M.T.M. is used to
Improve existing methods
Establish time standards
Develop effective methods in advance of the beginning of production
All of the above
Correct Answer :
D. All of the above
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PERT and CPM are
Techniques to determine project status
Decision making techniques
Charts which increase aesthetic appearance of rooms
Aids to the decision maker
The appellate authority for an industrial dispute is
Management
Labour court
High court/supreme court
Board of directors
Standing orders which are statutory are applicable to
All industries
All process industries and thermal power plants
Only major industries
All industries employing more than 100 workers
Gantt chart provides information about the
Material handling
Proper utilisation of manpower
Production schedule
Efficient working of machine
For ship vessel industry the following layout is best suited
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
According to MAPI formula, the old machine should be replaced by new one when (CAM = Challenger's Adverse minimum DAM = Defender's Adverse minimum)
CAM < DAM
CAM > DAM
CAM = DAM
There is no such criterion
Which of the following wage incentive plan guarantees minimum wage to a worker and bonus is paid for the fixed percentage of time saved?
Halsey plan
Gantt plan
Rowan plan
Emerson's efficiency plan
The assumption in PERT is
A project will always be behind schedule, if left uncorrected
Cost of project will always be more than the estimated cost, if no timely corrections are taken
A project can be subdivided into a set of predictable, independent activities
Activities are fixed and can't be changed
Basic motion time study gives times for basic motions in ten thousandths of
Second
Minute
Hour
Day
Queuing theory is associated with
Sales
Inspection time
Waiting time
Production time
Critical path on PERT/CPM chart is obtained by joining the events having
Maximum slack
Minimum slack
Average slack
No slack
Which of the following are the guidelines for the construction of a network diagram?
Each activity is represented by one and only one arrow in the network
Dangling must be avoided in a network diagram
Dummy activity consumes no time or resource
All of the above
The bonus increases in proportion to the increase in efficiency. This statement applies to
Halsey plan
Gantt plan
Emerson's efficiency plan
Rowan plan
The type of layout used for manufacturing steam turbines, is
Product layout
Process layout
Fixed position layout
Any one of these
Dispatching
Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
Determines the programme for the operations
Is concerned with the starting of processes
Regulates the progress of job through various processes
The most important objective behind plant layout is
Overall simplification, safety of integration
Economy in space
Maximum travel time in plant
To provide conveniently located shops
The interchangeability can be achieved by
Standardisation
Better process planning
Bonus plan
Better product planning
Linear programming can be applied successfully to
Chemical industry
Oil industry
Banks
All of these
Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
Effective organisation
Work sampling observations are taken on the basis of
Detailed calculations
Convenience
Table of random numbers
Past experience
Replacement studies are made on the following basis:
Annual cost method
Rate of return method
Total life average method
Any one of the above
Work study is most useful
Where production activities are involved
In judging the rating of machines
In improving industrial relations
In judging the output of a man and improving it
CPM requires
Single time estimate
Double time estimate
Triple time estimate
None of these
In a PERT chart
All activities should be numbered
Only important activities should be numbered
Only critical activities are numbered
Only selected activities are numbered
The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of any project is known as
Event flow scheduling technique
Critical ratio scheduling
Slotting technique for scheduling
Short interval scheduling
The deductions for, employees provident fund start
Immediately on joining the service
After 60 days of joining the service
After 100 days of joining the service
After 240 days of joining the service
PERT
Provides an approach for keeping planning up-to-date
Provides a way for management to require that planning be done on a uniform and logical basis
Permits management to foresee quickly the impact of variations from the plan
All of the above
Critical Path Net Work helps an engineer
To concentrate his attention on critical activities
To divert the resources from noncritical advanced activities to critical activities
To be cautious for avoiding any delay in the critical activities to avoid delay of the whole project
All of the above
A device used for lifting or lowering objects suspended from a hook at the end of retractable chains or cable is called
Hoist
Jib crane
Portable elevator
Chain conveyor
Pick up the correct statement from the following
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
If the float of an activity is negative, delay in its performance is bound to delay the completion of project
If the float of an activity is zero, the activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the whole project
All of the above