MSIS 3223 EXAM 2 PRACTICE SOLUTION
TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED RESOURCE
●● flow process chart
Answer: Chart used to examine the overall sequence of an operation by
focusing on movements of the operator or flow of materials.
●● job design
Answer: The act of specifying the contents and methods of jobs.
●● job enlargement
Answer: Giving a worker a larger portion of the total task, by horizontal
loading.
●● job enrichment
Answer: Increasing responsibility for planning and coordination tasks,
by vertical loading.
●● job rotation
Answer: Workers periodically exchange jobs.
,●● knowledge-based pay
Answer: A pay system used by organizations to reward workers who
undergo training that increases their skills.
●● methods analysis
Answer: Analyzing how a job is done.
●● micromotion study
Answer: Use of motion pictures and slow motion to study motions that
otherwise would be too rapid to analyze.
●● motion study
Answer: Use of motion pictures and slow motion to study motions that
otherwise would be too rapid to analyze.
●● motion study principles
Answer: Systematic study of the human motions used to perform an
operation.
●● OSHA
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, created by the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
,●● output-based (incentive) system
Answer: Compensation based on amount of output an employee
produced during a pay period.
●● predetermined time standards
Answer: Published data based on extensive research to determine
standard elemental times.
●● random number table
Answer: Table consisting of unordered sequences of numbers, used to
determine random observation schedules.
●● self-directed teams
Answer: Groups empowered to make certain changes in their work
processes.
●● specialization
Answer: Work that concentrates on some aspect of a product or service.
●● standard elemental times
Answer: Time standards derived from a firm's historical time data.
●● standard time
, Answer: The amount of time it should take a qualified worker to
complete a specified task, working at a sustainable rate, using given
methods, tools and equipment, raw materials, and workplace
arrangement.
●● stopwatch time study
Answer: Development of a time standard based on observations of one
worker taken over a number of cycles.
●● therbligs
Answer: Basic elemental motions that make up a job.
●● time-based system
Answer: Compensation based on time an employee has worked during a
pay period.
●● work measurement
Answer: Determining how long it should take to do a job.
●● work sampling
Answer: Technique for estimating the proportion of time that a worker
or machine spends on various activities and the idle time.
●● worker-machine chart
TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED RESOURCE
●● flow process chart
Answer: Chart used to examine the overall sequence of an operation by
focusing on movements of the operator or flow of materials.
●● job design
Answer: The act of specifying the contents and methods of jobs.
●● job enlargement
Answer: Giving a worker a larger portion of the total task, by horizontal
loading.
●● job enrichment
Answer: Increasing responsibility for planning and coordination tasks,
by vertical loading.
●● job rotation
Answer: Workers periodically exchange jobs.
,●● knowledge-based pay
Answer: A pay system used by organizations to reward workers who
undergo training that increases their skills.
●● methods analysis
Answer: Analyzing how a job is done.
●● micromotion study
Answer: Use of motion pictures and slow motion to study motions that
otherwise would be too rapid to analyze.
●● motion study
Answer: Use of motion pictures and slow motion to study motions that
otherwise would be too rapid to analyze.
●● motion study principles
Answer: Systematic study of the human motions used to perform an
operation.
●● OSHA
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, created by the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
,●● output-based (incentive) system
Answer: Compensation based on amount of output an employee
produced during a pay period.
●● predetermined time standards
Answer: Published data based on extensive research to determine
standard elemental times.
●● random number table
Answer: Table consisting of unordered sequences of numbers, used to
determine random observation schedules.
●● self-directed teams
Answer: Groups empowered to make certain changes in their work
processes.
●● specialization
Answer: Work that concentrates on some aspect of a product or service.
●● standard elemental times
Answer: Time standards derived from a firm's historical time data.
●● standard time
, Answer: The amount of time it should take a qualified worker to
complete a specified task, working at a sustainable rate, using given
methods, tools and equipment, raw materials, and workplace
arrangement.
●● stopwatch time study
Answer: Development of a time standard based on observations of one
worker taken over a number of cycles.
●● therbligs
Answer: Basic elemental motions that make up a job.
●● time-based system
Answer: Compensation based on time an employee has worked during a
pay period.
●● work measurement
Answer: Determining how long it should take to do a job.
●● work sampling
Answer: Technique for estimating the proportion of time that a worker
or machine spends on various activities and the idle time.
●● worker-machine chart
