WGU C215 Operations Management | Western Governors University | Academic
Year 2026/2027 | Final Objective Assessment Comprehensive Examination |
Verified Questions and Correct Answer Rationale
1. Subscription revenue model - ANSWERS-a web site that charges a subscription fee
for access to its contents and services.
2. Supply Chain - ANSWERS-All the activities involved in delivering a finished product or
service to customer
3. Supply chain management - ANSWERS-Coordinates and manages all the activities of
the supply chain
4. Supply chain management - ANSWERS-The speed at which product moves through a
pipeline from the manufacturer to the customer
5. Supply chain velocity - ANSWERS-The speed at which product moves through a
pipeline from manufacturer to the customer.
6. Support Serviecs - ANSWERS-Quality defined in terms of the support provided after
the product services is purchased.
7. Taguchi loss function - ANSWERS-costs of quality increase as a quadratic function as
conformance values move away from target.
8. Tier one suppliers - ANSWERS-Supplies materials directly to processing facility
9. Tier three suppliers - ANSWERS-Directly supplies materials or services to a tier two
supplier in the supply chain.
10. Tier two suppliers - ANSWERS-directly supplies tier one suppliers
11. Total quality management - ANSWERS-The meaning of quality as defined by the
customer
12. Transaction fee model - ANSWERS-A company receives a fee for executing a
transaction
13. Transportation crossdocking - ANSWERS-Consideration of LTL shipments to gain
economics of scale.
14. Value for price paid - ANSWERS-Quality defined in terms of consumer's perception of
usefulness of service or product related to prices paid.
15. Vertical integration - ANSWERS-A measure of how much of the supply chain is owned
by the manufacturing company.
, 16. Virtual private network (VPN) - ANSWERS-A private internet based communications
environment that is used by the company, its suppliers, and its customers for day to
day activities.
17. Best Operating level - ANSWERS-the output volume that results in lowest average unit
cost.
18. Break even analysis - ANSWERS-used to compute the amount of goods that must be
sold just to cover costs.
19. Capacity - ANSWERS-maximum output rate that can be achieved by a facility.
20. Capacity cushions - ANSWERS-additional capacity added to regular capacity
requirements for greater flexibility.
21. Capacity planning - ANSWERS-The process of establishing the output rate that can be
achieved by a facility
22. Capacity utilization - ANSWERS-Percentage measure of how well available capacity
is being used.
23. Decision tree - ANSWERS-Modeling tool used to evaluate independent decisions that
must be made in sequence.
24. Design capacity - ANSWERS-the maximum output rate that can be achieved under
ideal conditions
25. Diseconomies of scale - ANSWERS-A condition in which the cost of each additional
unit made increases.
26. Economies of scale - ANSWERS-A condition in which the cost of each additional unit
made decreases.
27. Effective capacity - ANSWERS-maximum output rate under normal conditions, lower
than design capacity.
28. Expected value - ANSWERS-a weighted average of chance events, where each
chance event is given a probability of occurrence.
29. Factor rating - ANSWERS-a procedure that can be used to evaluate multiple
alternative locations based on a number of selected factors.
30. Focused factories - ANSWERS-Facilities that are small specialized and focused on
narrow set of objectives.
31. Globalization - ANSWERS-the process of locating facilities around the world.
Year 2026/2027 | Final Objective Assessment Comprehensive Examination |
Verified Questions and Correct Answer Rationale
1. Subscription revenue model - ANSWERS-a web site that charges a subscription fee
for access to its contents and services.
2. Supply Chain - ANSWERS-All the activities involved in delivering a finished product or
service to customer
3. Supply chain management - ANSWERS-Coordinates and manages all the activities of
the supply chain
4. Supply chain management - ANSWERS-The speed at which product moves through a
pipeline from the manufacturer to the customer
5. Supply chain velocity - ANSWERS-The speed at which product moves through a
pipeline from manufacturer to the customer.
6. Support Serviecs - ANSWERS-Quality defined in terms of the support provided after
the product services is purchased.
7. Taguchi loss function - ANSWERS-costs of quality increase as a quadratic function as
conformance values move away from target.
8. Tier one suppliers - ANSWERS-Supplies materials directly to processing facility
9. Tier three suppliers - ANSWERS-Directly supplies materials or services to a tier two
supplier in the supply chain.
10. Tier two suppliers - ANSWERS-directly supplies tier one suppliers
11. Total quality management - ANSWERS-The meaning of quality as defined by the
customer
12. Transaction fee model - ANSWERS-A company receives a fee for executing a
transaction
13. Transportation crossdocking - ANSWERS-Consideration of LTL shipments to gain
economics of scale.
14. Value for price paid - ANSWERS-Quality defined in terms of consumer's perception of
usefulness of service or product related to prices paid.
15. Vertical integration - ANSWERS-A measure of how much of the supply chain is owned
by the manufacturing company.
, 16. Virtual private network (VPN) - ANSWERS-A private internet based communications
environment that is used by the company, its suppliers, and its customers for day to
day activities.
17. Best Operating level - ANSWERS-the output volume that results in lowest average unit
cost.
18. Break even analysis - ANSWERS-used to compute the amount of goods that must be
sold just to cover costs.
19. Capacity - ANSWERS-maximum output rate that can be achieved by a facility.
20. Capacity cushions - ANSWERS-additional capacity added to regular capacity
requirements for greater flexibility.
21. Capacity planning - ANSWERS-The process of establishing the output rate that can be
achieved by a facility
22. Capacity utilization - ANSWERS-Percentage measure of how well available capacity
is being used.
23. Decision tree - ANSWERS-Modeling tool used to evaluate independent decisions that
must be made in sequence.
24. Design capacity - ANSWERS-the maximum output rate that can be achieved under
ideal conditions
25. Diseconomies of scale - ANSWERS-A condition in which the cost of each additional
unit made increases.
26. Economies of scale - ANSWERS-A condition in which the cost of each additional unit
made decreases.
27. Effective capacity - ANSWERS-maximum output rate under normal conditions, lower
than design capacity.
28. Expected value - ANSWERS-a weighted average of chance events, where each
chance event is given a probability of occurrence.
29. Factor rating - ANSWERS-a procedure that can be used to evaluate multiple
alternative locations based on a number of selected factors.
30. Focused factories - ANSWERS-Facilities that are small specialized and focused on
narrow set of objectives.
31. Globalization - ANSWERS-the process of locating facilities around the world.
