Week-4 Assignment (Operations Management)

Q1. Which of the following is (are) possible reason(s) for change of plant location for the
existing factory.
a) Shift of demand
b) Development of new technology
c) Socio Political and legal changes
d) All of these
Answer- d)
Q2. “___________ ideally involves allocation of space and arrangement of equipment in
such a manner that overall operating costs are minimized”.
a) Plant location
b) Plant layout
c) Production planning and control
d) Operations management
Answer- b)
Q3. Does climate affect the labor efficiency?
a) True
b) False
Answer- a)
Q4. Which of the following(s) is/are location evaluation methods for facility planning?
a) Cost volume analysis
b) Factor rating method
c) Centre of gravity method
d) All of these
Answer- d)
Q5. Vogel’s method can be used for solving the problems of Transportation model.
a) True
b) False
Answer- a)
Q6. MSME stands for Micro Small Medium Enterprise. The statement is;
a) True
b) False
Answer- a)
Q7. Factor rating method is used for finding location of single facility serving several
destinations. The statement is:
 a) True
b) False
Answer- b)
Q8. Plant location is ………type of decision.
a) Tactical
b) Strategic
c) Both A and B
d) None of the above
Answer- b)
Q9. In centre of gravity method, decision is based on ………. distribution costs.
a) Maximum
b) Minimum
c) Medium
d) None of the above
Answer- b)
Q10. Assumption(s) for cost volume analysis is (are);
1. Fixed costs are constant.
2. Only one product is involved.
3. Variable costs are nonlinear.

a) Only 1
b) Both 1 and 3
c) Both 2 and 3
d) Both 1 and 2
Answer- d)