MGT613 Midterm MCQs 2009

Paper 1 · MIDTERM EXAMINATION · Spring 2009 · MGT613- Production / Operations Management (Session - 1)

Q1. Which ONE of the following statements correctly explains the role of operation's manager? (1 marks)

To coordinate the activities between marketing and finance department To sustain, protect and project the company's long term strategies To develop organizational strategy that reflects the operational strategy To sustain, protect and project the company’s operation/production side . (page 1)Whether profit or non profit, the role of an OPERATIONS MANAGER is to sustain, protect, and project the company’s operations side.

Q2. What would be the productivity if a machine produced 50 units in 3 hours? (1 marks)

1. 066 units per hr

16.66 units per hr

6. 766 units per hr
7. 66 units per hr

50 /3 = 16.66

Q3. Operations manager is responsible for all of the following EXCEPT: Forecasting (1 marks)

Capacity planning Inventory management

Distributing organizations’ goods

Operations Managers job responsibility includes but is not limited to (page 3) Ø Forecasting

Ø Capacity planning · Ø Scheduling · Inventory Management · Ø Quality Assurance and Control · Ø Motivating employees · Ø Deciding where to locate facilities

Q4. Which one of the following formulae can be used to compute value? (Quality + Speed – Flexibility) / Cost (1 marks)

(Quality + Speed+ Flexibility) / Cost

(Quality + Speed - Cost) / Flexibility (Quality + Speed+ Cost) / Flexibility

Q5. Which one the following formula or function can be used to measure the performance? (1 marks)

Flexibility + profit+ operations Work + profit + value

Quality + speed + flexibility

Profit + Incentives + standards

Q6. Organizational strategies relate to which of the following sets of factors? (1 marks)

Survival, profitability, growth rate and market share

Profitability, survival, leads times and target market Quality, operating resources, growth rate and market share Scheduling, profitability, lead times and survival