Production /Operations Management (MGT- 613)
Quiz #1
Choose the most appropriate answers in each of the following questions:
1. All of the following are the major factors affecting design strategy except:
· Cost
· Market
· Time-to-market
· Revenue
2. All of the following are the primary reasons for design process except:
· Economic
· Social and demographic
· Political, liability, or legal
· Personal
3. ______ refers to a manufacturer being liable for an injury or damage caused by a faulty product.
· Product liability
· Manufacturer's liability
· Organizational liability
· All of the given options
4. _________ is the postponement tactic.
· Product differentiation
· Delayed differentiation
· Service differentiation
· All of the given options
5. The situation in which a product, part or system does not perform as intended is referred to as:
· Reliability
· Durability
· Failure
· Maturity
6. DFA stands for:
· Design for Assurance
· Design for Accuracy
· Design for Authenticity
· Design for Assembly
7. Taguchi approach helps in determining:
· Controllable factors only
· Un -controllable factors only
· Both controllable factors and un -controllable factors
· None of the given options
8. ________ is the bringing together of engineering, design and manufacturing personnel together early in the design phase.
· Robust design
· Concurrent engineering
· Canabalization
· Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
9. Reliability can be measured effectively by using:
· Probability
· Durability
· Failure
· Forecasting
10. _____________ determines the best possible outcome.
· Maximum
· Minimax
· Maximax
· Laplace
11. Decision tree is analyzed from:
· Left to right
· Right to left
· Any side
· All of the above
12. Judgmental forecasts include all of the following except:
· Executive opinion
· Consumer surveys
· Delphi method
· Regression analysis
13. In order to design a new product or service, an organization takes into account:
· External factors
· Internal factors
· a & b
· Economic, social and demographic conditions
14. FDA, OSHA and CRS resolve:
· Legal issues
· Political issues
· Ethical issues
· Environmental issues
15. Design that results in products or services that can function over a broad range of conditions is called:
· Computer Aided Design
· Robust design
· Design for remanufacturing
· Modular design
16. Which of the following is wrong with respect to Naïve forecast?
· Quick and easy to prepare
· Provides high accuracy
· Simple to use
· Can be a standard for accuracy
17. Steps in CPFR include all of the following except:
· Creation of a front end partnership agreement
· Sharing forecast
· Inventory replenishment
· Development of supply forecasts
18. Identify the right sequence in product or service life cycle.
· Introduction, Maturity, Growth, Decline, Saturation
· Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Saturation, Decline
· Introduction, Growth, Saturation, Maturity, Decline
· Introduction, Saturation, Growth, Maturity, Decline
19. In the absence of enough time, ________ forecasts are preferred.
· Qualitative
· Quantitative
· Naïve forecasts
· None of the given options
20. ___________ are based on samples taken from potential customers.
· Executive opinion
· Consumer surveys
· Delphi method
· All of the given options
