Operations & Supply Chain Management | Chapter 2 | Part 1 | MBA MCQs | OSM

Operations and Supply Chain Management MCQs

  

 

1. Intermittent flow system are characterized by …………. , ………….. products/services.
   1.   mid-volume , mid- variety
   2.   Low volume , Low variety
   3.   high volume , high variety
   4.   Low volume ,high variety
2. The alternative process choices that an operations manager possesses and the relationship between
   process choices and flow patterns in a manufacturing system . The culmination of all these ideas is the ………..matrix
   1.   Process –Product
   2.   Layout
   3.   Process-Process
   4.   Product-Product
3. …………………… planning in manufacturing and service organizations involves the physical arrangement
   of various resources available in the system to improve the performance of the operating system
   1.   Layout
   2.   Machine
   3.   Place
   4.   Market
4. A good layout design will ensure that a vast majority of jobs in a manufacturing system will have to
   travel …………….. distance before completing their processing requirements
   1.   longer
   2.   under ground
   3.   high
   4.   shorter
5. A …………………… Layout is an arrangement of resources on the basis of the process characteristics of the
   resources available
   1.   GA
   2.   Product
   3.   Line
   4.   Process
6. A Product layout ………………….. Production Planning and Control problems.
   1.   increases
   2.   complicate
   3.   simplifies
   4.   decreases
7. ……………….. layout provides an alternative method for configuring resources in organization that have
   mid-volume , mid-variety product portfolios.
   1.   Process
   2.   Group Technology
   3.   Line
   4.   Prodcut
8. ………………. Is a philosophy that seek to exploit commonality in manufacturing and uses this as the basis
   for grouping components and resources.
   1.   GT
   2.   PT
   3.   AT
   4.   OT
9. …………………….. layout are typically employeed in large project type organization .
   1.   Fixed position
   2.   Group Technology
   3.   Product
   4.   Process
10. Shearing of specialized & costly equipments,more flexibility ,large inventory build up ,excess material
    handling & operational control difficult , in ……………….. layout.
    1.   Fixed position
    2.   Process
    3.   Product
    4.   GT
11. Standardized product /process routing ,high output rate is possible ,low tolerance for breakdown
    ,duplication of equipment leading to high cost , lower flexibility due dedication of resources in …………. Layout.
    1.   Process
    2.   Product
    3.   fixed position
    4.   GT
12. Quality is ……………. Proportional to variability.
    1.   directly
    2.   inversely
    3.   Equally
    4.   not
13. Quality is …………………. Perceived by the customer
    1.   goods
    2.   value
    3.   goods or service
    4.   service
14. Genichi Taguchi defines quality is the ………………… imparted to society from the time the product is
    shipped.
    1.   profit
    2.   loss
    3.   service
    4.   goods
15. Genichi Taguchi defines quality in a …………………… manner.
    1.   positive
    2.   negative
    3.   zero
    4.   single digit
16. Quality is the degree to which a specified product is preferred over competing products of equivalent
    grade ,based on comparative test by customers, normally called …………. .
    1.   Product feature
    2.   customer’s preference
    3.   Quality
       product
    4.   Brand
17. A ………………. Is the network of organization that are involved through upstream and downstream
    linkages in the different processes and activities that produce value in the form of products and services in the
    hands of ultimate customers. It is also called as a value chain.
    1.   Process
    2.   Capacity plan
    3.   Flow
    4.   Supply chain
18. Volume ,Variety and Flow are three aspect which must be considered in the process of ………………
    1.   operations
    2.   logistics.
    3.   product design
    4.   process design
19. A ……………… flow system is characterized by a streamlined flow of products in the operating system
    1.   Intermittent
    2.   intermittent or jumbled
    3.   Continuous
    4.   Jumbled
20. ……………… production helps ensure that the product or service matches the customer’s exact needs, as
    closely as the firm is able ,because it is literally ‘Custom –made’
    1.   Flow
    2.   Mass
    3.   Job
    4.   Batch