Please answer the following questions.
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1 |  |  Product variety in a job shop tends to be: |
|  | A) | high. |
|  | B) | moderate. |
|  | C) | low. |
|  | D) | very low. |
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2 |  |  A production line is to be designed for a job with three tasks. The task times are 0.3 minutes, 1.4 minutes, and 0.7 minutes, respectively. The maximum cycle time, in minutes, is: |
|  | A) | 0.3 |
|  | B) | 1.4 |
|  | C) | 2.4 |
|  | D) | 2.8 |
|  | E) | none of the above |
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3 |  |  Which one of the following would not generally be regarded as a reason for redesign of a layout? |
|  | A) | Change in the volume of output or product mix |
|  | B) | Morale problems |
|  | C) | Accidents or safety hazards |
|  | D) | Inefficient operations |
|  | E) | All are potential reasons |
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4 |  |  A precedence diagram: |
|  | A) | contains all of the tasks. |
|  | B) | shows the sequences in which tasks are performed. |
|  | C) | is in the shape of a network. |
|  | D) | shows all of the paths from beginning to end of completion of the product. |
|  | E) | all of the above. |
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5 |  |  There are 9 assembly tasks for a product. The task times,predecessor relationships and workstation assignments are given inthe following table.
| Workstation | Task | Time (min.) | Predecessors | | 1 | a b c d
| 2 7 5 2
| - a - -
| | | | 2 | e f
| 15 7
| c,d a, e
| | | | 3 | g h i
| 6 4 9
| - b,g a
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The cycle time for this product is: |
|  | A) | 16 minutes. |
|  | B) | 19 minutes. |
|  | C) | 22 minutes. |
|  | D) | 57 minutes. |
|  | E) | none of the above choices is correct. |
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6 |  |  Which one of the following is not generally regarded as an advantage of product layouts? |
|  | A) | Material handling costs per unit are low. |
|  | B) | Labor costs are low per unit. |
|  | C) | The system is fairly flexible to changes in the design of the product. |
|  | D) | Accounting, purchasing, and inventory control are fairly routine. |
|  | E) | There is high utilization of labor and equipment. |
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7 |  |  The system that has the highest equipment flexibility is: |
|  | A) | Job shop. |
|  | B) | Batch. |
|  | C) | Repetitive production. |
|  | D) | Continuous processing. |
|  | E) | Projects. |
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