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WorksheetsMAR221 - Midterm Examination
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 29mins
Is an enhancement to the traditional way of doing business and a guaranteed technique for business survival.
Total Quality Mangement
Forecasting
Product Service Design
Product Development
Not using people's abilities to its fullest extent.
Unutilized skills
Non-Value Added Processing
Motion Waste
Transportation Waste
Which of the following is not part of the basic concepts of TQM?
A committed and involved management
Continuous improvement of the business
Establishing performance measures
Treating suppliers as an outsider.
What is the core of quality?
(a)
How does a company knows if their customers are satisfied or not?
Ratings
Feedback
Survey
All of the above
In the operation, which team always find itself with issues with the production team?
(a)
Is the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear its ability to satisfy given needs.
Quality
Design
Aesthetic
Price
Complete this statement, "the quality of the product will be remembered long after the (a) has been forgotten."
The history of quality can be traced back all the way the (a) Ages.
In the history of quality, work completed by journeyman and apprentices were evaluated by whom?
skilled worker
owner
customers
colleague
The first quality management system was established during what era?
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
The focus of quality management in the beginning was on the _______________.
end product
raw materials
machines
people
Product quality control was determined through inspections involving a lot of series. Which of the following is not part of the process?
measuring
examining
testing
recovering
Changes in the quality control process from the 1920's happened when?
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
The new process of quality control checking is now being done every
end product
production intervals
purchasing
training
Is an American Romanian engineer and is widely regarded as the founding father of many of the key quality management programs used by organizations today.
Joseph Moses Juran
Philip Bayard Crosby
William Edwards Demning
Kaoru Ishikawa
This framework was created to reduce poor quality in the operation.
Quality Trilogy
Deming's 14 Points of Quality
Fishbone Diagram
Maslow's Hierarchy
The Juran Trilogy is composed of what quality elements?pl
planning,
improvement,
control
Planning,
production,
monitoring
planning, control, monitoring
planning, control, assessment
To fix what is broken
Repair
Refinement
Recover
Reinvention
Continually improving a process that isn't broken or the continous pursuit of perfection
Repair
Refinement
Recover
Reinvention
Being innovative and creative to improve quality
Renovate
Refinement
Recover
Reinvention
Recreating something or starting over with a clean slate
Renovate
Refinement
Recover
Reinvention
This management thinker went to Japan after Second World War to assist them with their product and service quality.
William Edwards Deming
Philip Bayard Crosby
Kauro Ishikawa
Abraham Maslow
What is the first step in the Deming Chain Reaction?
Improve Quality
Productivity Improves
Stays in Business
Provide More Jobs
The Fishbone Diagram is created for what specific purpose?
identifies numerous potential causes to an effect or problem
minimize risks
reduce poor quality
identify the issue
Is a basic input in the decision processes of operations management because they provide information on future demand.
Forecasting
Product Service Design
Total Quality Management
Servicescape
Which of the following is NOT an example of a short range forecast.
hourly
4 weeks
monthly
3 years
What is the first element of a good forecast?
timely
accurate
reliable
easy to read
What is the last element of a good forecast?
timely
accurate
reliable
easy to read
what is the first step in writing a forecast?
determine the purpose
establish a time horizon
select a technique
monitoring
what is the last step in writing a forecast?
determine the purpose
establish a time horizon
select a technique
monitoring
The most classic form of generating ideas in a session.
brainstorming
brainwriting
force fit
borrowing
Is also known as role playing, refers to ideas that come to your mind by physically experiencing a situation resembling to your problem.
brainstorming
brainwriting
bodystorming
borrowing
Is the process of combining two ideas into one.
force fit
brainwriting
bodystorming
borrowing
The process of creating a new product using the design of an existing product or object.
force fit
brainwriting
bodystorming
borrowing
What is the last cycle of the Journey of an Idea?
(a)
Is the process of building a new product, from ideation all the way to launching.
Product Development
Product Service Design
Forecasting
Inventory
The stage of executing the business idea into a product.
Idea
Concept
Prototype
Commercialization
The stage of putting details, features, and benefits to the product that will be offered.
Idea
Concept
Prototype
Commercialization
The stage of now introducing the product to the market.
Idea
Concept
Prototype
Commercialization
What does PLC stands for?
(a)
Is defined as the physical environment in which a service can be performed.
Serviescape
Forecasting
Inventory
Product Service Design
Is concerned with how furnishings, equipment, and machinery are arranged in terms of shape and size and the relationship that exists between them.
Spatial Layout
Ambient Conditions
Furnitures
Signs and Artifacts
One of the most explicit signals that can communicate directly with the customers.
Spatial Layout
Ambient Conditions
Furnitures
Signs and Artifacts
Include an environment's background conditions, such as color, noise, music, and lighting.
Spatial Layout
Ambient Conditions
Furnitures
Signs and Artifacts
Refers to the creation and manufacturing of substandard products just to be revoked, repaired, or scrapped.
Defects
Overproduction
Waiting
Transportation Waste
The process of producing more than the demand or what is necessary.
Defects
Overproduction
Waiting
Transportation Waste
Includes the idle time before the next process begins.
Defects
Overproduction
Waiting
Transportation Waste
Refers to additional material or performing activities that add no value to the product or service.
Non-Value Added Processing
Overproduction
Waiting
Transportation Waste
Refers to the process of moving the material from one place to another.
Non-Value Added Processing
Overproduction
Waiting
Transportation Waste
When the supply is more than the actual needed for the production.
Inventory
Overproduction
Waiting
Transportation Waste
Movement of employees and equipment that does not add value to your product or service.
Inventory
Motion Waste
Waiting
Transportation Waste
The 8 Deadly Wastes in Operation can be easily remembered using this mnemonic.
(a)
