Production Management and Industrial Engineering - Mechanical Engineering test

Production Management and Industrial Engineering - Mechanical Engineering test

1) Job Evaluation determines which of the following?

a) Contribution of worker
b) Skills required by a worker
c) Effectiveness of various alternatives
d) Relative worth of jobs

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2) ABC analysis deals with

a) Flow of materials
b) Ordering schedule of job
c) Controlling inventory cost money
d) All of the above

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3) Work study comprises

a) Method study and time study
b) Method study and job evaluation
c) Method study and work measurement
d) Value analysis and work measurement

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4) The time by which activity completion time can be delayed without affecting the start of succeeding activities is known as

a) Duration
b) Free float
c) Total float
d) None of these

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5) A Gantt chart provides information about

a) Material handling
b) Production schedule
c) Proper utilization of man power
d) All of the above

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6) CPM and PERT are

a) Techniques to determine project status
b) Aids to decision maker
c) Decision making techniques
d) All of the above

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7) The difference between CPM and PERT is

a) PERT deals with events while CPM with activities
b) PERT is used in workshops while CPM in plants
c) Guessed times are used in PERT while evaluated times in CPM
d) All of the above

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8) The disadvantage of ‘Product Layout’ is

a) Costly and complex production control
b) High inspection cost
c) High initial investment for the specialised facilities
d) None of these

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9) The critical path of a network represent

a) Maximum time required for completion of project
b) Minimum time required for completion of project
c) Minimum cost required for the completion of project
d) Maximum cost required for the completion of project

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10) Salvaging means

a) Mortgaging property
b) Writing off the assets
c) Adjusting losses against assets
d) Disposing off property which is no longer useful in present situation

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11) Micromotion study is

a) The motion study observed after fixed interval of time
b) The motion study of a sequence of operations conducted systematically
c) The analysis of working of men and methods by using a motion picture camera with a timing device in the field of view
d) The scientific, analytical procedure for establishing the standard work method

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12) The main advantage of PERT over Gantt chart is

a) Time of every activity is clear
b) Activities and events are clearly shown
c) Early start and late finish of activities are clearly marked
d) Inter-relationship among activities is clearly shown

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13) Which among the following statements does not satisfy the characteristics of managerial economics?

a) It avoids abstract issues of economics
b) It belongs to positive attitudes
c) It is less descriptive and more perspective
d) It uses the concept of theory of form

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14) Which of the following is not the main function of financial management?

a) To recruit personnel for the firm
b) To act as a coordinator in different sections of the industry
c) To ensure financial soundness of the firm
d) To organise financial activities of industry

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15) For which of the following is queuing theory used?

a) Inventory control
b) Job shop scheduling
c) Traffic congestion studies
d) All of the above

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16) Which of the following does not fulfil the aim of a ‘system'?

a) Finishing the task efficiently
b) To quickly achieve goals
c) To provide systematic approach
d) Unorganised approach for solving problems

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17) Standard time is defined as

a) Normal time of operation
b) Sum of normal time and idle time
c) Sum of normal time and allowances
d) Sum of normal time, idle time and allowances

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18) Time study is concerned with

a) Machine setting time
b) Time taken by a worker to do a job
c) Appraisal in terms of time, of the value of work involving human effort
d) Method for fixing operation time of workers

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19) Regarding ‘Break-even point’, which of the following statements is incorrect?

a) It helps in finding out the extent of reduction of price
b) It helps in taking purchase decisions
c) It helps in taking production decisions
d) It helps in simulation study of various parameters of profit performance

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20) For which of the following reasons is ‘value analysis’ carried out?

a) To use new and costly material
b) To increase the cost of product after reviewing different production aspects
c) To reduce the cost of product without reducing liability and reliability
d) To produce costlier goods with higher utility

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21) In inventory control, what do you mean by economic order quantity?

a) Highest level of inventory
b) Lowest level of inventory
c) Optimum lot size
d) Lot corresponding to break-even point

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22) In PERT/CPM, the critical path is obtained by joining the events having

a) Minimum slack
b) Maximum slack
c) Average slack
d) No slack

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23) The advantage of floor inspection is

a) The defects of job are known before it is completed
b) It involves more material handling
c) The production control becomes easy
d) The production errors are detected at the start itself

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24) What do you mean by first piece inspection?

a) Indirect material testing
b) Inspection during manufacture
c) Direct material testing
d) Inspection before start of regular production

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25) OC curves are used for the selection lots by

a) Variables
b) Attributes
c) Variables and attributes
d) Random

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26) In PERT analysis, optimistic time is

a) Time which was the highest probability of occurrence
b) Minimum time in which an activity can be accomplished
c) Maximum time required to complete an activity
d) Average time required to complete an activity

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27) Negative slack occurs

a) When activities lie on critical path
b) When there is deficiency of resources
c) When events stick to their schedule
d) When dummy activities are large in number

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28) Which among the following is a basic tool in work measurement?

a) SIMO chart
b) Bar chart
c) Stop watch
d) Process chart

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29) ‘Break-even analysis’ is associated with which of the following?

a) Formulation of better incentive scheme
b) Compact estimate of material handling to be done between various work station
c) Synthesis of alternate methods of achieving the desired objective
d) Fixation of sales volume to earn a given profit

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30) What is the use of ‘bin cards’?

a) To keep record of manpower
b) To keep record of material storage
c) To keep record of entry/exit time of workers
d) To keep record of machine utilization

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