OPRE 3310 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
False - Answers :Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants
and needs and selling and promoting the organization's goods or services.
True or False
True - Answers :The value of outputs is measured by the prices customers are willing to
pay for goods or services.
True or False
A. overlap - Answers :Business organizations consist of three major functions which:
A. overlap
B. are mutually exclusive
C. exist independently of each other
D. function independently of each other
E. do not interface with each other
D. feedback - Answers :Measurements taken at various points in the transformation
process for control purposes are called:
A. plans
B. directions
C. controls
D. feedback
E. budgets
D. mass production for economies of scale - Answers :Which of the following is not an
ongoing trend in manufacturing competition?
A. globalization
B. quality improvement
C. flexibility and agility
, D. mass production for economies of scale
E. technological advances
B. outsourced - Answers :Manufacturing work sent to other countries is called:
A. downsized
B. outsourced
C. internationalization
D. vertical integration
E. entrepreneurial ship
False - Answers :Productivity is defined as the ratio of input to output.
True or False
False - Answers :If people would only work harder, productivity would increase.
True or False
A. strategic - Answers :Product design and choice of location are examples of _______
decisions.
A. strategic
B. tactical
C. operational
D. customer focused
E. design
C. marketing and financial strategies - Answers :In the 1970's and 1980's in the USA,
organizations concentrated on:
A. operations strategies
B. improving quality
C. marketing and financial strategies
False - Answers :Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants
and needs and selling and promoting the organization's goods or services.
True or False
True - Answers :The value of outputs is measured by the prices customers are willing to
pay for goods or services.
True or False
A. overlap - Answers :Business organizations consist of three major functions which:
A. overlap
B. are mutually exclusive
C. exist independently of each other
D. function independently of each other
E. do not interface with each other
D. feedback - Answers :Measurements taken at various points in the transformation
process for control purposes are called:
A. plans
B. directions
C. controls
D. feedback
E. budgets
D. mass production for economies of scale - Answers :Which of the following is not an
ongoing trend in manufacturing competition?
A. globalization
B. quality improvement
C. flexibility and agility
, D. mass production for economies of scale
E. technological advances
B. outsourced - Answers :Manufacturing work sent to other countries is called:
A. downsized
B. outsourced
C. internationalization
D. vertical integration
E. entrepreneurial ship
False - Answers :Productivity is defined as the ratio of input to output.
True or False
False - Answers :If people would only work harder, productivity would increase.
True or False
A. strategic - Answers :Product design and choice of location are examples of _______
decisions.
A. strategic
B. tactical
C. operational
D. customer focused
E. design
C. marketing and financial strategies - Answers :In the 1970's and 1980's in the USA,
organizations concentrated on:
A. operations strategies
B. improving quality
C. marketing and financial strategies
