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IVE TEST [100 MARKS]
anable Sheet provided
on.
Answer All Quest
are merits of mass production except .-
31. All the followings
turing cost per unit is low >
1. Manufi
IL Process inventory is low 9°
) Labour — intensive processes
C. Cost — Intensive processes
D. All the above
10. Majority of service jobs fall into these categories except ..
A. health care
B. education
C. dry cleaning
©) allthe above
11. Operations management is concerned with problem solving and decision making in two
broad areas namely;
4. Facility planning and facility location
@® Designing and planning of production systems and operations and control of systems
C. Planning and controlling of the systems and operation and management of the system
D. None of the above
12. The implications of low volume production include the following except ..
G&) Low unit cost
B. Less systematization
C, Each staff performs more of jobs
D. None of the above
13. The implication of high variations in demand of operation processes is
A. High utilization
Low unit cost
High unit cost
D. All of the above
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of product at regular interval is known 45 --
b produced at irregular intervals
ee produced periodically at regular intervals,
Job produced at regular intervals
D. Job produced only once at regular intervals
15, All products and services can be considered as having .
A. Design, make and sell
Design, process and package
Concept, package and process
D. Concept, process and sell
16. The design activity that reduces variety among a group of products or parts is called
A. Mass design
)Standardization
C. Continuous flow
D. None of the above
17. Customer satisfaction may be increased by making products ...
asy to buy and maintain
B. Easy to sell and obtain profit
C. Less expensive substitute material
D. None of the above
18. Production systems where facilities are standardized as to routing and flow are known as
‘A. Intermittent Systems
B. Standardization production systems
None of the above
/Continuous Systems
19. The steps in the design process include the following except.......
A. Idea generation
Feasibility
Productions
D. All the above
20, The four different characteristics in an operation process include all of the following
except . seceeee
A, volume
B. variety
C. visibility
© virtual
21. Services differ from manufactured products in four ways. Intangil
Perishability and ..... ~
Homogeneity
Heterogeneity
C. Intractability
D. None of the above
y, Inseparability,
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7 22. A system pennitting the manufacture of large quantities of identical goods using repetitive
actions by People or machines is called:
Assembly line
Mass production
C. Continuous production
D. Repetitive production
23. Which of the following attributes is most typical ofa s
A, Mass production
B. Easy to automate
>. Consistency
Production and consumption occur simultaneously
24. Which of the following would not be a typical function of production management?
A, Site location and layout
B. Plant management
EG. Inventory control
Beastoy forecast
25. The initial decision whether a manufacturer fabricates in-house or uses en outside supplier
isknown as
|A Make-or-Buy Decision
B. An Offshoring Decision
C. An Outsourcing Decision
D. A Purchasing Decision
. Which of these is not a major reason to outsource a product or service?
To reduce operating costs
‘To increase control of the process
C. To give access to higher technical ability
D. To focus on core business areas
27. In materials processing operation, the design capacity is defined as ....
A. the minimum output per given time.
the aggregate annual output.
the theoretical maximum output in a given time.
D. the most likely output in a given time.
28, In a materials processing operation, the effective capacity of a machine is defined as
A. the minimum output per given time.
B. the aggregate annual output
2, the theoretical maximum output in a given time,
the most likely output in a given time.
29, Machine efficiency is calculated by dividing by :
A. Effective capacity by Design capacity ae
Achieved eapacity by Design capacity
Achieved capacity by Effective capacity
D. Design capacity by Achieved capacity
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30. Screening involves evaluation of feasibility based on
A. Organizational Mission
B. Financial consideration
Operational consideration
Development consideration
. function i med but
nination of the complex features so that the intended function is perfoy
‘ed costs, higher quality or more customer satisfaction is known as ..
A. Product improven
B. Product simplification
ict design simplification
Product innovation
The design of products and the development of processing plans are referred to as ...
A. Production planning
Product design planning
C. Preproduction planning
D. Processing planning
Job shop scheduling is also known as all of the following except ..
1 Master Production scheduling
IL Production control
Shop floor contro!
IV. Production activity control
®caly
B. IV only
C. Both I andIV
D. 1, Wend IV
24, All of the following are importance of effective layout except .
A. Increases capacity
Provides visual control of activities
ecreases capacity /
D. Promotes product and service quality
‘hich one of these does not use operations management?
Benk G
Restaurant
© None of the above
36, Business organ!
following except.
A, Price
B. Product or service features
© Flexibility
D. Feasibility
tions compete with each other in a variety of ways, such as all of the
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37. A convenient clas
Raw materials
B. Work-in-process
C. Consumabl
Pareto analy
respect to competitive priorities, intermittent operations compete more on
& compared to repetitive operations.
Or lexibility and delivery
BL Cost and features:
C. Durability and cost
D. Durability and features
39, A company’s product design supports it business strategies by ...
Designing products that aid strategic planning activities
Designing products that appeal to its customers
C. Designing the company’s strategy
D. All of the above
40. Which of the following is a way for a company to overcome the intangibility issue?
‘A. They can create a tangible cue to physically represent their service.
@D They can offer initial promotions to get consumers to try their service.
C. They can provide samples of their service.
D. They can offer excellent training and standardized procedures.
41. In managing systems, operations managers are involved in whet type of decisions?
A. How much to order
B. When to order
C. How to control the system
© All the above
42. Average demand for a particular item is 1,200 units per year. It costs $100 to place an
order for this item, and it costs $24 to hold one unit of this item in inventory for one year.
If the fixed-order-interval model is chosen in this instance, how often (on average) will
this item be ordered?
@ Once a month
B. Once every other month
C. Twice a month
D. Twice every three months
43. The BOQ model is most relevant for which one of the following?
A. Ordering items with dependent demand
B, Determination of safety stock
Determining fixed interval ordering quantity
©) Determining fixed order quantity
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‘ontinuous flow
B. Project
C. Job shop
D. Flow shop
cess would a paper mill be most likely use?
45. Which of the following activities is not a direct responsibility of the operations function?
Determining the exact mix of products and services that the customers will want
BY Designing the operation's products, services and processes
C. Developing an operations strategy for the operations
D, Planning and controlling the operation
46. Which of the following functions is a core function of an organisation?
¢ Product/Service Development Function
~ The Marketing (Including Sales) Function
D. The accounting and finance function
47, Which one of the following would not generally be considered an aspect of operations
management?
A. Schedule work
Secure financial resources
C. Maintain quality
D. Oversee the transformation process
48. Which function typically employs more people than any other functional area?
A. Information System
Operations
C. Marketing
D. Finance
49, Which of the following is not a type of operations?
A. Goods production
B. Storage/transportation
C. Entertainment
D Price reduction
50... os _ is an example of a pure good.
A. Restaurant
B. Dentist
Coal Mining
D. Education
51. Which one of the following is not a typical question dealt with by an operations manager?
A. How much capacity will be needed in the months ahead?
B. What is a satisfactory location for anew facility?
© Which products/services should be offered?
D_ All are typical of operations decisions
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A. dealer with customer
B. manufacturer to product
8 information and promotion
supply and demand
53, Raw materials and specialized servic
offerings and finally distributed to ct
©. Hotel
B. Cement
C. Sugar
D, Allof the above
's procured are converted into useful service
stomers in following Industry
54, Capacity requirements planning helps managers reconcile .. with ..
what is needed; what has been done
(®) what is needed; what is possible
C. what has been done; who will be doing it
D. what needs to be done; where it will be done
55. The amount of inventory kept at each stock point in a warehouse network is usually based
on..
A. Minimizing transportation costs
Constant demand
Tradeoffs between warehousing, inventory, and transportation costs
D. Product pricing strategy
56. Order winners and qualifiers:
A. are consistent between manufacturing and service organizations
B. only matter when responding to formal competitive bid requests
change over time
D. only apply to quasi-manufacturing firms
57. Which type of technology has had the greatest impact on business?
A. process technology
G information technology
C. environmental technology
D. product technology
58, The time between order placement and the receipt of goods is called ...
A. receipt time
lead time
C. allowance time
D. processing time
59. A fixed interval system .........
‘A. adds the same predetermined amount to investory each time replenishment occurs
is suitable for joint replenishment items
C. is trigyered at the reorder level
D. requires perpetual monitoring of inventory records
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60, Quewing. anal :
A. deterministic; probal
1, original; determini
C, probabilistic; original
probabilistic; deterministic.
61. Which of the following. queuing systems appears the least fair to customers?
A, First in First Out (PIFO)
Last in First Out (LI
©. Shortest Process
D. Allthe above
SUMCO, a company that sells pump housings to manufacturers would like to minimize its
inventory cost by determining the optimal number of pump housings to obtain per order. the
demand for pump housings is reasonably constant throughout the year. The demand is 1000 units,
the ordering cost is GI¥¢ 10 per order and the average carrying cost per unit per is GH¢ 0.50.
Use the information given above to answer question 62 through to 65
62. Find the optimal number of units per order
A, 100 units
B. 150 units
€) 200 units
D. 250 units
63. Find the number of orders per year.
5 orders
B. 10 orders
C. 15 orders
D. 20 orders
64. Find the total annual inventory cost
A. GHE50
Bue 100
C. GHe200
D. GHe250
65. Find the time interval between orders *
A. 2.2 months
D 24 months
C. 2.8 months
D. 3 months
66. If small orders are placed frequently (rather than placing orders i
per placing orders infrequently), then total
A. increases
B, reduced
Gy either increases or reduces
D. is minimized
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eee67. If orders are placed with size determined by the ZOO, then the ordering cost component 1
A. equal to the holding cost component
B. greater than the holding cost component
C. less than the holding cost eomponent
ADMdeither greater than or less than the holding cost component
68. Which cost can vary with order quantity?
A. Unit cost only
B. Ordering cost only
C. Holding cost only
® AMof these
69. The basic information required for an efficient control of inventory is to do with __
A. What items should be stocked?
B. When should an order be placed to replenish inventory?
C. How much should be ordered in each replenishment?
D Allof the above
‘A road transport company has one reservation clerk on duty at a time. He handles information of
bus schedules and makes reservations. Customers arrive at a rate of 8 per hour and the cleri can,
on an average, serve a customer within 5 minutes. The company estimates that the arrival rate will
‘be Poisson distributed whilst the service time is exponentially distributed.
Use the information above to answer question 70 through to 75
70. What is the average number of customers waiting in line to be served?
Al
1.04
1.33
D. 2.666
n. abe is the average number of customers in the system?
2
B. 3
C4
i DS
72. What is the average time a customer has to wait before being served?
; A. 4 minutes
B. 5 minutes
8 minutes
0 minutes
73. What is the average time a customer spends in the system?
A. 0.2 hr
.25 hr
C. 12 brs
D. 15 hrs
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AO
© 0.33
C. 0.67
D. 0.88
75. Customer behaviour in which the customer moves from one queue to another in a multipie
channel situation is
A. balking
Gyreeeing
jockeying
D. altemating
If operated around the clock under ideal conditions, the fabrication department of an engine
manufacturer can make 90 engines per day. Management believes that a maximum output rate of
only 45 engines per day can be sustained economically over a long period of time, Currently the
department is producing an average of 55 engines per day.
Use the information above to answer question 76 and 77
“76. What is the utilization of the department relative to effective capacity?
A. 50%
B. 81.8%
C. 111.1%
AQ) 122.2%
77. What is the utilization of the department relative to design capacity?
A. 50%
@61.1%
C. 81.8%
D. 111%
78. Inadequate production capacity ultimately leads to
A. Poor quality
B. Poor customer service
Poor inventory control
All the above
79. Capacity decisions have a direct influence on performance of production system in respect,
of
‘A. Delivery performance
B.)Quality control
C. Plant size
D. Manpower
80. Which type of layout is used to achieve a smooth and rapid flow of large volumes of
output?
A. Bateh
B. Process
© Product
D. Unit
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People and machine:
B. Staff, facilities, mat
C. Information, materials and cus
D. None of the above
s, information and customers
lomers
82. Location decisions depends on the following
of Materials
E—Fovernment policies
AI of above
$3. What other names may be given to an operations manager?
A. Administrative manager
B. Fleet manager
C. Store manager
Allof the above
84. Goods assume the following characteristics, except .
A. customers do not help with their manufacturing
B._ their quality is easier to measure
GC. yhey are more likely to be unique
D. manufacturing is easier to measure
85, An operations manager is not likely to be involved in
‘A. the design of goods and services to satisfy customers’ wants and needs
B. the quality of goods and services to satisfy customers’ wants and needs
C._work scheduling to meet the due dates promised to customers
OF the identification of customers’ wants and needs
86.Inventory refers to .
‘A. Stock or store of goods
B, Materials or goods used to facilitate production or to satisfy customer demands
C, Idle resource of any kind that has potential economic value
D) All of the above
87. Which of the following does not fall under the fourteen Quality principles of Deming?
A. Adopt the new philosophy _ .
B. Cease dependence on mass inspection
C. Institute training
(Giliminate dependence on image
88. The purpose of the stepping-stone method is to
‘ develop the initial solution to the transportation problem.
B. identify the relevant costs in a transportation problem,
Cops one in moving from an initial feasible solution to she optimal solution,
determine whether a given solution is feasible or not.
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y to carry ont the
89, Resources that are neces:
foxm part of the output are kuowh a»
transti
ma
© teanstorming resources
C. transformed resou
jon resources
D. all the above enhance
90, High-volume, innovative product, improved cost control, reductions in — a ae
measures associated with profitability and market share at what stage of a product's life
eyele?
A. Growth Stage
B, Introductory Stage
2. Maturity Stage
D. Decline Stage
91, Products must be consistent with an organization's mission through the design process
with the following steps ..
1. Idea Generation
i. Screening/Feasibility
ti. Development and Testing,
TV. Final Design,
A. Land IV only,
B. I, Il, and IV
© in, tand iv
Dz II, 1, Il and IV.
92. A combination of elements or parts that work together in order to achieve a common
objective or goal is known as @/€M v.sssessese
A, Resource
(DSystem
C. Transportation medium
D. Transformed resource
“Wine and Dine” is planning of setting up a satellite ticket desk on campus, staffed by one ticket
agent. Request for tickets and information is estimated to be 15 per hour on the avétage with a
Poisson distribution, Service time is assumed to be exponentially distributed, Past expetience with
similar satellite operations suggest that mean service time should average three minutes per
request.
Use the information above to answer question 93 and 95
93. What is the system utilization?
A. 78%
15%
74%
Dz 0.73
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s the average time customers will spend in the system?
GQ 12 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 10 minutes
D. O minutes
95, Which of the following is not an acceptable definition of Quality?
A. Degree of excellence
B. Meeting or exceeding customer expectation at a cost that represents value to them.
C. The totality of features and characteristics of a product or services that bears on its
ability to satisfy stated or implied need.
lop None of the above
97. Which of the following is not a dimension of Product Quality?
A. Performance
B. Reliability
C. Durability
lone of the above
98. Which of the following is not a dimension of Service Quality?
A. Responsiveness
B, Competence
C. Reliability
None of the above
99. The degree to which a product or service is successful on its intended purpose has four
primary determinants or facts, which of the following falls under the four factors?
A. Quality of design
B, Quality of conformance
C. Consumer Education
@ All of the above
100. Which of the following is not a factor affecting Quality?
A. Market
B, Management
C. Methods
@.None of the above
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