MBCQ722D-Operations & Materials

Management-Jul19.-Assignment1
 
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MBCQ722D-Operations & Materials Management
Assignment 1

Total Questions: 63
Total Marks: 100

Assignment Information :

The examination will consist of only Objective type (multiple choice) questions requiring
candidates to Mouse-click their correct choice of alternatives against the related question
number. The questions would carry 1 to 5 marks each depending on the difficulty level of
the question as indicated in the table below:

Difficulty Level of Questions:

1 Mark - Direct, Memory based

2 Marks - Memory & Conceptual
3 Marks - Conceptual & Analytical
4 Marks - Analytical based on understanding of concepts
5 Marks - Application based on understanding of concepts
  The question paper will be for 100 marks and considering marks
allotted to each question, the total number of questions would be around 63.
  There will not be negative marking for wrong answers.
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should not mouse-click any option.
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as zero. In such cases, the student can re-attempt the assignment allocated
after enrolling in the subsequent Semester.
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submitted the assignment by mistake.
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  The assignments are auto evaluated, and hence no chance of re-
evaluation/re-totalling is allowed to the student.
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QUESTION 1
1. Reduced labour cost is an advantage of Continuous production

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 2
1. A major consideration in product design is manufacturability.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 3
1. For critical path scheduling techniques to be most applicable, the jobs
or tasks of a project must be:
well-
defined.
independe
nt.
ordered.
a and b
only.
1 points   
QUESTION 4
1. Maria is a pharmaceutical sales representative that calls on hospitals.
She is taking on a new territory, and she is trying to learn the internal
influences on each hospital's culture. Then she should consider lead users with
respect to internal influences.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 5
1. A good layout affects quality
  True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 6
1. The T in the model TAF = S+T represents the time dimension (which is
usually expressed in weeks or months).

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 7
1. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the matrix project
structure?
communication between functional divisions is
enhanced
duplication of resources is minimized
policies of the parent organization are followed
there are two bosses - functional managers and
project managers
1 points   
QUESTION 8
1. Gravity model of location selection considers a diagonal path of
movement

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 9
1. Much of the responsibility for improving productivity rests with
management.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 10
1. An acceptance sampling plan is to be designed to meet the
organization's targets for product quality and risk levels. Then the following
sentence is true or false? AQL, LTPD, α and β collectively determine n and c.
  True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 11
1. The name Taguchi is associated with robust design.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 12
1. A company can compete with other companies manufacturing a similar
product only by reducing its price

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 13
1. Expected payoff is equal to the highest payoff for an alternative in the
environment of risk

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 14
1. Designing for disassembly and designing for recycling are nearly
synonymous terms.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 15
1. Environment of certainty is a condition in which certainty of outcomes
of all alternatives is known

 True

 False

1 points   
 QUESTION 16
1. Expected payoff is equal to the highest payoff for an alternative in the
environment of risk

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 17
1. Standardized parts are interchangeable parts.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 18
1. Outsourcing tends to improve quality but at the cost of lowered
productivity.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 19
1. If a sample of parts is measured and the mean of the measurements is
outside the control limits the process is out of control and the process should
be investigated for assignable variation.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 20
1. According to the Pareto principle, a relatively few factors are very
important in achieving an objective or solving a problem.

 True

 False
Note- Pareto Phenomenon- relatively few factors account for a high percentage of the occurrence of
some events.

1 points   
 QUESTION 21
1. A supply chain is defined as the group of firms that provide all
processes required to make a finished product available to the customer.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 22
1. Machine is an input?

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 23
1. RFQ is sent to few selected vendors

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 24
1. Patrol inspection is a part of incoming inspection

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 25
1. JIT advocated autonomy to workers

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 26
1. Recycling is essentially remanufacturing.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 27
1. Time required for production of a component is called lead time

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 28
1. For fortification stage of the product life cycle, the size of the decision-
making unit likely to be neither small nor large, but medium.

 True

 False

Note- For growth stage of a product.

1 points   
QUESTION 29
1. Quality function deployment is a method of integrating the voice of the
customer into the design process.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 30
1. The naive approach to forecasting requires a linear trend line.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 31
1. Companies are required to use environmental scanning because of
both federal and state regulations regarding environmental pollution control.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 32
1. People from different functional areas of an organization in a DMU will
always use the same evaluative criteria.

 True
  False

1 points   
QUESTION 33
1. A time-based strategy may include reducing the time needed to
respond to a customer's complaint.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 34
1. According to the manufacturing-based definition of quality, quality is
the degree to which a specific product conforms to standards.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 35
1. Total Quality Management emphasizes a commitment to quality that
goes beyond internal company issues to suppliers and customers.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 36
1. Strategy includes both organizational and functional strategies.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 37
1. Inventory decisions are strategic decisions

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 38
1. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This
means that only one of the two types of operations management strategies
are used.

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 39
1. Motivation is a result of MBO

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 40
1. Forecast for a group of items is more accurate than for a single item

 True

 False

1 points   
QUESTION 41
1. A persistent tendency for forecasts to be greater than or less than the
actual values is called:
bias
tracking
control
charting
positive
correlation
2 points   
QUESTION 42
1. Principles of purchasing organization involve
Control
   
Communicatio
n
   
Coordination
    All above
 2 points   
QUESTION 43
1. If it takes a supplier four days to deliver an order once it has been placed and
the standard deviation of daily demand is 10, which of the following is the standard
deviation of usage during lead time?
10

20

40

10
0

2 points   
QUESTION 44
1. TQM is applicable to
Manufacturing
industry
    Services
    Research
organizations
    All above

2 points   
QUESTION 45
1. A manager uses the following equation to predict monthly receipts: Yt
= 40,000 + 150t. What is the forecast for July if t = 0 in April of this year?
404
50
406
00
421
00
422
50
2 points   
QUESTION 46
1. Which of the following is true regarding the process capability index
Cpk?
A Cpk index value of 1 is ideal, meaning all units meet specifications.
The larger the Cpk the more units meet specifications.
The Cpk index can only be used when the process centerline is also the
specification centerline.
 Positive values of the Cpk index are good, negative values are ba

2 points   
QUESTION 47
1. Ability to influence events and keep them on desired course is an
aspect of
Control
   
Communicatio
n
   
Coordination
    All above

2 points   
QUESTION 48
1. The ______ is the input to Materials Requirements Planning which lists
the assemblies, subassemblies, parts and raw materials needed to produce
one unit of finished product.
bill of materials
net requirements
chart
inventory records
assembly time
chart
2 points   
QUESTION 49
1. The assignable causes of variation
Cannot be
eliminated
    Can be
eliminated
    Are inherent to
process
    None of above

2 points   
QUESTION 50
1. Activities of handling and transport of goods is a part of
Purchase function
    Maintenance
function
     Stock keeping
function
    None of above

Note- Logistics functions

2 points   
QUESTION 51
1. Which of the following might be used to indicate the error of a forecast?
leading variable

Mean Squared Error (MSE)

Delphi technique

exponential smoothing

2 points   
QUESTION 52
1. Most operation produce a mixture of both products and services which
of the following business is closest to producing ‘pure’ services
IT company
Counselor
/therapist
Steel company
A restaurant

2 points   
QUESTION 53
1. Increasing the service offered to the customer makes it more difficult
to compete on the basis of ______.
order
qualifiers
customizati
on
quality
price

2 points   
QUESTION 54
1. Which of these is not part of the planning files of a production planning
and control system?
routing file
work center
master file
 control files
item master file

2 points   
QUESTION 55
1. Which of the following is not an assumption of the basic fixed-order
quantity inventory model?  
   Ordering or setup costs are constant  
   Inventory holding cost is based on
average inventory  
   Diminishing returns to scale of holding
inventory  
   Lead time is constant  

3 points   
QUESTION 56
1. Power, prestige, security, and similar noneconomic criteria have no
role in business purchase decisions.

 True

 False

3 points   
QUESTION 57
1. Releasing products with defects should be informed to the customers.
This statement comes under ______ frame work. 
Legal
Ethical
Environmental
None of the
above 
3 points   
QUESTION 58
1. Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) a Web
based tool used to coordinate demand forecasting, ____________ and inventory
replenishment between supply chain trading partners. 
 Production and purchase
planning
 Demand and supply
planning 
 Quantitative forecasting
  Demand management 

3 points   
QUESTION 59
1. The output of a production system is
Goods
Services 4 points   
Both
QUESTION 60
1. None
Costofofabove
labour is high in
Continuous production
system
    Intermittent production
system
    Both a and b
    None of above

4 points   
QUESTION 61
1. The decisions with long term implication are called
Strategic
decisions
4 points   
Routine decisions
Programmed QUESTION 62
1. Unbalanced work load is a characteristic of
decisions
Continuous
None production
of above
system
    Intermittent production
system
    Both a and b
    None of above

4 points   
QUESTION 63
1. Which of the following is not an effectiveness criterion for scheduling?
maximizing flow time
minimizing completion
time
minimizing WIP
inventory
maximizing utilization