MCQ on Production and Operation Management
1- Which of the following input data is (are) needed for MRP?
(A) Bill of material
(B) Inventory Position
(C) Master Production Schedule
(D) All of the above
2- The responsibilities of the operations manager include
(A) planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling
(B) forecasting, designing, operating, procuring, and reviewing
(C) forecasting, designing, planning, organizing, and controlling
(D) planning, organizing, staffing, procuring, and reviewing
3- Gantt chart provides information on
(A) production schedule
(B) material handling devices
(C) proper flow of material
(D) normal time estimate
4- Six Sigma means
(A) 5.3 defects per million
(B) 4.5 defects per million
(C) 3.4 defects per million
(D) 3.1 defects per million
5- The number of fundamental motion involved in micro-motion study is
(A) 16
(B) 18
(C) 20
(D) 22
6- PDCA cycle was given by
(A) Crosby
(B) Ishikawa
(C) Deming
(D) Juran
7- The shortest possible time required for completion of an activity, if all goes extremely well is known as:
(A) Standard time
(B) Most likely time
(C) Pessimistic time
(D) Optimistic time
8- For ABC analysis of inventory control, which of the following is correct?
(A) Item ‘C’ are few in numbers and high in cost
(B) Item ‘A’ are few in numbers and high in cost
(C) Item ‘C’ are few in numbers and low in cost
(D) Item ‘A’ are few in numbers and low in cost
9- In ABC analysis
(A) item ‘C’ is low valued items
(B) item ‘C’ is few in numbers
(C) item ‘B’ is very expensive item
(D) item ‘A’ is large in numbers
10- If the total investment in stock is limited, then the best order quantity for each item will be:
(A) less than or equal to EOQ
(B) greater than or equal to EOQ
(C) less than EOQ
(D) equal to EOQ
11- If EOQ is calculated but an order is then placed which is smaller than this, what will happen to the variable cost?
(A) It remains unchanged
(B) It will either increase or decrease
(C) It will decrease
(D) It will increase
12- Which programme is useful when plant is engaged in batch production?
(A) Mass schedule
(B) Cycle schedule
(C) PERT
(D) Breakdown of orders
13- What does routing in Production, Planning and Control refer to?
(A) Sequence of operations to be performed
(B) Authorization of work
(C) Progress of work performed
(D) Balancing of load on machines
14- Which of the following is true in time cost trade-off function analysis?
(A) Cost increases linearly as time decreases
(B) Cost decreases linearly as time increases
(C) Cost decreases exponentially as time increases
(D) Cost increases linearly as time increases
ANSWERS:
1-(D), 2-(A), 3-(A), 4-(C), 5-(A), 6-(C), 7-(D), 8-(B), 9-(A), 10-(C), 11-(A), 12-(B), 13-(A), 14-(B)