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Question:
Which of the following is not an example of automation:
Response:

Online banking

ATMs

A buffet restaurant

automated air conditioning
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Question:
Objectives of layout design include
Response:

facilitate product or service marketing

increase production time or customer service time

maximize material handling cost

facilitate a smooth flow of work, material, and information

Some of these

All of these

facilitate workers vacation schedule
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Question:
Which of these are true about a "Job Shop" process
Response:

None of these

customizable

useful for craft production

Some of these

small scale

All of these
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Question:
Standardized layout arranged according to a fixed sequence of assembly tasks refers to a
Response:

Product line

Process Layout

Assembly Line

Product Layout
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What kind of processing is required for very high volumes of non-discrete goods
Response:

repetitive/assembly line

continuous

batch

job shop
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Question:
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding process types?
Response:

Job shop, batch, repetitive and continuous are typically ongoing operations

They influence many activities of the organization

Manager must know when to shift from one process type to the next

They always exist in their pure forms

Hybrid processes have elements of other process types embedded in them
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Which of these are true about a process layout
Response:

routing and scheduling is more challenging than product layout

equipment utilization rates are lower than product layout

Some of these

All of these

in-process inventory costs are higher than product layout
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Question:
What is the cycle time if 500 minutes per day were spent making 25 units?
Response:

One product every 20 minutes

One product every 25 minutes

20 products per minute

None of these

25 products per minute
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Question:
Which of the following are NOT associated with product layouts?
Response:

highly standardized goods

sequential layout

repetitive processing

non-repetitive processing

rapid flow
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Question:
Process flexibility is the degree to which the system can be adjusted to changes in processing
requirements due to
Response:

volume changes

None of these

product and service and design changes

Both of these
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Question:
Advantages of product layout include
Response:

None of these

higher unit cost

high rate of output

All of these

complex routing and scheduling

high material handling cost per unit
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Question:
What are the basic questions in process selection?
Response:

None of these

How much equipment flexibility?

All of these

How much volume based on expected output?

Some of these

How much variety?
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Question:
In one of the assembly lines with 5 stations, the supervisor notices that the idle time per cycle is
0.5 min in the 1.0 min cycle time. What is the efficiency of this line?
Response:

2.5%

85%

10%

90%

97.5%
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Question:
Advantage of a processing layout includes
Response:

general-purpose equipment is often less costly than the specialized equipment used
in product layouts

can handle a variety of processing requirements

Some of these

All of these

it is possible to use individual incentive plans

not particularly vulnerable to equipment failures
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Question:
__ is the combination of equipment and labor that an organization uses to accomplish some
objective.
Response:

Process Flexibility

Some of these

Capital Intensity

Layout design

All of these
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Question:
The process of assigning tasks to workstations in such a way that the workstations have
approximately equal time requirements is called
Response:

accounting and purchasing

individual incentive plans

Some of these

All of these

Line balancing
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Question:
Process strategy considerations are often based on
Response:

Some of these

flexibility

None of these

capital intensity

software

All of these

computer
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Question:
Layout in which the product or project remains stationary, and workers, materials, and
equipment are moved as needed is called
Response:

Some of these

Combination layout

Product layout

Process layout

All of these

None of these

Fixed position layout
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Question:
What does the acronym CIM stand for?
Response:

Consumer integrated manufacture

Computer integrated manufacturing

Computer international manufacture

Customer integrated manufacturing
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Question:
Which one of these are needs for layout design
Response:

inefficient operations

hiring a new employee

All of these

introduction of new products or services

changes in environmental or other legal requirements

Some of these

None of these

accidents or safety hazards

changes in output volume or product mix
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Question:
Robot is a machine consisting of a mechanical arm, power supply, and a(n) _.
Response:

Product Line

Computer

Product Layout

Assembly Line

Controller
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Question:
A layout that uses standardized processing operations to achieve smooth, rapid, high-volume
flow is a
Response:

fixed position

All of these

None of these

process

product

combination
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Question:
Cycle time establishes the output rate of a line.
Response:
User answer
True

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Question:
What is a major obstacle when trying to find the most efficient layout of a department?
Response:

Layout of building

Location of key utilities

Type of equipment being used

Large number of possible assignments

Amount of space equipment and labor will use.
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Question:
Disadvantages of product layouts include
Response:

individual incentive plans improves performance

All of these

reduces dull, repetitive jobs

poorly skilled workers may not maintain equipment or quality of output

None of these

fairly flexible to changes in volume or product or process design
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Question:
A group of machines that include supervisory computer control, automatic handling, and robots
or other automated processing is_
Response:

Mixed Mode

Job Shop

Group Technology

CIM ( Computer-Integrated Manufacturing)

FMS ( flexible manufacturing system)
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Question:
The maximum time allowed at each workstation to complete its set of tasks on a unit is called
Response:

All of these

Line balancing

Some of these

Cycle time

Workstation time
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Question:
Linking key product or service requirements to process capabilities is called
Response:

Product profiling

Range of products or services

Processed expect

Order sizes

Key dimensions

frequency of schedule changes
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Question:
Which type of process is sometimes referred to as assembly?
Response:

Job shop

Project

Continuous

Repetitive

Strategic
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Question:
Which diagram shows the elemental tasks and requirements?
Response:

Product Layout Diagram

Line Balancing Diagram

Muther Grid Diagram

None of these

Precedence Diagram
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Question:
Processing is deciding on the way production of goods or services will be organized.
Response:
User answer
False

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Question:
In a product layout more accounting and purchasing are more involved compared to a process
layout.
Response:
User answer
False