Operations Management Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

51. Which of the following records quantity of material only

1. Bin card
2. Stores ledger
3. Bill of materials
4. None of these

52. Which one of the following is not an objective of maintenance management?

1. To reduce breakdown of machineries
2. To keep the machines and other facilities in a bad condition
3. To keep the plant in good working condition
4. all of these

53. ...............is the arrangement of a facility so that equipment used to make similar parts or families of parts is grouped together.

1. Cellular layout
2. Product lay out
3. a and b
4. None of these

54. Hawthorne studies were related with

1. Scientific management
2. Human relations movement
3. Marketing management
4. None of these

55. ...............is a technology concerned with the application of mechanical, electronic, and computer based systems to operate and control production

1. Automation
2. Manpower
3. Motivation
4. Supervision

56. ...............is the term used to describe the set of statistical tools used by quality professionals for the purpose of quality control

1. accounting standards
2. statistical quality control
3. population study
4. none of these

57. ...............is the art of applying tests, preferably by the aid of measuring appliances to observe whether a given item or product is within the specified limits of variability or not.

1. Inspection
2. Planning
3. Leading
4. None of these

58. Specialization of labour in manufacturing is associated with

1. Henry fayol
2. Eli Whitney & others
3. Charles Babbage
4. Frederick WTaylor

59. Interchangeable parts, cost accounting is associated with

1. Adam Smith
2. Eli Whitney & others
3. Charles Babbage
4. Frederick WTaylor

60. Which of the following is TRUE about business strategies?

1. All firms within an industry will adopt the same strategy
2. Well defined missions make strategic development much easier
3. Strategies are formulated independently of SWOT analysis
4. An organization should stick with its strategy for the life of the business