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This set of Industrial Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Industrial Engineering Set 5
Q1 | Under which incentive plan, the minimum wages are guaranteed?
- Rowan plan
- Emerson's efficiency plan
- Bedaux plan
- All of the above
- None of the above
Q2 | A dealer sells a set of tools for Rs. 900 which is 80% more than he paid for it. At what price must he sell the same set to make 120% on the cost?
- Rs. 1100
- Rs. 1300
- Rs. 1200
- Rs. 1000
- Rs. 900
Q3 | Which of the following is not a welfare measure in a factory?
- Apprenticeship
- Provision of cold water in summer
- Canteen
- Provision of housing
- Apprenticeship training
Q4 | GERT is a
- computerised PERT chart
- technique which deals with the probability of a realisation of the activity
- technique which has become obsolete now
- None of the above
- None of the above
Q5 | Who is responsible for an organisation's training and development
- Top line management
- Personnel help
- Fellow employees (senior)
- Supervisors
- All of the above
Q6 | The use of CPM lies in
- taking corrective measures
- scheduling and controlling the project
- planning and controlling the most logical sequence of operations
- None of the above
- Supply and demand conditions
Q7 | For manufacturing firm
- average costs will rise as output reaches a certain level - then they will begin to fall
- total costs will rise as output reaches a certain level - then they will begin to fall
- marginal costs will rise as output reaches certain level - then they will begin to fall
- average costs will fall as output reaches a certain level - then they will begin to rise
- None of the above
Q8 | Among the following which is the best example of a short term capital gain?
- A motor-cycle sold at a marginal loss within a year of its purchase
- A house held by a real estate dealer for sale, the value of which has increased before purchase
- A pleasure car sold for more than what was paid for it within 4 months of the purchase
- A gift which is resold within six months of receipt
- None of the above
Q9 | UNI standards are followed in
- Indonesia
- Italy
- France
- India
- America
Q10 | Standard followed in Germany are known as
- ISI standards
- GOST standards
- ASTM standards
- DIN standards
- UNI standards
Q11 | Negative slack occurs when
- dummy activities do not exist
- dummy activities are large in number
- events stick to their schedule
- deficiency of resources occurs
- None of the above
Q12 | MIS stands for
- Multiple individual skills
- Manufacturing industrial service
- Mutual inventory supplies
- Management information system
- Mass interviewing and selection
Q13 | Critical path method is good for
- small projects only
- large projects only
- both small and large projects equally
- None of the above
- Supply and demand conditions
Q14 | Group organisational climate
- Guarantees productivity
- Affects the efficiency of the operation
- Can be precisely measured
- Is prohibitively expensive in a small company
- All of the above
Q15 | Which of the following is a parallel activity?
- Wall construction and carpentary work of doors
- digging of foundation and construction of a well
- completion of flooring and plastering of walls
- completing first floor and starting second floor construction
- None of the above
Q16 | Which of the following is not an incentive plan
- Taylor, 100% incentive plan
- Rowan plan
- Standard plan
- Gantt plan
- Halsey plan
Q17 | Which one of the following is generally not the result of a good layout of an industrial plant?
- Better service to customers
- Better quality of product
- Increased wages
- Easier maintenance
- Reduced capital investment
Q18 | A bear marker is known as
- A market of high demand
- A stock market when prices are going up
- A stock market when prices ae going down
- A soft drinks market
- A market dealing in liquor
Q19 | If the life of high speed steel tools is taken as 100% the life of cemented carbide tools will be
- 300 to 1000 percent
- 30 to 50 percent
- 100 to 150 percent
- 50 to 20 percent
- 80 to 130 percent
Q20 | A manufacturer in Tamilnadu sells his goods in Madras. Which tax is applicable on his goods?
- Central sales tax
- State sales tax
- State excise duty
- Central excise duty
- None of the above
Q21 | Who among the following was least associated with fundamental work on time and motion study?
- L.M. Gilbrath
- F.W.Taylor
- F.B.Gilbrath
- Prof.J.K.Gailbreth
- None of the above
Q22 | If the upper and lower control limits are within the allowable width, but are widely separated from them, it can be concluded that
- control is good but limits need to be re-established
- the sampling plan needs revision
- A cheaper and less precise machine might be used
- control is excellent and no action is needed
- None of the above
Q23 | Which of the following statement regarding PERT is incorrect?
- It establishes the sequence and the relationship between significant programmes events
- It is statistical technique which makes decisions
- It points out slippages before the fact happens and its impact on others
- It helps to formulate new schedules when the existing schedule cannot be met.
- None of the above
Q24 | Bar charts are considered to be suitable for
- minor works
- major works
- dam construction
- large projects
- None of the above
Q25 | Choose the wrong statement in respect of value engineering.
- Value engineering is applied to products which will be produced in future.
- Value analysis is applied to products already in production
- Supply and demand conditions
- Cost is calculated item wise
- Value engineering deals with improoving quality/performance to satisfy customer.