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WGU C720 OA 2024-2025 LATEST EXAM REAL
EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |AGRADE NEW!!!
A new, energy efficient furnace is being installed in a steel factory. Because it
would have added 10% to the cost of the furnace, the management has decided
not to install the optional safety override. This decision is most likely to lead to
what?
An increase in legal costs.
What refers to the organizational issue of balancing financial profitability with
environmental responsibility?
Sustainability
Operations managers rarely become involved with worker safety or
environmental pollution complaints because such ethical issues are only handled
by an organizations legal department. True or false
False
SWOT analysis is used as a tool when a firm crafts a strategy that helps
distinguish itself amount competitors, develop competitive advantages, and
avoids barriers within the business environment.
Strategic
The difference between the lowest cost producer of a good and the next lowest
cost producer of the same good is known as a -
Relative advantage
Characteristics associated with a perpetual inventory system -
-when a company needs to know the exact inventory balance at all times
-when a company wants an accurate financial statements
Under what two conditions should a periodic review system be adopted?
-when a supplier will only deliver at a specific interval
-when a company must manually track inventory levels
, 2
SWOT analysis is used as a tool when used to uncover exploitable
opportunities within the competitive landscape.
Simple
What best describes a competitive advantage?
A capability valued by customers that gives a firm an edge over its rivals.
A technique used to analyze the flow of materials, ideas, and information to
understand how processes function. Each activity in the process is defined as a
value added or non value added.
Value steam mapping
In a JIT environment, the master schedule usually has a planning horizon.
2-3 months
What production system uses general purpose machinery and is level scheduled
?
JIT
What indicated the quantities of component parts that will be made each day,
because leadtimes are usually short in a JIT environment.
Final assembly schedule
Which technique should a company adopt to keep a smooth production process?
Level schedule
What helps to reduce set up time in a JIT system?
Placing the needed tools and equipment in predetermined locations and shortening the
downtime of equipment
Why is the movement of materials simplified in a JIT system ?
Parts are moved by hand.
What types of waste are related to JIT ?
Inventory
Waiting
Motion and movement
Transportation
Overproduction
WGU C720 OA 2024-2025 LATEST EXAM REAL
EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |AGRADE NEW!!!
A new, energy efficient furnace is being installed in a steel factory. Because it
would have added 10% to the cost of the furnace, the management has decided
not to install the optional safety override. This decision is most likely to lead to
what?
An increase in legal costs.
What refers to the organizational issue of balancing financial profitability with
environmental responsibility?
Sustainability
Operations managers rarely become involved with worker safety or
environmental pollution complaints because such ethical issues are only handled
by an organizations legal department. True or false
False
SWOT analysis is used as a tool when a firm crafts a strategy that helps
distinguish itself amount competitors, develop competitive advantages, and
avoids barriers within the business environment.
Strategic
The difference between the lowest cost producer of a good and the next lowest
cost producer of the same good is known as a -
Relative advantage
Characteristics associated with a perpetual inventory system -
-when a company needs to know the exact inventory balance at all times
-when a company wants an accurate financial statements
Under what two conditions should a periodic review system be adopted?
-when a supplier will only deliver at a specific interval
-when a company must manually track inventory levels
, 2
SWOT analysis is used as a tool when used to uncover exploitable
opportunities within the competitive landscape.
Simple
What best describes a competitive advantage?
A capability valued by customers that gives a firm an edge over its rivals.
A technique used to analyze the flow of materials, ideas, and information to
understand how processes function. Each activity in the process is defined as a
value added or non value added.
Value steam mapping
In a JIT environment, the master schedule usually has a planning horizon.
2-3 months
What production system uses general purpose machinery and is level scheduled
?
JIT
What indicated the quantities of component parts that will be made each day,
because leadtimes are usually short in a JIT environment.
Final assembly schedule
Which technique should a company adopt to keep a smooth production process?
Level schedule
What helps to reduce set up time in a JIT system?
Placing the needed tools and equipment in predetermined locations and shortening the
downtime of equipment
Why is the movement of materials simplified in a JIT system ?
Parts are moved by hand.
What types of waste are related to JIT ?
Inventory
Waiting
Motion and movement
Transportation
Overproduction
