OPER 3100 Exam 3 questions & answers
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Which of the following best describes the term cycle time?
a. Average time between completions of successive units
b. Ratio of the time a resource is activated over its use
c. Can be no more than 60 minutes
d. The same as utilization
e. The labor content of the item being measured - correct answer ✔✔a. Average time between
completions of successive units
A process flowchart uses which of the following symbols to represent a decision point in a flow diagram?
a. Rectangle
b. Arrow
c. Inverted triangle
d. Diamond
e. A dashed line - correct answer ✔✔d. Diamond
Which following production process term best describes the situation when activities in a stage of
production must stop because there is no work?
a. Blocking
b. Buffering
c. Starving
d. Buffer
e. Setup Time - correct answer ✔✔c. Starving
An advantage of a make-to-stock process is which of the following?
a. Rapid delivery of a standard product
b. All units of output are unique
,c. It responds directly to customer orders
d. It allows the firm to avoid inventory costs
e. It combines the best features of other processes - correct answer ✔✔a. Rapid delivery of a standard
product
Which of the following terms describes the time a unit spends actually being worked on together with
the time spent waiting in a queue?
a. Cycle time
b. Throughput time
c. Run time
d. Setup time
e. Efficiency - correct answer ✔✔b. Throughput time
According to Little's Law, which of the following ratios is used to find throughput time?
a. Cycle time/ Process velocity
b. Throughput time/ Process velocity
c. Process velocity/ Throughput time
d. Work-In-Process/ Throughput rate
e. Value added time/ Process velocity - correct answer ✔✔d. Work-In-Process/ Throughput rate
According to Little's Law, which of the following can be used to estimate work-in-process inventory?
a. Process time/ Cycle time
b. Throughput rate times throughput time
c. Process velocity/ Throughput time
d. Set up time/ Throughput rate
e. Value added time/ Process velocity - correct answer ✔✔b. Throughput rate times throughput time
When the textbook presented the topic of job design decisions, the "what" of these decisions concerned
which of the following?
a. Time of day
, b. Tasks to be performed
c. Mental and physical characteristics of the workforce
d. Method of performance and motivation
e. The organizational rationale for the job - correct answer ✔✔b. Tasks to be performed
Job design decisions are being affected by which of the following trends?
a. Forecasting methods
b. Automatic guided vehicles
c. Automation of heavy manual work
d. Automated storage and retrieval systems
e. Global economic cycles - correct answer ✔✔c. Automation of heavy manual work
Some of the advantages for labor to increasing specialization of labor in job design include which of the
following?
a. Boredom
b. Job satisfaction and gratification
c. Control over the workplace
d. Enhanced opportunity to progress to a better job
e. Ease in learning the job - correct answer ✔✔e. Ease in learning the job
Which of the following work methods design aids might be used by a methods analyst in determining
the best work methods to be used by a worker at a fixed workplace?
a. Financial incentives
b. Operations chart
c. Task variety
d. Constructive feedback
e. Disciplinary action - correct answer ✔✔b. Operations chart
Which of the following work methods design aids might be used by a methods analyst in determining
the best work methods to be used by a worker at a fixed workplace?
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Which of the following best describes the term cycle time?
a. Average time between completions of successive units
b. Ratio of the time a resource is activated over its use
c. Can be no more than 60 minutes
d. The same as utilization
e. The labor content of the item being measured - correct answer ✔✔a. Average time between
completions of successive units
A process flowchart uses which of the following symbols to represent a decision point in a flow diagram?
a. Rectangle
b. Arrow
c. Inverted triangle
d. Diamond
e. A dashed line - correct answer ✔✔d. Diamond
Which following production process term best describes the situation when activities in a stage of
production must stop because there is no work?
a. Blocking
b. Buffering
c. Starving
d. Buffer
e. Setup Time - correct answer ✔✔c. Starving
An advantage of a make-to-stock process is which of the following?
a. Rapid delivery of a standard product
b. All units of output are unique
,c. It responds directly to customer orders
d. It allows the firm to avoid inventory costs
e. It combines the best features of other processes - correct answer ✔✔a. Rapid delivery of a standard
product
Which of the following terms describes the time a unit spends actually being worked on together with
the time spent waiting in a queue?
a. Cycle time
b. Throughput time
c. Run time
d. Setup time
e. Efficiency - correct answer ✔✔b. Throughput time
According to Little's Law, which of the following ratios is used to find throughput time?
a. Cycle time/ Process velocity
b. Throughput time/ Process velocity
c. Process velocity/ Throughput time
d. Work-In-Process/ Throughput rate
e. Value added time/ Process velocity - correct answer ✔✔d. Work-In-Process/ Throughput rate
According to Little's Law, which of the following can be used to estimate work-in-process inventory?
a. Process time/ Cycle time
b. Throughput rate times throughput time
c. Process velocity/ Throughput time
d. Set up time/ Throughput rate
e. Value added time/ Process velocity - correct answer ✔✔b. Throughput rate times throughput time
When the textbook presented the topic of job design decisions, the "what" of these decisions concerned
which of the following?
a. Time of day
, b. Tasks to be performed
c. Mental and physical characteristics of the workforce
d. Method of performance and motivation
e. The organizational rationale for the job - correct answer ✔✔b. Tasks to be performed
Job design decisions are being affected by which of the following trends?
a. Forecasting methods
b. Automatic guided vehicles
c. Automation of heavy manual work
d. Automated storage and retrieval systems
e. Global economic cycles - correct answer ✔✔c. Automation of heavy manual work
Some of the advantages for labor to increasing specialization of labor in job design include which of the
following?
a. Boredom
b. Job satisfaction and gratification
c. Control over the workplace
d. Enhanced opportunity to progress to a better job
e. Ease in learning the job - correct answer ✔✔e. Ease in learning the job
Which of the following work methods design aids might be used by a methods analyst in determining
the best work methods to be used by a worker at a fixed workplace?
a. Financial incentives
b. Operations chart
c. Task variety
d. Constructive feedback
e. Disciplinary action - correct answer ✔✔b. Operations chart
Which of the following work methods design aids might be used by a methods analyst in determining
the best work methods to be used by a worker at a fixed workplace?
