ISDS 3115 EXAM 2 LATEST
Government attitudes towards issues such as private property,
intellectual property, zoning, pollution, and employment stability may
change over time
What is the term associated with this phenomenon?
A. bureaucratic risk
B. political risk
C. judicial risk
D. legislative risk
E. democratic risk - ANSWERS-B. political risk
The objective of layout strategy is to
A. minimize space used
B. maximize worker satisfaction
C. develop an effective and efficient layout that will meet the firm's
competitive requirements
D. minimize cost
E. maximize flexibility - ANSWERS-C. develop an effective and
efficient layout that will meet the firm's competitive requirements
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The staff training center at a large regional hospital provides training
sessions in CPR to all employees. Assume that the capacity of this
training system was designed to be 1200 employees per year. Since the
training center was first put into use, the program has become more
complex so that 1050 not represents the most employees that can be
trained per year. in the past, 950 employees were trained The efficiency
of this system is approximately ____ and its utilization is
approximately_____. - ANSWERS-90.5%; 79.2%
An assembly line has 10 stations with times 1, 2, 3, 4, ....10.
respectively. What is the bottleneck time?
A. 50% of the throughput time
B. 1.82% of the throughput time
C. 100% of the throughput time
D. 550% of the throughput time
E. 18.18% of the throughput time - ANSWERS-E. 18.18% of the
throughput time
A bank office with five tellers, each with a separate line of customers,
exhibits the characteristics of a multiphase queuing system. T/F -
ANSWERS-false
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A system in which the customer receives service from only one station
and then exits the system is which of the following?
A. a single-phase system
B. a limited-access system
C. a single-channel system
D. a multiphase system
E. a multiple channel system - ANSWERS-A. a single-phase system
Which of these factors would be considered when making a location
decision at the site level?
A. cultural and economic issues
B. government rules, attitudes, stability, incentives
C. zoning regulations
D. cost and availability of utilities
E. proximity to raw materials and customers - ANSWERS-C. zoning
regulations
Which of the following assumptions is NOT associated with strategies
for goods-producing location decisions?
A. focus on identifiable costs
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B. location is a major determinant of cost
C. most major costs can be identified explicitly for each site
D. intangible costs can be evaluated
E. high-customer-contact issues are critical - ANSWERS-E. high-
customer-contact issues are critical
The fixed-position layout would be MOST appropriate in which of the
following settings?
A. a washing machine assembly line
B. a casual dining restaurant
C. a doctor's office
D. a fast food restaurant
E. a cruise ship assembly facility - ANSWERS-E. a cruise ship assembly
facility
A manager tells her production employees, "It's no longer good enough
that your work falls anywhere within the specification limits. I need your
work to be as close to the target value as possible"
Her thinking is reflective of:
A. ISO 9000
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Government attitudes towards issues such as private property,
intellectual property, zoning, pollution, and employment stability may
change over time
What is the term associated with this phenomenon?
A. bureaucratic risk
B. political risk
C. judicial risk
D. legislative risk
E. democratic risk - ANSWERS-B. political risk
The objective of layout strategy is to
A. minimize space used
B. maximize worker satisfaction
C. develop an effective and efficient layout that will meet the firm's
competitive requirements
D. minimize cost
E. maximize flexibility - ANSWERS-C. develop an effective and
efficient layout that will meet the firm's competitive requirements
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, ISDS 3115 EXAM 2 LATEST
The staff training center at a large regional hospital provides training
sessions in CPR to all employees. Assume that the capacity of this
training system was designed to be 1200 employees per year. Since the
training center was first put into use, the program has become more
complex so that 1050 not represents the most employees that can be
trained per year. in the past, 950 employees were trained The efficiency
of this system is approximately ____ and its utilization is
approximately_____. - ANSWERS-90.5%; 79.2%
An assembly line has 10 stations with times 1, 2, 3, 4, ....10.
respectively. What is the bottleneck time?
A. 50% of the throughput time
B. 1.82% of the throughput time
C. 100% of the throughput time
D. 550% of the throughput time
E. 18.18% of the throughput time - ANSWERS-E. 18.18% of the
throughput time
A bank office with five tellers, each with a separate line of customers,
exhibits the characteristics of a multiphase queuing system. T/F -
ANSWERS-false
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, ISDS 3115 EXAM 2 LATEST
A system in which the customer receives service from only one station
and then exits the system is which of the following?
A. a single-phase system
B. a limited-access system
C. a single-channel system
D. a multiphase system
E. a multiple channel system - ANSWERS-A. a single-phase system
Which of these factors would be considered when making a location
decision at the site level?
A. cultural and economic issues
B. government rules, attitudes, stability, incentives
C. zoning regulations
D. cost and availability of utilities
E. proximity to raw materials and customers - ANSWERS-C. zoning
regulations
Which of the following assumptions is NOT associated with strategies
for goods-producing location decisions?
A. focus on identifiable costs
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B. location is a major determinant of cost
C. most major costs can be identified explicitly for each site
D. intangible costs can be evaluated
E. high-customer-contact issues are critical - ANSWERS-E. high-
customer-contact issues are critical
The fixed-position layout would be MOST appropriate in which of the
following settings?
A. a washing machine assembly line
B. a casual dining restaurant
C. a doctor's office
D. a fast food restaurant
E. a cruise ship assembly facility - ANSWERS-E. a cruise ship assembly
facility
A manager tells her production employees, "It's no longer good enough
that your work falls anywhere within the specification limits. I need your
work to be as close to the target value as possible"
Her thinking is reflective of:
A. ISO 9000
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