OSC Pre-Quiz & Quiz Questions With Complete Solutions
A firm has a continual need for preparing and presenting
research reports. Preparation & presentation requires 4 steps;
Researchers conduct background research, Writers draft the
report, Editors revise & polish the draft, and Presenters create &
deliver the presentation. Given the data below, by how much
does the system capacity increase if another "researcher" is
added?Note: For simplicity of analysis we will assume
everybody works independently; for example the Researcher
works independently from the Presenter, & only one person
works on any one step for any given report.
4 Researchers each with capacity of 1/week.
2 Writers each with capacity of 2.5/week.
2 Editors each with capacity of 2.2/wk.
1 Presenter with a capacity of 5/wk.
25%
10%
50%
20% Correct Answers 10%
A party of 5 goes to the Green Iguana. The waiter takes 10
seconds to get from the kitchen to the table (or vice versa), and
takes 30 seconds to manually take each person's order at the
table. The waiter always starts in the kitchen, goes out to a table,
takes the order for the batch (whatever the batch size), and then
delivers the order for only that batch back to kitchen. If the
waiter takes the table's orders in batches of 1 (only taking the
order of 1 person), what is the waiter's total time required to
process the orders for the entire table?
,Hint: for the first customer it takes 50 seconds, consisting of 10
seconds to go out to the table, plus 30 seconds to take the order,
plus 10 seconds to take the order back to the kitchen. For the
second customer it similarly takes 50 seconds. And so forth.
170 seconds
10 seconds
250 seconds
30 seconds Correct Answers 250 seconds
A party of 5 goes to the Green Iguana. The waiter takes 10
seconds to get from the kitchen to the table (or vice versa), and
takes 30 seconds to manually take each person's order at the
table. The waiter always starts in the kitchen, goes out to a table,
takes the order for the batch (whatever the batch size), and then
delivers the order for only that batch back to kitchen. If the
waiter takes the table's orders in batches of 5 (taking the order of
all 5 people before going back to the kitchen), what is the
waiter's total time required to process the orders for the entire
table?
170 seconds
50 seconds
30 seconds
250 seconds Correct Answers 170 seconds
An Accounting firm performs audits which involve four steps.
Planning: gathering documents and establishing a timeline.
Fieldwork: Conducting the investigation; the core phase.
Reporting: Draft the financial statements and disclosures.
Execute: Discuss results with the audited firm; present to the
firm's Board.
, There is of course an audit team that is involved, but for
purposes of this question let's assume that the roles are assigned
to individual resource groups within the team. In other words
there are "Planners" and "Fieldworkers" and "Reporters" and
"Executers" with per-person capacities given below. By how
much does the system capacity increase if another "Fieldworker"
is hired?
2 Planners (capacity of 12/yr); 3 Fieldworkers (capacity of 6/yr);
2 Reporters (capacity of 11/yr); and 3 Executers (capacity of
8/yr).
22.2%
12.8%
33.3%
25% Correct Answers 22.2%
Assuming a firm fills all demand (and no more), what is the
relationship between the demand and the rate of jobs processed?
A) We assume the demand translates into something higher the
rate of jobs processed.
B) We assume the demand is unrelated to the rate of jobs
processed.
C) We assume the demand translates into something lower than
the rate of jobs processed.
D) We assume the demand directly translates into the rate of
jobs processed. Correct Answers D) We assume the demand
directly translates into the rate of jobs processed.
Assuming a restaurant is in rough steady-state (meaning things
are not dramatically changing over time), what can you say
about the system?
A firm has a continual need for preparing and presenting
research reports. Preparation & presentation requires 4 steps;
Researchers conduct background research, Writers draft the
report, Editors revise & polish the draft, and Presenters create &
deliver the presentation. Given the data below, by how much
does the system capacity increase if another "researcher" is
added?Note: For simplicity of analysis we will assume
everybody works independently; for example the Researcher
works independently from the Presenter, & only one person
works on any one step for any given report.
4 Researchers each with capacity of 1/week.
2 Writers each with capacity of 2.5/week.
2 Editors each with capacity of 2.2/wk.
1 Presenter with a capacity of 5/wk.
25%
10%
50%
20% Correct Answers 10%
A party of 5 goes to the Green Iguana. The waiter takes 10
seconds to get from the kitchen to the table (or vice versa), and
takes 30 seconds to manually take each person's order at the
table. The waiter always starts in the kitchen, goes out to a table,
takes the order for the batch (whatever the batch size), and then
delivers the order for only that batch back to kitchen. If the
waiter takes the table's orders in batches of 1 (only taking the
order of 1 person), what is the waiter's total time required to
process the orders for the entire table?
,Hint: for the first customer it takes 50 seconds, consisting of 10
seconds to go out to the table, plus 30 seconds to take the order,
plus 10 seconds to take the order back to the kitchen. For the
second customer it similarly takes 50 seconds. And so forth.
170 seconds
10 seconds
250 seconds
30 seconds Correct Answers 250 seconds
A party of 5 goes to the Green Iguana. The waiter takes 10
seconds to get from the kitchen to the table (or vice versa), and
takes 30 seconds to manually take each person's order at the
table. The waiter always starts in the kitchen, goes out to a table,
takes the order for the batch (whatever the batch size), and then
delivers the order for only that batch back to kitchen. If the
waiter takes the table's orders in batches of 5 (taking the order of
all 5 people before going back to the kitchen), what is the
waiter's total time required to process the orders for the entire
table?
170 seconds
50 seconds
30 seconds
250 seconds Correct Answers 170 seconds
An Accounting firm performs audits which involve four steps.
Planning: gathering documents and establishing a timeline.
Fieldwork: Conducting the investigation; the core phase.
Reporting: Draft the financial statements and disclosures.
Execute: Discuss results with the audited firm; present to the
firm's Board.
, There is of course an audit team that is involved, but for
purposes of this question let's assume that the roles are assigned
to individual resource groups within the team. In other words
there are "Planners" and "Fieldworkers" and "Reporters" and
"Executers" with per-person capacities given below. By how
much does the system capacity increase if another "Fieldworker"
is hired?
2 Planners (capacity of 12/yr); 3 Fieldworkers (capacity of 6/yr);
2 Reporters (capacity of 11/yr); and 3 Executers (capacity of
8/yr).
22.2%
12.8%
33.3%
25% Correct Answers 22.2%
Assuming a firm fills all demand (and no more), what is the
relationship between the demand and the rate of jobs processed?
A) We assume the demand translates into something higher the
rate of jobs processed.
B) We assume the demand is unrelated to the rate of jobs
processed.
C) We assume the demand translates into something lower than
the rate of jobs processed.
D) We assume the demand directly translates into the rate of
jobs processed. Correct Answers D) We assume the demand
directly translates into the rate of jobs processed.
Assuming a restaurant is in rough steady-state (meaning things
are not dramatically changing over time), what can you say
about the system?
