2. ___________ dimensions of business definition specify what activities are to be
undertaken to produce and deliver products/services.
Correct : B. technology dimension.
3. The __________ approach considers only the immediate future.
Correct : D. tactical approach.
4. The functions of ___________ are not quite related to strategic management.
Correct : A. board of directors
5. Corporate planning staff functions in __________ capacity.
Correct : B. staff.
6. ___________ formulates long term plans for the organization.
Correct : C. chief executives.
7. The legal functions that board of directors of any company are described in
_______.
Correct : D. indian companies act.
8. _____________ attempts to provide an understanding about the objectives that a
firm is set out to achieve.
Correct : B. strategic intent.
9. ___________ function develops a physical relationship between inputs and outputs.
Correct : A. production.
10. ___________ is the ratio of available goods and services to the potential resources
of the community or the country.
Correct : A. purchasing power.
11. ___________ is the third step in the production planning and control.
Correct : D. dispatching.
12. __________ in the production planning and control is checking of work and taking
corrective steps to ensure that each piece of work is completed at the right time.
Correct : A. expediting.
13. Production planning starts with ____________.
Correct : B. routing.
14. A production system uses __________ to perform inputs into some desired output.
Correct : D. operations resources.
15. The therblig symbol used for micro motion of "release' is _______________.
Correct : C. rl.
16. The products that are made correctly and customized to consumer needs are called
__________.
Correct : B. essential products.
17. The ability to rapidly increase or decrease production levels or shift production
capacity quickly from one product or service to another is called____________.
Correct : C. capacity flexibility.
18. Automation version of the generic manufacturing process, where in the three
manufacturing functions are replaced by the automated technologies is called _______.
Correct : A. automated materials handling system.
19. In double sampling plan, there is a ________ percent saving is sampling inspection
as compared to single sampling plan.
Correct : D. 25-33.
20. To ensure that the proportion of defective items in the manufactured product is not
beyond certain limits is called ______.
Correct : A. process control.
21. The control limits delimited by the consumer are called _________.
Correct : B. natural control limits.
22. Sampling inspection procedure by variables as compared to by attributes is
_______.
Correct : C. less prevalent.
23. The decision about the lot under sampling inspection procedures can be of ______
types.
Correct : B. two.
24. The expected sample size required to arrive at a decision about the lot is
called_______.
Correct : B. average sample number.
25. A control chart based on known parameter values is_________.
Correct : A. more advantageous than the one based on estimated values.
26. A sequential sampling plan is ________.
Correct : C. a process in which sampling terminates with probability one .
27. The decision in a sequential sampling scheme is taken ______.
Correct : B. after selection and inspection of items one by one.
28. The symbol of rectangle shape represents the process of ________ in the process
analysis.
Correct : C. inspection
29. _________ is considered as the "essence of management".
Correct : A. co-ordination.
30. ______ is a vital aspect of the managerial process.
Correct : B. communication.
31. Due to availability of ___________, quality of the products produced by the
manufacturers remains same.
Correct : A. technology.
32. Congestion is more in ________ layout.
Correct : A. process.
33. Idle time is more in _________layout.
Correct : B. fixed.
34. Supervision required is more in ______ manufacturing system.
Correct : D. job shop.
35. Preparing the maintenance schedule of machineries becomes difficult in
___________ manufacturing system.
Correct : A. continuous.
36. Maintenance cost is more in _____________manufacturing system.
Correct : A. continuous.
37. Routing and scheduling is difficult in this_________ manufacturing system.
Correct : D. job shop.
38. Chances of accidents are more in ________ manufacturing system.
Correct : B. intermittent.
39. Production cost is less in __________manufacturing system.
Correct : A. continuous.
40. Which of the following functions is not a core function of an organization?
Correct : C. the accounting and finance function.
41. which is not a part of 5R's of buying?
Correct : D. none of the above.
42. __________ is a process of planning and regulating the operation of that part of
an enterprise which is responsible for actual transformation of materials into finished
products.
Correct : D. production management.
43. Operations management is applicable ________________.
Correct : D. to manufacturing and service sectors.
44. Walter Shewhart is listed among the important people of operations management
because of his contributions to ____________.
Correct : D. statistical quality control.
45. Who among the following is associated with contributions to quality control in
operations management?
Correct : D. w. edwards deming.
46. The five elements in the management process are ___________.
Correct : D. plan, lead, organize, manage, and control .
47. In _______layout , the facilities are clubbed together so as to form a cell.
Correct : C. cellular.
48. The first activity of purchasing cycle is _________.
Correct : C. recognizing the need for procurement.
49. Budgeting, paying the bills, and collection of funds are activities associated with
the _________________.
Correct : C. finance/accounting function.
50. Current trends in operations management include all of the following except
______.
Correct : D. mass production.
51. Capacity decisions have a direct influence on performance of production system
in respect of ________
Correct : A. delivery performance
52. Productivity measurement is complicated by _____________.
Correct : B. the fact that precise units of measure are often unavailable .
53. The total of all outputs produced by the transformation process divided by the
total of the inputs is __________.
Correct : D. multi-factor productivity .
54. Which of the following inputs has the greatest potential to increase productivity?
Correct : C. management .
55. Productivity can be improved by __________.
Correct : D. decreasing inputs while holding outputs steady .
56. The service sector has lower productivity improvements than the manufacturing
sector because ___________.
Correct : C. services usually are labor intensive .
57. Productivity tends to be more difficult to improve in the service sector because the
work is _________________.
Correct : C. frequently individually processed and customised.
58. ________family is primarily concerned with quality management.
Correct : C. iso 9000.
59. Select the odd one which is not the required document for the ISO certificate?
Correct : D. contract review.
60. _________is carried out to verify whether a quality system is effective and
suitable.
Correct : A. quality audit.
61. Performance appraisal is also known as ______.
Correct : A. merit rating.
62. Select the odd one which is not the dimension of quality?
Correct : D. reassurance.
63. Supplier rating system is also referred to as a _________used to obtain an over all
rating of suppliers performance.
Correct : A. score card system.
64. The term muda in TQM refers to ______ classes of waste.
Correct : B. seven.
65. RPN in total quality management denotes _______.
Correct : A. risk priority number.
66. A _____________ is something which is offered to customers to satisfy their
needs or wants.
Correct : D. product.
67. Production is the process by which raw materials and other inputs are converted in
to ______________.
Correct : A. finished product.
68. Production is the process by which raw materials and other inputs are converted in
Ato ______________.