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1.
Flexible manufacturing systems can handle a large variety of dissimilar products.
A)True
B)False
2.
Productivity technology is applied technological innovation.
A)True
B)False
3.
Product layouts usually require less-skilled workers than process layouts.
A)True
B)False
4.
Laser technology used in eye surgery is an example of technological advance in process.
A)True
B)False
5.
Cycle time is the average amount of clock time required to produce one unit of output.
A)True
B)False
6.
Market demand needs to be matched to operations capability.
A)True
B)False
7.
One drawback of product layout is that equipment utilization rates are lower than in a process layout.
A)True
B)False
8.
An assembly line may have workstations in parallel but will always have workstations in series.
A)True
B)False
9.
A McDonald's kitchen is an example of an assembly line:
A)True
B)False
10.
The system that has the highest equipment flexibility is:
A)a job shop
B)a batch system
C)repetitive production
D)continuous processing
11.
An operations strategy for process selection should recognize that:
A)process selection is easily changed
B)engineering is solely responsible for choosing what process is best
C)there is little need to manage technology
D)flexibility may not the best choice
E)managers need not have technical skills
12.
Product profiling is linked to …
A)Process capabilities.
B)Pricing strategies
C)Large order sizes.
D)Environmental scanning.
E)Rapid schedule changes.
13.
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 volume of output.
D)unit costs may be lower than with other processes
E)There is high utilization of labor and equipment
14.
In a product layout, the process of deciding how to assign tasks to work stations is referred to as:
A)process balancing
B)task allocation
C)line balancing
D)station balancing
E)scheduling
15.
An automated car wash has three stations; wash which takes 0.6 minutes, rinse at 1.1 minutes and dry at 0.7 minutes. The maximum cycle time in minutes is:
A)06
B)0.7
C)1.4
D)2.4
E)0.8
16.
If a line is balanced with 90 percent efficiency, the "balance delay" would be:
A)10 percent
B)90 percent
C)100 percent
D)unknown, since balance delay isn't related to efficiency
E)depends on the number of work stations
17.
In a Muther's grid, which closeness rating reflects indifference on the nearness or lack of nearness of two departments?
A)A
B)E
C)I
D)U
E)X





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