BUSOPMT 192 Midterm 1

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Consider the following partial MPS record. Beginning inventory is 80 units. When
should the first MPS shipment be scheduled?
a) period 1
b) period 2
c) period 3
d) period 4
e) period 5
Consider the following partial MPS record. Beginning inventory is 120 units. When
should the first MPS shipment be scheduled?
a) period 1
b) period 2
c) period 3
d) period 4
e) period 5
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Empire West displays what by specializing in making a wide variety of products?
a) outsourcing
b) SCM
c) quality
d) flexibility
e) efficiency
Benetton is well known for the practice of assembling all white sweaters and waiting to
dye them much closer to the time of sale. This is an example of what?
a) Stupidity
b) Postponement
c) Fractionalization
d) Partitioning
e) Genericness
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Computer-aided manufacturing is an example of what?
a) process technology
b) information technology
c) environmental technology
d) safety technology
e) product technology
Given the following data:
The end product J is made from components K and L. The authorized MPS calls for
200 J to be completed in week 3, 300 J to be completed in week 5, and 300 J to be
completed in week 6. There is a scheduled receipt of 400 L in week 2.
(a) What are the gross requirements for K and L?
(b) What are the planned orders for K and L?
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Raissa's Pizza parlor has an average monthly demand of 1200 pizzas. Statistically, each
employee can produce 10 pizzas per hour. The parlor is open 20 days each month. How
many employees must they need to meet the demand using a level aggregate plan?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7
e) 8
The challenge in process layouts is to arrange resources to maximize __________ and
minimize ___________.
a) movement, effectiveness
b) effectiveness, efficiency
c) efficiency, waste of movement
d) efficiency, effectiveness
e) efficiency, labor cost
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In the Excel MATCH function, which argument defines the range of values for which
you want to look for a match?
a) Lookup_array
b) Range
c) Array
d) Lookup_value
e) Match_type
Which one of the following would not generally be considered to be a transformation?
a) a haircut
b) a train ride
c) manufacturing a radio
d) waiting to see the doctor
e) a surgery
In critical path scheduling, slack is computed as the difference between
______________________.
a) latest and earliest times
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b) optimistic and pessimistic times
c) mean and modal times
d) finish and start times
e) observed and predicted times
Approximately how much of the U.S. workforce works in an office environment?
a) 10%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 75%
e) 90%
What proportion of U.S. companies with greater than $1 billion in annual revenues has
implemented ERP?
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 40%
d) 75%
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e) 95%
The plan-do-study-act cycle is often called the
a) TQM activity approach
b) Deming wheel
c) Continuous improvement cycle
d) Quality circle
e) Action wheel
Johnny Now, Inc. produces two different models of outhouses. Demand next period is
expected to be 12,000 and 18,000 units for Models A and B, respectively. Model A has
CPOPF planning factors of 0.75 and 0.60 for direct labor and machine time,
respectively. Model B has CPOPF planning factors of 0.50 and 0.80 for direct labor and
machine time, respectively. Historically department G uses 24% of the direct labor and
machine time for these products, while department H uses the remaining 76%. What is
the machine time requirement for department G next period?
a) 5,184 hours
b) 4,320 hours
c) 7,200 hours
d) 21,600 hours
e) 16,416 hours
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__________ analysis is a technique used to identify quality problems based on their
degree of importance.
a) Deming
b) Pareto
c) Davis
d) Crosby
e) Juran
Suppose that you want to monitor the average ounces of a process that fills beer cans.
Which control chart would be appropriate?
a) x-bar chart
b) R-chart
c) p-chart
d) c-chart
e) OC chart
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The classes that you are taking at the university use a ___________ process.
a) project
b) batch
c) line
d) continuous
e) recycle
One aspect of flexible resources is
a) Use of multifunction workers
b) Relying on special equipment
c) Use of overtime
d) Leasing, rather than buying, equipment
e) Variable work schedules
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Which of the following is not considered to be an element of a waiting line system?
a) the customer population source
b) the service system
c) the arrival and service patterns
d) the average amount of time a customer spends in the system
e) the priorities used for controlling the line
Which of the following is not a step in Forecasting Seasonality?
a) Calculate a seasonal index for each season of each year
b) Divide this year's average seasonal demand by each average seasonal index
c) Average the indexes by season
d) Forecast demand for the next year and divide by the number of seasons
e) Calculate the average demand per season
How can the following Linear Program be characterized?
Min X + 2Y
Subject to
X ≤ 20
Y ≤ 5
X, Y ≥ -40
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a) bounded and feasible
b) unbounded and feasible
c) bounded and infeasible
d) unbounded and infeasible
e) this is not a Linear Program
A firm produces 500 units per day using five workers on a five-hour shift. On average,
15% of the units produced are defective and must be scrapped. What is the labor
productivity for non-defective units?
a) 17 units/hour
b) 3 units/hour
c) 20 units/hour
d) 85 units/hour
e) 15 units/hour
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Formulate the following as a linear program.
Frank's art class must provide instructions on painting (P), carving (C), and clay
modeling (M). Frank has a limited material budget of $3,000. The costs per student
usage for the supplies are $25, $18, and $14, respectively. Frank must provide
instruction and practice opportunities for each method. What is the optimum
combination of art supplies Frank should procure for the class?
Consider a workstation that can process 4 units per minute. It takes 2 hours to receive
an order from the previous station. The container size is 10 units. The factory sets safety
stock at 20 percent of demand during lead time. How many kanbans are needed for the
workstation?
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In the level production plan you do not add ______, _____ or ______ to meet peak
demand.
What are the responsibilities of production employees in JIT?
What is input if Productivity = 7 and Output = 5?
What are the seven categories for Malcolm Baldrige Award criteria?
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What is a c-chart?
A ____________________ is the primary output of an MRP system.
Agile organizations often use focused factories to increase efficiency by
______________________.

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