Operations Management Test One

Front 1

Production and operations management concepts and techniques are limited to manufacturing organizations

Back 1

False

Front 2

All production activities should start with the market place-- what the customer values

Back 2

True

Front 3

POM interacts with most other management systems within an organization

Back 3

True

Front 4

The first decision in creating a production system is defining the process technology

Back 4

False

Front 5

The choice of type of production process is typically made according to production volume

Back 5

False

Front 6

The volume of production is higher for assembly than job processing

Back 6

True

Front 7

The level of fixed cost is higher for continuous than job shop processing

Back 7

True

Front 8

The use of specialized equipment is less for continuous processing than batch processing

Back 8

False

Front 9

The level of automation is greater for job shop than project shop

Back 9

False

Front 10

As production processes evolve from batch to continuous flow, the product line narrows

Back 10

True

Front 11

As production processes evolve from batch to continuous flow, cost per unit decreases

Back 11

True

Front 12

The primary advantage of CIM is in the integration of if its coponent technologies

Back 12

True

Front 13

Product design and process selection is generally less formalized in services than in manufacturing

Back 13

True

Front 14

Desgin capacity refers to the amount that a company can produce under normal operating conditions

Back 14

True

Front 15

Economy of scale is minimized when a firm achieves the best operating level

Back 15

False

Front 16

The best operating level occurs at the peak of the average cost curve

Back 16

False

Front 17

The CRAFT layout program will always yeild an optimal solution

Back 17

False

Front 18

According to Japanese Management, the top priority of production lines is the line balance

Back 18

False

Front 19

Facility location refers to the site selection of the plant/ service branch

Back 19

True

Front 20

Definition of productivity

Back 20

Ratio of output/Input

Front 21

Process used to produce gasoline and petroleum

Back 21

Continuous Processing

Front 22

Process used to produce electronic components

Back 22

Assembly line

Front 23

Process used to produce a refrigerator

Back 23

Batch Process

Front 24

Process used to produce custom clothing

Back 24

Assembly line

Front 25

M in FMS stands for

Back 25

Manufacturing

Front 26

Designs concerning the nature of the processing system, the equipment to be used, and the routing of the product refer to the concept of

Back 26

Process Selection

Front 27

CIM is

Back 27

(1) a method used to increase flexibility
(2) a method which automates & integrates design, planning, control, and manufacturing itself
(3) an automated version of the generic manufacturing process

Front 28

CAD increases flexibility through

Back 28

Simplification of the design process and reduction of design leadtime

Front 29

FMS attempt to

Back 29

achieve the low cost of a mass production environment

Front 30

Method used in location analysis

Back 30

All
(1) transportation model
(2) solution heuristics
(3) factor rating

Front 31

Layout Design inputs are

Back 31

(1) estimation of product or service demand on the system
(2) processing requirements
(3) space availability within the facility itself

Front 32

Not a mark of a good plant layout

Back 32

bottleneck operations

Front 33

AKA process layout

Back 33

Functional Layout

Front 34

AKA Flow line layout

Back 34

Product layout

Front 35

Compute the required cycle time for a process that operates 8hrs daily with a required output of 300 units per day

Back 35

480/300
1.6mins

Front 36

When balancing an assembly line it is sometimes very hard in

Back 36

establishing rules by which taks are to be assigned to work stations

Front 37

Compute the required cycle time for a company which operates two identical production lines for 7.5hrs a day with a demand of 16,225 items per week

Back 37

450/3245
.1387 mins