Top 150+ Solved Production Management MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The typical goal used when developing a process oriented layout strategy is to
a. Minimize the distance between adjacent departments
b. Minimize the material handling costs
c. Maximize the number of different tasks which can be performed by an individual machine
d. Minimize the level of operator skill necessary
Q. The concept of total quality control i.e that quality must be attended to at all stages of the industrial cycle and throughout the organization is the creation of which of the following pioneers ?
a. Genichi Taguchi
b. W.Edward Deming
c. Arnald Feigenbaum
d. Joseph M juran
Q. The so-called ‘quality qurus’ of Total Quality Management (TQM) do not include one of the following
a. Kavoru ishikawa
b. Joseph M juran
c. Bill coshy
d. W.Edward Deming
Q. Which of the following would not normally be considered as a ‘costs of quality’
a. Marketing costs
b. Prevention costs
c. Warranty costs
d. Rand D costs
Q. ………………. Focused on the job and how to do it better
a. Scientific management
b. Bureaucratic management
c. Classical management
d. Administrative management
Q. What term describes a vertical expansion of job duties in order to give the worker more responsibility?
a. Job enlargement
b. Job rotation
c. Job enrichment
d. Job design
Q. What are the two basic types of production systems?
a. Automated and manual
b. Intermittent and non-intermittent process
c. Normal and continuous process
d. Continuous process and batch
Q. What type of process would a paper mill be most likely to use?
a. Continuous flow
b. Project
c. Job shop
d. Flow shop
Q. What technique deals with the problem of supplying sufficient facilities to production lines or individuals that require uneven service?
a. Supply-demand theory
b. PERT
c. Inventory theory
d. Queuing theory
Q. A manufacturer has been receiving excessive numbers of defective standard machine parts from a vendor on a regular basis. What is the most effective way to design a formal inspection system for incoming parts?
a. Queuing analysis
b. Time series analysis
c. Statistical quality control
d. Regression analysis
Q. A set of simultaneous equations that has more variables than constraints has
a. no solution
b. an infinite number of solutions
c. a finite solution
d. an infinite solution
Q. In a PERT/CPM network, computing the critical path requires
a. determining the total project duration
b. assigning the earliest finish time for an activity as the earliest start time for the next
c. that the latest finishing time for an activity not delay the overall project beyond initial expectation
d. a sophisticated and complex computer program
Q. At the completion of the forward and backward passes, the slack for an activity is given by the
a. difference between early start and early finish
b. difference between early start and latest finish
c. difference between latest start and early finish
d. amount of idle labor on the critical path
Q. What type of control chart is used to monitor the number of defects per unit?
a. p-chart
b. R-chart
c. c-chart
d. x-bar chart
Q. The operating characteristic (OC) curve shows the probability of
a. rejection for every possible true percentage of defectives
b. acceptance for every possible true percentage of defectives
c. making type I errors for various percentages of defectives
d. none of the above