MQM PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Which of the following is a total measure of productivity? Answer:
Output ÷ Inputs
▶ If all you knew about a production system was that total daily output was
400 units and the total labor necessary to produce the 400 units was 350
hours, and the total materials used were 425 units, what kind of productivity
measure(s) could you use to compute productivity? Answer: Partial
measure
▶ The total output from a production system in one day is 900 units and the
total labor necessary to produce the 900 units is 900 hours. Using the
appropriate productivity measure, what is the resulting productivity ratio?
Answer: 1.000
▶ What is the percentage change in SunPath's total productivity measure
between 2019 and 2020? Answer: 2.88
300,000/347000=0.8646
330,000/371000=0.8895
0.0249/0.8646= 0.0288 or 2.88%
▶ What is the percentage change in the labor partial productivity measure
for SunPath between 2019 and 2020? Answer: 2.33
300,000/40,000=7.5
330,000/43000= 7.67
0.17/7.5=2.33%
▶ If the employees of a firm attend a training program, then the time to
assemble one unit is reduced by 10%. Assuming this labor reduction will
improve several other factors in the company as well, we can conclude the
training program will Answer: increase both labor and multifactor
productivity.
, ▶ What is the process called where a company seeks to match the benefits
of a successful position while maintaining its existing position in offering
customers a variety of differing services? Answer: Straddling
▶ If the material usage per unit of final product decreases to half of the
current usage, then the firm will
1)double the material productivity.
2)increase the multifactor productivity.
3) decrease capital productivity.
4)have no effect on productivity. Answer: Both 1 and 2
▶ Which of the following is not a typical phases of product development?
Answer: Value engineering
▶ Which of the following is a time-to-market performance measure used in
judging product development performance? Answer: Frequency of new-
product introductions
▶ The aim of quality function deployment (QFD) is: Answer: to get the
voice of the customer into the design of a product.
▶ Which of the following is not a typical phase of product development?
Answer: Early Market Feedback
▶ Performance measures discussed for development projects do not
include Answer: percentage sales coming from very old products.
▶ Which of the following is a characteristic of concurrent engineering?
Answer: Separate development teams working at once
▶ Design for manufacturing and assembly delivers product improvements
by emphasizing which of the following? Answer: Simplification of the
product by reducing the number of separate parts
▶ A reason that firms must develop more new products than ever is which
of the following? Answer: Product life cycles are shorter.
▶ Consumer electronics is an example of a product developed in which
variant of the generic product development process? Answer: Platform
products
DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Which of the following is a total measure of productivity? Answer:
Output ÷ Inputs
▶ If all you knew about a production system was that total daily output was
400 units and the total labor necessary to produce the 400 units was 350
hours, and the total materials used were 425 units, what kind of productivity
measure(s) could you use to compute productivity? Answer: Partial
measure
▶ The total output from a production system in one day is 900 units and the
total labor necessary to produce the 900 units is 900 hours. Using the
appropriate productivity measure, what is the resulting productivity ratio?
Answer: 1.000
▶ What is the percentage change in SunPath's total productivity measure
between 2019 and 2020? Answer: 2.88
300,000/347000=0.8646
330,000/371000=0.8895
0.0249/0.8646= 0.0288 or 2.88%
▶ What is the percentage change in the labor partial productivity measure
for SunPath between 2019 and 2020? Answer: 2.33
300,000/40,000=7.5
330,000/43000= 7.67
0.17/7.5=2.33%
▶ If the employees of a firm attend a training program, then the time to
assemble one unit is reduced by 10%. Assuming this labor reduction will
improve several other factors in the company as well, we can conclude the
training program will Answer: increase both labor and multifactor
productivity.
, ▶ What is the process called where a company seeks to match the benefits
of a successful position while maintaining its existing position in offering
customers a variety of differing services? Answer: Straddling
▶ If the material usage per unit of final product decreases to half of the
current usage, then the firm will
1)double the material productivity.
2)increase the multifactor productivity.
3) decrease capital productivity.
4)have no effect on productivity. Answer: Both 1 and 2
▶ Which of the following is not a typical phases of product development?
Answer: Value engineering
▶ Which of the following is a time-to-market performance measure used in
judging product development performance? Answer: Frequency of new-
product introductions
▶ The aim of quality function deployment (QFD) is: Answer: to get the
voice of the customer into the design of a product.
▶ Which of the following is not a typical phase of product development?
Answer: Early Market Feedback
▶ Performance measures discussed for development projects do not
include Answer: percentage sales coming from very old products.
▶ Which of the following is a characteristic of concurrent engineering?
Answer: Separate development teams working at once
▶ Design for manufacturing and assembly delivers product improvements
by emphasizing which of the following? Answer: Simplification of the
product by reducing the number of separate parts
▶ A reason that firms must develop more new products than ever is which
of the following? Answer: Product life cycles are shorter.
▶ Consumer electronics is an example of a product developed in which
variant of the generic product development process? Answer: Platform
products
