Quiz - Industrial Engineering and Waste Elimination

Industrial engineers increase productivity and eliminate waste by:

• Implementing efficient processes and systems

• Increasing the number of workers

• Reducing the quality of products

• Extending working hours

Industrial engineers work to eliminate which types of waste?

• Time, materials, and energy

• Only materials

• Only energy

• Only time

Fill in the blank: Industrial engineers work to eliminate the waste of _______.

• time

• resources

• money

• energy

Which of the following is not a type of waste that industrial engineers focus on?

• Time

• Money

• Materials

• Happiness

True or False: Machine time refers to the time when a machine is actually processing something.

• True

• False

Industrial Engineers reduce waste by:

• Implementing efficient processes

• Increasing production speed

• Hiring more workers

• Using more resources

What was discovered in 1750 that sparked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

• Iron

• Coal

• Steel

• Oil

What was one of the earliest factories to use a modern layout, workflow, and material handling system in 1839?

• The Ford Motor Company

• The Lowell Textile Mill

• The Lombe's Silk Throwing Mill

• The Slater Mill

During which years did the American Civil War take place, marking the first truly industrial war?

• 1750-1800

• 1839-1845

• 1861-1865

• 1901-1913

The modern day assembly line is most often attributed to which individual because he used it to produce the Model T?

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell