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Father of time study was

A. F.W. Taylor

B. H.L. Gantt

C. F.B. Gilbert

D. R.M. Barnes

Correct Answer :

A. F.W. Taylor


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Which of the following organisation is preferred in automobile industry?

A. Functional organisation

B. Line organisation

C. Staff organisation

D. Line and staff organisations

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A big advantage of PERT over Gantt charts is that in the former case

A. Activities and events are clearly shown

B. Early start and late finish of an activity are clearly marked

C. Activity times are clear

D. Interrelationship among activities is clearly shown.

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Inventory control in production, planning and control aims at

A. Achieving optimisation

B. Ensuring against market fluctuations

C. Acceptable customer service at low capital investment in inventory

D. Discounts allowed in bulk purchase

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Process layout is also known as

A. Analytical-layout

B. Synthetic layout

C. Static product layout

D. None of these

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Which of the following statement is wrong?

A. An activity consumes time and resources whereas an event does not consume time or resources.

B. The performance of a specific task is called an activity.

C. An event is an instantaneous point in time at which an activity begins or ends.

D. The turning of a job on lathe is an event whereas job turned is an activity.

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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

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Product layout is also known as

A. Analytical layout

B. Synthetic layout

C. Static product layout

D. None of these

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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

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An event is indicated on the network by

A. A straight line

B. A number enclosed in a circle or a square

C. A straight line with circles at the ends

D. A dotted line

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Which of the following wage incentive plan is applied to all workers?

A. Halsey plan

B. Gantt plan

C. Emerson's efficiency plan

D. Rowan plan

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In jobbing production

A. Highly skilled workers are needed

B. Unit costs are high

C. Operations are labour-intensive

D. All of these

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Micro-motion study is

A. Analysis of one stage of motion chart

B. Motion study, when seen on a time chart

C. Subdivision of an operation into therbligs and their analysis

D. Enlarged view of motion study

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When slack of an activity is negative

A. It represents a situation where extra resources are available and the completion of project is not delayed

B. It represents that a programme falls behind schedule and additional resources are required to complete the project in time

C. The activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the completion of whole project

D. All of the above

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Bar chart is suitable for

A. Large project

B. Major work

C. Minor work

D. All of these

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A critical activity has

A. Maximum slack

B. Minimum slack

C. Zero slack

D. Average slack

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The factors to be considered for production scheduling are

A. Component design

B. Route sheet

C. Time standards

D. All of these

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In Emerson's efficiency plan of wage incentive system, bonus is paid to a worker

A. Whose output exceeds 67% efficiency

B. On the percentage of time saved

C. On the percentage of time worked

D. On the percentage of standard time

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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

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Product layout is used for

A. Job production

B. Batch production

C. Mass production

D. Any one of these

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If E is the duration, ES and EF are die earliest start and finish times, LS and LF are latest start and finish times, then the following relation holds good

A. EF = ES + D

B. LS = LFD

C. LF = LS + D

D. All of the above

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Bar charts are suitable for

A. Minor works

B. Major works

C. Large projects

D. All of the above

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Which of the following is not wage incentive plan?

A. Differential piece rate system

B. Rowan plan

C. Emerson plan

D. Taylor plan

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The main advantage of line organisation is its

A. Effective command and control

B. Defined responsibilities at all levels

C. Rigid discipline in the organisation

D. All of the above

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Two alternatives can produce a product. First have a fixed cost of Rs. 2000 and a variable cost of Rs. 20 per piece. The second method has a fixed cost of Rs. 1500 and a variable cost of Rs. 30. The break even quantity between the two alternatives is

A. 25

B. 50

C. 75

D. 100

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Expediting function consists in keeping a watch on

A. Operator's activity

B. Flow of material and in case of trouble locate source of trouble

C. Minimising the delays

D. Making efficient despatching

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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

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The linear programming techniques can be applied successfully to industries like

A. Iron and steel

B. Food processing

C. Oil and chemical

D. All of the above

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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

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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

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In Halsey 50-50 plan, output standards are established

A. By time study

B. From previous production records

C. From one's judgement

D. All of the above