OSCM 373 EXAM 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which statement best describes an assembly line?
A. Made to order
B. Standardized with large volume
C. Low volume with high variety
D. High volume with high variety
E. Low volume with some variety
F. High volume with some variety - Answers -F. High volume with some variety
The equipment used in a continuous process is:
A. General purpose and very flexible
B. Highly specialized with only limited automation but very flexible
C. Highly specialized, almost completely automated and very flexible
D. General purpose with very little flexibility
E. General purpose and almost completely automated
F. Highly specialized, almost completely automated with very little flexibility - Answers -
F. Highly specialized, almost completely automated with very little flexibility
What is the best manufacturing choice for a very standardized large volume product?
A. AssemblyLine
B. Job Shop
C. Continuous
D. Batch
E. Mass Production
F. Repetitive - Answers -C. Continuous
Where on the Product Process Matrix is the most efficient manufacturing process
located?
A.The perpendicular
B. The x-axis
C. The y axis
D. The intersection
E. The origin
F. The diagonal points - Answers -F. The diagonal points
The graph of volume and variety is referred to as:
A. The Cost Curve
B. Product-Process Matrix
, C. Cost-Efficiency Matrix
D. Process-Product Marix
E. Cost-Quality Matrix
F. Manufacturing Matrix - Answers -B. Product-Process Matrix
What are the two considerations for process selection?
A. Flexibility and Cost
B. Variety and Volume of demand
C. Quality and Efficiency
D. Flexibility and Volume of demand
E. Flexibility and Variety
F. Cost and Quality - Answers -B. Variety and Volume of demand
What determines the appropriate manufacturing process?
A. Budget
B. Customer needs
C. Team decision
D. Market research
E. Product
F. Management decision - Answers -E. Product
Which of the following is an example of a made to order product?
A. Gasoline
B. Crude oil
C. Oil refining
D. Eye Glasses
E. Motor oil
F. Automobiles - Answers -D. Eye Glasses
When workers perform a variety of tasks and rotate workstations regularly:
A. This practice avoids fatigue and maintains quality.
B. This practice avoids fatigue but decreases quality.
C. This practice is very costly and impractical.
D. This practice has no impact on product quality.
E. This practice is very tiring and increases accidents.
F. This practice describes traditional assembly line work. - Answers -A. This practice
avoids fatigue and maintains quality.
Which of the following statements describes the batch process used by Caterpillar?
A. The process is intermittent with a connected work flow and the workers coming to the
machines
Which statement best describes an assembly line?
A. Made to order
B. Standardized with large volume
C. Low volume with high variety
D. High volume with high variety
E. Low volume with some variety
F. High volume with some variety - Answers -F. High volume with some variety
The equipment used in a continuous process is:
A. General purpose and very flexible
B. Highly specialized with only limited automation but very flexible
C. Highly specialized, almost completely automated and very flexible
D. General purpose with very little flexibility
E. General purpose and almost completely automated
F. Highly specialized, almost completely automated with very little flexibility - Answers -
F. Highly specialized, almost completely automated with very little flexibility
What is the best manufacturing choice for a very standardized large volume product?
A. AssemblyLine
B. Job Shop
C. Continuous
D. Batch
E. Mass Production
F. Repetitive - Answers -C. Continuous
Where on the Product Process Matrix is the most efficient manufacturing process
located?
A.The perpendicular
B. The x-axis
C. The y axis
D. The intersection
E. The origin
F. The diagonal points - Answers -F. The diagonal points
The graph of volume and variety is referred to as:
A. The Cost Curve
B. Product-Process Matrix
, C. Cost-Efficiency Matrix
D. Process-Product Marix
E. Cost-Quality Matrix
F. Manufacturing Matrix - Answers -B. Product-Process Matrix
What are the two considerations for process selection?
A. Flexibility and Cost
B. Variety and Volume of demand
C. Quality and Efficiency
D. Flexibility and Volume of demand
E. Flexibility and Variety
F. Cost and Quality - Answers -B. Variety and Volume of demand
What determines the appropriate manufacturing process?
A. Budget
B. Customer needs
C. Team decision
D. Market research
E. Product
F. Management decision - Answers -E. Product
Which of the following is an example of a made to order product?
A. Gasoline
B. Crude oil
C. Oil refining
D. Eye Glasses
E. Motor oil
F. Automobiles - Answers -D. Eye Glasses
When workers perform a variety of tasks and rotate workstations regularly:
A. This practice avoids fatigue and maintains quality.
B. This practice avoids fatigue but decreases quality.
C. This practice is very costly and impractical.
D. This practice has no impact on product quality.
E. This practice is very tiring and increases accidents.
F. This practice describes traditional assembly line work. - Answers -A. This practice
avoids fatigue and maintains quality.
Which of the following statements describes the batch process used by Caterpillar?
A. The process is intermittent with a connected work flow and the workers coming to the
machines
