Scheduling provides information about the
Proper utilisation of machines
Means to minimise idle time for machines
Time of completion of job
Time of starting of job and also about how much work should be completed during a particular period
Correct Answer :
D. Time of starting of job and also about how much work should be completed during a particular period
Related Questions
Fixed capital investment of a chemical plant is the total amount of money needed to supply the necessary plant and manufacturing facilities plus the working capital for operation of the facilities. Which of the following components of fixed capital investment requires minimum percentage of it?
Electrical installation cost
Equipment installation cost
Cost for piping
Equipment insulation cost
According to six-tenths-factor rule, if the cost of a given unit at one capacity is known, then the cost of similar unit with '' times the capacity of the first unit is approximately equal to __________ times the cost of the initial unit.
n
n0.6
n0.4
√n
Direct costs component of the fixed capital consists of
Contingencies
Onsite and offsite costs
Labour costs
Raw material costs
Cost incurred towards __________ in a chemical plant is a component of the utilities cost.
Water supply
Running a control laboratory
Property protection
Medical services
In a chemical process plant, the total product cost comprises of manufacturing cost and the
General expenses
Overhead cost
R & D cost
None of these
Nominal and effective interest rates are equal, when the interest is compounded
Quarterly
Semi-annually
Annually
In no case, they are equal
Following the six-tenth factor rule, if a loglog plot of capacity of the equipment vs. cost of the equipment is made, then a straight line is obtained, whose slope is equal to
0.1
0.6
0.2
0.8
Optimum economic pipe diameter for fluid is determined by the
Viscosity of the fluid
Density of the fluid
Total cost considerations (pumping cost plus fixed cost of the pipe)
None of these
Which of the following methods of depreciation calculations results in book values greater than those obtained with straight line method?
Multiple straight line method
Sinking fund method
Declining balance method
Sum of the years digit method
The economic life of a large chemical process plant as compared to a small chemical plant is
Only slightly more
Much more
Slightly less
Almost equal
Gross earning is equal to the total income minus
Total product cost
Fixed cost
Income tax
None of these
Annual depreciation costs are constant, when the __________ method of depreciation calculation is used.
Declining balance
Straight line
Sum of the years digit
None of these
The total investment in a project is Rs. 10 lakhs and the annual profit is 1.5 lakhs. If the project life is 10 years, then the simple rate of return on investment is
15%
10%
1.5%
150%
Cost of piping in a fluid processing unit (e.g., distillation) of a chemical process plant is about __________ percent of the fixed capital investment.
4
13
22
34
Accumulated sum at the end of 5 years, if Rs. 10000 is invested now at 10% interest per annum on a compound basis is Rs.
15000
16105
18105
12500
Pick out the wrong statement.
Gross revenue is that total amount of capital received as a result of the sale of goods or service
Net revenue is the total profit remaining after deducting all costs excluding taxes
The ratio of immediately available cash to the total current liabilities is known as the cash ratio
Consolidated income statement based on a given time period indicates surplus capital and shows the relationship among total income, costs & profit over the time interval
Fixed charges for a chemical plant does not include the
Interest on borrowed money
Rent of land and buildings
Property tax, insurance and depreciation
Repair and maintenance charges
For a typical project, the cumulative cash flow is zero at the
End of the project life
Breakeven point
Start up
End of the design stage
'Lang factor' is defined as the ratio of the capital investment to the delivered cost of major equipments. The value of 'Lang factor' for fixed capital investment, for a solid-fluid processing chemical plant ranges from
1.2 to 1.4
2.5 to 2.7
4.2 to 4.4
6.2 to 6.4
Which of the following is a component of working capital investment?
Utilities plants
Maintenance and repair inventory
Process equipments
Depreciation
Utilities cost in the operation of chemical process plant comes under the
Plant overhead cost
Fixed charges
Direct production cost
General expenses
Equipment installation cost in a chemical process plant ranges from __________ percent of the purchased equipment cost.
10 to 20
35 to 45
55 to 65
70 to 80
The amount of simple interest during 'n' interest period is (where, i = interest rate based on the length of one interest period, p = principal)
p.i.n.
p(1 + i.n)
p(1 + i)n
p(1 - i.n)
An investment of Rs. 100 lakhs is to be made for construction of a plant, which will take two years to start production. The annual profit from the operation of the plant is Rs. 20 lakhs. What will be the payback time?
5 years
7 years
12 years
10 years
'P' is the investment made on an equipment, 'S' is its salvage value and 'n is the life of the equipment in years. The depreciation for Rath year by the sum-of years digit method will be
(P - S)/n
1 - (P/S)1/m
(m/n) (P - S)
[2 (n - m + 1)/n(n + 1)]. (P - S)
In which of the electric power generation system, the operating cost is minimum?
Thermal
Nuclear
Hydroelectric
Fast breeder reactor
Factory manufacturing cost is the sum of the direct production cost
Fixed charges and plant overhead cost
And plant overhead cost
Plant overhead cost and administrative expenses
None of these
'Six-tenth factor' rule is used for estimating the
Equipment installation cost
Equipment cost by scaling
Cost of piping
Utilities cost
Which of the following is the costliest source of getting hydrogen on commercial scale for the manufacture of nitrogenous fertiliser?
Coal gasification
Steam reforming of naphtha
Electrolysis of water
Coke oven gas
A balance sheet for a chemical plant shows its financial condition at any given date. It does not contain the __________ of the plant.
Current asset
Current liability
Long term debt
Profit