Deck 3: Production and Operations Management

Question 1

The advantage of locating a plant in urban (city) side is __________. A. cheap

A)ailability of land.
B)disposal of waste is easy.
C)cost of operation is low.
D)large markets for finished products.

Answer 1

large markets for finished products.

Question 2

Unavailability of skilled labour is a big problem if we locate our factory in _____________.

A)road.
B)rural.
C)city.
D)foreign.

Answer 2

rural.

Question 3

_____________ refers to the arrangement of machinery, equipment and other industrial facilities.

A)plant lining.
B)plant location.
C)facility location.
D)plant layout.

Answer 3

plant layout.

Question 4

The objective of good layout is to _____.

A)reduce production.
B)reduce wastages.
C)reduce productivity.
D)reduce labour.

Question 5

Every foot of available space should be used effectively is a principle of _________.

A)sequence.
B)safety.
C)flexibility.
D)usage.

Question 6

__________ type of layout is also called as functional layout.

A)process.
B)product.
C)line.
D)matrix.

Question 7

Grouping together of like machines in one department is in _______ layout.

A)product.
B)process.
C)group.
D)parallel.

Question 8

Product layout is also called as ________ layout.

A)line
B)cellular.
C)process.
D)functional.

Question 9

In _________ type of layout machineries are arranged according to the sequence of operations.

A)process.
B)group.
C)matrix.
D)line.

Question 10

______________ type of layout are suitable for non repetitive or standard types of production .

A)process.
B)product
C)group.
D)matrix.

Question 11

________ type of layout is a combination of functional layout and line layout.

A)cellular.
B)group.
C)product.
D)process.

Question 12

Ship Building and Aircraft manufacturing is an example of ________ type of layout .

A)combined.
B)matrix.
C)fixed.
D)group.

Question 13

In ________ layout machines are grouped in to cells and the cells function somewhat like a product layout in larger shop or process layout.

A)functional.
B)fixed.
C)matrix.
D)cellular.

Question 14

Which of the following is not a computerized technique for layout planning?

A)cad.
B)aldep.
C)craft .
D)corelap.

Question 15

Product layout is suitable for _________ type of production.

A)small.
B)mass.
C)less.
D)medium.

Question 16

The main components of production system include which of the following?

A)men, material.
B)services, satisfaction.
C)input, process, output.
D)process, service.

Question 17

The products are produced for stock purpose in _____________.

A)continuous production system.
B)assembly production system.
C)intermittent production system.
D)analytic production system.

Question 18

The vendor rating is the process of rating the ______.

A)suppliers .
B)buyers.
C)manufacturers.
D)sellers.

Question 19

Which of the following method is used for recording path of movement during method study?

A)chronocyclographs.
B)simo chart.
C)two handed process chart.
D)therblig.

Question 20

All of the following decisions fall within the scope of operations management except for ______________________.

A)financial analysis
B)design of products and processes
C)location of facilities
D)quality management

Question 21

Budgeting, paying the bills, and collection of funds are activities associated with the ______________.

A)management function
B)control function
C)finance/accounting function
D)production/operations function

Question 22

Which of the following would not be an operations function in a fast-food restaurant?

A)making hamburgers and fries.
B)advertising and promotion.
C)maintaining equipment.
D)designing the layout of the facility.

Question 23

Current trends in operations management include all of the following except ______________.

A)just-in-time performance.
B)rapid product development.
C)mass customization.
D)mass production.