Production and Material Management MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 5 for Practice

Q: 125. Supplier rating system is also referred to as a...............used to obtain an over all rating of suppliers performance.

Correct Answer is: score card system

Q: 126. .............is one of the functions of materials management.

Correct Answer is: Receiving and warehousing

Q: 128. Which is not true regarding differences between goods and services?

Correct Answer is: Goods tend to have higher customer interaction than services

Q: 129. Which is not true regarding differences between goods and services?

Correct Answer is: Goods tend to have higher customer interaction than services

Q: 131. The..................approach considers only the immediate future.

Correct Answer is: tactical approach

Q: 134. ...............formulates long term plans for the organization.

Correct Answer is: Chief executives

Q: 135. Henry Ford is noted for his contributions to

Correct Answer is: assembly line operations

Q: 136. Henry Ford is noted for his contributions to

Correct Answer is: assembly line operations

Q: 138. ..................attempts to provide an understanding about the objectives that a firm is set out to achieve.

Correct Answer is: Strategic intent

121. .................is the third step in the production planning and control.

Routing
Scheduling
Expediting
Dispatching

122. Production planning and control starts with

routing
estimating
scheduling
expediting

123. Production planning starts with

Scheduling
Routing
Dispatching
Expediting

124. The process of deciding the path on which material move from start to finish is known as

scheduling
routing
dispatching
sequencing

125. Supplier rating system is also referred to as a...............used to obtain an over all rating of suppliers performance.

score card system
open ended system
credit card system
sub system

126. .............is one of the functions of materials management.

Selling finished goods
Collection of bad debts
Receiving and warehousing
Managing cash flows

127. Every foot of available space should be used effectively is a principle of

sequence
safety
flexibility
usage

128. Which is not true regarding differences between goods and services?

Services are generally produced and consumed simultaneously, tangible goods are not
Services tend to be more knowledge-based than products
Services tend to have a more inconsistent product definition than goods
Goods tend to have higher customer interaction than services

129. Which is not true regarding differences between goods and services?

Services are generally produced and consumed simultaneously, tangible goods are not
Services tend to be more knowledge-based than products
Services tend to have a more inconsistent product definition than goods
Goods tend to have higher customer interaction than services

130. A mission should be....................both in terms of intension and words.

simple
brief
clear
vague

131. The..................approach considers only the immediate future.

situationalistic approach
holistic approach
systems approach
tactical approach

132. The term muda in TQM refers to...............classes of waste.

Six
Seven
Eight
Nine

133. Product layout is suitable for.................type of production.

small
mass
less
medium

134. ...............formulates long term plans for the organization.

Staff members
Business executives
Chief executives
Board members

135. Henry Ford is noted for his contributions to

standardization of parts
statistical quality control
assembly line operations
scientific management

136. Henry Ford is noted for his contributions to

standardization of parts
statistical quality control
assembly line operations
scientific management

137. In intermittent manufacturing system the goods are produced for

storing
processing
order
own consumption

138. ..................attempts to provide an understanding about the objectives that a firm is set out to achieve.

Strategic planning
Strategic intent
Strategic management
Strategic decisions

139. The vendor rating is the process of rating the

suppliers
buyers
manufacturers
sellers

140. THERBLIGS was coined by

Taylor
Gilberth
Henry Ford
Adam smith

141. Due to availability of...................., quality of the products produced by the manufacturers remains same.

technology
raw materials
machineries
human resource

142. Productivity measurement is complicated by

the competitions output
the fact that precise units of measure are often unavailable
stable quality
the workforce size

143. Which of the following functions is not a core function of an organization?

The marketing (including sales) function
The operations function
The accounting and finance function
The product/service development function

144. The service sector has lower productivity improvements than the manufacturing sector because

the service sector uses less skilled labor than manufacturing
the quality of output is lower in services than manufacturing
services usually are labor intensive
service sector productivity is hard to measure

145. The symbol of rectangle shape represents the process of.....................in the process analysis.

Transportation
Transportation
Inspection
Delay

146. The sampling inspection procedure adopted in statistical quality control is of..............types.

two
three
four
five

147. The total of all outputs produced by the transformation process divided by the total of the inputs is

utilization
greater in manufacturing than in services
defined only for manufacturing firms
multi-factor productivity

148. Good...............fosters long term thinking.

vision
mission
plan
target

149. VED analysis of inventory management stands for

Vital-Essential-Desirable
Valuable-Easy-Difficult
Very-Essentially-Desired
Valuable-Effective-Difficult to obtain

150. Taylor and Deming would have both agreed that

Whirlpools global strategy is a good one
Eli Whitney was an important contributor to statistical theory
management must do more to improve the work environment and its processes so that quality can be improved
productivity is more important than quality