The work study is done by means of
Planning chart
Process chart
Stop watch
Any one of these
Correct Answer :
C. Stop watch
Related Questions
The type of organisation preferred for a steel industry, is
Line organisation
Functional organisation
Line and staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisation
CPM requires
Single time estimate
Double time estimate
Triple time estimate
None of these
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
Product layout is also known as
Analytical layout
Synthetic layout
Static product layout
None of these
One time measurement unit (TMU) in method time measurement system equals
0.0001 minute
0.0006 minute
0.006 minute
0.001 minute
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 average time recorded by work study man for an operation is called
Standard time
Normal time
Representative time
None of these
Critical path method
Helps in ascertaining time schedules
Makes better and detailed planning possible
Provides a standard method for communicating project plans schedules and to time and cost performance
All of the above
The time which results in the least possible direct cost of an activity is known as
Normal time
Slow time
Crash time
Standard time
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
Which of the following layouts is suited for mass production?
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
'Value' for value engineering and analysis purposes is defined as
Purchase value
Saleable value
Depreciated value
Function/cost
Father of time study was
F.W. Taylor
H.L. Gantt
F.B. Gilbert
R.M. Barnes
Breakeven analysis consists of
Fixed cost
Variable cost
Fixed and variable costs
Operation costs
If A is the total items consumed per year, P is the procurement cost per order, and C is the annual inventory carrying cost per item, then the most economic ordering quantity is given by
AP/C
2AP/C
√(AP/C)
(AP/C)2
Scheduling gives information about
When work should start and how much work should be completed during a certain period
When work should complete
That how idle time can be minimized
Proper utilisation of machines
Current assets include
Manufacturing plant
Manufacturing plant and equipment
Inventories
Common stock held by the firm
In a PERT chart
All activities should be numbered
Only important activities should be numbered
Only critical activities are numbered
Only selected activities are numbered
Basic tool in work study is
Graph paper
Process chart
Planning chart
Stop watch
Gantt chart gives information about
Scheduling and routing
Sales
Production schedule
Machine utilisation
In micro-motion study, therblig is described by
A symbol
An event
An activity
Standard symbol and colour
Which of the following are the principles of material handling?
Keep all the handling to the minimum
Select only efficient handling equipment
Move the heaviest weight to the least distance
All of the above
Father of industrial engineering is
Jack Gilbert
Gantt
Taylor
Newton
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
PMTP (predetermined motion time systems) include
MTM (method time measurement)
WFS (work factor systems)
BNTS (basic motion time study)
All of the above
If (R) is the base rate guaranteed per hour, (S) is the standard time for the job and (T) is the actual time, then according to Rowan plan, wages for the job will be
TR
TR + [(S - T)/2] × R
TR + (S - T) × R
TR + [(S - T)/S] × R
Acceptance sampling is used in
Job production
Batch production
Mass production
All of these
A low unit cost can be obtained by following
Product layout
Functional layout
Automatic material handling equipment
Specialisation of operation
Which of the following conditions are necessary for applying linear programming?
These must be a well defined objective function.
The decision variables should be interrelated and nonnegative.
The resources must be in limited supply.
All of the above
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