Industrial Engineering & Production Management Test 1000+ MCQ with answer for CAT

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

2. In a PERT chart
A. All activities should be numbered
B. Only important activities should be numbered
C. Only critical activities are numbered
D. Only selected activities are numbered
Answer : A

3. Product layout is best suited where
A. One type of product is produced
B. Product is standardised
C. Product is manufactured in large quantities
D. All of the above
Answer : D

4. A systematic job improvement sequence will consist of
A. Motion study
B. Time study
C. Job enrichment
D. All of these
Answer : D

5. The main objective of work measurement is to
A. Plan and schedule of production
B. Formulate a proper incentive scheme
C. Estimate the selling prices and delivery dates
D. All of the above
Answer : D

6. Current assets include
A. Manufacturing plant
B. Manufacturing plant and equipment
C. Inventories
D. Common stock held by the firm
Answer : A

7. Which of the following incentive plans ensures a part of the swing to the worker and rest to the employer?
A. Emerson efficiency plan
B. Taylor plan
C. Halsey premium plan
D. Gilbert plan
Answer : C

8. F. W. Taylor introduced a system of organisation known as
A. Line organisation
B. Functional organisation
C. Line and staff organisation
D. Line, staff and functional organisation
Answer : B

9. Monte Carlo solutions in queuing theory are extremely useful in queuing problems
A. That can't be analysed mathematically
B. Involving multistage queuing
C. To verify mathematical results
D. All of the above
Answer : A

10. In steel plant the most important system for materials handling is
A. Conveyors
B. Cranes and hoists
C. Trucks
D. Locos
Answer : D

11. Which of the following are the principles of material handling?
A. Keep all the handling to the minimum
B. Select only efficient handling equipment
C. Move the heaviest weight to the least distance
D. All of the above
Answer : D

12. In process layout
A. Handling and backtracking of materials is too much
B. Production control is more difficult and costly
C. Routing and scheduling is more difficult
D. All of the above
Answer : D

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

14. 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

15. 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

16. The process capability of a machine is defined as the capability of the machine to
A. Produces a definite volume of work per minute
B. Perform definite number of operations
C. Produce job at a definite spectrum of speed
D. Holds a definite spectrum of tolerance and surface finish
Answer : A

17. 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

18. Which of the following statement is correct?
A. When slack of an activity is zero, it falls only on critical path.
B. CPM technique is useful to minimise the direct and indirect expenses.
C. Critical path of a net work represents the minimum time required for completion of project.
D. All of the above
Answer : D

19. Work study is concerned with
A. Improving present method and finding standard time
B. Motivation of workers
C. Improving production capability
D. Improving production planning and control
Answer : A

20. The time required to complete a job is established and a bonus is paid to the worker based on the exact % of time saved. This type of incentive plan is known as
A. Dry work Plan
B. Halsey Premium Plan
C. Taylor Plan
D. Rowan Plan
Answer : D

21. Linear programming can be applied successfully to
A. Chemical industry
B. Oil industry
C. Banks
D. All of these
Answer : D

22. The production cost per unit can be reduced by
A. Producing more with increased inputs
B. Producing more with the same inputs
C. Eliminating idle time
D. Minimising resource waste
Answer : B

23. Scheduling
A. Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
B. Determines the programme for the operations
C. Is concerned with starting of processes
D. Regulates the progress of job through various processes
Answer : B

24. Probabilistic time for completion of any activity can be found out from
A. Optimistic time
B. Pessimistic time
C. Most likely time
D. All of these
Answer : D

25. Gantt chart provides information about the
A. Material handling
B. Proper utilisation of manpower
C. Production schedule
D. Efficient working of machine
Answer : C

26. P.M.T.S. (Predetermined Motion Time Systems) include
A. M.T.M. (Method Time Measurement)
B. W.F.S. (Work Factor Systems)
C. B.M.T.S. (Basic Motion Time Study)
D. All of these
Answer : D

27. Production cost refers to prime cost plus
A. Factory overheads
B. Factory and administration overheads
C. Factory, administration and sales overheads
D. Factory, administration, sales overheads and profit
Answer : A

28. Which of the following conditions are necessary for applying linear programming?
A. These must be a well defined objective function.
B. The decision variables should be interrelated and nonnegative.
C. The resources must be in limited supply.
D. All of the above
Answer : D

29. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following
A. An activity of the project is denoted by an arrow on the net work
B. The tail of the arrow indicates the start of the activity
C. The head of the arrow indicates the end of the activity
D. The arrows are drawn (to scale from) left to right
Answer : D

30. The objective of time study is to determine the time required to complete a job by
A. Fast worker
B. Average worker
C. Slow worker
D. New entrant
Answer : B

31. Merit Rating is the method of determining worth of
A. A job
B. An individual employee
C. A particular division in workshop
D. Machine
Answer : B

32. The artificial activity, which indicates that an activity following it cannot be started unless, the preceding activity is complete, is known as
A. Event
B. Free float
C. Artificial
D. Dummy
Answer : D

33. The unit cost in case of batch production is ________ as compared to jobbing production.
A. Same
B. Low
C. High
D. None of these
Answer : B

34. If (R) is the base rate guaranteed per hour, (S) is the standard time for the job and (T) is the actual time, then according to Halsey 50-50 plan, wages for the job will be
A. TR
B. TR + [(S - T)/2] × R
C. TR + (S - T) × R
D. TR + [(S - T)/S] × R
Answer : B

35. Work sampling is applied for
A. Estimation of the percentage utilisation of machine tools
B. Estimating the percentage of the time consumed by various job activities
C. Finding out time standards, specially where the job is not repetitive and where time study by stop watch method is not possible
D. All of the above
Answer : D

36. Gantt chart is used for
A. Inventory control
B. Material handling
C. Production schedule
D. Machine repair schedules
Answer : C

37. Pick up the correct statement from the following
A. Critical path method is an improvement upon bar chart method
B. Critical path method provides a realistic approach to the daily problems
C. Critical path method avoids delays which are very common in bar chart
D. All of the above
Answer : D

38. Micro-motion study involves following number of fundamental hand motions
A. 8
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20
Answer : C

39. The grouping of activities into organisational units is called
A. Corporate plans
B. Higher level management
C. Functional authority
D. Departmentation
Answer : D

40. Bar charts are suitable for
A. Minor works
B. Major works
C. Large projects
D. All of the above
Answer : A

41. Which of the following layouts is suited for mass production?
A. Process layout
B. Product layout
C. Fixed position layout
D. Plant layout
Answer : B

42. The deductions for, employees provident fund start
A. Immediately on joining the service
B. After 60 days of joining the service
C. After 100 days of joining the service
D. After 240 days of joining the service
Answer : D

43. The factors to be considered for production scheduling are
A. Component design
B. Route sheet
C. Time standards
D. All of these
Answer : D

44. Which of the following layouts is suited to job production?
A. Process layout
B. Product layout
C. Fixed position layout
D. Plant layout
Answer : A

45. 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

46. Replacement studies are made on the following basis:
A. Annual cost method
B. Rate of return method
C. Total life average method
D. Any one of the above
Answer : D

47. The standard time for a job is
A. Total work content
B. Base time + relaxation time
C. Total work content + basic time
D. Total work content + delay contingency allowance
Answer : D

48. The time taken by a trained worker to perform an operation, while working a steady pace, is known as
A. Standard time
B. Normal time
C. Representative time
D. None of these
Answer : A

49. In time study, the rating factor is applied to determine
A. Standard time of a job
B. Merit rating of the worker
C. Fixation of incentive rate
D. Normal time of a worker
Answer : C

50. At the breakeven point,
A. Total cost is more than the sales revenue
B. Total cost is less than the sales revenue
C. Total cost is equal to sales revenue
D. Fixed cost is equal to variable cost
Answer : C