MGT613 Quiz 3 by HB

Q1. Identify the time span covered by aggregate planning.

1. 3-7 months
2. 2-10 months
3. 2-12 months
4. 4-8 months

Q2. Maintaining quality is the responsibility of ______ in the organization.

1. Everyone
2. Quality Control Department
3. Operations Department
4. Top Management

Q3. According to Total Quality Management approach, ____________ is responsible for process design.

1. Design department
2. Research and Development department
3. Operations department
4. Logistic department

Q4. XYZ organization is ISO 9000 certified. It now requires a plan to improve performance in resource use and pollutant output. For this, the organization requires certification of __________.

1. ISO 9004
2. ISO 14000
3. None of the above
4. ISO 9003

Q5. Which of the following depicts the overall production rate and size of the workforce required to meet the demand?

1. Master production schedule
2. Aggregate plan
3. Master requirements plan
4. Capacity requirements plan

Q6. In TQM, appearance, style, durability, reliability, craftsmanship and serviceability comes under which determinant of quality?

1. Quality of conformance
2. Quality of design
3. Quality of fitness for use
4. Quality of service after delivery

Q7. Which of the following is TRUE about a periodic review?

1. Ordering inventory to supplier as per requirement
2. Ordering inventory at a fixed and regular time interval
3. Ordering inventory at a predetermined re-order level
4. Ordering inventory when it falls below the safety stock level

Q8. Seagate, a disk driver manufacturer advertises that its high performance disk drivers have a mean time failure of 1.2 million hours. If the disk lived upto that claim, it would come under which TQM customer driven dimension of quality?

1. Conformance to specification
2. Quality in design
3. Value
4. Fitness for use

Q9. External failure cost also includes:

1. Litigation costs
2. Rework costs
3. Employee training costs
4. Process redesigning costs

Q10. Partially completed units within a production system are known as:

1. Safety stock
2. Units-in-order
3. Economic order quantity
4. Work-in-process

Q11. Which one of the following statements relates to the final stage of product life cycle?

1. Improved reliability, and reduced promotion costs
2. Improved reliability, and reduced quality
3. Improved packaging, and reliability
4. Improved reliability, and reduced production costs

Q12. The frequency of capacity choice decisions is influenced by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

1. Cost factor
2. Stability of demand
3. Technological changes
4. Competitive forces

Q13. Which one of the following refers to the maximum output that a firm can produce under ideal conditions?

1. Effective capacity
2. Capacity planning
3. Design capacity
4. Utilization rate

Q14. Which one of the following is the most significant disadvantage of standardization?

1. Customized parts
2. Interchangeable parts
3. Reduced variety
4. Frozen designs

Q15. Which one of the following represents a use of cost-volume analysis?

1. It is a tool for reliability measurement
2. It helps in identification of cost related to production
3. It is important in product design
4. It provides a base for marketing research

Q16. The type of processing structure that is used for producing discrete products at higher volume is:

1. Batch
2. Continuous Flow
3. Job Shop
4. Assembly Line

Q17. Which one of the following mathematical expressions can be used to compute availability?

1. (MTBF)/ (MTBF+MTR)
2. MTR)/ (MTBF-MTR)
3. (MTBF)/ (MTBF-MTR)
4. (MTR)/ (MTBF+MTR)

Q18. The process selection should take into account all of the following EXCEPT:

1. Design of work systems
2. Production forecasts
3. Selection of technology
4. Capacity planning

Q19. Which one of the following refers to the volume of output at which total cost equals total revenue?

1. Optimal operating rate
2. Feasible volume
3. Break even point
4. Utilization

Q20. OSHA stands for: which one of the following?

1. Occupational Science Hygiene Administration
2. Occupational Safety Hygiene Administration
3. Occupational Stock Hygiene Administration
4. Occupational Safety Hygiene Agency