Operations Management Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

91. If inputs decrease while output remains constant, what will happen to productivity?

1. It will increase
2. It will decrease
3. It will remain the same
4. It is impossible to tell

92. Which one of the following is not a part of production planning and control?

1. Follow-up
2. Financial leverage
3. Routing
4. Scheduling

93. ...............is the art and science of ensuring that all which occurs is in accordance with the rules established and the instructions issued in the case of operations.

1. Operational attack
2. operational control
3. Operational summary
4. None of these

94. Which one of the following is not an objective of materials management?

1. To minimise material cost
2. To purchase receive transport and store materials efficiently
3. To reduce material costs through simplification standardisation
4. To fix cash dividend

95. Operation management department has interaction with

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

96. 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

97. 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

98. 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

99. ...............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

100. Which of the following is a production system?

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