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Time study is carried out

A. By finding all the significant informations regarding the job, work place and machine tool etc.

B. By breaking up each operation into small elements which are measurable with the help of the measuring device accurately

C. By observing and recording the time taken by the operator for an operation

D. All of the above

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D. All of the above


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Travel charts are used to

A. Analyse material handling

B. Determine inventory control difficulties

C. Plan material handling procedure and routes

D. All of the above

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Slack represents the difference between the

A. Latest allowable time and the normal expected time

B. Latest allowable time and the earliest expected time

C. Proposed allowable time and the earliest expected time

D. Normal allowable time and the latest expected time

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The employees provident fund act is applicable to

A. All industries

B. All industries other than small and medium industries

C. Volunteers

D. The industries notified by Government

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Father of industrial engineering is

A. Jack Gilbert

B. Gantt

C. Taylor

D. Newton

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Micro motion study is

A. Analysis of a man-work method by using a motion picture camera with a timing device in the field of view

B. Motion study observed on enhanced time intervals

C. Motion study of a sequence of operations conducted systematically

D. Study of man and machine conducted simultaneously

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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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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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Standard time as compared to normal time is

A. Greater

B. Smaller

C. Equal

D. There is no such correlation

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CPM stands for

A. Combined Process Method

B. Critical Path Method

C. Common Planning Method

D. Critical Process Method

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Routing

A. Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed

B. Determines the programme for the operations

C. Is concerned with starting of processes

D. Regulates the progress of job through various processes

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The critical activity has

A. Maximum float

B. Minimum float

C. Zero float

D. Average float

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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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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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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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Which of the following wage incentive plan is applied to all workers?

A. Halsey plan

B. Gantt plan

C. Emerson's efficiency plan

D. Rowan plan

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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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Process layout is also known as

A. Analytical-layout

B. Synthetic layout

C. Static product layout

D. None of these

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Simplex method is the method used for

A. Value analysis

B. Network analysis

C. Linear programming

D. Queuing theory

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What does symbol 'D' imply in work study?

A. Inspection

B. Transport

C. Delay/temporary storage

D. Permanent storage

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Pick up the correct statement about relationship between various floats

A. Free float = total float

B. Independent float = total float

C. Independent float > free float

D. Independent float < free float

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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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Production cost refers to prime cost plus

A. Factory overheads

B. Factory and administration overheads

C. Factory, administration and sales overheads

D. Factory, administration, sales overheads and profit

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Process layout is employed

A. Where low volume of production is required

B. Where similar jobs are manufactured on similar machines

C. Where machines are arranged on functional basis

D. All of the above

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Which of the following is not wage incentive plan?

A. Differential piece rate system

B. Rowan plan

C. Emerson plan

D. Taylor plan

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In jobbing production

A. Highly skilled workers are needed

B. Unit costs are high

C. Operations are labour-intensive

D. All of these

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Time study is carried out to determine the time required to complete job by

A. A slow worker

B. A fast worker

C. An average worker

D. An apprentice

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Percent idle time for men or machines is found by

A. Work sampling

B. Time study

C. Method study

D. Work study

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A PERT network has three activities on critical path with mean time 3, 8 and 6 and standard deviations 1, 2 and 2 respectively. The probability that the project will be completed in 20 days is

A. 0.50

B. 0.66

C. 0.84

D. 0.95

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Earliest finish time can be regarded as

A. Earliest start time + duration of activity

B. Earliest start time duration of activity

C. Latest finish time + duration of activity

D. Latest finish time duration of activity

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Which of the following organisation is preferred in automobile industry?

A. Functional organisation

B. Line organisation

C. Staff organisation

D. Line and staff organisations