Revision on Content 3 - 5 of Syllabus for Unit 2

The constant change in size of computers is as a result of which of the following concepts?

• Modularisation
• Miniaturisation
• Integration
• Design brief

Which of the following facility layouts would be BEST suited for airplane building?

• Process
• Product
• Flow
• Fixed position

The firm experiences ______ when its average cost curve is rising.

• Constant returns to scale
• Economies of scale
• Diseconomies of scale
• Increasing returns to scale

This is defined as a systematic attempt to minimise costs and/or improve performance of a product either purchased or produced by the firm.

• Modularisation
• Value Analysis
• Integration
• Capacity Planning

This involves the use of computer systems to create, modify and analyse a product's design.

• Computer-aided engineer
• Computer-aided manufacturing
• Computer-aided design
• Computer-aided production

A manufacturing company is producing various fruit juices and their potential output is 800 fruit juices per day in a five-day work week. In a given week they were able to produce 2000 juices.  There capacity utilization would be:

• 60%
• 75%
• 30%
• 50%

The following are some causes of diseconomies of scale EXCEPT?

• Poor communication
• Motivation
• Lack of control
• Lack of coordination

Internal economies of scale includes all of the following EXCEPT:

• Managerial economies
• Technical economies
• Risk-bearing economies
• Cooperation among businesses economies

Which of the following has changed the scope of manufacturing so that the different components of a product can be produced in different places and then assembled in yet another location?

• Miniaturisation
• Modularisation
• Value Analysis
• Integration

In order to remain competitive, firms have to ensure that all the departments involved with the product play a critical role in both its design and production.  Which of the following would allow this to happen?

• Miniaturisation
• Integration
• Modularisation
• Value analysis