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PRACTICE TEST FOR
Operations Management Creating Value Along the Supply Chain 9th Edition
Roberta S. Russell, Bernard W. Taylor


Concept Check Questions for Learning Objectives
Chapter 1 – Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management

The Operations Function
1. The operations function interacts with
a. Marketing
b. Suppliers
c. Human resources
d. Finance
e. All of the above

Difficulty: Easy
Answer: d


2. Operations is often described as
a. the creative core of an organization
b. a transformation process
c. the source of firm profitability
d. all of the above

Difficulty: Easy
Answer: b




The Evolution of Operations and Supply Chain Management
1. helped to enable the Industrial Revolution.
a. Linear programming
b. Quality circles
c. Interchangeable parts
d. The Internet

Difficulty: Easy
Answer: c

2. The Principles of Scientific Management were proposed by
a. Adam Smith
b. Henry Ford
c. Frederick Taylor



SCHOLARVAULT

, d. Elton #trMayo
Difficulty:
#trEasy

#trAnswer: #trc




3. Supply #trchain #trmanagement #tremerged #tras
a. companies #trstarted #trto #troutsource #trproduction
b. the #trnumber #trof #trsuppliers #trfor #treach #trcompany #trgrew
c. globalization #trexpanded #trthe #trreach #trof #trsuppliers #trand #trcustomers
d. all #trof #trthe #trabove

Difficulty:
#trEasy

#trAnswer: #trd




4. The #trquality #trrevolution #trwas #trbrought #trto #trus #trby
a. Germany
b. Japan
c. China
d. Mexico

Difficulty:
#trEasy

#trAnswer: #trb




Globalization
1. Globalization #trhas #trgrown #trrapidly #trdue #trto
a. World #trtrade #tragreements
b. The #trInternet
c. Outsourcing
d. All #trof #trthe #trabove

Difficulty:
#trEasy

#trAnswer: #trd




2. Which #trof #trthe #trfollowing #trcountries #trhas #trthe #trhighest #trhourly #trwage #trrate?
a. Norway
b. U.S.
c. Germany
d. South #trKorea

Difficulty:
#trModerate



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,#tr Answer: #tra

3. Companies #trgo #trglobal #trto
a. take #tradvantage #trof #trfavorable #trcosts




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, b. gain #traccess #trto #trinternational #trmarkets
c. build #trreliable #trsources #trof #trsupply
d. all #trof #trthe #trabove

Difficulty:
#trEasy

#trAnswer: #trd




4. Which #trof #trthe #trfollowing #trcountries #trhas #trthe #trhighest #trtrade #trin #trgoods #tras #tra #trpercent #trof #trGDP?
a. U.S.
b. Germany
c. Japan
d. China

Difficulty:
#trmoderate

#trAnswer: #trb




Productivity #trand #trCompetitiveness
1. The #trmost #trcommon #trmeasure #trof #trproductivity #tris
a. Labor #trproductivity
b. Multifactor #trproductivity
c. Material #trproductivity
d. Technological #trproductivity
Difficulty:
#trEasy

#trAnswer: #tra




2. Productivity #tris #trdefined #tras
a. output #trover #trinput
b. input #trover #troutput
c. process #tryield
d. exports #trminus #trimports


Difficulty:
#trEasy

#trAnswer: #tra




Strategy #trand #trOperations

1. A #trcompany's #tr is #trwhat #trthey #trdo #trbetter #trthan #tranyone #trelse.
a. primary #trtask
b. core #trcompetence
c. order #trqualifier
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