To add Cell Comments for a cell in Excel, right-click and choose
____________________.
a) Insert Comment
b) Format Cells’¦
c) Hyperlink’¦
d) Insert’¦
e) Pick From List’¦
Which of the following can be calculated for an activity once ES, EF, LS, and LF have
been calculated for the activity?
a) expected project duration
b) slack time
c) potential for crashing
d) variance in project duration
e) the relative time position for when the activity will be completed
What is the first step that should be taken if an observation falls below the lower control
limit on a control chart?
a) Recalibrate the machine
b) Perform a new process capability study
c) Try a larger standard deviation value
d) Search for assignable causes
e) Nothing’”a low value is a ‘good’ thing
Which of the following production line shapes is least likely to be found in a factory?
a) N
b) S
c) U
d) O
e) L
Capacity planning and location analysis are decisions that must be made by
_______________ working together.
a) accounting, marketing and operations
b) marketing and finance
c) finance, marketing and operations
d) accounting, marketing and finance
e) marketing and operations
Consider a project having the following seven activities:
(a) What is the critical time?
(b) What is the critical path?
(c) What is the slack for each activity?
Motorsports, Inc. builds two different types of motors. Model A has averaged 20,000
units annually, and Model B has average 30,000 units annually. The firm has
historically used 80,000 direct labor hours and 10,000 hours of machine time per year
to build Model A. Also, 150,000 annual direct labor hours have been allocated to Model
B, along with 60,000 hours of annual machine time. What is the CPOPF planning factor
for direct labor for Model A?
a) 0.25
b) 4.00
c) 4.50
d) 5.00
e) 4.60
Which of the following is not a feature of job-shop operations?
a) a process layout
b) highly skilled employees
c) special-purpose equipment and tooling
d) highly customized products
e) low volume production
Which of the following is more like a product layout as compared to a process layout?
a) Resources used are general purpose.
b) Facilities are less capital intensive.
c) Material handling costs are lower.
d) Space requirements for inventory storage are higher.
e) Scheduling resources is less challenging.
Which of the following is not an argument in favor of having a single supplier?
a) Quantity discounts may be achieved.
b) Partnering becomes more possible.
c) Consistency of input materials is achieved.
d) Probability of assured supply is better.
e) Deliveries can be scheduled more easily.
You have been asked to observe the office manager at Wolf Mountain Christian School
to estimate the proportion of time she spends handling visitors to the school who stop
by the office. Your 50 observations have revealed the following:
(a) Based on the preliminary data, calculate the proportion of time she spends handling
visitors to the school who stop by the office.
(b) Calculate the sample size needed to estimate the proportion of time she spends
handling visitors to the school who stop by the office. Assume a 95% confidence that
the results will lie within 5% of the true value.
What term refers to proven capacity calculated from actual performance data?
a) manifested capacity
b) established capacity
c) demonstrated capacity
d) confirmed capacity
e) affirmed capacity
What is the term for the number of units we wish to produce over a specific period of
time?
a) job flow
b) output rate
c) cycle time
d) output flow
e) flow time
In making a backward pass through a network, activity T immediately precedes three
activities. What is the late finish time for activity T?
a) the smallest LS for the three activities that activity T immediately precedes
b) the largest LS for the three activities that activity T immediately precedes
c) the smallest LF for the three activities that activity T immediately precedes
d) the largest LF for the three activities that activity T immediately precedes
e) the activity time for activity T
Simuelson Industries can produce its own motors for a $60,000 fixed monthly cost and
a $50 variable cost per unit. Alternatively, Simuelson Industries can purchase the
motors from an outside supplier for $50,000 per month and $58 per unit.
a) What is the indifference point?
b) What option should be chosen if monthly demand is 1200 units?
Reverse engineering is:
a) altering the basic design based on user input.
b) reengineering a failing product.
c) acquiring a competitor’s product and relabeling it for sale.
d) acquiring a competitor’s product and studying its design features.
e) changing your mind on the previous design.
During World War II, quality
a) Meant inspecting products to ensure that they met specifications
b) Encompassed the entire organization
c) Was defined as it had been for more than 100 years
d) Became customer driven
e) Became more statistical in nature
It takes many pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese. Therefore, there are many
cheese factories in dairy states because ________________________.
a) of reputation
b) ‘cheeseheads’ eat a lot of cheese
c) of transportation costs
d) making cheese is a batch process
e) customers prefer domestic cheese
A job shop is most likely to use which layout type?
a) inverted
b) hybrid
c) process
d) fixed position
e) product
The allowance factor is computed by adding one to PFD (personal time, fatigue, and
unavoidable delays) when the allowance is based on what?
a) normal time
b) the performance rating factor
c) job time
d) time worked
e) standard time
Which of the following is not a measure of output capacity?
a) cars per shift
b) labor hours consumed
c) revenues per day
d) TVs sold per day
e) patients served per month
The state government utilizes five workers to stamp license plates. Last month’s data
are provided below.
Which worker was the least productive?
a) Pete
b) Tommy
c) Laura
d) Julie
e) Susan
Describe how a Data Table functions in Excel.
Developing standard time by observing an operator is called ___________________.
The inventory method that places a maximum order when the on-hand inventory falls
below a predetermined minimum level is called the ____________.
A graph that shows the probability or chance of accepting a lot given various
proportions of defects in the lot is called an ____________________.
Name and describe the three ways to waste safety time in the critical chain approach.
What are the approaches to eliminating employee boredom? Briefly describe each.
Consider a firm with an annual demand of 6000 units, a setup cost of $20 per order, and
an annual holding cost per unit of $2. If the company purchases 1200 units every time
that they order, what are the total annual setup and holding costs?
What is the primary objective of ERP?
The design engineer in question #3 needs to improve the overall system reliability by
adding another part in parallel to the unit calculated in question #3. The objective is to
achieve an overall system reliability of 99.95%. What reliability must the parallel part
have to meet this objective?