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
Correct Answer :
A. Permits a fine breakdown of activities and delays
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Travel charts provide
An idea of the flow of materials at various stages
A compact estimate of the handling which must be done between various work sections
The information for changes required in rearranging material handling equipment
An approximate estimate of the handling which must be done at a particular station
Process layout is employed
Where low volume of production is required
Where similar jobs are manufactured on similar machines
Where machines are arranged on functional basis
All of the above
If a worker gets a daily wage of Rs HA, then according to Rowan plan, his maximum daily earnings can be
2 HA
1.33 HA
1.5 HA
1.15 HA
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
The wastage of material in the store is taken into account by the following method in the evaluation of the material issued from the store
Inflated system
Primary cost method
Current value method
Fixed price method
For ship vessel industry the following layout is best suited
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
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 layouts is suited to job production?
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
Product layout is used for
Job production
Batch production
Mass production
Any one of these
Performance rating is equal to
Observed performance + normal performance
Observed performance - normal performance
Observed performance × normal performance
None of the above
For a product layout the material handling equipment must
Have full flexibility
Employ conveyor belts, trucks, tractors etc.
Be a general purpose type
Be designed as special purpose for a particular application
A PERT network has three activities on critical path with mean time 3, 8 and 6 and standard deviations 1, 2 and 2 respectively. The probability that the project will be completed in 20 days is
0.50
0.66
0.84
0.95
In fixed position layout
Total production cost is less
Material movement is less
Capital investment is minimum
All of these
A low unit cost can be obtained by following
Product layout
Functional layout
Automatic material handling equipment
Specialisation of operation
Value engineering aims at finding out the
Depreciation value of a product
Resale value of a product
Major function of the item and accomplishing the same at least cost without change in quality
Breakeven point when machine requires change
Expediting function consists in keeping a watch on
Operator's activity
Flow of material and in case of trouble locate source of trouble
Minimising the delays
Making efficient despatching
Dummy activities are used to
Determine the critical path
Determine the project completion time
Maintain the required net work
None of these
Break-even analysis can be used for
Short run analysis
Long run analysis
Average of above two run analysis
There is no such criterion
The type of organisation preferred for a steel industry, is
Line organisation
Functional organisation
Line and staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisation
Which of the following organisation is preferred in automobile industry?
Functional organisation
Line organisation
Staff organisation
Line and staff organisations
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
Queuing theory is associated with
Sales
Inspection time
Waiting time
Production time
Routing
Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
Determines the programme for the operations
Is concerned with starting of processes
Regulates the progress of job through various processes
The unit cost in case of batch production is ________ as compared to jobbing production.
Same
Low
High
None of these
The term 'value' in value engineering refers to
Total cost of the product
Selling price of the product
Utility of the product
Manufactured cost of the product
The time of completing a project in network analysis is given by following time of the critical activity meeting at the final triode
Early finish
Early start
Late start
Late finish
Micro-motion study is
Analysis of one stage of motion chart
Motion study, when seen on a time chart
Subdivision of an operation into therbligs and their analysis
Enlarged view of motion study
String diagram is used when
Team of workers is working at a place
Material handling is to be done
Idle time is to be reduced
All of the above
A graphical device used to determine the breakeven point and profit potential under varying conditions of output and costs, is known as
Gantt chart
Flow chart
Breakeven chart
PERT chart
Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
Effective organisation