MGT613 Final Term Past Papers 2011 by Wajid

FINALTERM EXAMINATION · Spring 2011 · MGT613- Production / Operations Management (Session - 4) · Time: 90 min

Q1. As a project manager, your project has become lengthy enough and you have to spend more money to complete it quickly within time constraints, the activity is known as: (1 marks)

1. Rectifying time estimation
2. Project scope creeping
3. Project crashing
4. Project risk management

Correct answer: Project crashing

Ref: Crashing a project involves paying more money to complete a project more quickly.

Q2. Which of the following refers to the inherent variability in a process? (1 marks)

1. Control limits
2. Process capability
3. Chance causes of variation
4. Assignable causes of variation

Correct answer: Process capability

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Q3. Which of the following are the priorities emphasized most often in JIT system? (1 marks)

1. High quality and minimal wastage
2. Low cost and consistent quality
3. Low inventory and consistent material supply
4. Low cost and low inventory

Correct answer: High quality and minimal wastage

Ref: Lean Manufacturing: is a management philosophy focusing on reduction of the seven wastes. By eliminating waste (muda), quality is improved, production time is reduced and cost is reduced.

Q4. Identify the correct sequence of steps in Deming wheel. (1 marks)

1. Plan, Do, Check, Act
2. Plan, Check, Do, Act
3. Plan, Do, Act, Check
4. Plan, Act, Do, Check

Correct answer: Plan, Do, Check, Act

Q5. vuzs ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is a type of kanban that authorizes the production of goods?

1. Supplier kanban
2. Material kanban
3. Withdrawal kanban
4. Production kanban

Correct answer: Production kanban

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Q6. Product life cycle is based on which of the following components? (1 marks)

1. Price
2. Place
3. Demand
4. Supply

Correct answer: Demand

Q7. What would be the availability if a carpenter is expected to be able to operate for 300 hours between repairs, and the mean repair time is expected to be 2 hours? (1 marks)

1. 6.02
2. 2.0
3. 0.99
4. 0.006

Correct answer: 0.99

Calculation: Availability = (MTBF)/(MTBF + MTR) MTBF = mean time between failure = 300 MTR = mean time repair =2 hours = (300)/(300+2)

=0.993

Q8. What would be the productivity if a machine produced 50 units in 3 hours? (1 marks)

1. 0.066 units per hr
2. 16.66 units per hr
3. 6.766 units per hr
4. 60.66 units per hr

Correct answer: 16.66 units per hr

Calculation: Productivity = 50/3 =16.66

Q9. Which of the following defines inventory turnover? (1 marks)

1. A ratio of cost of goods sold to the average inventory
2. A ratio of work in process to the average inventory
3. A ratio of cost of carrying cost to the average inventory
4. A ratio of cost of assets to the average inventory

Correct answer: A ratio of cost of goods sold to the average inventory

Q10. Which one the following is an assumption of center of gravity method? (1 marks)

1. The quantity to be shipped is variable
2. The quantity to be shipped is fixed
3. The quantity carries no value
4. The quantity to be shipped should be extraordinarily high

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Q11. The quality guru Kaoru Ishikawa is famous for: (1 marks)

1. Statistical quality control
2. Fishbone diagram
3. Zero defects
4. Cost of quality

Correct answer: Fishbone diagram

Q12. Identify the dimension of quality that relates to the expected operational life of a product. (1 marks)

1. Durability
2. Performance
3. Serviceability
4. Reliability

Correct answer: Durability

Q13. Which one of the following forecasting techniques is used to identify a trend when data is neither growing nor declining rapidly and has no seasonal characteristics? (1 marks)

1. Simple moving average
2. Delphi method
3. Trend adjusted forecast
4. Naïve forecast

Correct answer: Simple moving average