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This set of Operations Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Operations Management Set 5

Q1 | In ---------type of organization, workers receive instructions from variousspecialists.
  • line
  • functional
  • informal
  • none
Q2 | ……………………..is an organized creative approach which has its objective, the efficient identification of unnecessary cost—cost which providesneither quality nor use nor life nor appearance nor customer features.
  • money chain
  • value analysis
  • supply chain
  • none of these
Q3 | ………………..are those materials and equipment’s which have noimmediate use but have accumulated due to faulty planning, forecasting and purchasing.
  • surplus items
  • deficit items
  • (a) and (b)
  • none of these
Q4 | …………………………………. is a recording technique for micro motionstudy.
  • simultaneous motion cycle chart
  • simultaneous master cycle chart
  • (a) and (b)
  • none of these
Q5 | ……………….is a priority rule that gives top priority to the waiting jobwhose operation time at a work center is shortest.
  • material shortage
  • shortest-processing-time rule
  • (a) and (b)
  • none of these
Q6 | …………………….is the process of testing the feasibility of masterproduction schedules in terms of capacity.
  • rough-cut capacity planning
  • manpower planning
  • financial planning
  • all of these
Q7 | ………………….involves theactivities relating to procuring materials andsupplies consumed during production
  • selling
  • pricing
  • purchasing
  • distributing
Q8 | The risk or probability of incorrectly concluding that the conversionprocess is out of control.
  • type 1 error
  • type 2 errors
  • (a) and (b)
  • none of these
Q9 | Operation process chart is also called as…………………………..
  • online chart
  • outline process chart
  • (a) and (b)
  • none of these
Q10 | It is a chart where activities of more than subject (worker or equipment)are each recorded on a common time scale to show their inter-relationship.
  • single activity chart
  • multiple activity charts
  • charting
  • none of these
Q11 | …………is an assigning job to work centres without considering the workcentre’s capacity
  • infinite loading
  • finite loading
  • (a) and (b)
  • none of these
Q12 | ………………………is the analysis and comparisons of items to group theminto families with similar characteristics
  • mass technology
  • group technology
  • independent technology
  • none of these
Q13 | ……………………is one that is capable of producing a variety of products (or parts) with virtually no time lost for changeovers form one product to the next.
  • a flexible automated system
  • a fixed automated system
  • (a) and(b)
  • none of these
Q14 | Fixed position layout is also called as…………………. of layout
  • project type
  • product type
  • (a) and(b)
  • none of these
Q15 | is an information management system that connects all departments anddisciplines within a company making them an integrated unit.
  • enterprise asset management
  • entrepreneurship development
  • manpower planning
  • none of these
Q16 | ………………………is a Computer software programs that allow a designerto carry out geometric transformations rapidly.
  • tally
  • computer-aided design
  • (a) and(b)
  • none of these
Q17 | ……………..is the arrangement of a facility so that equipment used to makesimilar parts or families of parts is grouped together.
  • ) cellular layout
  • product lay out
  • (a) and (b)
  • none of these
Q18 | ……………is a graphical and algebraic representation of the relationshipsamong volume of output, cost, and revenues.
  • break mechanism
  • break-even analysis
  • fixed analysis
  • none of these
Q19 | ……………...is a technology concerned with the application of mechanical,electronic, and computer based systems to operate and control production
  • automation
  • manpower
  • motivation
  • supervision
Q20 | Specialization of labour in manufacturing is associated with
  • henry fayol
  • eli whitney & others
  • charles babbage
  • frederick w.taylor
Q21 | Interchangeable parts, cost accounting is associated with
  • adam smith
  • eli whitney & others
  • charles babbage
  • frederick w.taylor
Q22 | Division of labour by skill; assignment of jobs by Skill; basics of timestudy are contributed by
  • adam smith
  • eli whitney & others
  • charles babbage
  • frederick w.taylor
Q23 | Scientific management, time study and work study are associated with
  • adam smith
  • eli whitney & others
  • charles babbage
  • frederick w.taylor
Q24 | Motion of study of jobs in production management is contributed by
  • frank b. gilbreth
  • henry l. gantt
  • f.w. harris
  • elton mayo
Q25 | Scheduling techniques for employees, machines Jobs in manufacturingare associated with
  • frank b. gilbreth
  • henry l. gantt
  • f.w. harris
  • elton mayo