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Chapter 12 - Scheduling Operations
Chapter 12 Scheduling Operations Answer Key
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Aggregate planning and scheduling differ in that
2. Scheduling deals with which three conflicting objectives?
3. The overriding problem in batch scheduling is
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4. Given the following information:
Job
Workcenter/
Machine Hours
1
A/3, B/3, C/4
2
B/3, A/1, C/2
3
C/2, B/3, A/3
Use a Gantt chart to schedule the jobs in order 1, 2, 3 and assume that jobs cannot be split.
What is the makespan?
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the theory of constraints (TOC)?
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6. A bottleneck is
7. Scheduling systems answer all the following questions EXCEPT
8. Finite capacity scheduling assumes which of the following?
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18. According to Goldratt,
19. In the language of theory of constraints, inventory is
20. Theory of constraints, as it applies to business systems, is based on which of the following
premises?
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21. Which of the following statements concerning scheduling is INCORRECT?
22. Given no constraints, how many possible sequences are there if five jobs are in the queue
for an operation?
23. Output from the Gantt chart drawn for a machining process is shown below. Determine
the makespan of the process.
Job Waiting Time (hr) Delivery Time (hr)
1 0 10
2 10 15
3 1 16
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24. If the critical ratio for a job is less than 1,
25. Which of the following is INCORRECT about the dispatch rule of shortest processing
time (SPT)?
26. Which of the following statements about batch scheduling is INCORRECT?
