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The time required to complete a task is established and a bonus is paid to the worker for every hour he saves from the established time required. This type of incentive plan is known as

A. Rowan Plan

B. Taylor Differential Piece rate system

C. Halsey Premium plan

D. Day work plan

Correct Answer :

C. Halsey Premium plan


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Which of the following incentive plans ensures a part of the swing to the worker and rest to the employer?

A. Emerson efficiency plan

B. Taylor plan

C. Halsey premium plan

D. Gilbert plan

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In order to avoid excessive multiplication of facilities, the layout preferred is

A. Product layout

B. Process layout

C. Group layout

D. Static layout

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Gantt chart gives information about

A. Scheduling and routing

B. Sales

C. Production schedule

D. Machine utilisation

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PERT is the

A. Time oriented technique

B. Event oriented technique

C. Activity oriented technique

D. Target oriented technique

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For a small scale industry, the fixed cost per month is Rs. 5000. The variable cost per product is Rs. 20 and sales price is Rs. 30 per piece. The break even production per month will be

A. 300

B. 460

C. 500

D. 1000

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The salient feature of functional organisation is

A. Strict adherence to specification

B. Separation of planning and design part

C. Each individual maintains functional efficiency

D. All of the above

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An event is indicated on the network by

A. A straight line

B. A number enclosed in a circle or a square

C. A straight line with circles at the ends

D. A dotted line

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Pick up the correct step used for scheduling a project by C.P.M.

A. A project is divided into various activities

B. Required time for each activity is established

C. Sequence of various activities is made according to their importance

D. All of the above

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Expediting function consists in keeping a watch on

A. Operator's activity

B. Flow of material and in case of trouble locate source of trouble

C. Minimising the delays

D. Making efficient despatching

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Time study is used to

A. Determine standard costs

B. Determine the number of machines a person may run

C. Provide a basis for setting piece price or incentive wages

D. All of the above

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Time study is

A. The appraisal, in terms of time, of the value of work involving human effort

B. Machine setting time

C. Time taken by workers to do a job

D. Method of fixing time for workers

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PERT is applied for

A. Marketing programmes and advertising programmes

B. Installation of machinery

C. Research and development of products

D. All of these

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Military organisation is known as

A. Line organisation

B. Line and staff organisation

C. Functional organisation

D. All of the above

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The deductions for, employees provident fund start

A. Immediately on joining the service

B. After 60 days of joining the service

C. After 100 days of joining the service

D. After 240 days of joining the service

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Pick up the correct statement from the following

A. 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

B. If the float of an activity is negative, delay in its performance is bound to delay the completion of project

C. If the float of an activity is zero, the activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the whole project

D. All of the above

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Work study is most useful

A. Where production activities are involved

B. In judging the rating of machines

C. In improving industrial relations

D. In judging the output of a man and improving it

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According to Muther, the basic principle of best layout is

A. Principle of overall integration

B. Principle of flow

C. Principle of flexibility

D. All of these

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According to Rowan plan of wage incentive system, bonus is paid to a worker

A. Whose output exceeds 67% efficiency

B. On the percentage of time saved

C. On the percentage of time worked

D. On the percentage of standard time

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Pick up the correct statement from the following

A. Programmer evaluation and review technique is event oriented

B. Programmer evaluation and review technique is not event oriented

C. Critical path method is event oriented

D. None of the above

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Choose the wrong statement. Motion study is used for

A. Improving a work method

B. Improvising a work method

C. Designing a work method

D. Reducing inventory costs

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The probabilistic time is given by (where to = Optimistic time, tp = Pessimistic time, and tn = Most likely time)

A. (to + tp + tn)/3

B. (to + 2tp + tn)/4

C. (to + 4tp + tn)/5

D. (to + tp + 4tn)/6

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The reasons which are basically responsible for the formation of a queue should be that

A. The average service rate Hess than the average arrival rate

B. Output rate is linearly proportional to input

C. Output rate is constant and the input varies in a random manner

D. All of the above

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In perpetual inventory control, the material is checked as it reaches its

A. Minimum value

B. Maximum value

C. Average value

D. Middle value

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Probabilistic time for completion of any activity can be found out from

A. Optimistic time

B. Pessimistic time

C. Most likely time

D. All of these

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PERT

A. Provides an approach for keeping planning up-to-date

B. Provides a way for management to require that planning be done on a uniform and logical basis

C. Permits management to foresee quickly the impact of variations from the plan

D. All of the above

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Templates are used for

A. A planning layout

B. Flow of material

C. Advancing a programme in automatic machines

D. Copying complicated profiles

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The determination of standard time in a complex job system is best done through

A. Stop watch time study

B. Analysis of micro-motions

C. Grouping timing technique

D. Analysis of standard data system

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The term 'value' in value engineering refers to

A. Total cost of the product

B. Selling price of the product

C. Utility of the product

D. Manufactured cost of the product

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Monte Carlo solutions in queuing theory are extremely useful in queuing problems

A. That can't be analysed mathematically

B. Involving multistage queuing

C. To verify mathematical results

D. All of the above

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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

A. Inflated system

B. Primary cost method

C. Current value method

D. Fixed price method