OPSM 330 PRACTICE EXAM 1 VERIFIED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
All of the following are transformation processes discussed in the text EXCEPT
a. physiological
b. locational
c. exchange
d. spiritual - Answers -Spiritual
Dividing a job into a series of small tasks, each performed by a different worker, is
known as
a. craft production
b. scientific management
c. division of labor
d. interchangeable parts - Answers -Division of labor
Companies go global to
a. take advantage of favorable costs
b. to keep abreast of trends and access new technologies
c. to build reliable sources of supply
d. All of these answers are correct - Answers -All of these answers are correct
Telco Inc., a manufacturing firm, is calculating its monthly productivity report. From the
following data calculate the labor productivity.
Labor rate $20
Machine rate $15
Units produced 50,000
Labor hour 4,000
Machine hours 2,000
Cost of materials $20,000
Cost of energy $5,000 - Answers -0.625
Telco Inc., a manufacturing firm, is calculating its monthly productivity report. From the
following raw data calculate the multifactor productivity.
Labor rate $20
Machine rate $15
Units produced 50,000
Labor hours 4,000
Machine hours 2,000
Cost of materials $20,000
Cost of energy $5,000 - Answers -0.370
____________ are the characteristics of a product that qualify it to be considered for
purchase by a customer.
, a. Order winners
b. Order qualifiers
c. Core competency
d. Positioning - Answers -Order qualifiers
Product design begins with
a. a feasibility study
b. a form design
c. understanding the customer and identifying customer needs.
d. pilot runs and final tests - Answers -Understanding the customer and identifying
customer needs.
Carefully dismantling and inspecting a competitor's product to look for design features
that can be incorporated into your own product is known as
a. concurrent design
b. design for manufacturability
c. benchmarking
d. reverse engineering - Answers -Reverse engineering
If a piece of equipment has a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 500 hours with a
mean time to repair (MTTR) of 10 hours, then its uptime or average availability would be
a. 0.020
b. 0.980
c. 0.500
d. 1.000 - Answers -0.980 or 98.00%
Simultaneously designing new products and the processes to produce them is known
as
a. concurrent design
b. functional design
c. modular design
d. standard design - Answers -Concurrent design
Functional design includes all the following EXCEPT
a. reliability
b. usability
c. form design
d. maintainability - Answers -Form design
All of the following are principles of green product design EXCEPT
a. use new materials
b. use less materials
c. involve the entire supply chain
d. change the paradigm of design - Answers -use new materials
A firm's process strategy defines all of the following except its
ANSWERS
All of the following are transformation processes discussed in the text EXCEPT
a. physiological
b. locational
c. exchange
d. spiritual - Answers -Spiritual
Dividing a job into a series of small tasks, each performed by a different worker, is
known as
a. craft production
b. scientific management
c. division of labor
d. interchangeable parts - Answers -Division of labor
Companies go global to
a. take advantage of favorable costs
b. to keep abreast of trends and access new technologies
c. to build reliable sources of supply
d. All of these answers are correct - Answers -All of these answers are correct
Telco Inc., a manufacturing firm, is calculating its monthly productivity report. From the
following data calculate the labor productivity.
Labor rate $20
Machine rate $15
Units produced 50,000
Labor hour 4,000
Machine hours 2,000
Cost of materials $20,000
Cost of energy $5,000 - Answers -0.625
Telco Inc., a manufacturing firm, is calculating its monthly productivity report. From the
following raw data calculate the multifactor productivity.
Labor rate $20
Machine rate $15
Units produced 50,000
Labor hours 4,000
Machine hours 2,000
Cost of materials $20,000
Cost of energy $5,000 - Answers -0.370
____________ are the characteristics of a product that qualify it to be considered for
purchase by a customer.
, a. Order winners
b. Order qualifiers
c. Core competency
d. Positioning - Answers -Order qualifiers
Product design begins with
a. a feasibility study
b. a form design
c. understanding the customer and identifying customer needs.
d. pilot runs and final tests - Answers -Understanding the customer and identifying
customer needs.
Carefully dismantling and inspecting a competitor's product to look for design features
that can be incorporated into your own product is known as
a. concurrent design
b. design for manufacturability
c. benchmarking
d. reverse engineering - Answers -Reverse engineering
If a piece of equipment has a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 500 hours with a
mean time to repair (MTTR) of 10 hours, then its uptime or average availability would be
a. 0.020
b. 0.980
c. 0.500
d. 1.000 - Answers -0.980 or 98.00%
Simultaneously designing new products and the processes to produce them is known
as
a. concurrent design
b. functional design
c. modular design
d. standard design - Answers -Concurrent design
Functional design includes all the following EXCEPT
a. reliability
b. usability
c. form design
d. maintainability - Answers -Form design
All of the following are principles of green product design EXCEPT
a. use new materials
b. use less materials
c. involve the entire supply chain
d. change the paradigm of design - Answers -use new materials
A firm's process strategy defines all of the following except its
