Operations Management Solved MCQs | Part Three
Operations Managements
1. Frederick Winslow Taylor is called:
A. Father of operations research
B. Father of Marketing management
C. Father of financial management
D. Father of scientific management
Answer »» D. father of scientific management
2. In the case of ............ the products are produced as per the specifications of the customers within prefixed time and cost.
A. Mass production
B. Job production
C. Both of these
D. None of these
Answer »» B. job production
3. ............ is the system in which items are processed in lots and a new lot is undertaken for production only when the production on all items of a lot is complete.
A. Job production
B. Batch production
C. Mass production
D. None of these
Answer »» B. batch production
4. ............ is the capacity that specifies a theoretical upper limit above the usual rate of routine operations.
A. Maximum capacity
B. Effective capacity
C. Actual capacity
D. None of these.
Answer »» A. maximum capacity
5. ............ …is the highest reasonable output rate that can be achieved with the current product specifications, product mix, workforce, plant and equipment.
A. Publicity
B. Capacity
C. (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Answer »» B. capacity
6. In ............, machines and other supporting services are located according to the processing sequence of the product
A. Project layout
B. Product layout
C. Combination layout
D. None of these
Answer »» B. Product layout
7. The layout in which production operations are performed in a fixed position is called ............ ………….
A. Project layout
B. Product layout
C. (a) and(b)
D. None of these
Answer »» A. Project Layout
8. The layout in which all the equipment performing similar tasks are grouped is called ............
A. Product layout
B. Process layout
C. Combination layout
D. None of these
Answer »» B. Process Layout
9. ............ is the configuration of departments, work centres and equipment in the conversion process.
A. Plant layout
B. Plant locations
C. (a) and (b)
D. None of these.
Answer »» A. Plant Layout
10. Which of the following affects the choice of plant location decision?
A. Proximity to markets
B. Supply of materials
C. (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Answer »» C. (a) and (b)
11. The founder of the scientific management movement was:
A. Frank Gilbreth
B. Walter Shewhart
C. Frederick W. Taylor
D. Ford Harris
Answer »» C. Frederick W. Taylor
12. The Hawthorne Studies stimulated the development of:
A. The scientific management movement
B. The human relations movement
C. The socio-technical movement
D. The lean production movement.
Answer »» B. The human relations movement
13. Walter Shewhart developed:
A. The economic order quantity model
B. The human factors engineering field
C. Linear programming models
D. Statistical quality control techniques
Answer »» D. Statistical quality control techniques
14. The moving assembly line was developed by:
A. Elton Mayo
B. Frederick W. Taylor
C. Clark Gable
D. Henry Ford
Answer »» D. Henry Ford
15 ............ is used to monitor characteristics that can be measured and have a continuum of values such as height, weight, volume etc.
A. Control Chart of Attributes
B. Control Chart for Variables
C. (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Answer »» B. Control Chart for Variables
16 ............ is used to monitor characteristics that have discrete values and can be counted
A. Control Chart for Variables.
B. Control Chart for Attributes
C. (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Answer »» B. Control Chart for Attributes
17. Which of the following is not a control chart for variables?
A. X chart
B. R chart
C. P chart
D. None of these
Answer »» C. P chart
18. Which of the following is not a control chart for attributes?
A. P chart
B. C chart
C. X chart
D. None of these
Answer »» C. X chart
19. ISO 9000 is a ............
A. International Standard
B. National Standard
C. Local Standard
D. None of these
Answer »» A. International Standard
20. In management literature, TQM stands for
A. Total Quality Management
B. Total Quantity Management
C. Total Quantity Maintenance
D. None of these
Answer »» A. Total Quality Management
21. ............ is a group of workers from the same area who usually meet to discuss their problems, investigate, recommend solutions and to corrective actions
A. Quality Problems
B. Quality Circle
C. Quantify Value
D. None of These
Answer »» B. Quality Circle
22. Which of the following is not an objective of the quality circle?
A. To improve Quality
B. To improve Productivity
C. Trading on Equity
D. None of these
Answer »» C. Trading on Equity
23. Which of the following is not a principle of TQM?
A. Customer Focus
B. Continuous Improvement
C. Team Approach
D. Black Marketing
Answer »» D. Black Marketing
24. ............ is the systematic recording and critical examination of existing and the proposed way of doing work as a means of developing effective methods.
A. Method Study
B. Time study
C. Time booking
D. None of these
Answer »» A. Method Study
25. The costs of all activities incurred to prevent poor quality in products and services.
A. Prevention Cost
B. Appraisal Cost
C. Failure Cost
D. None of the above
Answer »» A. Prevention Cost
