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MAR221 - Midterm Examination

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is an enhancement to the traditional way of doing business and a guaranteed technique for business survival.

a)

Total Quality Mangement

b)

Forecasting

c)

Product Service Design

d)

Product Development

2.

Not using people's abilities to its fullest extent.

a)

Unutilized skills

b)

Non-Value Added Processing

c)

Motion Waste

d)

Transportation Waste

3.

Which of the following is not part of the basic concepts of TQM?

a)

A committed and involved management

b)

Continuous improvement of the business

c)

Establishing performance measures

d)

Treating suppliers as an outsider.

4.

What is the core of quality?

(a)  

5.

How does a company knows if their customers are satisfied or not?

a)

Ratings

b)

Feedback

c)

Survey

d)

All of the above

6.

In the operation, which team always find itself with issues with the production team?

(a)  

7.

Is the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear its ability to satisfy given needs.

a)

Quality

b)

Design

c)

Aesthetic

d)

Price

8.

Complete this statement, "the quality of the product will be remembered long after the (a)   has been forgotten."

9.

The history of quality can be traced back all the way the (a)   Ages.

10.

In the history of quality, work completed by journeyman and apprentices were evaluated by whom?

a)

skilled worker

b)

owner

c)

customers

d)

colleague

11.

The first quality management system was established during what era?

a)

1910s

b)

1920s

c)

1930s

d)

1940s

12.

The focus of quality management in the beginning was on the _______________.

a)

end product

b)

raw materials

c)

machines

d)

people

13.

Product quality control was determined through inspections involving a lot of series. Which of the following is not part of the process?

a)

measuring

b)

examining

c)

testing

d)

recovering

14.

Changes in the quality control process from the 1920's happened when?

a)

1930s

b)

1940s

c)

1950s

d)

1960s

15.

The new process of quality control checking is now being done every

a)

end product

b)

production intervals

c)

purchasing

d)

training

16.

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.

a)

Joseph Moses Juran

b)

Philip Bayard Crosby

c)

William Edwards Demning

d)

Kaoru Ishikawa

17.

This framework was created to reduce poor quality in the operation.

a)

Quality Trilogy

b)

Deming's 14 Points of Quality

c)

Fishbone Diagram

d)

Maslow's Hierarchy

18.

The Juran Trilogy is composed of what quality elements?pl

a)

planning,
improvement,
control

b)

Planning,
production,
monitoring

c)

planning, control, monitoring

d)

planning, control, assessment

19.

To fix what is broken

a)

Repair

b)

Refinement

c)

Recover

d)

Reinvention

20.

Continually improving a process that isn't broken or the continous pursuit of perfection

a)

Repair

b)

Refinement

c)

Recover

d)

Reinvention

21.

Being innovative and creative to improve quality 

a)

Renovate

b)

Refinement

c)

Recover

d)

Reinvention

22.

Recreating something or starting over with a clean slate

a)

Renovate

b)

Refinement

c)

Recover

d)

Reinvention

23.

This management thinker went to Japan after Second World War to assist them with their product and service quality.

a)

William Edwards Deming

b)

Philip Bayard Crosby

c)

Kauro Ishikawa

d)

Abraham Maslow

24.

What is the first step in the Deming Chain Reaction?

a)

Improve Quality

b)

Productivity Improves

c)

Stays in Business

d)

Provide More Jobs

25.

The Fishbone Diagram is created for what specific purpose?

a)

identifies numerous potential causes to an effect or problem

b)

minimize risks

c)

reduce poor quality

d)

identify the issue

26.

Is a basic input in the decision processes of operations management because they provide information on future demand.

a)

Forecasting

b)

Product Service Design

c)

Total Quality Management

d)

Servicescape

27.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a short range forecast.

a)

hourly

b)

4 weeks

c)

monthly

d)

3 years

28.

What is the first element of a good forecast?

a)

timely

b)

accurate

c)

reliable

d)

easy to read

29.

What is the last element of a good forecast?

a)

timely

b)

accurate

c)

reliable

d)

easy to read

30.

what is the first step in writing a forecast?

a)

determine the purpose

b)

establish a time horizon

c)

select a technique

d)

monitoring

31.

what is the last step in writing a forecast?

a)

determine the purpose

b)

establish a time horizon

c)

select a technique

d)

monitoring

32.

The most classic form of generating ideas in a session.

a)

brainstorming

b)

brainwriting

c)

force fit

d)

borrowing

33.

Is also known as role playing, refers to ideas that come to your mind by physically experiencing a situation resembling to your problem.

a)

brainstorming

b)

brainwriting

c)

bodystorming

d)

borrowing

34.

Is the process of combining two ideas into one.

a)

force fit

b)

brainwriting

c)

bodystorming

d)

borrowing

35.

The process of creating a new product using the design of an existing product or object.

a)

force fit

b)

brainwriting

c)

bodystorming

d)

borrowing

36.

What is the last cycle of the Journey of an Idea?

(a)  

37.

Is the process of building a new product, from ideation all the way to launching.

a)

Product Development

b)

Product Service Design

c)

Forecasting

d)

Inventory

38.

The stage of executing the business idea into a product.

a)

Idea

b)

Concept

c)

Prototype

d)

Commercialization

39.

The stage of putting details, features, and benefits to the product that will be offered.

a)

Idea

b)

Concept

c)

Prototype

d)

Commercialization

40.

The stage of now introducing the product to the market.

a)

Idea

b)

Concept

c)

Prototype

d)

Commercialization

41.

What does PLC stands for?

(a)  

42.

Is defined as the physical environment in which a service can be performed.

a)

Serviescape

b)

Forecasting

c)

Inventory

d)

Product Service Design

43.

Is concerned with how furnishings, equipment, and machinery are arranged in terms of shape and size and the relationship that exists between them.

a)

Spatial Layout

b)

Ambient Conditions

c)

Furnitures

d)

Signs and Artifacts

44.

One of the most explicit signals that can communicate directly with the customers.

a)

Spatial Layout

b)

Ambient Conditions

c)

Furnitures

d)

Signs and Artifacts

45.

Include an environment's background conditions, such as color, noise, music, and lighting.

a)

Spatial Layout

b)

Ambient Conditions

c)

Furnitures

d)

Signs and Artifacts

46.

Refers to the creation and manufacturing of substandard products just to be revoked, repaired, or scrapped.

a)

Defects

b)

Overproduction

c)

Waiting

d)

Transportation Waste

47.

The process of producing more than the demand or what is necessary.

a)

Defects

b)

Overproduction

c)

Waiting

d)

Transportation Waste

48.

Includes the idle time before the next process begins.

a)

Defects

b)

Overproduction

c)

Waiting

d)

Transportation Waste

49.

Refers to additional material or performing activities that add no value to the product or service.

a)

Non-Value Added Processing

b)

Overproduction

c)

Waiting

d)

Transportation Waste

50.

Refers to the process of moving the material from one place to another.

a)

Non-Value Added Processing

b)

Overproduction

c)

Waiting

d)

Transportation Waste

51.

When the supply is more than the actual needed for the production.

a)

Inventory

b)

Overproduction

c)

Waiting

d)

Transportation Waste

52.

Movement of employees and equipment that does not add value to your product or service.

a)

Inventory

b)

Motion Waste

c)

Waiting

d)

Transportation Waste

53.

The 8 Deadly Wastes in Operation can be easily remembered using this mnemonic.

(a)