C398 Spring 2014 AZ Midterm Practice Set Multiple Choice Questions without solutions

Please circle the correct answer (circle only one please):

1. Which of the following is a measure of operations efficiency? A. Percentage of flow units that spend more than 1 week within the process B. Capacity Used/Total Capacity D. All of the above C. Output/Input

E. None of the above

2. A process flow chart uses which of the following symbol to represent storage areas or queues? A. Triangle B. Arrow C. Rectangle D. Diamond

E. None of the above

5. To analyze a certain process, which of the following tools is the most unlikely to be used? A. PP-matrix D. Gantt chart B. Flow chart E. CPM C. Bottleneck analysis

6.

Flow time can be defined as: I. the time that a unit is being processed by the machines and workers in the system

II. the time that a unit which leaves the process has spent within the process III. the time for a unit to move through the system A. I B. I and II C. II and III D. I and III

E. I, II and III

7. The advantage(s) of the network planning models such as Critical Path Method over the Gantt chart is (are) that: A. it is easy to use and quite widely understood B. the precedence relationships in network scheduling are explicitly shown

C. they are less costly to use D. both A and B E. both B and C

8. If your earliest start is 8 and your latest start is 10 for the same activity in a Single Time Estimate CPM analysis, which of the following statement holds? A. The earliest finish time must be 10 C. The slack for this activity is 2 E. None of the above B. The latest finish time must be 8 D. All of the above

9. Which of the following is an assumption that is made in using CPM analysis? A. Project activities sequence relationships can be specified and networked B. Project activities can be identified as entities C. Project control should focus on the critical path D. All of the above E. None of the above

10-12 are based on the following network with activity times shown in days.
B, 2 A, 7 C, 4 D, 5 E, 2 F, 4

G, 5

10. Identify the critical path. A. A-C-D-F-G B. A-C-D-E-G C. A-B-D-F-G D. A-B-D-E-G

11. What is the length of time to complete the project? A. 21 B. 23 C. 25 D. 27

12. If the duration of activity C is shortened by 3 days, the project will be shortened by___. A. 3 days B. 2 days C. 1 day D. 0 day