Productivity Quiz

What is productivity?

• The amount of time spent on a task

• The value of goods and services produced from set amounts of resources

• The number of employees in a company

• The total cost of production

What are outputs in the context of productivity?

• Resources used in production

• Goods and services produced

• Time and knowledge

• Management processes

Which of the following is considered an input in productivity?

• Finished products

• Customer satisfaction

• Labor, equipment, and materials

• Sales revenue

How can productivity be expressed in a formula?

• Inputs divided by outputs

• Outputs divided by inputs

• Time multiplied by resources

• Resources divided by time

How is worker productivity typically measured?

• By the number of hours worked

• By the amount of work produced

• By the number of breaks taken

• By the number of meetings attended

What is an example of measuring a cashier's productivity?

• Number of items scanned per minute

• Number of customers checked out per hour

• Number of hours worked per week

• Number of breaks taken per shift

How might an advertising copywriter's productivity be measured?

• By the number of clients served

• By the length of time to complete a job

• By the number of words written

• By the number of meetings attended

What is one method to measure business productivity?

• Dividing the number of employees by the number of products

• Dividing the number of products by the number of steps involved in producing them

• Dividing the number of meetings by the number of sales

• Dividing the number of hours worked by the number of employees

How is productivity typically measured when the output is tangible?

• By the number of employees

• By the amount of time spent

• By dividing the output by the inputs

• By the quality of customer service

What additional factors are considered when measuring the productivity of service businesses?

• Only the number of clients served

• The quality, appropriateness, timeliness, and cost of the service

• The monetary value of the output

• The number of employees