OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT mcq 2

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MCQ FOR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

The recent trend in the Production/Operations management which suggests the use of minimal amount of resources to produce a high volume of high quality goods with some variety is referred to as:
- SCM
- TQM
- Lean Production
- Just-In-Time

Effective capacity can NOT be determined by which of the following factors?
- Product design and product-mix
- Quantity and quality capabilities
- Facilities
- None of the above

In which of the following stages the management should try to change its approach by changing its strategy from “buy my product” to “try my product”?
- Introduction
- Growth
- Maturity
- Decline

Conducting occasional check-ups of the products manufactured or assembled to ensure high quality of the production is known as:
- Planning
- Scheduling
- Inspection
- Routing

Which one of the following standards is associated with the “Quality Assurance in Final Inspection Test”?
- ISO 9001
- ISO 9002
- ISO 9003
- ISO 9004

With reference to project management, identify which of the following statement is NOT correct?
- Gantt chart is a principal tool used in scheduling and also in some methods of loading.
- Routing is the first step in the production planning.
- The cost of any activity is proportional to its time of completion.
- The free float can be calculated by subtracting EFT from EST.

Identify which one of the following statement is NOT correct?
- Preventing maintenance includes lubrication, cleaning, periodic overhaul, etc.
- The two types of cost-cost of premature replacement and cost of breakdown- need to be balanced.
- Wear and obsolescence are the two main causes of replacement of machinery in every aspect of life.
- A machine is technically obsolete when another machine can do the same job more efficiently with reduced time and also at a lower cost.

To determine where the plant should be located for maximum operating economy and effectiveness, refers to which one of the following?
- Plant layout
- Facility location
- Capacity planning
- Capacity requirement

Which of the following models deals with the physical movement of goods from different supply origins to a number of different demand destinations?
- Simulation
- Transportation
- Lean operations
- Line balancing

One of the objectives of maintenance is:
- to prevent obsolescence.
- to ensure spare parts management.
- to satisfy customers.
- to extend the useful life of Plant & Machinery without sacrificing the level of performance

Which one of the following recent trends in Production/Operations management involves drastic measures or break through improvements to improve the performance of a firm?
- Corporate Downsizing
- Re-Engineering
- Technology
- TQM

Which of the following process types is used when a very highly standardized product is desired in high volumes?
- Repetitive Process
- Batch Process
- Project Process
- Continuous Process

Which of the following aims at finding the best and most efficient way of using the available resources—men, materials, money and machinery?
- Method Study
- Work Study
- Time Study
- Motion Study

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
- LFT is calculated from the LFT of the head event.
- Slack can be calculated by adding EFT and LFT of any job.
- EFT is the sum of the EST and the time of duration for any event.
- The Total Project time is the shortest possible time required in completing the project.

Which one of the following is NOT the advantage of Preventive Maintenance?
- Better product quality
- Greater safety to workers
- Increased breakdowns and downtime
- Fewer large-scale repairs

Which one of the following establishes time sequence of operations?
- Routing
- Sequencing
- Scheduling
- Dispatching

With reference to Aggregate Planning, identify which of the following statements is NOT correct?
- It is an Intermediate-term planning.
- It is made operational through a master schedule, which gives the manufacturing schedule.
- Facility planning and scheduling are closely related with the aggregate planning.
- It deals with the strategic decisions, such as purchase of facilities, introduction of new products, processes, etc.

In route sheet or operation layout, one has to show
- A list of materials to be used.
- A list of machine tools to be used.
- Every work center and the operation to be done at that work center.
- The cost of product.

Conversion of inputs into outputs is known as
- Application of technology
- Manufacturing products
- Product
- Operation management

Which of the following is NOT the Plant Layout Principle?
- Principle of sequence
- Principle of usage
- Principle of maximum travel
- Principle of minimum investment

Which one of the following standards is associated with the “Quality Management and Quality System Elements-Guidelines”?
- ISO 9001
- ISO 9002
- ISO 9003
- ISO 9004

In a network diagram, the activity that must be completed prior to the start of an activity is called as
- Successor activity
- Predecessor activity
- Concurrent activity
- Dummy activity

Identify which one of the following is NOT the objective of the maintenance:
- To keep all production facilities and allied facilities in an optimum working condition.
- To ensure specified accuracy to products and time schedule of delivery to customers.
- To keep the down time of the machine at the maximum.
- To keep the production cycle within the stipulated range.

With reference to the characteristics of a good product design, which one of the following is referred to “the ease of manufacture with minimum cost”?
- Reliability
- Productibility
- Specification
- Simplification

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