Operations Management Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

91. Operation management department has interaction with

1. Finance department
2. Marketing department
3. a and b
4. None of these

92. The differences between the actual demand for a period and the demand forecast for that period is called:

1. Forecast error
2. Weighted arithmetic mean
3. Decision process
4. Mean square error

93. All of the following decisions fall within the scope of operations management EXCEPT for

1. Financial analysis
2. Design of products and processes
3. Location of facilities
4. Quality management

94. Which of the following factors affect the choice of manufacturing process?

1. Product characteristics
2. Requirements of customers
3. Availability of capital
4. all of these

95. ...............can be defined as the measurements that detect the onset of a degradation mechanism, thereby allowing causal stressors to be eliminated or controlled prior to any significant deterioration in the component physical state

1. Break down maintenance
2. Predictive maintenance
3. Past maintenance
4. None of these

96. Which of the following is a production system?

1. Continuous System
2. Intermittent System
3. Project systems
4. all of these

97. In the case of ............... type of maintenance,no actions or efforts are taken to maintain the equipment as the designer originally intended to ensure design life is reached.

1. Break down maintenance
2. Preventive maintenance
3. a and b
4. None of these

98. Which of the following is a characteristic of intermittent production system?

1. The flow of production is intermittent
2. The volume of production is generally small
3. A wide variety of products are produced
4. all of these

99. ...............is defined as the combination of tasks that are required to keep a machine or part of a machine in the desirable condition.

1. Substitution
2. Maintenance
3. reduction
4. Induction

100. Which of the following is incorrect in the case of job production?

1. More variety of products is manufactured as per customers requirements
2. Volume of production is large
3. Highly skilled employees are required who can take up each job as a challenge
4. Detailed planning is essential for sequencing the requirements of each product