Industrial Engineering Set 5

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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.