The document appears to be a practice test for a PRC stage examination, containing 50 multiple choice questions testing concepts related to production, operations management, and manufacturing processes. Key topics covered include mass production vs customization, types of manufacturing processes, departmentalization, production planning, and quality management techniques.
The document appears to be a practice test for a PRC stage examination, containing 50 multiple choice questions testing concepts related to production, operations management, and manufacturing processes. Key topics covered include mass production vs customization, types of manufacturing processes, departmentalization, production planning, and quality management techniques.
The document appears to be a practice test for a PRC stage examination, containing 50 multiple choice questions testing concepts related to production, operations management, and manufacturing processes. Key topics covered include mass production vs customization, types of manufacturing processes, departmentalization, production planning, and quality management techniques.
The document appears to be a practice test for a PRC stage examination, containing 50 multiple choice questions testing concepts related to production, operations management, and manufacturing processes. Key topics covered include mass production vs customization, types of manufacturing processes, departmentalization, production planning, and quality management techniques.
a) Technological advancement b) Ongoing competition c) Consumer expectation d) All of these 2. Bread and soft-drinks are common examples of: a) Planning phase b) Quality control c) Production control d) Mass production 3. The product is custom-tailored in: a) Customization b) Mass-customization c)Timing d) Lay out 4. In which mode, each product or service produced is unique: a) Customization b) Mass-customization c) Production d) Layout 5. What is converted into flout is the example of: a) Assembly manufacturing b) Process manufacturing c) Production phase d) Intermittent Process 6. Assembling parts of airplane is an example of: a) Assembly manufacturing b) Process manufacturing c) Lay out process d) Final phase 7. A manufacturing firm that produces goods in response to customer order is called: a) Local shop b) Machinery c) Job shop d) Local industry 8. An executive manager may be a person with the title of: a) C E O b) C O O c) President d) All of these 9. Most production mangers report directly to the a) Executive manager b) Manager a) Executive manager d) Supervisor 10. Who introduced the concept of Division of labor a) Kanes b) Adam smith c) Marks d) Word worth 11. What are the key advantages of division of labour: a) Increased efficiency b) Improvement in quality c) Faster training of workers d) All of these 12. Disadvantages of tab division of labour might be: a) Boredom b) Lack of creativity c) Redundancy due to new technology d) All of these 13. Departmentalization involves a) Function b) Product c) Process d) All of these 14. When a manufacture has more than one location, it is called: a) Customer departmentalization b) Process departmentalization Product departmentalization d) Geographic departmentalization 15. Assigning authority to other people is called: a) Supervision b) Attentive job c) Delegation d) All of these 16. Which of the following are the key departments of a manufacturing company: a) Production b) RAD c) Purchasing d) All of these 17. Which of the following are the main responsibilities of production unit: a) Production planning and scheduling b) Maintenance of plant and equipment c) Inventory control d) All of these 18. Which department deals in Raw material a) Production b) Marketing c) Sales d) Purchasing 19. Which serves the umbrella function? a) Marketing and sales b) Purchasing c) Production d) All of these 20. In a manufacturing organization, operation managers are the people charged with managing and supervising the _____. a. Marketing process b. Selling process c. Conversion process d. Development process 21. In customization, the firm produces goods one at a time according to the _____ of individual customers. a. Specific needs and wants b. Nature c. Consumption d. None of the above 22. In assembly manufacturing the basic inputs, are either ______ to create the output or transformed into the output. a. Separated b. Divided c. Combined d. None of the above 23. To perform the transformation function in today’s business environment, manufacturers must continually strive to improve ________. a. Business goodwill b. Networking c. Operational efficiency d. Hygiene 24. Which of the following important decision is made in production planning? a. Type of production process b. Site selection c. Facility layout d. All of the above 25. While controlling the production the operation manager perform which of the following activity? a. Oversees purchasing of raw materials b. Handles inventories c. Ensures controlling costs d. All of the above 26. What does CPM stand for? a. Chemical Processing Management b. Cellular Positioning Management c. The critical Path Method d. Central Programming Method 27. TQM stands for___. a. Total Quality Management b. Total Quality Method c. Technique of Quotient Measurement d. None of the above 28. Production planning allows the business to consider competitive environment and its own strategic goals to find which of the following? a. Product price b. Best product design c. Best production methods d. None of the above 29. Which of the following is not the key discussion point in production planning? a. Loaction b. Layout c. Processlayout d. None of the above 30. Short term planning converts the goals of medium and long-term planning into specific production plans and materials management strategies within which of the following time frame? a. Within 6 months b. Within one years c. Within 2 years d. None of the above 31. In mass-production manufacturing, which of the following the common theme? a. Different goods at once b. Variable goods at once c. Identical goods at once d. Complex goods at once 32. In mass customization, by using which of the following techniques goods are produced but only up to a point? a. Product customization technique b. Mass production technique c. Mass customization technique d. Customization technique 33. Continuous process is best for ____ volume, ____ variety products with standardized parts. a. High, low b. High, high c. Low, low d. Low, high 34. Which of the following is discussed in the production planning with respect to location? a. How to locate the manufacturing facility b. Where to locate the manufacturing facility c. How to layout the manufacturing facility at selected location. d. None of the above 35. Which of the following is the necessary factor to be weighed by the firm to make the right decision regarding location. a. Access to production resource/inputs .This includes material, parts and equipment, and human resources b. Manufacturing zone/base which provides easy access to human resources and other required inputs c. Marketing which includes proximity to customers and competitors d. All of the above 36. The process layout is best for firms that produce_____ numbers of a wide variety of products, typically using general-purpose machines that can be changed rapidly to new operations for ______ product designs. a. Small, same b. Large, same c. Small, different d. Large, different 37. Which of the following begins by specifying that which raw materials, parts, and components will be required, and when to produce finished goods? a. Production planning b. Resource planning c. Production process. d. Resource processing 38. Which of the following is a critical element of effective supply chain management. a. To maintain customer relationship. b. To develop tight bonds with suppliers c. To deliver quality products in a timely manner d. To become a competitive advantage for the business 39. Which of the following shows the chain of command of the company and the proper flow of responsibility within the manufacturing setup which is essential for the company to run in an efficient manner? a. Management b. Organization c. Centralization d. Organization chart 40. In manufacturing organization, an executive manager has the ultimate responsibility of choosing a _____, just like choosing the primary direction of all other departments. a. financial strategy b. Human resource strategy c. Manufacturing strategy d. None of the above 41. Most production managers report direct ly to the ____, where he is given his directives for managing the production process. a. Human resource manager b. CEO c. Executive manager d. Production line manager 42. Production line supervisors act as which of the following between the production workers and the production manager? a. Advisor b. Liaison c. Arbitrator d. None of the above 43. Production line supervisor may be responsible for _____ within a certain production line a. Multiple production line b. Multiple assembly line c. Single assembly line d. All of the above. 43. Which of the following describes the relationships of resources within a company. It begins with people but also includes materials, money, and information? a. Internal organizational structure b. Organization environment c. Organizational structure d. Internal organization environment 44. The result of division of labor is that goods come to the final shape with the _______ of many workers. a. Ideas b. Cooperation c. Input d. Skills and abilities 45. Which of the following factor has contributed immensely to operations of a manufacturing company and even continues to this day? a. Delegation b. Division of labor c. Division of planning d. None of the above 46. By carrying out which of the following activities the manufacturer ensures that the system is working? a. Regular statistical Production methods b. Regular statistical control method c. Regular analysis of production process d. All of the above 47. Investing in manufacturing operations management system helps reduce and improve accuracy. a. Inventory control b. Inventory space c. Defected inventory d. Inventory stock 48. By managing business operations as per government regulations, each head of the department in the company takes the responsibility to ensure that all tasks performed under him are done in a _____ manner. a. Prudent b. Ethical c. Lawful d. Prejudicial 49. Which of the following enables the company to improve the way in which the company raw materials are stored? a. Human Resource Management b. financial management c. Manufacturing Operations Management d. Production Management 50. When the operations are running ______ , managers will have more time to generate new ideas and apply them to increase company sales. a. Abruptly b. Smoothly c. Roughly d. None of the above