Which of the following is independent of sales forecast?
Productivity
Inventory control
Production planning
Production control
Correct Answer :
A. Productivity
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For ship vessel industry the following layout is best suited
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
Job evaluation is the method of determining the
Relative worth of jobs
Skills required by a worker
Contribution of a worker
Contribution of a job
The time which results in the least possible direct cost of an activity is known as
Normal time
Slow time
Crash time
Standard time
A systematic job improvement sequence will consist of
Motion study
Time study
Job enrichment
All of these
The technique of value analysis can be applied to
Complicated items only
Simple items only
Crash programmer items only
Any item
The probability distribution of activity times in PERT follows following distribution
Normal
Binomial
Beta
Exponential
Bar chart is suitable for
Large project
Major work
Minor work
All of these
Earliest finish time can be regarded as
Earliest start time + duration of activity
Earliest start time duration of activity
Latest finish time + duration of activity
Latest finish time duration of activity
The time by which the activity completion time can be delayed without affecting the start of succeeding activities, is known as
Duration
Total float
Free float
Interfering float
Travel charts are used to
Analyse material handling
Determine inventory control difficulties
Plan material handling procedure and routes
All of the above
PERT requires
Single time estimate
Double time estimate
Triple time estimate
None of these
A dummy activity in a net work diagram
Is represented by a dotted line
Is an artificial activity
Does not consume time or resources
All of these
PERT
Provides an approach for keeping planning up-to-date
Provides a way for management to require that planning be done on a uniform and logical basis
Permits management to foresee quickly the impact of variations from the plan
All of the above
The bonus increases in proportion to the increase in efficiency. This statement applies to
Halsey plan
Gantt plan
Emerson's efficiency plan
Rowan plan
Standard time as compared to normal time is
Greater
Smaller
Equal
There is no such correlation
PERT has following time estimate
One time estimate
Two time estimate
Three time estimate
Four time estimate
PMTP (predetermined motion time systems) include
MTM (method time measurement)
WFS (work factor systems)
BNTS (basic motion time study)
All of the above
Pick up the incorrect statement about advantages of work sampling
Permits a fine breakdown of activities and delays
Simultaneous study of many operators may be made by a single observer
Calculations are easier, method is economical and less time consuming
No time measuring devices are generally needed
The two bin system is concerned with
Ordering procedure
Forecasting sales
Production planning
Despatching and expediting
For handling materials during manufacture of cement, a _________ is widely used.
Belt conveyor
Bucket conveyor
Fork lift truck
Overhead crane
In process layout
Handling and backtracking of materials is too much
Production control is more difficult and costly
Routing and scheduling is more difficult
All of the above
An event is indicated on the network by
A straight line
A number enclosed in a circle or a square
A straight line with circles at the ends
A dotted line
A CPM family includes
CPA (Critical Path Analysis)
CPP (Critical Path Plotted)
CPS (Critical Path Scheduling)
All of the above
Micro-motion study is
Analysis of one stage of motion chart
Motion study, when seen on a time chart
Subdivision of an operation into therbligs and their analysis
Enlarged view of motion study
The type of layout used for manufacturing steam turbines, is
Product layout
Process layout
Fixed position layout
Any one of these
Which of the following wage incentive plan is applied to all workers?
Halsey plan
Gantt plan
Emerson's efficiency plan
Rowan plan
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
M.T.M. is used to
Improve existing methods
Establish time standards
Develop effective methods in advance of the beginning of production
All of the above
Activity slack or float of any event on a PERT/CPM chart is represented by
Latest start time of succeeding event earliest finish time of preceding event activity time
Latest start time of the event earliest start time of the event
Latest finish time of event earliest finish time of the event
Anyone of the above
If TL is the largest allowable event occurrence time, total activity slack (s) is equal to
Latest start time earliest start time
Latest finish time earliest finish time (EFT)
TLEFT
All of the above