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The ratio of working capital to total capital investment for most chemical plants (except for nonseasonal based products) is in the range of __________ percent.
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Cost incurred towards __________ in a chemical plant is a component of the utilities cost.
B. Running a control laboratory
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An investment of Rs. 1000 is carrying an interest of 10% compounded quarterly. The value of the investment at the end of five years will be
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The ratio of gross annual sales to the fixed capital investment is termed as the __________ ratio.
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Operating profit of a chemical plant is equal to
A. Profit before interest and tax i.e., net profit + interest + tax
B. Profit after tax plus depreciation
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Longer tubes are less expensive per unit heat transfer area as compared to shorter tubes
B. A cost index is merely a number for a given year showing the cost at that time relative to a certain base year
C. Turnover ratio of a chemical plant is the ratio of gross annual sales to the fixed capital investment
D. Plates with butt welded joints are less expensive compared to lap welded joints, because squaring of plates is not necessary
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'Lang factor' is defined as the ratio of the capital investment to the delivered cost of major equipments. The value of 'Lang factor' for fixed capital investment, for a solid-fluid processing chemical plant ranges from
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Cost of piping in a fluid processing unit (e.g., distillation) of a chemical process plant is about __________ percent of the fixed capital investment.
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Payback period
A. And economic life of a project are the same
B. Is the length of time over which the earnings on a project equals the investment
C. Is affected by the variation in earnings after the recovery of the investment
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Which of the following is not a component of the fixed capital for a chemical plant facility?
A. Raw materials inventory
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Generally, income taxes are based on the
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Maximum production start up cost for making a chemical plant operational is about __________ percent of the fixed capital cost.
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In a manufacturing industry, breakeven point occurs, when the
A. Total annual rate of production equals the assigned value
B. Total annual product cost equals the total annual sales
C. Annual profit equals the expected value
D. Annual sales equals the fixed cost
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Which of the following ceramic packing materials is the costliest of all?
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Which of the following is not a component of the working capital for a chemical process plant?
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The depreciation during the year 'n', in diminishing balance method of depreciation calculation, is calculated by multiplying a fixed percentage 'N' to the
B. Book value at the end of (n - 1)th year
C. Depreciation during the (n - 1)th year
D. Difference between initial cost and salvage value
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Out of the following, the depreciation calculated by the __________ method is the maximum.
C. Sum of the years digit
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According to six-tenths-factor rule, if the cost of a given unit at one capacity is known, then the cost of similar unit with '' times the capacity of the first unit is approximately equal to __________ times the cost of the initial unit.
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Which of the following is the costliest material of construction used in pressure vessel construction?
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Depreciation is __________ in profit with time.
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Direct costs component of the fixed capital consists of
B. Onsite and offsite costs
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Gross earning is equal to the total income minus
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A machine has an initial value of Rs. 5000, service life of 5 years and final salvage value of Rs. 1000. The annual depreciation cost by straight line method is Rs.
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Which of the following relationship is not correct is case of a chemical process plant?
A. Manufacturing cost = direct product cost + fixed charges + plant overhead costs
B. General expenses = administrative expenses + distribution & marketing expenses
C. Total product cost = manufacturing cost + general expenses
D. Total product cost = direct production cost + plant overhead cost
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Manufacturing cost in a chemical company does not include the
D. Administrative expenses
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Nominal and effective interest rates are equal, when the interest is compounded
D. In no case, they are equal
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Equipment installation cost in a chemical process plant ranges from __________ percent of the purchased equipment cost.
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Cost of instrumentation in a modern chemical plant ranges from __________ percent of the total plant cost.
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Personnel working in the market research group is responsible for the job of
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Expenditure on research and development (R & D) is categorised as the __________, while making an estimate of the total product cost for a chemical plant.
D. Direct production cost