Time study is
The appraisal, in terms of time, of the value of work involving human effort
Machine setting time
Time taken by workers to do a job
Method of fixing time for workers
Correct Answer :
A. The appraisal, in terms of time, of the value of work involving human effort
Related Questions
Bar chart is suitable for
Large project
Major work
Minor work
All of these
Micro-motion study is
Enlarged view of motion study
Analysis of one stage of motion study
Minute and detailed motion study
Subdivision of an operation into therbligs and their analysis
What does symbol 'O' imply in work study?
Operation
Inspection
Transport
Delay/temporary storage
In PERT analysis, critical path is obtained by joining events having
+ve slack
-ve slack
Zero slack
Dummy activities
What does symbol 'D' imply in work study?
Inspection
Transport
Delay/temporary storage
Permanent storage
Process layout is employed
Where low volume of production is required
Where similar jobs are manufactured on similar machines
Where machines are arranged on functional basis
All of the above
In value engineering, important consideration is given to
Customer satisfaction
Function concept
Profit maximisation
Cost reduction
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
300
460
500
1000
Which of the following depreciation system ensures that the interest be charged on the cost of machine asset every year on the book value, but the rate of depreciation every year remains constant
Sinking fund method
Straight line method
ABC charging method
Annuity charging method
An optimum project schedule implies
Optimum utilization of men, machines and materials
Lowest possible cost and shortest possible time for project
Timely execution of project
To produce best results under given constraints
Process layout is also known as
Analytical-layout
Synthetic layout
Static product layout
None of these
Which one of the following represents a group incentive plan?
Scanlon Plan
Rowan Plan
Taylor Differential Piece Rate System
Halsey Premium Plan
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following
An activity of the project is denoted by an arrow on the net work
The tail of the arrow indicates the start of the activity
The head of the arrow indicates the end of the activity
The arrows are drawn (to scale from) left to right
PERT is the
Time oriented technique
Event oriented technique
Activity oriented technique
Target oriented technique
Basic tool in work study is
Graph paper
Process chart
Planning chart
Stop watch
Which of the following is independent of sales forecast?
Productivity
Inventory control
Production planning
Production control
Service time in queuing theory is usually assumed to follow
Normal distribution
Poissons distribution
Erlang distribution
Exponential law
For material transportation, conveyors are used when the prevailing conditions include
Loads are uniform
Routes do not vary
Materials move relatively continuously
All of these
The time which results in the least possible direct cost of an activity is known as
Normal time
Slow time
Crash time
Standard time
Slack of various events on the critical path in PERT/CPM chart
Increases continuously
Decreases continuously
Remain constant
May increase or decrease depending on various factors
The probability distribution of project completion in PERT follows following distribution
Normal
Binomial
Exponential
Gaussian
Linear programming can be applied successfully to
Chemical industry
Oil industry
Banks
All of these
What does symbol 'V' employ in work study
Operation
Inspection
Delay/ temporary Storage
Permanent storage
The process layout is best suited where
Specialisation exists
Machines are arranged according to sequence of operation
Few number of non-standardised units is to be produced
Mass production is envisaged
In the cost structure of a product, the selling price is determined by the factors such as
Sales turn over
Lowest competitive price
Various elements of the cost
All of the above
Breakeven point is the point where
Fixed and variable cost lines intersect
Fixed and total cost lines intersect
Variable and total cost lines intersect
Sales revenue and total expensive lines intersect
Which of the following wage incentive plan guarantees minimum wage to a worker and bonus is paid for the fixed percentage of time saved?
Halsey plan
Gantt plan
Rowan plan
Emerson's efficiency plan
The value engineering technique in which experts of the same rank assemble for product development is called
Delphi
Brain storming
Morphological analysis
Direct expert comparison
PERT is
An analytic tool in concept
Limit up of event oriented diagrams
Used for research and development projects
All of the above
In CPM, the cost slope is determined by
Crash cost/Normal Cost
(Crash Cost - Normal cost)/ (Normal time - Crash time)
Normal Cost/Crash cost
(Normal cost - Crash cost)/ (Normal time - Crash time)