Operation Management

1. The shorter the forecast period, the more accurately the forecasts tend to track what actually happens.Operations Management

• True

• False

2. The optimum level of inspection minimizes the sum of inspection costs and the cost of passing defectives.Operations Management

• True

• False

3. The standard time for a job can be obtained by multiplying the normal time by an appropriate allowance factor.Operations Management

• True

• False

4. Concurrent Engineering is another term for sequential development.Operations Management

• True

• False

5. Time-based systems" compensate employees according to the time the employee has worked and the amount of output they produce.Operations Management

• True

• False

6. One way to increase reliability is to:Operations Management

• eliminate backup component

• improve preventive maintenance procedures

• increase mean repair time

• increase the number of independent components

• none of the above

7. A basic question in capacity planning is:Operations Management

• what kind is needed

• how much is needed

• when is it needed

• all of the above

• none of the above

8. The process of assigning tasks to workstations in such a way that the workstations have approximately equal time requirements is called:Operations Management

• fair employment practices

• idle time analysis

• line balancing

• cycle time optimization

• none of the above

9. A tool used to organize data into logical categories is called a (n) ___.Operations Management

• Affinity diagram

• Check list

• Control Chart

• Flow Chart

• Relationship diagram

10. A control chart used to monitor the fraction of defectives generated by a process is the:Operations Management

• p-chart

• R-chart

• x-bar chart

• c-chart

• Gantt chart

11. One of the mistakes to be avoided in submitting a paper with pages -------------------Research Methodology

12. ------------------- should be two hundred words or less. See the examples in the writing portfolio package.Research Methodology

13.-------------------------should not exceed two pagesResearch Methodology

14. While writing a research paper most authors use-------------------------------Research Methodology

15. While writing a research paper avoid ------------------------, and use --------------- sentences.Research Methodology

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16. Interviews, statistical sampling, and company reports provide input data for quantitative analysis models.Quantitative Techniques

• True

• False

17.A model is a representation of a situationQuantitative Techniques

• True

• False

18. Expected Monetary Value (EMV) is the average or expected monetary outcome of a decision if it can be repeated a large