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KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY
End Semester Examination
August/September, 2017
Level : B. E. Course : MEEG 308
Year : III Semester : II
Exam Roll No. : Time: 30 min F. M. : 20
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SECTION “A”
[20 Q × 1 = 20 marks]
Tick the most appropriate answer.
1. Job production does not possess _______________________characteristics.
[ ] small production runs [ ] flow of materials is simple
[ ] manufacturing cycle time is long [ ] small inventory of materials
2. What is Debt service coverage ratio?
[ ] loan paying capability of an investment [ ] service covered upon investment
[ ] loan covered by service [ ] debt covered in a projects
3. The routing function in a production system design is concerned with
[ ] man power utilization [ ] quality assurance of the product
[ ] machine utilization [ ] optimizing material flow through the plant
4. The marketing mix consists of which four areas?
[ ] product, price, profit and promotion [ ] product, profit, promotion and provision
[ ] product, promotion, potential and profit [ ] product, price, place and promotion
5. The following aspect of product is concerned with the ease and efficiency of the product
performance
[ ] functional aspect [ ] operational aspect
[ ] durability aspect [ ] aesthetic aspect
6. The relation for calculating the trend component in forecasting is
[ ] Tt = (Ft - Ft - 1) + (1 - β)Tt– 1 [ ] Tt = β(Ft-1 - Ft) + (1 - β)Tt - 1
[ ] Tt = β(Ft - Ft - 1) + (1 - β)Tt – 1 [ ] Tt = (1 - β) (Ft -Ft - 1) + βTt– 1
7. If the actual demand for a period is 100 units but forecast demand was 90 units. The forecast error is
[ ] -10 [ ] +10 [ ] -5 [ ] +5
8. Which of the following organization is best suited for steel plants
[ ] functional organization [ ] line organization
[ ] staff organization [ ] line, staff and functional organization
9. A modular design helps in
[ ] low cost of production [ ] greater product variety at low cost
[ ] control of product reliability and cost [ ] all of the above
10. The correct sequence of operations in production planning and control is
[ ] routing-scheduling-dispatching-follow up
[ ] scheduling-routing- dispatching-follow up
[ ] dispatching-routing-scheduling- follow up
[ ] routing-scheduling-follow up-dispatching
11. Gantt charts are generally used for
[ ] Inventory control [ ] material handling
[ ] production scheduling [ ] machine repair schedules
12. A critical activity has
[ ] maximum slack [ ] minimum slack [ ] zero slack [ ] average slack
13. A drilling Work-centre has three drills, three operators per shift, one shift per day, five days worked
per week, and eight hours worked per shift. Records indicate that machine utilization is 95 % and
operator efficiency is 85 %.What is the effective work center capacity per week?
[ ] 96.9 hours/week [ ] 90.9 hours/week [ ] 92.9 hours/week [ ] 80.9 hours/week
14. Which of the following is true for Inventory control?
[ ] economic order quantity has minimum total cost per order
[ ] inventory carrying costs increases with quantity per order
[ ] ordering cost decreases with lot size
[ ] all of the above
15. In inventory control theory, the economic order quantity is
[ ] average level of inventory
[ ] optimum lot size
[ ] capacity of an inventory
[ ] lot size corresponding to break-even analysis
16. In a network shown in the below Figure, the critical path is along
[ ] 1-2-3-4-8-9 [ ] 1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9 [ ] 1-2-3-4-7-8-9 [ ] 1-2-5-6-7-8-9
17. Which of the following are the guidelines for the construction of a network diagram?
[ ] each activity is represented by one and only one arrow in the network
[ ] dangling must be avoided in a network diagram
[ ] dummy activity consumes no time or resource
[ ] all of the above
18. A dummy activity
[ ] is artificially introduced [ ] is represented by a dotted line
[ ] does not require any times [ ] all of the above
19. PERT and CPM are
[ ] techniques to determine project status [ ] decision making techniques
[ ] aids to determine cost implications of project [ ] aids to the decision makers
20. In ABC Control policy, maximum attention is given to
[ ] those items which consume money [ ] those items which are readily not available
[ ] proper quality assurance programs [ ] those items which consume more money
KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY
End Semester Examination
August/September, 2017
Level : B. E. Course : MEEG
308
Year : III Semester : II
Time : 2 hrs. 30 mins. F. M. : 55
SECTION “B”
Attempt ALL questions. Assume suitable data if necessary.
Q.N.1
a. Define and explain the importance of industrial engineering and management.
[2]
b. List types of production system and discuss its characteristics?
[3]
c. Draw an interrelationship chart of PPC and explain?
[3]
Q.N.2
a. Explain types of Economic analysis to be carried out for a new product. .
[4]
b. Discuss briefly about product life cycle.
[2]
c. What is modular design? Explain cost and reliability analysis using modular design.
[4]
Q.N.3
a. List types of forecasting based on Time horizon.
[2]
b. What is tracking signal. How it monitors and controls forecasting?
[2]
c. A car manufacturerwants to forecast the demand for a particular model.Past data shows
that there is an increasing trend.The company assumes that the initial forecast for month
1 was 11 units and the trend over that period was 2 units.Smoothing constants are α = 0.2
β =0.4. [6]
Month(t) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Actual 12 17 20 19 24 21 31 28 38
Demand
(At)
Q.N.4
a. A manufacturer has the following information on its major product.
Regular time production capacity = 2600 units/period
Overtime production costs = Rs. 12 unit
Inventory costs = Rs. 2 unit /period based on the ending inventory)
Backlog costs = Rs. 5 unit/period
Beginning Inventory = 400 units
Demand in units for periods 1, 2, 3, 4 is 4000, 3200, 2000 and 2800 respectively and the
production output is 2900 units. Develop a level output plan that yields zero inventory at
the end of period 4. What costs result from this plant?
[4]
b. Draw a process route sheet with suitable simple example.
[2]
c. What are the factors that Make or Buy decisions depend upon during Process planning.
[2]
Q.N.5
a. Explain and Develop an Economic Order Quantity model assuming suitable data and
prove that holding cost is equivalent to ordering cost for EOQ model.
[8]
Q.N.6
a. There are four jobs A, B, C and D which are to be processed on machines M1, M2, M3
and M4 in the order M1 M2 M3 M4. The processing time in hours is given below. Find
the Optimal sequence and the total elapsed time.
[5]
JOBS MACHINES
M1 M2 M3 M4
A 15 5 4 14
B 12 2 10 12
C 13 3 6 15
D 16 0 3 19
b. Determine :
i. Draw the CPM network; analyze the paths through the network.
ii. Determine the float for each activity, find the critical path.
iii. Find the project completion time.
[6]
Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L M
Immediate -- -- B A C C F G C I, H D, E, I, H K,
Predecessors J L
Durations 36 4 2 2 10 15 4 9 9 9 20 8 20
