1) A job with a 70 percent learning curve required 20 hours for the initial unit. The
fourth unit should require approximately how many hours?
A.6
B.9.8
C.14
D.20
E.34
2) Which of the following is not true of vendor analysis?
A.It involves an examination of the function of purchased parts or raw materials.
B.Its purpose is to reduce costs and/or improve performance of purchased goods or
services.
C.It is usually performed only periodically.
D.Representatives from design and operations may work with purchasing.
E.If improvements are identified, purchasing implements those that purchasing agrees
are justified.
3) One thing that makes aggregate planning in services easier than aggregate planning
in manufacturing is:
A.inventory is cheaper to hold.
B.labor availability is more predictable.
C.inventory is less perishable.
D.labor is more flexible.
E. demand is less variable.
4) The chart used to focus on busy and idle portions of a work cycle is a:
A.worker-machine chart.
B.Gantt chart.
C.simo chart.
D.idle chart.
E.flow process chart.
5) ISO certification is similar to the Baldrige Award in its emphasis on:
A.statistical tools.
B.self-appraisal.
C.teamwork.
D.outsourcing.
E.services.
6) A scheduling technique used to achieve an optimum, one-to-one matching of tasks
and resources is:
A.the assignment method.
B.Johnson’s rule.
C.the optimum production technology method.
D.the appointment method.
E.the reservation method.
7) The maximum allowable cycle time is computed as:
A.daily operating time divided by the desired output.
B.desired output divided by the daily operating time.
C.daily operating time divided by the product of the desired output and the sum of job
times.
D.the product of desired output and the sum of job times divided by daily operating
time.
E. 1.00 minus station time.
8) The quality control improvement tool which distinguishes between the “important
few” and the “trivial many” is:
A.brainstorming.
B.check sheets.
C.Pareto analysis.
D.cause-and-effect diagrams.
E.fail-safe methods.
9) A firm has 56 units of product X on hand. Forecasts of demand are for 20 units per
week. An MPS quantity of 100 units is planned to arrive in period 3. Customer orders
are 24 for period 1, 18 for period 2, and 15 for period 3.
What quantity is available for commitment to new customers prior to the receipt of the
MPS quantity in week 3?
A.14
B.32
C.12
D.20
E.impossible to say without more information
10) Refer to this product tree:
If 17 Ps are needed, and no on-hand inventory exists for any items, how many Cs will
be needed?
A.8
B.16
C.136
D.204
E.272
11) Suppose a decision maker is confronted with the following transportation model
scenario:
In the optimal solution, how many units are shipped from source II to destination B?
A.0
B.10
C.60
D.70
E.80
12) Behavioral approaches to job design include:
A.specialization.
B.ergonomics.
C.job rotation.
D.flow process charts.
E.simo charts.
13) The production planner for Fine Coffees, Inc., produces two coffee blends:
American (A) and British (B). Two of his resources are constrained: Columbia beans, of
which he can get at most 300 pounds (4,800 ounces) per week; and Dominican beans,
of which he can get at most 200 pounds (3,200 ounces) per week. Each pound of
American blend coffee requires 12 ounces of Colombian beans and 4 ounces of
Dominican beans, while a pound of British blend coffee uses 8 ounces of each type of
bean. Profits for the American blend are $2.00 per pound, and profits for the British
blend are $1.00 per pound. For the production combination of 0 American and 400
British, which resource is ‘slack” (not fully used)?
A.Colombian beans (only)
B.Dominican beans (only)
C.both Colombian beans and Dominican beans
D.neither Colombian beans nor Dominican beans
E.cannot be determined exactly
14) Minimizing the sum of the squared deviations around the line is called:
A.mean squared error technique.
B.mean absolute deviation.
C.double smoothing.
D.least squares estimation.
E.predictor regression.
15) A concert promoter is forecasting this year’s attendance for one of his concerts
based on the following historical data:
The previous trend line had predicted 18,500 for two years ago, and 19,700 for last
year. What was the mean absolute deviation for these forecasts?
A.100
B.200
C.400
D.500
E.800
16) The design of work systems typically involves:
(I) work measurement.
(II) job design.
(III) compensation.
(IV) the use of outside consultants.
A.II and III only
B.I and III only
C.II, III, and IV only
D.I, II, and III only
E.I, II, III, and IV
17) The _________ of ERP makes it valuable as a strategic planning tool.
A.Internet base
B.rapid batch capability
C.employee focus
D.real-time aspect
E.database structure
18) Coordinates of all corner points are substituted into the objective function when we
use the approach called:
A.least squares.
B.regression.
C.enumeration.
D.graphical linear programming.
E.constraint assignment.