Gantt charts provide information about
Breakeven point analysis
Production schedule
Material handling layout
Determining selling price
Correct Answer :
B. Production schedule
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Under the Apprenticeship Act
All industries have to necessarily train the apprentices
Industries have to train apprentices according to their requirement
All industries employing more than 100 workers have to recruit apprentices
Only industries employing more than 500 workers have to recruit apprentices
The value engineering technique in which experts of the same rank assemble for product development is called
Delphi
Brain storming
Morphological analysis
Direct expert comparison
Which of the following is independent of sales forecast?
Productivity
Inventory control
Production planning
Production control
Which one of the following represents a group incentive plan?
Halsey Premium Plan
Lincoln Plan
Rowan Plan
Taylor Plan
The correct sequence of phases in value engineering is
Creative phase, information phase, investigation phase, evaluation phase
Information phase, creative phase, investigation phase, evaluation phase
Investigation phase, information phase, creative phase, evaluation phase
Creative phase, investigation phase, evaluation phase, information phase
Critical path moves along the activities having total float of
Positive value
Negative value
Zero value
Same value
PERT/CPM, techniques can be used for following applications
Once through project
Maintenance jobs
Research and development
All of the above
Basic tool in work study is
Graph paper
Process chart
Planning chart
Stop watch
Which one of the following techniques is used for determining allowances in time study?
Acceptance sampling
Linear regression
Performance rating
Work sampling
Tick the odd man out
Taylor
Drucker
McGregor
Galileo
Work study is concerned with
Improving present method and finding standard time
Motivation of workers
Improving production capability
Improving production planning and control
Actual performance of a task is called
An event
An activity
A duration
None of these
In process layout
Handling and backtracking of materials is too much
Production control is more difficult and costly
Routing and scheduling is more difficult
All of the above
The procedure of modifying work content to give more meaning and enjoyment to the job by involving employees in planning, organisation and control of their work, is termed as
Job enlargement
Job enrichment
Job rotation
Job evaluation
Pick up the correct statement about relationship between various floats
Free float = total float
Independent float = total float
Independent float > free float
Independent float < free float
Which of the following layouts is suited to job production?
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
The breakeven point represents
The most economical level of operation of any industry
The time when unit can run without i loss and profit
Time when industry will undergo loss
The time when company can make maximum profits
The two bin system is concerned with
Ordering procedure
Forecasting sales
Production planning
Despatching and expediting
Breakeven point is the point where
Fixed and variable cost lines intersect
Fixed and total cost lines intersect
Variable and total cost lines intersect
Sales revenue and total expensive lines intersect
A critical activity has
Maximum slack
Minimum slack
Zero slack
Average slack
Which of the following statement is wrong?
An activity consumes time and resources whereas an event does not consume time or resources.
The performance of a specific task is called an activity.
An event is an instantaneous point in time at which an activity begins or ends.
The turning of a job on lathe is an event whereas job turned is an activity.
When slack of an activity is positive
It represents a situation where extra resources are available and the completion of project is not delayed
It represents that a programme falls behind schedule and additional resources are required to complete the project in time
The activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the completion of whole project
Any one of the above
Inventory management consists of
Effective running of stores
State of merchandise methods of storing and maintenance etc.
Stock control system
All of the above
Routing assists engineers in deciding in advance
The flow of material in the plant
The methods of proper utilization of manpower
The methods of proper utilization of machines
The layout of factory facilities
PERT analysis is based on
Optimistic time
Pessimistic time
Most likely time
All of the above
The average time recorded by work study man for an operation is called
Standard time
Normal time
Representative time
None of these
Valve analysis is particularly of interest when
Jobbing work economics are involved
Production is on large scale
Only few components are involved
Costly equipment is used
The appellate authority for an industrial dispute is
Management
Labour court
High court/supreme court
Board of directors
The start or completion of task is called
An event
An activity
A duration
None of these
A dummy activity in a net work diagram
Is represented by a dotted line
Is an artificial activity
Does not consume time or resources
All of these