Operations Management Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

31. The person most responsible for popularizing interchangeable parts in manufacturing was

1. Eli Whitney
2. Whitney Houston
3. Sergio Farmerson
4. Lillian Gilbreth

32. Which of the following statement is not true in the case of goods?

1. Tangibility
2. Can be stored
3. Physical shape
4. Intangibility

33. ...............are those materials and equipments which have no immediate use but have accumulated due to faulty planning, forecasting and purchasing.

1. Surplus items
2. Deficit items
3. a and b
4. None of these

34. ...............is one that is capable of producing a variety of products (or parts) with virtually no time lost for changeovers form one product to the next.

1. A flexible automated system
2. A fixed automated system
3. a andb
4. None of these

35. ...............is the configuration of departments, work centres and equipment in the conversion process.

1. Plant lay out
2. Plant locations
3. a and b
4. None of these

36. The Father of Scientific Management is

1. Frank Gilbreth
2. Frederick WTaylor
3. W Edwards Deming
4. Walther Shewhart

37. Which of the following is an objective of quality assurance?

1. To improve quality
2. To reduce cost
3. to increase productivity
4. all of these

38. Which of the following is not an objective of operations management?

1. Customer satisfaction
2. Profitability
3. Timeliness
4. Employee punishment

39. ...............is a recording technique for micro motionstudy.

1. Simultaneous Motion Cycle chart
2. Simultaneous Master Cycle Chart
3. a and b
4. None of these

40. Fixed position layout is also called as ............... of layout

1. Project type
2. Product type
3. a andb
4. None of these