PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

MCQ –UNIT 1
1) Which is the correct order of historical development of production management?

1)

a) Human relations Movement

b) Scientific Management

c) Post-Civil War Period

d) Industrial revolution

2)

a) Post-Civil War Period

b) Human relations Movement

c) Scientific Management

d) Industrial revolution

3)

a) Industrial revolution

b) Scientific Management

c) Post-Civil War Period

d) Human relations Movement

4)

a) Industrial revolution

b) Post Civil War Period

c) Scientific Management

d)Human relations Movement

2) Which of the following is not the quality of production manager?

1) Self-Control

2) Sympathy

3) Resourcefulness

4) Ruthlessness

3) Which of the following is the characteristics of continuous production system?

1) Volume of production is small

2) Identical items

3) Make the order

4) Flow of production is not continuous

4) Which of the following is not pair of types of plant layout?

1) Product Plant Layout and Process Plant Layout

2) Single Plant Layout & Multiple Plant Layout
3) Fixed position layout & Cellular Manufacturing Layout
4) Product layout or Combined layout

5) Which of the following is not type of product design?

1) Functional Design

2) Aesthetic Design

3) Packing Design

4) Process Design

6) Which is the Correct order of Product Life Cycle? PLC

1) Introduction, Growth, Decline, Maturity

2) Maturity, Decline, Growth, Introduction

3) Decline, Maturity, Growth, Introduction

4) Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline

7) Which of the following is not the one of the techniques of product development?

1) Standardization
2) Simplification
3) Diversification
4) Classification

8) Location where firm set up their operations is simply called as _______________?

1) Product Location
2) Warehouse
3) Facility Location
4) Storage House

9) How many types of Intermittent Production system?

1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5

10) How many types of plant location?

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

11) In Production Management System is make-to-stock whereas Operations Management is

________?
1) Make –to- goods
2) Make -to -finished goods
3) Make- to- order
4) None of above

12) How many types of Continuous Process Production?

1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5

13) How many types of Plant Layout?

1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5

14) How many stages are involved in ‘Life Cycle of Product’?

1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5

15) Production may be referred as the process concerned with the conversion of inputs in
outputs such as ___________
1) Semi- Finished Goods
2) Finished Goods
3) Both 1 & 2
4) None of above

16) How many types of production system?

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
17) Which of the following is not a type of intermittent production system?
1) Job Shop
2) Batch Production
3) Process Production
4) Project

18) How many types of process production?

1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5

19) Which of the following is one of the types of plant location?

1) Single Plant Location
2) Multi Plant Location
3) Both 1 & 2
4) None of above

20) Which of the following is a type of process production system?

1) Synthetic Production
2) Assembly Lines
3) Project
4) Batch Production

21) Operations management is concerned with –

1) Production of goods
2) Providing services

22) Objectives of production management are –

1) delivery of right quality product
2) delivery of right quantity of product
3) delivery of product in right time
2) all of above.
 23) What are the qualities of production manager

1) resourcefulness
2) communication ability
3) flexibility and self-control
4) all of above.

24) The profit of an enterprise can be increased by

i) Reducing total costs of production

ii) Increasing sales value
iii) Increasing capital cost
iv) Increasing manpower

Which of the above are true?

1. Only i
2. i & ii
3. I, ii & iii
4. All of the above

25) If all the processing equipment and machines are arranged according to the sequence of
operations of a product the layout is known as

1) Product layout
2) Process layout
3) Fixed position layout
4) Combination layout

26) In ship manufacturing, the type of layout preferred is

1. Product layout
2. Process layout
3. Fixed position layout
4. Combination layout
Q 2 – STATE TRUE OR FALSE.

1) In production management output is intangible.

2) In operations management ease of access is most important factor.

3) Production control and quality control are the important functions of production management.

4) continuous production system is more suitable where product or task must be standardized.

5) selection of good plant location does not help in serving customers in better manner.

6) plant location contributes in withstanding competition.

7) Global locations helps in getting virtual proximity and also in virtual factory set ups.