LAYOUT DESIGN

1) Low-volume, high-variety production is best suited for which

of the following process strategies ?
A. Repetitive focus
B. Process focus
C. Product focus
D. Mass Production
2) Which of the following facility layout is best suited for the
intermittent type of production, which is a method of
manufacturing several different products using the same
production line?
A. Product layout
B. Process layout
C. Fixed position layout
D. Cellular manufacturing layout

3) Which of the following is

the correct order for process
types starting with
4) low volume/high variety
and moving to high
volume/low variety?
5) a) Continuous process,
batch process, mass process,
jobbing process,
6) project process
7) b) Project, process,
batch process, mass
process, jobbing process,
8) continuous process
9) c) Project process,
jobbing process, batch
process, mass process,
10) continuous process
11) d) Batch process, project
process, jobbing process,
mass process,
12) continuous process
13) e) Jobbing process, batch
process, mass process,
continuous process,
14) project process
15) Which of the following
statements would generally
be considered correct?
16) a) Job shops normally
compete by offering a
lower price than their
17) competitors.
18) b) Batch processing
produces a more standard
range of products than
19) continuous flow processes.
20) c) Production runs are
shorter for continuous flow
systems than for mass
21) production systems.
22) d) Job shops can
produce a larger range
of products than project
23) systems.
24) e) Labour costs are higher
in a job shop operation than
in most other
25) processes
3) Which of the following is the correct order for process types
starting withlow volume/high variety and moving to high
volume/low variety?
A. Continuous process, batch process, mass process, jobbing
process, project process
 B. Project process, batch process, mass process, jobbing process,
continuous process
C. Project process, jobbing process, batch process, mass process,
continuous process
D. Batch process, project process, jobbing process, mass process,
continuous process
E. Jobbing process, batch process, mass process, continuous
process, project process
4) From high variety to low variety, which is the correct order of
layout types?
A. Line, cell, functional
B. Process, cell, product
C. Line, fixed-position, functional
D. Fixed-position, cell, functional