Military type of organisation is known as
Line organisation
Functional organisation
Line and staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisation
Correct Answer :
A. Line organisation
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Travel charts are used to
Analyse material handling
Determine inventory control difficulties
Plan material handling procedure and routes
All of the above
The production scheduling is simpler and high volume of output and high labour efficiency are achieved in the case of
Product layout
Process layout
Fixed position layout
A combination of line and process layout
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
Tick the odd man out
Taylor
Drucker
McGregor
Galileo
Which of the following wage incentive plan is applied to all workers?
Halsey plan
Gantt plan
Emerson's efficiency plan
Rowan plan
Which of the following equations is not in conformity with others?
Organisation performance × motivation = profits
Knowledge × skill = ability
Ability × motivation = performance
Attitude × situation = motivation
Pick up the incorrect statement about advantages of work sampling
Permits a fine breakdown of activities and delays
Simultaneous study of many operators may be made by a single observer
Calculations are easier, method is economical and less time consuming
No time measuring devices are generally needed
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
P.M.T.S. (Predetermined Motion Time Systems) include
M.T.M. (Method Time Measurement)
W.F.S. (Work Factor Systems)
B.M.T.S. (Basic Motion Time Study)
All of these
In PERT analysis, critical path is obtained by joining events having
+ve slack
-ve slack
Zero slack
Dummy activities
O on a PERT/CPM chart represents
An ordinary event
A significant event representing some milestone
An event to be transferred to other network chart
Dangling event
One of the basic essentials of an incentive plan is that
A differential piece rate system should exist
Minimum wages should be guaranteed
Provide incentive to group efficiency performance
All standards should be based on time studies
Pick up the correct step used for scheduling a project by C.P.M.
A project is divided into various activities
Required time for each activity is established
Sequence of various activities is made according to their importance
All of the above
Breakeven analysis consists of
Fixed cost
Variable cost
Fixed and variable costs
Operation costs
Basic motion time study gives times for basic motions in ten thousandths of
Second
Minute
Hour
Day
A milestone chart
Shows the inter dependences of various jobs
Depicts the delay of jobs, if any
Points outgoing ahead of schedule of jobs, if any
None of the above
The type of layout used for manufacturing steam turbines, is
Product layout
Process layout
Fixed position layout
Any one of these
PMTP (predetermined motion time systems) include
MTM (method time measurement)
WFS (work factor systems)
BNTS (basic motion time study)
All of the above
Basic tool in work study is
Graph paper
Process chart
Planning chart
Stop watch
A dummy activity
Is artificially introduced
Is represented by a dotted line
Does not require any time
All of the above
The first method invented for planning projects was
Bar chart method
Milestone chart
Critical path method (CPM)
Programme evaluation and review technique (PERT)
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
Routing is essential in the following type of industry
Assembly industry
Process industry
Job order industry
Mass production industry
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
Break-even analysis shows profit when
Sales revenue > total cost
Sales revenue = total cost
Sales revenue < total cost
Variable cost < fixed cost
Which one of the following represents a group incentive plan?
Scanlon Plan
Rowan Plan
Taylor Differential Piece Rate System
Halsey Premium Plan
Work study is concerned with
Improving present method and finding standard time
Motivation of workers
Improving production capability
Improving production planning and control
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
F. W. Taylor introduced a system of organisation known as
Line organisation
Functional organisation
Line and staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisation
A company spends considerable amount on publicity to promote sales. This expenditure in break even chart is shown below the
Fixed cost line
Variable cost line
Total cost line
Sales revenue line