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PROPMGT Prefinal Quiz on Location and Layout Strategies

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the most important location decision factor in building service facilities?

a)

Proximity to customers

b)

Transportation cost

c)

Proximity to market

d)

Location of competitors

2.

Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting industrial location decisions?

a)

Utilities, taxes, and real estate costs

b)

Favorable labor climate

c)

Transportation costs

d)

Proximity to suppliers and resources

3.

Which of these is formed when a group of competing food establishments gathers in one area?

a)

Site visibility

b)

Traffic flow

c)

Competitive advantage

d)

Critical mass advantage

4.

Which of the following is NOT a site-related factor in choosing service facility locations?

a)

Land

b)

Competitors

c)

Transportation

d)

Zoning

5.

This method can help compare location options on the basis of tangible factors expressed in total cost?

a)

Transportation model

b)

Factor-rating method

c)

Locational break -even analysis

d)

Center of gravity method

6.

This method finds location of distribution center that minimizes distribution costs.

a)

Transportation model

b)

Factor-rating method

c)

Locational break -even analysis

d)

Center of gravity method

7.

This identifies important factors, quantitative and qualitative inputs, assigning each with importance and calculating the weighted score for each site option.

a)

Transportation model

b)

Factor-rating method

c)

Locational break -even analysis

d)

Center of gravity method

8.

Which of the following types of business has the highest need to locate near markets?

a)

Firms that sell services

b)

Firms that sell bulky and heavy goods

c)

Firms that sell imported goods

d)

Firms that manufacture consumer goods

9.

How do governments encourage businesses to build in industrial sites?

a)

Inform customers of the business

b)

Open trade shows for businesses in the area

c)

Give incentives such as lower taxes or tax holidays

d)

Reward those who have stayed in the area

10.

Why is it advisable for firms to build at industrial parks?

a)

Land is already developed

b)

Competition is established

c)

Future expansion is possible

d)

Freedom from building regulations

11.

Allocates shelf space and responds to customer behavior in buying products.

a)

product layout

b)

retail layout

c)

warehouse layout

d)

process layout

12.

Addresses the layout requirements of large and bulky projects.

a)

warehouse layout

b)

product layout

c)

fixed position layout

d)

cellular layout

13.

Deal with low-volume, high-variety production.

a)

product layout

b)

process layout

c)

cellular layout

d)

retail layout

14.

The process of how to assign tasks to workstations.

a)

cellular layout

b)

layout strategy

c)

assembly line balancing

d)

process strategy

15.

This photo is an example of a ________ layout.

a)

process

b)

warehouse

c)

retail

d)

product

16.

Used to achieve a smooth and rapid flow of large volumes of goods or customers.

a)

product layout

b)

process layout

c)

fixed position layout

d)

retail layout

17.

Machines are grouped into a cell according to the type of operations needed to fulfill the task.

a)

product layout

b)

process layout

c)

cellular layout

d)

retail layout

18.

Positions workers, their equipment, and spaces/offices to provide for movement of information.

a)

process layout

b)

retail layout

c)

office layout

d)

fixed position layout

19.

What should be the basis of grouping machines into a cell when considering using cellular manufacturing?

a)

Cost of parts

b)

Size of parts

c)

Similarity of parts

d)

Location of parts

20.

The process of how to assign tasks to workstations is known as __________.

a)

Output capacity

b)

Efficiency

c)

Cycle time

d)

Assembly line balancing