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In an ordinary chemical plant, electrical installation cost may be about
A. 10-15% of purchased equipment cost
B. 3-10% of fixed capital investment
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In a chemical process plant, the total product cost comprises of manufacturing cost and the
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Optimum number of effects in a multiple effect evaporator is decided by the
B. Floor area availability
D. Evaporation capacity required
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Most chemical plants use an initial working capital amounting to 10-20% of the total capital investment. But this percentage may increase to __________ percent in case of seasonal products manufacturing plant.
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Which of the following is not a component of working capital?
A. Raw materials is stock
B. Finished products in stock
C. Transportation facilities
D. Semi-finished products in the process
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Fixed charges for a chemical plant does not include the
A. Interest on borrowed money
B. Rent of land and buildings
C. Property tax, insurance and depreciation
D. Repair and maintenance charges
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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?
A. Electrical installation cost
B. Equipment installation cost
D. Equipment insulation cost
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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.
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Which of the following is the costliest source of getting hydrogen on commercial scale for the manufacture of nitrogenous fertiliser?
B. Steam reforming of naphtha
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Which of the following does not come under the sales expenses for a product of a chemical plant?
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Optimum economic pipe diameter for fluid is determined by the
A. Viscosity of the fluid
C. Total cost considerations (pumping cost plus fixed cost of the pipe)
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Which of the following is not a component of the fixed capital for a chemical plant facility?
A. Raw materials inventory
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Gantt chart (or Bar chart) is helpful in
A. Efficient utilisation of manpower and machines
B. Preparing production schedule
C. Efficient despatching of products
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__________ of depreciation calculation accounts for the interest on investment.
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In declining balance method of depreciation calculation, the
A. Value of the asset decreases linearly with time
B. Annual cost of depreciation is same every year
C. Annual depreciation is the fixed percentage of the property value at the beginning of the particular year
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Break-even point is the point of intersection of
A. Fixed cost and total cost
B. Total cost and sales revenue
C. Fixed cost and sales revenue
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Cost of piping in a fluid processing unit (e.g., distillation) of a chemical process plant is about __________ percent of the fixed capital investment.
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Depreciation
A. Costs (on annual basis) are constant when the straight line method is used for its determination
B. Is the unavoidable loss in the value of the plant, equipment and materials with lapse in time
C. Does figure in the calculation of income tax liability on cash flows from an investment
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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
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Which of the following is the cheapest material of construction for the storage of sodium hydroxide upto a concentration of 75%?
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'Utilities' in a chemical process plant includes compressed air, steam, water, electrical power, oxygen, acetylene, fuel gases etc. Utility costs for ordinary chemical process plants ranges roughly from __________ percent of the total product cost.
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A series of equal payments (e.g., deposit or cost) made at equal intervals of time is known as
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Relative cost of chemical process plants in India is about __________ percent more than the similar plants in U.S.A.
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Cost incurred towards __________ in a chemical plant is a component of the utilities cost.
B. Running a control laboratory
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__________ taxes are based on gross earnings.
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Factory manufacturing cost is the sum of the direct production cost
A. Fixed charges and plant overhead cost
B. And plant overhead cost
C. Plant overhead cost and administrative expenses
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If an amount R is paid at the end of every year for 'n' years, then the net present value of the annuity at an interest rate of i is
A. R [{(1 + i)n - 1}/ i ]
B. R [{(1 + i)n - 1}/ i (1 + i)n]
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Annual depreciation cost are not constant when, the __________ method of depreciation calculation is used.
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Utilities cost in the operation of chemical process plant comes under the
C. Direct production cost
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Pick out the correct statement.
A. Difference between income and expense is termed as gross revenue
B. Unamortised cost is the difference between the original cost of a property and all the depreciation charges made to date
C. Sum-of-the-years-digits methods of depreciation calculation accounts for the interest on the investment
D. Scrap value is the net amount of money obtainable from the sale of used property over and above any charges involved in its removal & sale