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Chapter 13 - Scheduling Operations
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1. Aggregate planning and scheduling differ in that:
Difficulty: Easy
2. Scheduling deals with which three conflicting objectives?
Difficulty: Hard
3. The overriding problem in batch scheduling is:
Difficulty: Moderate
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4. Use a Gantt chart to schedule the jobs in order 1, 2, 3 and assume that jobs cannot be split.
What is the makespan?
Difficulty: Hard
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the theory of constraints (TOC)?
Difficulty: Moderate
6. A bottleneck is:
Difficulty: Hard
7. Scheduling systems answer which all the following questions EXCEPT:
Difficulty: Easy
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8. Finite capacity scheduling assumes which of the following?
Difficulty: Moderate
9. The reason(s) for batch scheduling being a complex management problem is/are:
Difficulty: Moderate
10. Which of the following is a performance measure for a Gantt chart?
Difficulty: Moderate
11. Which of the following is NOT determined by Gantt charting?
Difficulty: Moderate
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12. Which of the following statements is NOT true about finite capacity scheduling (FCS)?
Difficulty: Hard
13. Critical Ratio is:
Difficulty: Moderate
14. For services, the most common priority dispatch rule is:
Difficulty: Moderate
15. Lead time for completion of a job is a function of:
Difficulty: Moderate
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16. Shortest processing time (SPT) rule means:
Difficulty: Moderate
17. The theory of constraints (TOC) is:
Difficulty: Hard
18. According to Goldratt:
Difficulty: Easy
19. In the language of theory of constraints, inventory is:
Difficulty: Hard
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20. Theory of constraints, as it applies to business systems, is based on which of the following
premises?
Difficulty: Easy
21. Finite Capacity Scheduling can be used to identify the bottleneck in a given process.
Difficulty: Easy
22. Throughput is defined as the difference between the sales and the operating expenses of a
plant.
Difficulty: Easy
23. The Shortest process time (SPT) rule is better at meeting due dates when compared to the
Critical Ratio rule.
Difficulty: Moderate
24. First come, first served is widely used in both service and manufacturing firms.
Difficulty: Moderate
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25. Optimal sequencing rules have found widespread use in practice.
Difficulty: Moderate
26. What are the steps that could be taken at a bottleneck resource to increase its capacity?
Difficulty: Moderate
