UNIT-I (Production Planning and Control)

1 For a consumer the product is one which: [c]

(a) Is available to him at cheap cost (b) Is available whenever he needs it
(c) Is optima combination of potential utilities (d) He can share with his friends
2 For a Production Manager, the product is: [c]
(a) Optimal blend of uses (b) Optimal blend of services
(c) Combination of surfaces (d) Combination of properties
3 Product is a combination of various cost elements for a [d]
(a) Consumer (b) Retail seller (c) Production Manager (d) Financial Manager
4 For a Personal Manger, the product is a [c]
(a) Combination of operations (b) Combination of surfaces
(c) Combination of skills (d) Combination of costs
5 In general product can be defined as: [d]
(a) Combination of surfaces and costs (b) Combination of uses and costs
(c) Combination of skills and surfaces
(d) Bundle of tangible and intangible attributes along with services to satisfy consumer
6 Application of technology or process to the raw material to add use value is known as [b]
(a) Product (b) Production
(c) Application of technology (d) Combination of technology and process
7 Example of production by disintegration is [c]
(a) Automobile (b) Locomotive (c) Crude oil (d) Mineral water
8 Crude oil is an example for [a]
(a) Production by disintegration (b) Production by Integration
(c) Production by assembly (d) Production by service
9 Automobile vehicle is an example of production by [a]
(a) Integration (b) Disintegration (c) Service (d) Combination of Integration & Disintegration
10 Surface hardening is an example of [d]
(a) Production by application of machine tool (b) Production by disintegration
(c) Production by Integration (d) Production by Service
11 In Production by disintegration the material undergoes [b]
(a) Change in economic value only (b) Change in physical and chemical characteristics,
(c) Change in technology only, (d) None of the above
12 In Production by service, the product undergoes the changes in: [d]
(a) Shape and size of the surface (b) Shape of the surface only
(c) Size of the surface only (d) Chemical and Mechanical properties.
Use of any process or procedure designed to transform a set of input elements into a set of output [c]
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elements is known as:
(a) Transformation process (b) Transformation of input to output
(c) Production (d) Technology change
14 Management is [c]
(a) Art only (b) Science only (c) Both Art and Science (d) Art, Science and humanity
15 Management is [b]
(a) Getting things done
(b) Getting things done by the people to satisfy the organization goals
(c) Getting things done by the people to earn money
(d) Getting things done by the people to satisfy the government
16 Conversion of inputs into outputs is known as [b]
(a) Application of technology (b) Operations management
(c) Manufacturing products (d) Product.
17 Marketing means: [a]
(a) Conversion of place and possession characteristics of a product (b) Selling products
(c) Searching for consumer (d) None of the above.
18 Example of non physical way of production is: [c]
(a) Production of oil (b) Production of Mineral Water
(c) Production of Information (d) Production of Agricultural products
19 Important aims of Production Management are [a]
(a) Efficiency, Effectiveness and Consumer satisfaction
(b) Use of machinery carefully, and avoid accidents
(c) Use of material optimally, and avoid scrap
(d) To give whatever consumer needs and take minimum profit from him
20 The desired objective of Production and Operations Management is: [c]
(a) Use cheap machinery to produce
(b) To train unskilled workers to manufacture goods perfectly
(c) Optimal utilization of available resources (d) To earn good profits.
21 The scope of Production Planning and Control is [d]
(a) Limited to Production of products only (b) Limited to production of services only,
(c) Limited to production of services and products only
(d) Unlimited, can be applied to any type of activity
22 Manufacturing system often produces: [a]
(a) Standardized products (b) Standardized products in large volumes
(c) Substandard products in large volumes (d) Products and services in limited volume
23 The difference between product and service is: [a]
(a) The demand for product can be estimated to certain accuracy where as demand service is uncertain
(b) The demand for the service is deterministic where as demand for product is highly probabilistic and
cannot be estimated
(c) Service can be stored and product cannot be stored
(d) None of the above.
24 The difference between product system and project system is [b]
(a) Project system the equipment and machinery are fixed where as in product system they are
movable
(b) In Product system the machinery and equipment are fixed and in project system they are not fixed
(c) Project system produces only standardized products and product system produces only un-
standardized products
(d) Products cannot be stocked whereas projects can be stocked
25 Most important benefit to the consumer from efficient production system is [c]
(a) He can save money
(b) He will have product of his choice easily available
(c) He gets increased use value in the product
(d) He can get the product on credit.
26 The benefit derived by a promoter from efficient production department is [b]
(a) They can sell all their products (b) They get increased security for their investment
(c) Their product will become standard product (d) None of the above
27 Important benefit that an employee gets from efficient production department is [d]
(a) He can get any product of his choice at his place
(b) He can get products at cheapest cost
(c) He can get more products than his need
(d) He gets adequate wages and increased job security
28 Two important functions that are to be done by Production department are: [c]
(a) Forecasting (b) Costing (c) Scheduling and loading (d) Inspecting
29 Fixing the flow lines of materials in production is known as: [d]
(a) Scheduling (b) Loading (c) Planning (d) Routing.
30 The act of releasing the production documents to the production department is known as: [c]
(a) Planning (b) Routing (c) Dispatching (d) Releasing.
31 The activity of specifying when to start the job and when to end the job is known as: [b]
(a) Planning (b) Scheduling (c) Timing (d) Follow up
32 In an organization, generally the production management is a [a]
(a) Line function (b) Staff function (c) Line and Staff function (d) None of the above.
33 In an organization the production planning and control department comes under: [b]
(a) Planning department (b) Manufacturing department
(c) Personal department (d) R & D department.
34 In Job production system, we need: [b]
(a) More unskilled labours (b) Skilled labours (c) Semi - skilled labours (d) Old people.
35 Most suitable layout for Job production is: [c]
(a) Line layout (b) Matrix layout (c) Process layout (d) Product layout
36 In Continuous manufacturing system, we need [b]
(a) General purpose machines and Skilled labours
(b) Special machine tools and highly skilled labours
(c) Semi automatic machines and unskilled labours
(d) General purpose machines and unskilled labours
37 Most suitable layout for Continuous production is: [a]
(a) Line layout (b) Process Layout (c) Group Technology (d) Matrix layout
38 One of the product example for Line layout is: [d]
(a) Repair workshop (b) Welding shop, (c) Engineering College (d) Cement.
39 Number of product varieties that can be manufactured in Job production is: [b]
(a) Limited to one or two (b) Large varieties of products
(c) One only (d) None of the above
40 Number of product varieties that can be manufactured in Mass production is: [c]
(a) One only (b) Two only
(c) Few verities in large volumes (d) Large verities in small volumes
41 In general number of product verities that can be manufactured in Flow production is: [a]
(a) One only (b) Ten to twenty verities (c) Large verities (d) Five only
42 Generally the size of the order for production in Job production is [a]
(a) Small (b) Large (c) Medium (d) Very large
43 Generally in continuous production the production is carried out to: [c]
(a) Customer’s order (b) Government orders only
(c) For stock and supply (d) Few rich customers.
44 Inventory cost per product in intermittent production is: [a]
(a) Higher (b) Lowest (c) Medium (d) Abnormal
45 The material handling cost per unit of product in Continuous production is: [b]
(a) Highest compared to other systems (b) Lower than other systems
(c) Negligible (d) Cannot say
46 Routing and Scheduling becomes relatively complicated in [b]
(a) Job production (b) Batch production (c) Flow production (d) Mass production
47 The starting point of Production cycle is: [d]
(a) Product design (b) Production Planning (c) Routing (d) Market research
48 Most important aspect of Marketing aspect of pre planning is [c]
(a) To plan how to sell product
(b) To see how best the product is to be transported to market
(c) To examine whether the product satisfy the user or not
(d) To make arrangements for advertising
49 Length of active life of the product is known as: [c]
(a) Life of the product (b) Usefulness of the product,
(c) Durability of the product (d) Dependability of the product.
50 Capability of product to function, when called up on to do its job is known as: [d]
(a) Capability of the product (b) Capacity of the product
(c) Sincerity of the product (d) Dependability
51 Aesthetic quality of product refers to: [c]
(a) Performance of the product (b) Operation of the product
(c) Physical appearance of the product (d) Cost of the product
52 Aesthetic design of a product is concerned with: [d]
(a) Designing the performance characteristics of a product
(b) Designing the operational aspects of a product
(c) Decreasing the manufacturing cost of the product
(d) Designing and modeling the final shape around the basic skeleton of the product
53 One of the factors to be considered in economic analysis of product design is: [c]
(a) Who is the customer for the product?
(b) What materials are to be used to manufacture the product?
(c) What is the expected production cost per product?
(d) What is the life of the product?
54 If an organization cannot fix the extent of specialization in the product line: [c]
(a) It cannot manufacture special products
(b) It cannot use special machine tools
(c) It will grow to unmanageable and unprofitable proportions
(d) It cannot earn profit
55 A model or a rule established by authority, custom or a general consent is known as: [d]
(a) Special rule (b) a rule (c) customs rule (d) Standard
56 Variety reduction is generally known as: [b]
(a) Less verities (b) Simplification (c) Reduced verities (d) Non of the above
57 Preferred numbers are used to: [a]
(a) To determine the number of verities that are to be manufactured
(b) To the test the design of the product
(c) To ascertain the quality level of the product
(d) To evaluate the production cost
58 At Break-even point the organization will have: [b]
(a) Maximum profit (b) No loss and no gain (c) Maximum loss (d) Moderate profit
59 If, S = Sales revenue, P = Profit and V= Variable cost, Then S – V is known as: [d]
(a) Profit (b) Loss (c) Fixed cost (d) contribution
60 If F = Fixed cost, V = Variable cost, S = Sales revenue, then the Break- even point is given by: [a]
(a) F/( S – V) (b) (S – V) / F (c) F/(S + V) (d) (S + V) / F
61 In Preferred number the R-10 series will have the value of ‘r’ , common ratio = [b]
(a) Fifth root of 10 (b) Tenth root of 10 (c) Fifth root of Five (d) Tenth root of five.
62 The planning period of aggregate planning ranges from [a]
(a) 3 months to 1 year (b) 1 year to 3 years (c) 3 years above (d) None of the above
63 The activity of specifying when to start the job and when to end the job is known as: [b]
(a) Planning (b) Scheduling (c) Timing (d) Follow–up
64 Which of the following is not a sub-area of production planning? [c]
(a) Routing (b) Scheduling (c) Dispatching (d) Loading
65 Productivity is ___________________ [a]
(a) Output/Input (b) Input/Output (c) Both (a) & (b) (d) None
66 The following OR model can be used to map the aggregate planning problem [b]
(a) Assignment (b) Transportation (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above