Operations Management Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

131. The Hawthorne Studies stimulated the development of:

1. The scientific management movement
2. The human relations movement
3. The socio-technical movement
4. The lean production movement

132. The process of buying large quantities of items when its price is low so that tentative profits can be obtained by selling them at higher prices is called

1. Speculative purchasing
2. Group purchasing
3. Tender purchasing
4. None of these

133. Walter Shewhart developed:

1. the economic order quantity model
2. The human factors engineering field
3. Linear programming models
4. Statistical quality control techniques

134. Which of the following is a function of purchasing department?

1. Receive purchase requisition
2. Supplier selection
3. Order placement
4. all of these

135. ...............is the quantity that should be carried by the company so that production is not affected before the next deliver arrives.

1. Minimum stock level
2. Maximum stock level
3. Re order level
4. all of these

136. The moving assembly line was developed by:

1. Elton Mayo
2. Frederick W Taylor
3. Clark Gable
4. Henry Ford

137. ...............is used to monitor characteristics that can be measured and have a continuum of values such as height, weight, volume etc.

1. Control chart of attributes
2. Control chart for variables
3. a and b
4. None of these

138. VED Analysis is related with

1. Materials
2. Spare parts
3. Labour
4. Overheads

139. ...............is used to monitor characteristics that have discrete values and can be counted

1. Control chart for variables
2. Control chart for attributes
3. a and b
4. None of these

140. Which of the following cost is associated with inventories?

1. Carrying cost
2. Ordering cost
3. Over stocking cost
4. all of these