BIT 3414 Exam #1 QUESTIONS N
ANSWERS RATED A+ 2025/2026
What is Operations? - ANS ✔✔A function or system that transforms inputs into outputs of
greater value
Name the type of Transformation Process: Manufacturing - ANS ✔✔Physical
Name the type of Transformation Process: FedEx, Storage - ANS ✔✔Locational
Name the type of Transformation Process: Retail (Anything that adds value through an
exchange/transformation process) - ANS ✔✔Exchange
Name the type of Transformation Process: Healthcare, Fitness - ANS ✔✔Physiological
Name the type of Transformation Process: Entertainment - ANS ✔✔Psychological
Name the type of Transformation Process: Communications, Virginia Tech (All of teaching) - ANS
✔✔Informational
Name the type of Transformation Process: Mining, Logging - ANS ✔✔Extraction
___________ primarily utilizes a(n) _________ transformation process.
A.) Virginia Tech; Locational
B.) Federal Express; Physiological
, C.) Wausau Paper Mill; Psychological
D.) Kroger; Exchange
E.) Lewis Gale Hospital; Locational - ANS ✔✔D
What is Operations Management? - ANS ✔✔The design, operation, and improvement of
productive systems
What are the four primary functional areas of a firm? - ANS ✔✔Finance/Accounting, Marketing,
Human Resources, Operations
Name the Functional Area of the Firm: Loan for production equipment - ANS
✔✔Finance/Accounting
Name the Functional Area of the Firm: Create demand, Customer Information (They are the link
to the customer) - ANS ✔✔Marketing
Name the Functional Area of the Firm: Hiring - ANS ✔✔Human Resources
Name the Functional Area of the Firm: Goods, Services - ANS ✔✔Operations
What functional area do most assets of an organization tend to be allocated to? - ANS
✔✔Operations
Name the Era of Supply Chain Management: Prior to the Industrial Revolution; most consumer
goods produced by craftsmen in shop settings - ANS ✔✔Craft Production
Name the Era of Supply Chain Management: Each unit is completely unique, inherent quality
assurance - ANS ✔✔Craft Production
ANSWERS RATED A+ 2025/2026
What is Operations? - ANS ✔✔A function or system that transforms inputs into outputs of
greater value
Name the type of Transformation Process: Manufacturing - ANS ✔✔Physical
Name the type of Transformation Process: FedEx, Storage - ANS ✔✔Locational
Name the type of Transformation Process: Retail (Anything that adds value through an
exchange/transformation process) - ANS ✔✔Exchange
Name the type of Transformation Process: Healthcare, Fitness - ANS ✔✔Physiological
Name the type of Transformation Process: Entertainment - ANS ✔✔Psychological
Name the type of Transformation Process: Communications, Virginia Tech (All of teaching) - ANS
✔✔Informational
Name the type of Transformation Process: Mining, Logging - ANS ✔✔Extraction
___________ primarily utilizes a(n) _________ transformation process.
A.) Virginia Tech; Locational
B.) Federal Express; Physiological
, C.) Wausau Paper Mill; Psychological
D.) Kroger; Exchange
E.) Lewis Gale Hospital; Locational - ANS ✔✔D
What is Operations Management? - ANS ✔✔The design, operation, and improvement of
productive systems
What are the four primary functional areas of a firm? - ANS ✔✔Finance/Accounting, Marketing,
Human Resources, Operations
Name the Functional Area of the Firm: Loan for production equipment - ANS
✔✔Finance/Accounting
Name the Functional Area of the Firm: Create demand, Customer Information (They are the link
to the customer) - ANS ✔✔Marketing
Name the Functional Area of the Firm: Hiring - ANS ✔✔Human Resources
Name the Functional Area of the Firm: Goods, Services - ANS ✔✔Operations
What functional area do most assets of an organization tend to be allocated to? - ANS
✔✔Operations
Name the Era of Supply Chain Management: Prior to the Industrial Revolution; most consumer
goods produced by craftsmen in shop settings - ANS ✔✔Craft Production
Name the Era of Supply Chain Management: Each unit is completely unique, inherent quality
assurance - ANS ✔✔Craft Production
