ISQS 3344 FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A disadvantage of work sampling is that: - ✔✔it tends to be less accurate,
particularly when task times are short.
✔✔A manufacturing plant allows its engineers to come in at 7 A.M. plus or minus an
hour but still requires them to work 8-hour days. Which of the following scheduling
techniques is the firm employing? - ✔✔flextime
✔✔(T/F) An advantage of predetermined time standards is that the standard can be set
before a task is actually performed. - ✔✔True
✔✔(T/F) A time-study procedure involves timing a sample of a worker's performance
and using it as a basis for setting a standard time. - ✔✔True
✔✔(T/F) Ergonomics is a branch of economics that deals with costs of scheduling
workers. - ✔✔False
✔✔(T/F) Flextime is a system that allows employees, within limits, to determine their
own work schedules. - ✔✔True
✔✔Four of the components of job design are: - ✔✔job specialization, job expansion,
psychological components, and self-directed teams.
✔✔In time studies, normal time is: - ✔✔average observed time multiplied by a
performance rating factor
✔✔Labor standards can help to determine which of the following?
A. labor content of a product
B. staffing needs
C. incentive plans
D. efficiency
E. all of the above - ✔✔E. All of these
✔✔As the number of facilities increases, total logistics costs tend to follow a curve that
first declines, then rises. Why? - ✔✔Transportation costs first decline steeply, then rise,
while facility and inventory costs always rise.
✔✔A rice mill in south Louisiana purchases the trucking firm that transports packaged
rice to distributors. This is an example of which of the following? - ✔✔forward
integration
, ✔✔Designing distribution networks to meet customer expectations suggests what three
criteria? - ✔✔rapid response, product choice, and service
✔✔A fried chicken fast-food chain that acquired feed mills and poultry farms has
performed which of the following? - ✔✔backward integration
✔✔Distribution management focuses on which of the following? - ✔✔the outbound flow
of products
✔✔E-procurement - ✔✔is purchasing facilitated through the Internet.
✔✔A disadvantage of the "few suppliers" sourcing strategy is: - ✔✔the high cost of
changing partners
✔✔By which distribution system is more than 90 percent of U.S. coal shipped? -
✔✔railroads
✔✔(T/F) Drop shipping results in time and shipping cost savings. - ✔✔True
✔✔(T/F) Because the supply chain has become so electronic and automated,
opportunities for unethical behavior have been greatly reduced. - ✔✔False
✔✔(T/F) Designing distribution networks to meet customer expectations suggests three
criteria: (1) rapid response, (2) cost, and (3) service. - ✔✔False
✔✔(T/F) Cross-sourcing describes the practice of having two suppliers provide every
component - ✔✔False
✔✔Drop shipping: - ✔✔means the supplier will ship directly to the end consumer, rather
than to the seller
✔✔A carpet manufacturer has delivered carpet directly to the end consumer rather than
to the carpet dealer. The carpet manufacturer is practicing which of the following? -
✔✔drop shipping
✔✔All EXCEPT which of the following are "opportunities" in managing the integrated
supply chain? - ✔✔line balancing
✔✔In most manufacturing industries, which of the following would likely represent the
largest cost to the firm? - ✔✔purchasing
✔✔In what type of auction does a buyer initiate the process by submitting a description
of the desired product or service? - ✔✔Dutch
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A disadvantage of work sampling is that: - ✔✔it tends to be less accurate,
particularly when task times are short.
✔✔A manufacturing plant allows its engineers to come in at 7 A.M. plus or minus an
hour but still requires them to work 8-hour days. Which of the following scheduling
techniques is the firm employing? - ✔✔flextime
✔✔(T/F) An advantage of predetermined time standards is that the standard can be set
before a task is actually performed. - ✔✔True
✔✔(T/F) A time-study procedure involves timing a sample of a worker's performance
and using it as a basis for setting a standard time. - ✔✔True
✔✔(T/F) Ergonomics is a branch of economics that deals with costs of scheduling
workers. - ✔✔False
✔✔(T/F) Flextime is a system that allows employees, within limits, to determine their
own work schedules. - ✔✔True
✔✔Four of the components of job design are: - ✔✔job specialization, job expansion,
psychological components, and self-directed teams.
✔✔In time studies, normal time is: - ✔✔average observed time multiplied by a
performance rating factor
✔✔Labor standards can help to determine which of the following?
A. labor content of a product
B. staffing needs
C. incentive plans
D. efficiency
E. all of the above - ✔✔E. All of these
✔✔As the number of facilities increases, total logistics costs tend to follow a curve that
first declines, then rises. Why? - ✔✔Transportation costs first decline steeply, then rise,
while facility and inventory costs always rise.
✔✔A rice mill in south Louisiana purchases the trucking firm that transports packaged
rice to distributors. This is an example of which of the following? - ✔✔forward
integration
, ✔✔Designing distribution networks to meet customer expectations suggests what three
criteria? - ✔✔rapid response, product choice, and service
✔✔A fried chicken fast-food chain that acquired feed mills and poultry farms has
performed which of the following? - ✔✔backward integration
✔✔Distribution management focuses on which of the following? - ✔✔the outbound flow
of products
✔✔E-procurement - ✔✔is purchasing facilitated through the Internet.
✔✔A disadvantage of the "few suppliers" sourcing strategy is: - ✔✔the high cost of
changing partners
✔✔By which distribution system is more than 90 percent of U.S. coal shipped? -
✔✔railroads
✔✔(T/F) Drop shipping results in time and shipping cost savings. - ✔✔True
✔✔(T/F) Because the supply chain has become so electronic and automated,
opportunities for unethical behavior have been greatly reduced. - ✔✔False
✔✔(T/F) Designing distribution networks to meet customer expectations suggests three
criteria: (1) rapid response, (2) cost, and (3) service. - ✔✔False
✔✔(T/F) Cross-sourcing describes the practice of having two suppliers provide every
component - ✔✔False
✔✔Drop shipping: - ✔✔means the supplier will ship directly to the end consumer, rather
than to the seller
✔✔A carpet manufacturer has delivered carpet directly to the end consumer rather than
to the carpet dealer. The carpet manufacturer is practicing which of the following? -
✔✔drop shipping
✔✔All EXCEPT which of the following are "opportunities" in managing the integrated
supply chain? - ✔✔line balancing
✔✔In most manufacturing industries, which of the following would likely represent the
largest cost to the firm? - ✔✔purchasing
✔✔In what type of auction does a buyer initiate the process by submitting a description
of the desired product or service? - ✔✔Dutch
