TEST BANK for Operations Management,
14th Editionby William J Stevenson
Chapters 1 - 19
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Chapter 01 Introduction to Operations Management Cha
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pter 02 Competitiveness, Strategy, and ProductivityCha
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pter 03 Forecasting
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Chapter 04 Product and Service Design Ch 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
apter 04S Reliability 2i 2i
Chapter 05 Strategic Capacity Planning forhProducts and Services Ch
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apter 05S Decision Theory 2i 2i 2i
Chapter 06 Process Selection and Facility Layout
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Chapter 07 Work Design and Measurement Chap
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ter 07S Learning Curves
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Chapter 08 Location Planning and Analysis 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
Chapter 08S The Transportation Model Ch 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
2i apter 09 Management of Quality Chapter
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1 0 Quality Control
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Chapter 10S Acceptance Sampling 2i 2i 2i
Chapter 11 Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling
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Chapter 12 MRP and ERP 2i 2i 2i 2i
Chapter 13 Inventory Management Chapt 2i 2i 2i 2i
er 14 JIT and Lean Operations Chapter 14S
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2i Maintenance
Chapter 15 Supply Chain Management Cha 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
pter 16 Scheduling 2i 2i
Chapter 17 Project Management 2i 2i 2i
, Chapter 18 Management of Waiting Lines
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Chapter 19 LinearhProgramming
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Chapter01 Introduction toOperationsManagement 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
Student:
1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling and
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promoting the organization's goods orhservices.
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True False
2. Often, the collective success or failure of companies' operations functions will impact the
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ability of a nation to compete with other nations.
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True False
3. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that only one of the
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two types of operations management strategies are used.
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True False
4. Operations, marketing, and finance function independently of each other in most
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organizations.
True False
5. The greater the degree of customer involvement, the more challenging the design and
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management of operations. 2i 2i
True False
, 6. Goods producing organizations are not involved in service activities.
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True False
7. Service operations require additional inventory because of the unpredictability of consumer
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demand.
True False
8. The value of outputs is measured by the prices customers are willing to pay for goods or
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services.
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True False
9. The use of models will guarantee the best possible decisions.
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True False
10. People who work in the field of operations should have skills that include both knowledge
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and people skills.
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True False
11. Assembly lines achieved productivity but at the expense of standard of living.
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True False
12. The operations manager has primary responsibility for making operations system design
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decisions, such as system capacity and location of facilities.
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True False
13. The word "technology" is used only to refer to "information technology".
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True False
14th Editionby William J Stevenson
Chapters 1 - 19
,Table of Contents 2i 2i
Chapter 01 Introduction to Operations Management Cha
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pter 02 Competitiveness, Strategy, and ProductivityCha
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pter 03 Forecasting
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Chapter 04 Product and Service Design Ch 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
apter 04S Reliability 2i 2i
Chapter 05 Strategic Capacity Planning forhProducts and Services Ch
2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
apter 05S Decision Theory 2i 2i 2i
Chapter 06 Process Selection and Facility Layout
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Chapter 07 Work Design and Measurement Chap
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ter 07S Learning Curves
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Chapter 08 Location Planning and Analysis 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
Chapter 08S The Transportation Model Ch 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
2i apter 09 Management of Quality Chapter
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1 0 Quality Control
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Chapter 10S Acceptance Sampling 2i 2i 2i
Chapter 11 Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling
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Chapter 12 MRP and ERP 2i 2i 2i 2i
Chapter 13 Inventory Management Chapt 2i 2i 2i 2i
er 14 JIT and Lean Operations Chapter 14S
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2i Maintenance
Chapter 15 Supply Chain Management Cha 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
pter 16 Scheduling 2i 2i
Chapter 17 Project Management 2i 2i 2i
, Chapter 18 Management of Waiting Lines
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Chapter 19 LinearhProgramming
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Chapter01 Introduction toOperationsManagement 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
Student:
1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling and
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promoting the organization's goods orhservices.
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True False
2. Often, the collective success or failure of companies' operations functions will impact the
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ability of a nation to compete with other nations.
i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i 2i
True False
3. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that only one of the
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two types of operations management strategies are used.
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True False
4. Operations, marketing, and finance function independently of each other in most
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organizations.
True False
5. The greater the degree of customer involvement, the more challenging the design and
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management of operations. 2i 2i
True False
, 6. Goods producing organizations are not involved in service activities.
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True False
7. Service operations require additional inventory because of the unpredictability of consumer
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demand.
True False
8. The value of outputs is measured by the prices customers are willing to pay for goods or
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services.
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True False
9. The use of models will guarantee the best possible decisions.
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True False
10. People who work in the field of operations should have skills that include both knowledge
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and people skills.
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True False
11. Assembly lines achieved productivity but at the expense of standard of living.
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True False
12. The operations manager has primary responsibility for making operations system design
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decisions, such as system capacity and location of facilities.
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True False
13. The word "technology" is used only to refer to "information technology".
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True False