1. Which of the following is not a part of Five M’s?

a) Material
b) Machine
c) Motion
d) Method
2. The interchangeability can be achieved by
a) Standardization
b) Better process planning
c) Bonus plan
d) Better product planning
3. Progress reporting and corrective action belongs to _______________
phase of PPC.
a) Action phase
b) Prior phase
c) Planning phase
d) Control phase
4. Steel, paper, paints, and chemicals are examples of products that use
a) Mass production
b) Continuous production
c) Repetitive production
d) Batch production
5. Correct sequence of operations in the Production Planning and Control
process is ________.
a) Routing – Scheduling – Follow up – Dispatching
b) Scheduling – Follow up – Dispatching – Routing
c) Routing – Scheduling – Dispatching – Follow up
d) Dispatching – Routing – Scheduling – Follow up
6. Planning and Control function is crucial for ensuring cost savings and
efficiency in
a) Planning
b) Controlling
c) Promotion
d) Production
7. Forecasting which assumes a static environment in the future is
a) Passive forecasting
b) Active forecasting
c) Long term forecasting
d) Short term forecasting
8. Given an actual demand of 60 for a period when forecast of 70 was
anticipated and an alpha of 0.3, what would be forecast for next period be
using simple exponential smoothing?
a) 60 - 65
b) 66
c) 67
d) 69
9. The control activity in Production Planning and Control is performed
________ of the plan.
a) Before execution
b) After execution
c) During execution
d) None of the above

10. Production control within a company depends on _______.

a) Nature of production activities within the organisation
b) Nature of the organisation
c) Size of the organisation
d) All of the above
11. Which of the below is not the system of flexible manufacturing system
a) Fabrication
b) Drilling
c) Machining
d) Assembly
12. Which of the below is not a popular production system?
a) Continuous production
b) Job order production
c) Batch production
d) Project production

13. Slope of production possibility cuve is _________

a) a straight line
b) convex to the point of origin
c) concave to the point of origin
d) vertical line
14. BOM stands for ____________________
a) Bill of Manufacturing
b) Bill of Materials
c) Bill of Machines
d) Bill of Money
15. In exponential smoothing forecasting to give more weightage to receive
demand data exponential smoothing constant must be nearer to
a) 1
b) 0.5
c) 0
d) – 1
16. ___________ Production system manufacturers one or few number of
single designed product strictly according to customer’s specifications.
a) Batch
b) Mass
c) Flow
d) Job
17. __________ is not a time series method
a) Least square method
b) Method of moving averages
c) Correlation Analysis
 d) Graphic method
18. In exponential smoothing method of forecasting the forecast for higher
values of the smoothing constant.
a) will be more sensitive to forecast of the previous period
b) will be more sensitive to changing patterns in demands
c) will not be affected by the forecast of the previous period
d) will not be affected by the changing patterns in demands
19. For a simple moving average forecasting method, as the length of
average period increase, the sensitivity of forecast
a) increases but with lagging trend
b) decrease but with lagging trend
c) remains constant
d) had predictable and adverse trend
20. Progress reporting and corrective action belongs to _______________
phase of PPC.
a) Action phase
b) Prior phase
c) Planning phase
d) Control phase
21. Planning phase in PPC includes,
a) Process and Product Planning
b) Prior and Active Planning
c) Material and Men Planning
d) None of the above Production
22. Which of the following is not an inventory?
a) Machines
b) Raw Materials
c) Finished Products
d) Consumable Tools
23. If N is the period of moving average the number of demand data to be
stored for calculating the moving average for a period is the demand of
last.
a) (N + 1) Periods
b) (N – 1 ) Periods
c) ( N ) Periods
d) (N + 2) Periods
24. The cost of insurance and taxes are included in
a) Cost of ordering
b) Inventor carrying cost
c) Set up cost
d) Cost of shortages
25. The time period between placing an order its receipt in stock is known
as
a) Lead Time
b) Carrying Time
c) Shortage Time
d) Over Time
26. Which of the following is a technique used for forecasting?
a) PERT/CPM
b) Exponential smoothing
c) Gantt chart
d) Control chart
27. Costs incurred on placing and receiving a new shipment of inventories is
……….
a) Total cost
b) Carrying cost
c) Ordering cost
d) Storage cost
28. For sales forecasting , pooling of expert opinion is made use of in
a) Statistical correlation
b) Delphi technique
c) Moving average method
d) Exponential smoothing method
29. ABC analysis is based on
a) Moore’s principle
b) Monte Carlo’s principle
c) Game theory
d) Pareto’s principle
30. In exponential smoothing method of forecast the forecast for the next
period is equal to
a) Ft+1 = αDt + (1 + a ) Ft
b) Ft+1 = αDt - (1 - a ) Ft
c) Ft+1 = αDt + (1 - a ) - Ft
d) Ft+1 = αDt + (1 - a ) Ft
31. Costs incurred on holding inventory in hand is ……….
a) Storage cost
b) Ordering cost
c) Carrying cost
d) Total cost
32. When the size of an organization increases, the functions under
production control should ___________.
a) Get more decentralised
b) Get more centralised
c) Stay the same
d) None of the above