πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. ________________ is a methodology by which we try to minimize the cost and improve the revenue of a product or an operation.
  • (A) Value engineering
  • (B) Systems engineering
  • (C) Control engineering
  • (D) Industrial engineering
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Value engineering
πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. Which of the following chart will indicate only the cumulative workloads for each job and to what extent the work centers are to be scheduled?
  • (A) Flowchart
  • (B) Gantt chart
  • (C) Gantt progress chart
  • (D) CPM chart
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Gantt chart
πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. Which of the following classification of scheduling strategies is not practical in case of machine breakdown?
  • (A) Cumulative scheduling
  • (B) Detailed scheduling
  • (C) Cumulative-detailed scheduling
  • (D) Priority decision rules
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Detailed scheduling
πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. _________is a process in which a supplier generates orders for its distributor based on demand information sent by the distributor
  • (A) point of sale
  • (B) integrated supply chain management
  • (C) distributed control system
  • (D) vendor managed inventory
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) vendor managed inventory
πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. A fixed interval system
  • (A) adds the same predetermined amount to inventory each time replenishment occurs
  • (B) is suitable for joint replenishment items
  • (C) is triggered at the reorder level
  • (D) requires perpetual monitoring of inventory records
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) is suitable for joint replenishment items
πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. Moving from the aggregate plan to a master production schedule requires
  • (A) rough cut capacity planning
  • (B) sub-optimization
  • (C) disaggregation
  • (D) strategy formulation
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) disaggregation
πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. What is simulation?
  • (A) A quick solution method to problem-solving
  • (B) A formalized deterministic approach to problem-solving
  • (C) A graphical method to problem-solving
  • (D) A trial-and-error approach to problem-solving
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) A trial-and-error approach to problem-solving
πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. The transportation model method that is used to evaluate location alternatives minimizes total
  • (A) sources
  • (B) destinations
  • (C) capacity
  • (D) shipping costs
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) shipping costs
πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. . What are the two sources of costs in queuing analysis?
  • (A) Arrivals and departures
  • (B) Arrivals and idleness
  • (C) Waiting customers and capacity
  • (D) Equipment breakdowns and departures
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Waiting customers and capacity
πŸ“Š Production Management
Q. If an artificial variable remains in the solution with a positive value after the stopping criterion has been reached, the problem
  • (A) is infeasible
  • (B) is optimal
  • (C) needs a new basis
  • (D) has more than one solution
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) is infeasible