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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

Correct Answer :

A. Inflated system


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CPM has following time estimate

A. One time estimate

B. Two time estimate

C. Three time estimate

D. Four time estimate

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Which of the following statement is correct?

A. When slack of an activity is zero, it falls only on critical path.

B. CPM technique is useful to minimise the direct and indirect expenses.

C. Critical path of a net work represents the minimum time required for completion of project.

D. All of the above

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The critical path of a network represents

A. The minimum time required for completion of project

B. The maximum time required for completion of project

C. Maximum cost required for completion of project

D. Minimum cost required for completion of project

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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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Dispatching

A. Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed

B. Determines the programme for the operations

C. Is concerned with the starting of processes

D. Regulates the progress of job through various processes

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An optimum project schedule implies

A. Optimum utilization of men, machines and materials

B. Lowest possible cost and shortest possible time for project

C. Timely execution of project

D. To produce best results under given constraints

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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 technique of value analysis can be applied to

A. Complicated items only

B. Simple items only

C. Crash programmer items only

D. Any item

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According to MAPI formula, the old machine should be replaced by new one when (CAM = Challenger's Adverse minimum DAM = Defender's Adverse minimum)

A. CAM < DAM

B. CAM > DAM

C. CAM = DAM

D. There is no such criterion

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The most suitable incentive plan for the maintenance section of an industry will be

A. Piece rate system

B. Group incentive plan

C. Profit sharing plans

D. Simplification

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In the Emerson efficiency plan, a worker receives only his daily wage and no bonus is paid till his efficiency reaches

A. 50 %

B. 66.67 %

C. 75 %

D. 80 %

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The aim of value engineering is to

A. Find the depreciation value of a machine

B. Determine the selling price of a product

C. Minimise the cost without change in quality of the product

D. All of the above

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The time which results in the least possible direct cost of an activity is known as

A. Normal time

B. Slow time

C. Crash time

D. Standard time

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The assumption in PERT is

A. A project will always be behind schedule, if left uncorrected

B. Cost of project will always be more than the estimated cost, if no timely corrections are taken

C. A project can be subdivided into a set of predictable, independent activities

D. Activities are fixed and can't be changed

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Which of the following are the principles of material handling?

A. Keep all the handling to the minimum

B. Select only efficient handling equipment

C. Move the heaviest weight to the least distance

D. All of the above

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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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Which of the following statement is correct about the network diagram?

A. The events are represented graphically by circles or nodes at the beginning and the end of activity by arrows.

B. The tail end of the arrow represents the start of an activity.

C. The head of the arrow represents the end of an activity.

D. All of the above

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Routing prescribes the

A. Flow of material in the plant

B. Proper utilization of man power

C. Proper utilization of machines

D. Inspection of final product

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A CPM family includes

A. CPA (Critical Path Analysis)

B. CPP (Critical Path Plotted)

C. CPS (Critical Path Scheduling)

D. All of the above

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Standard time is equal to

A. (Normal time) - (allowances)

B. (Normal time) + (allowances)

C. Representative time multiplied by rating factor

D. Normal time taken by an operation

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In the cost structure of a product, the selling price is determined by the factors such as

A. Sales turn over

B. Lowest competitive price

C. Various elements of the cost

D. All of the above

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In order that linear programming techniques provide valid results

A. Relations between factors must be linear (positive)

B. Relations between factors must be linear (negative)

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Only one factor should change at a time, others remaining constant

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Critical path on PERT/CPM chart is obtained by joining the events having

A. Maximum slack

B. Minimum slack

C. Average slack

D. No slack

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Pick up the correct statement. Dummy activity on a PERT/CPM chart means, it

A. Consumes time, but no resources

B. Consumes resources but no time

C. Consumes neither time nor resources

D. Is a dangling event

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The interchangeability can be achieved by

A. Standardisation

B. Better process planning

C. Bonus plan

D. Better product planning

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In steel plant the most important system for materials handling is

A. Conveyors

B. Cranes and hoists

C. Trucks

D. Locos

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Critical path method

A. Helps in ascertaining time schedules

B. Makes better and detailed planning possible

C. Provides a standard method for communicating project plans schedules and to time and cost performance

D. All of the above

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CPM is the

A. Time oriented technique

B. Event oriented technique

C. Activity oriented technique

D. Target oriented technique

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PERT is

A. An analytic tool in concept

B. Limit up of event oriented diagrams

C. Used for research and development projects

D. All of the above

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PERT analysis is based upon

A. Optimistic time

B. Pessimistic time

C. Most likely time

D. All of these