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Q. The Dulac Box plant produces 500 cypress packing boxes in two 10-hour shifts. Due to higher demand,they have decided to operate three 8-hour shifts instead. They are now able to produce 600 boxes per day. What has happened to production?
  • (A) it has increased by 50 sets/shift
  • (B) it has increased by 37.5 sets/hr
  • (C) it has increased by 20%
  • (D) it has decreased by 8.3%
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) it has increased by 20%
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Q. The Dulac Box plant produces 500 cypress packing boxes in two 8-hour shifts. The use of new technology has enabled them to increase productivity by 30%. Productivity is now approximately
  • (A) 32.5 boxes/hr
  • (B) 40.6 boxes/hr
  • (C) 62.5 boxes/hr
  • (D) 81.25 boxes/hr
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 40.6 boxes/hr
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Q. The Dulac Box plant produces 500 cypress packing boxes in two 10-hour shifts. What is the productivity of the plant?
  • (A) 25 boxes/hr
  • (B) 50 boxes/hr
  • (C) 5000 boxes/hr
  • (D) none of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) 25 boxes/hr
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Q. Gibson Valves produces cast bronze valves on an assembly line, currently producing 1600 valves each 8-hour shift. If the productivity is increased by 10%, it would then be
  • (A) 180 valves/hr
  • (B) 200 valves/hr
  • (C) 220 valves/hr
  • (D) 880 valves/hr
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) 220 valves/hr
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Q. Gibson Valves produces cast bronze valves on an assembly line. If 1600 valves are produced in an 8-hour shift, the productivity of the line is
  • (A) 2 valves/hr
  • (B) 40 valves/hr
  • (C) 80 valves/hr
  • (D) 200 valves/hr
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) 200 valves/hr
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Q. Which of the following is not a typical service attribute?
  • (A) intangible product
  • (B) easy to store
  • (C) customer interaction is high
  • (D) simultaneous production and consumption
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) easy to store
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Q. Which of the following services is not unique, i.e., customized to a particular individual's needs?
  • (A) hairdressing
  • (B) elementary education
  • (C) legal services
  • (D) dental care
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) elementary education
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Q. Which of the following is not a typical attribute of goods?
  • (A) output can be inventoried
  • (B) often easy to automate
  • (C) aspects of quality difficult to measure
  • (D) output can be resold
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) aspects of quality difficult to measure
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Q. Which is not true regarding differences between goods and services?
  • (A) services are generally produced and consumed simultaneously, tangible goods are not.
  • (B) services tend to be more knowledge-based than products.
  • (C) services tend to have a more inconsistent product definition than goods.
  • (D) goods tend to have higher customer interaction than services.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) goods tend to have higher customer interaction than services.
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Q. Typical differences between goods and services do not include
  • (A) cost per unit
  • (B) ability to inventory items
  • (C) timing of production and consumption
  • (D) customer interaction
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) cost per unit