1000+ Industrial Engineering & Production Management Test Multiple Choice Question Answer [Solved]

1. Pick up the correct statement about relationship between various floats
A. Free float = total float
B. Independent float = total float
C. Independent float > free float
D. Independent float < free float
Answer : D

2. In the Emerson efficiency plan, a worker receives only his daily wage and no bonus is paid till his efficiency reaches
A. 50 %
B. 66.67 %
C. 75 %
D. 80 %
Answer : B

3. The factors which are to be considered while developing a good wage incentive plan will include
A. Adequate incentive
B. Ease of administration
C. Guaranteed basic pay
D. All of these
Answer : D

4. Pick up the incorrect statement about advantages of work sampling
A. Permits a fine breakdown of activities and delays
B. Simultaneous study of many operators may be made by a single observer
C. Calculations are easier, method is economical and less time consuming
D. No time measuring devices are generally needed
Answer : A

5. Which of the following wage incentive plan guarantees minimum wage to a worker and bonus is paid for the fixed percentage of time saved?
A. Halsey plan
B. Gantt plan
C. Rowan plan
D. Emerson's efficiency plan
Answer : A

6. Percent idle time for men or machines is found by
A. Work sampling
B. Time study
C. Method study
D. Work study
Answer : A

7. Micro-motion study is
A. Enlarged view of motion study
B. Analysis of one stage of motion study
C. Minute and detailed motion study
D. Subdivision of an operation into therbligs and their analysis
Answer : D

8. For a small scale industry, the fixed cost per month is Rs. 5000. The variable cost per product is Rs. 20 and sales price is Rs. 30 per piece. The break even production per month will be
A. 300
B. 460
C. 500
D. 1000
Answer : C

9. PERT and CPM are
A. Techniques to determine project status
B. Decision making techniques
C. Charts which increase aesthetic appearance of rooms
D. Aids to the decision maker
Answer : D

10. Which one of the following represents a group incentive plan?
A. Halsey Premium Plan
B. Lincoln Plan
C. Rowan Plan
D. Taylor Plan
Answer : B

11. Positive slack on a PERT indicates that project is
A. Ahead of schedule
B. Beyond schedule
C. As per schedule
D. On critical path
Answer : A

12. Process layout is employed
A. Where low volume of production is required
B. Where similar jobs are manufactured on similar machines
C. Where machines are arranged on functional basis
D. All of the above
Answer : D

13. Travel charts are used to
A. Analyse material handling
B. Determine inventory control difficulties
C. Plan material handling procedure and routes
D. All of the above
Answer : D

14. Queuing theory is associated with
A. Sales
B. Inspection time
C. Waiting time
D. Production time
Answer : C

15. The most important function of inventory control is
A. Stock control system
B. To run the stores effectively
C. Technical responsibility for the state of materials
D. All of the above
Answer : D

16. Pick up the correct statement from the following
A. If the float is positive and the activity is delayed by a period equal to its total float, the completion of project in no delayed
B. If the float of an activity is negative, delay in its performance is bound to delay the completion of project
C. If the float of an activity is zero, the activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the whole project
D. All of the above
Answer : D

17. A device used for lifting or lowering objects suspended from a hook at the end of retractable chains or cable is called
A. Hoist
B. Jib crane
C. Portable elevator
D. Chain conveyor
Answer : A

18. ABC analysis deals with
A. Analysis of process chart
B. Flow of material
C. Ordering schedule of job
D. Controlling inventory costs money
Answer : D

19. The product layout
A. Lowers overall manufacturing time
B. Requires less space for placing machines
C. Utilises machine and labour better
D. All of these
Answer : D

20. Work study is done with the help of
A. Process chart
B. Material handling
C. Stop watch
D. All of the above
Answer : C

21. The critical activity has
A. Maximum float
B. Minimum float
C. Zero float
D. Average float
Answer : C

22. Gantt chart gives information about
A. Scheduling and routing
B. Sales
C. Production schedule
D. Machine utilisation
Answer : C

23. Tick the odd man out
A. Taylor
B. Drucker
C. McGregor
D. Galileo
Answer : D

24. CPM is the
A. Time oriented technique
B. Event oriented technique
C. Activity oriented technique
D. Target oriented technique
Answer : C

25. Actual performance of a task is called
A. An event
B. An activity
C. A duration
D. None of these
Answer : B

26. The first method invented for planning projects was
A. Bar chart method
B. Milestone chart
C. Critical path method (CPM)
D. Programme evaluation and review technique (PERT)
Answer : A

27. Breakeven point is the point where
A. Fixed and variable cost lines intersect
B. Fixed and total cost lines intersect
C. Variable and total cost lines intersect
D. Sales revenue and total expensive lines intersect
Answer : D

28. Statistical quality control techniques are based on the theory of
A. Quality
B. Statistics
C. Probability
D. All of the above
Answer : C

29. The technique of value analysis can be applied to
A. Complicated items only
B. Simple items only
C. Crash programmer items only
D. Any item
Answer : D

30. CPM stands for
A. Combined Process Method
B. Critical Path Method
C. Common Planning Method
D. Critical Process Method
Answer : B

31. Service time in queuing theory is usually assumed to follow
A. Normal distribution
B. Poissons distribution
C. Erlang distribution
D. Exponential law
Answer : D

32. Gantt charts are used for
A. Forecasting sales
B. Production schedule
C. Scheduling and routing
D. Linear programming
Answer : B

33. In a functional organisation
A. Quality of work is better
B. Wastage of material is minimum
C. Specialised knowledge and guidance to individual worker is provided
D. All of the above
Answer : D

34. Templates are used for
A. A planning layout
B. Flow of material
C. Advancing a programme in automatic machines
D. Copying complicated profiles
Answer : A

35. Product layout is employed for
A. Batch production
B. Continuous production
C. Effective utilization of machine
D. All of the above
Answer : B

36. In which of the following layouts, the lines need to the balanced
A. Process layout
B. Product layout
C. Fixed position layout
D. Plant layout
Answer : B

37. Abbreviated work factor data is applied for
A. Material handling operation
B. Maintenance operation
C. Packing and shipping operation
D. All of these
Answer : D

38. Performance rating is equal to
A. Observed performance + normal performance
B. Observed performance - normal performance
C. Observed performance × normal performance
D. None of the above
Answer : D

39. 'Value' for value engineering and analysis purposes is defined as
A. Purchase value
B. Saleable value
C. Depreciated value
D. Function/cost
Answer : D

40. The reasons which are basically responsible for the formation of a queue should be that
A. The average service rate Hess than the average arrival rate
B. Output rate is linearly proportional to input
C. Output rate is constant and the input varies in a random manner
D. All of the above
Answer : D

41. PERT stands for
A. Programme Estimation and Reporting Technique
B. Process Estimation and Review Technique
C. Programme Evaluation and Review Technique
D. Planning Estimation and Resulting Technique
Answer : C

42. The performance of a specific task in CPM is known as
A. Dummy
B. Event
C. Activity
D. Contract
Answer : C

43. Process layout is also known as
A. Analytical-layout
B. Synthetic layout
C. Static product layout
D. None of these
Answer : A

44. In inventory control, the economic order quantity is the
A. Optimum lot size
B. Highest level of inventory
C. Lot corresponding to breakeven point
D. Capability of a plant to produce
Answer : A

45. If A is the total items consumed per year, P is the procurement cost per order, and C is the annual inventory carrying cost per item, then the most economic ordering quantity is given by
A. AP/C
B. 2AP/C
C. ?(AP/C)
D. (AP/C²
Answer : C

46. Line organisation is suitable for
A. Sugar industries
B. Oil refining industries
C. Spinning and weaving industries
D. All of these
Answer : D

47. Dummy activities are used to
A. Determine the critical path
B. Determine the project completion time
C. Maintain the required net work
D. None of these
Answer : C

48. Which of the following is not wage incentive plan?
A. Differential piece rate system
B. Rowan plan
C. Emerson plan
D. Taylor plan
Answer : D

49. What does symbol 'D' imply in work study?
A. Inspection
B. Transport
C. Delay/temporary storage
D. Permanent storage
Answer : C

50. Work sampling observations are taken on the basis of
A. Detailed calculations
B. Convenience
C. Table of random numbers
D. Past experience
Answer : C