to 10%
c. 0.01 to 15%
d. 0.01 to 20%
9. Objective of Work Study is to improve _______
a. Cycle time
b. Productivity
c. Production
d. All of the above
10. Which of the following are activities of corrective maintenance?
a. Overhauling
b. Emergency repairs
c. Modifications and improvements
d. All of the above
11. Capacity decisions have a direct influence on performance of production system in respect of ________
a. Delivery performance
b. Quality control
c. Plant size
d. Manpower
12. Which of the following is not the characteristic of Project Production?
a. Continuous flow of material
b. Highly mechanised material handling
c. Virtually zero manufacturing cycle time
d. All of the above
13. Which of the following Principles of Management is not advocated by F W Taylor?
a. Selection of best worker for each particular task
b. Division of work between worker and management
c. Training and development of the workmen
d. Involvement of workers in strategy planning
14. How does ‘structure’ reduce external uncertainty arising out of human behaviour
a. Research and planning
b. Forecasting
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
15. The following is not a major contributor in the development of Control Charts and Sampling plan
a. F H Dodge
b. H G Roming
c. Walter Schewhart
d. J M Juran
16. Limitations of Traditional cost accounting are
a. Assumes factory as an isolated entity
b. It measures only the cost of producing
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
17. Business is rated on which dimensions
a. Market attractiveness
b. Business strength
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
18. Like roots of a tree, ________of organization is hidden from direct view.
a. goodwill
b. core competence
c. Higher management
d. Capital investment
19. OC curve of ideal sampling plan suggests that all lots less than 3% defectives have the probability of acceptance of ________.
a. 0.25
b. 0.5
c. 0.75
d. 1
20. Inadequate production capacity ultimately leads to
a. Poor quality
b. Poor Customer Service
c. Poor inventory control
d. All of the above
21. Organizational models are
a. multinational model
b. international model
c. global organizational model
d. All of the above
22. Which kind of defect can be called as minor defect?
a. Which does not reduce the usability of the product for its intended use
b. The cost of repairing the defect is less
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
23. Which of the following policies is advisable in case of low product variety and large volumes?
a. Skilled labour, special purpose machines
b. Low skilled labour, general purpose machine
c. Low Skilled Labour, Special Purpose Machines
d. Any of the above
24. Fixed position layout is adopted when
a. Products are of different variety
b. Product is very heavy involving assembly of large number of parts
c. Products are in large numbers
d. All of the above
25. Scale model used for layout analysis have following advantages
a. Nontechnical person finds it easy to comprehend
b. Overhead facilities can be shown
c. Models can be shifted easily
d. All of the above
26. Which of the following are the objectives of a good maintenance system?
a. Minimisation of wear and tear of machines
b. Ensuring maximum plant availability
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
27. What do you understand by the inspection conducted on all non reworkable jobs prior to their movement to the scrap yard?
a. Final inspection
b. Endurance inspection
c. Functional inspection
d. Salvage inspection
28. The ________ is the defect level for which lots are regarded as bad lots.
a. Acceptable quality level
b. Consumer’s risk
c. Producer’s risk
d. Lot Tolerance Percentage Defective
29. General Electric Matrix is divided into how many cells
a. 4
b. 9
c. 16
d. 25
30. In an organization there may not be a formal PPC department if
a. Work is highly repetitive in nature
b. Planning activities are performed by the line staff
c. Number of workmen is not very large
d. All of the above
31. Which of the following is not a type of specification?
a. Material specifications
b. Dimensional specifications
c. Manpower specification
d. Performance specifications
32. Which are three different bases to establish an activity time?
a. Past experience
b. Judgement
c. Historical data
d. All of the above
33. Inherent Safety’ is one of the principle of good layout. In context of layout, this can be achieved by the following
a. Clear gangway
b. Location of material and material handling system
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
34. Control should involve________ amount of information.
a. Minimum
b. Sufficient
c. Maximum
d. Any of the above
35. A/An ________ history card is the record of all repairs, replacements and engineering changes carried out in the equipment during it’s period of service.
a. Service
b. Equipment
c. Repair
d. None of the above
36. What are the advantages of templates over diagrams?
a. Can be conveniently moved on the graph paper
b. Less laborious
c. Saves time
d. All of the above
37. An approach that strives to follow ethical principles and percepts is
a. Moral management
b. Amoral management
c. Immoral management
d. None of the above
38. ‘W’ in SWOT stands for
a. What do you do well?
b. What could you improve?
c. What doors are open to you?
d. What threats could harm you
39. ______ should have the ability to develop a vision to see patterns into the future.
a. Leaders
b. Workers
c. Management
d. None of the above
40. Attack strategies are
a. Frontal attack
b. Flank attack
c. Encirclement attack
d. All of the above