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Gantt chart provides information about the

A. Material handling

B. Proper utilisation of manpower

C. Production schedule

D. Efficient working of machine

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C. Production schedule


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M.T.M. is used to

A. Improve existing methods

B. Establish time standards

C. Develop effective methods in advance of the beginning of production

D. All of the above

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Which one of the following represents a group incentive plan?

A. Halsey Premium Plan

B. Lincoln Plan

C. Rowan Plan

D. Taylor Plan

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The determination of standard time in a complex job system is best done through

A. Stop watch time study

B. Analysis of micro-motions

C. Grouping timing technique

D. Analysis of standard data system

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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

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A-B-C analysis

A. Is a basic technique of materials management

B. Is meant for relative inventory control

C. Does not depend upon the unit cost of the item but on its annual consumption

D. All of the above

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An activity of the project is graphically represented by ________ on the network diagram.

A. A circle

B. A straight line

C. An arrow

D. None of these

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Work study is most useful

A. Where production activities are involved

B. In judging the rating of machines

C. In improving industrial relations

D. In judging the output of a man and improving it

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Work study is mainly aimed at

A. Determining the most efficient method of performing a job

B. Establishing the minimum time of completion of a job

C. Developing the standard method and standard time of a job

D. Economising the motions involved on the part of the worker while performing a job

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Service time in queuing theory is usually assumed to follow

A. Normal distribution

B. Poissons distribution

C. Erlang distribution

D. Exponential law

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The performance of a specific task in CPM is known as

A. Dummy

B. Event

C. Activity

D. Contract

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Percent idle time for men or machines is found by

A. Work sampling

B. Time study

C. Method study

D. Work study

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What does symbol 'V' employ in work study

A. Operation

B. Inspection

C. Delay/ temporary Storage

D. Permanent storage

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Current assets include

A. Manufacturing plant

B. Manufacturing plant and equipment

C. Inventories

D. Common stock held by the firm

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What does symbol 'O' imply in work study?

A. Operation

B. Inspection

C. Transport

D. Delay/temporary storage

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Routing is essential in the following type of industry

A. Assembly industry

B. Process industry

C. Job order industry

D. Mass production industry

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A CPM family includes

A. CPA (Critical Path Analysis)

B. CPP (Critical Path Plotted)

C. CPS (Critical Path Scheduling)

D. All of the above

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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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Line organisation is suitable for

A. Sugar industries

B. Oil refining industries

C. Spinning and weaving industries

D. All of these

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'Value' for value engineering and analysis purposes is defined as

A. Purchase value

B. Saleable value

C. Depreciated value

D. Function/cost

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Gantt chart is used for

A. Inventory control

B. Material handling

C. Production schedule

D. Machine repair schedules

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For handling materials during manufacture of cement, a _________ is widely used.

A. Belt conveyor

B. Bucket conveyor

C. Fork lift truck

D. Overhead crane

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Gantt charts provide information about

A. Breakeven point analysis

B. Production schedule

C. Material handling layout

D. Determining selling price

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Emergency rush order can be pushed more effectively in

A. Job production

B. Automatic production

C. Continuous production

D. Intermittent production

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Job enrichment technique is applied to

A. Reduce labour monotony

B. Overcome boring and de-motivating work

C. Make people happy

D. All of the above

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Tick the odd man out

A. Taylor

B. Drucker

C. McGregor

D. Galileo

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A dummy activity in a net work diagram

A. Is represented by a dotted line

B. Is an artificial activity

C. Does not consume time or resources

D. All of these

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According to Muther, the basic principle of best layout is

A. Principle of overall integration

B. Principle of flow

C. Principle of flexibility

D. All of these

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The main disadvantage of line organisation is

A. Top level executives have to do excessive work

B. Structure is rigid

C. Communication delays occur

D. All of the above

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Time study is

A. The appraisal, in terms of time, of the value of work involving human effort

B. Machine setting time

C. Time taken by workers to do a job

D. Method of fixing time for workers

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Breakeven analysis is a

A. Short term analysis

B. Long term analysis

C. Average of short and long term analysis

D. Any one of these