Deck 5: Production Planning and Control Methods

Question 1

__________ is the first step in method study.

A)examine the facts.
B)record the present method.
C)develop best method.
D)select the work to study.

Answer 1

select the work to study.

Question 2

___________ dimensions of business definition specify what activities are to be undertaken to produce and deliver products/services.

A)product dimension.
B)technology dimension.
C)functional dimension.
D)process dimension.

Answer 2

technology dimension.

Question 3

The __________ approach considers only the immediate future.

A)situationalistic approach.
B)holistic approach.
C)systems approach.
D)tactical approach.

Answer 3

tactical approach.

Question 4

The functions of ___________ are not quite related to strategic management.

A)board of directors
B)chief executives
C)personnel manager
D)managing director

Question 5

Corporate planning staff functions in __________ capacity.

A)managerial.
B)staff.
C)personal.
D)official.

Question 6

___________ formulates long term plans for the organization.

A)staff members.
B)business executives.
C)chief executives.
D)board members.

Question 7

The legal functions that board of directors of any company are described in _______.

A)partnership act.
B)companies act.
C)mrtp act.
D)indian companies act.

Question 8

_____________ attempts to provide an understanding about the objectives that a firm is set out to achieve.

A)strategic planning.
B)strategic intent.
C)strategic management.
D)strategic decisions.

Question 9

___________ function develops a physical relationship between inputs and outputs.

A)production.
B)system.
C)e-manufacturing.
D)assembly line.

Question 10

___________ is the ratio of available goods and services to the potential resources of the community or the country.

A)purchasing power.
B)simulation.
C)productivity.
D)demography.

Question 11

___________ is the third step in the production planning and control.

A)routing.
B)scheduling.
C)expediting.
D)dispatching.

Question 12

__________ in the production planning and control is checking of work and taking corrective steps to ensure that each piece of work is completed at the right time.

A)expediting.
B)dispatching.
C)routing.
D)scheduling.

Question 13

Production planning starts with ____________.

A)scheduling.
B)routing.
C)dispatching.
D)expediting.

Question 14

A production system uses __________ to perform inputs into some desired output.

A)operations system.
B)operations materials.
C)operations services.
D)operations resources.

Question 15

The therblig symbol used for micro motion of "release' is _______________.

A)r.
B)re.
C)rl.
D)rs.

Question 16

The products that are made correctly and customized to consumer needs are called __________.

A)core products.
B)essential products.
C)durable products.
D)core services.

Question 17

The ability to rapidly increase or decrease production levels or shift production capacity quickly from one product or service to another is called____________.

A)capacity uncertainty.
B)capacity alteration.
C)capacity flexibility.
D)capacity certainty.

Question 18

Automation version of the generic manufacturing process, where in the three manufacturing functions are replaced by the automated technologies is called _______.

A)automated materials handling system.
B)flexible manufacturing system.
C)computer integrated manufacturing system.
D)production planning system.

Question 19

In double sampling plan, there is a ________ percent saving is sampling inspection as compared to single sampling plan.

A)1-9.
B)10-17.
C)18-24.
D)25-33.

Question 20

To ensure that the proportion of defective items in the manufactured product is not beyond certain limits is called ______.

A)process control.
B)system control.
C)product control.
D)systematic control.

Question 21

The control limits delimited by the consumer are called _________.

A)modified control limits.
B)natural control limits.
C)specified control limits.
D)artificial control limits.

Question 22

Sampling inspection procedure by variables as compared to by attributes is _______.

A)more prevalent.
B)non- practiced.
C)less prevalent.
D)practiced.

Question 23

The decision about the lot under sampling inspection procedures can be of ______ types.

A)one.
B)two.
C)three.
D)four.

Question 24

The expected sample size required to arrive at a decision about the lot is called_______.

A)random variable.
B)average sample number.
C)random design.
D)average sample size.

Question 25

A control chart based on known parameter values is_________.

A)more advantageous than the one based on estimated values.
B)complicated than that of control chart based on estimated values .
C)less reliable than the control chart based on estimated values.
D)less reliable than the control chart based on calculated values.