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Marks: Closed Book Examination
Marks: Closed Book Examination
Year 2010-2011
Student Number .
Operations Management
Time Allowed
2.00 hours
Exam No
Venue
Weighted
100%
Examiner
Roy Edwards
Session
2010-11
Marks
First Marker
Instructions to candidates:
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Second Marker
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Section A
= 54%
= 6%
Section B
= 40%
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B) Flexitime
C) Overtime
D) Personal time
In this example, the correct answer is B) Flexitime and should be indicated as:
A
Question
1
Mark
If you wish to change your answer, the original answer must be clearly crossed
out so that the desired answer is absolutely clear. If there is any doubt as to
your desired answer, that response will receive no marks.
Note: In questions where the word NOT is emphasised, the correct answer
is the statement that is not true in the given context. This is often most easily
found by first identifying the true statements.
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Year 2010-2011
Level 2
Question 1
Question 18
Question 2
Question 19
Question 3
Question 20
Question 4
Question 21
Question 5
Question 22
Question 6
Question 23
Question 7
Question 24
Question 8
Question 25
Question 9
Question 26
Question 10
Question 27
Question 11
Question 12
Score @ 2% each
Yes / No Questions
Question 13
Question 14
Question 28
Question 15
Question 29
Question 16
Question 30
Question 17
Question 31
Question 32
Question 33
Score @ 1% each
TOTAL SCORE
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Mark
Year 2010-2011
RESIT Operations Management MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST SECTION
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B)
C)
D)
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B)
C)
D)
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B)
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6
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A)
B)
C)
D)
8
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B)
C)
D)
9
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B)
C)
D)
10
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D)
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B)
C)
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13
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C)
D)
One or more stages in the operation cannot supply all the items it
produces simultaneously
Material cannot be transported instantaneously between the point of
supply and the point of demand
Compensation for the uncertainties inherent in supply and demand
Compensation for differences in the timing of supply and demand
14
A)
B)
C)
D)
B)
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15
A)
B)
C)
D)
Fast delivery
High quality
Low price
Dependable delivery
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A)
B)
C)
D)
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B)
C)
D)
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B)
C)
D)
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B)
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B)
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D)
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C)
D)
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A)
A quality variable
takes discrete values
A)
B)
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B)
C)
D)
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B)
C)
D)
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A)
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B)
True
False
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B)
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A)
B)
True
False
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B)
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B)
33
A)
B)
True
False
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Year 2010-2011
Question 1
Explain how an understanding of 2 of the 5 Schroeders decision areas of
Process Design, Quality Management, Workforce Management, Inventory
Management, and Capacity Management could be applied to a large
supermarket organisation to help inform their operations management.
Question 2
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Discuss the concept of straying from the diagonal relative to the volume
variety continuum and the implications for operations
Question 3
Describe how the characteristics of service operations (Presence of the
customer, simultaneity, perishability, intangibility, heterogeneity) can be
related to BMIbaby budget airline
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Question 4
The elimination of waste is a core philosophy of Just in Time / Lean
technology. What is meant by waste in this context?
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Question 5
Discuss some of the options available to operations managers when it comes
to introducing job design opportunities relating these to a work situation
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Question 6
A major responsibility for all managers is the support of company based
systems designed to ensure the quality of products or services. Briefly
discuss why quality has become such a live issue today?
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Question 7
Major challenges for operations are seen to be Corporate Social
Responsibility, Globalisation and Environmental responsibility
a) Outline how two of these factors impact on the operations function?
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Question 8
What are the implications of moving tasks between the front office and back
office areas of a service operation? Use relevant organisational situations of
your choice to relate to your responses
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