Assignment # 1

1) Productivity is the ratio of what is produced to what is required to produce it

a. True
b. False
2) During an 8-hour duty shift, a single job takes 30 minutes to complete. But after 8
hours, an operator is able to complete only 14 such jobs. The operator’s
performance in % is:
a. 77.5
b. 78.5
c. 87.5
d. 97.5
3) Productivity is directly related to profits. In other words, a profitable organization
is always productive. The above statement is:
a. True
b. False
4) Which of the following is NOT an example of an input to the production system.
a. Time taken to carry out a job.
b. Labor force or man hours, man days.
c. Area of land
d. Volume of material or fluid used.
5) Objective (s) of Productivity Measurement is (are);
a. To compare an organization with its competitors in the market.
b. To find out the relative perfromance of different employees, units and
departements.
c. To compare relative benefits of different types of input according to their
output.
d. All of these.
6) The following approach (es) is (are) used for Productivity Measurement;
a. The Kurosawa structural approach
b. Lawlor’s approach
c. Gold’s approach
d. All of the above
7) Which of the following productivity measurement model is also known as the
“Service flow model”?
a. Craig and Harris model
b. Taylor-Davis model
c. American Productivity Centre (APC) model
d. None of the above
8) The work system design approach is based on which of the following module (s)?
a. Productivity
b. Method study
c. Work measurement
d. All of these
9) Which of the following is (are) NOT a cause of low productivity.
a. Wastage of resources during manufacturing/consumption.
 b. Decrease in wages and incentives with considering increase in
productivity.
c. Delay and backlogs caused by strikes, maintenance breakdowns,
slowdowns.
d. None of the above.
10) Work system design deals with the systematic examination of the methods of doing work
with aim of finding the means of (I) Effective use of resources, (II) Efficient use of
resources.
a. Only I
b. Only II
c. Both I and II
d. None of these
11) Delays and backlogs are the causes of low productivity;
a. True
b. False
12) Accomplishment of a task is an example of productivety ouyput?
a. True
b. False
13) Distance travelled is an example of productivety ouyput?
a. True
b. False
14) Number of pieces produced is an example of productivety ouyput?
a. True
b. False
15) Time taken to carry out a job number of customers served is an example of productivety
ouyput?
a. True
b. False
16) Labour force or man hours is an example of productivety input?
a. True
b. False
17) Area of land is an example of productivety input?
a. True
b. False
18) Volume of material or fluid is an example of productivety input?
a. True
b. False
19) Units of power is an example of productivety input?
a. True
b. False
20) Time is an example of productivety input?
a. True
b. False
 Assignment # 2
1) A wrapping paper company produced 3,000 rolls of paper in a day. Standard price is
$2/roll. Labor cost was $ 180. Total material cost was $ 60, and overhead cost was $ 340.
Determine the multifactor productivity.
a. 3.77
b. 4.77
c. 10.34
d. 8.34
2) Which of the following is (are) the controllable factor (s) of productivity?
a. Product factor
b. Plant and equipment factor.
c. Material and energy
d. All of these.
3) The productivity improvement technique (s) is (are) based on;
a. Process
b. Product
c. Material
d. All of the above
4) A plastic bottle manufacturer produced 3,000 plastic bottles in a day. Standard price is
$1/bottle. Labor cost was $100, material cost was $20, and overhead cost was $200. The
multi-factor productivity is;
a. 8.33
b. 9.37
c. 6.33
d. 5.33
5) Choose the correct option (s);
(I) An increase in the input for the fixed output is always going to affect the
productivity.
(II) Concepts of lean manufacturing should be employed to avoid wastage.
a. Only I is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Both I and II are correct
d. None of these
6) Choose the correct statement (s)
a. Plant and equipment play a prominent role in enhancing the productivity.
b. Incresed availability of plant through prper maintenance and reduction of
idle time increases the productivity.
c. Both A and B are correct
d. None of these
7) Which of the following is (are) NOT the cause (s) of low productivity?
a. Wastage of resources during manufacturing/consumption.
b. Decrease in wages and incentives with considering increase in
productivity.
c. Delays and backlogs caused by strikes, maintenance breakdowns,
slowdowns, scarcities and bureaucratic structures
d. None of these
8) The following information regarding the output produced and inputs consumed for a
particular company is available; Output = $ 20,000, Human input = $ 1000, Material
input = $ 2000, Capital input = $ 3000, Energy input = $ 1000, Other Misc. input = $
500. The capital and total productivity, respectivelly is;
a. 6.67, 3.67
b. 6.67, 2.67
c. 4.67, 2.67
d. 4.67, 3.67
9) Which of the following controllable or internal factor (s) influence (s) productivity?
a. Natural resources
b. Governement and infrastructure
c. Structural adjustment
d. None of the above