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WorksheetsCBM 1st Exam
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who introduced the concept of division of labor in the 18th century?
Frederick W. Taylor
Adam Smith
Edwood Buffa
Henry Ford
What is the main goal of operations management?
Reduce costs only
Satisfy customer wants efficiently
Focus only on production output
Hire skilled labor
Which of the following best defines production?
The process of delivering finished goods
Conversion of raw materials into useful products
Selling goods to consumers
Designing new services
According to Buffa, production management deals with:
Machine maintenance
Marketing of finished goods
Decision making in production processes
Sales forecasting
Which is NOT an objective of production management?
Right Quality
Right Quantity
Right Labor Skills
Right Time
Production deals with ______, while operations deal with ______.
Services; Tangible goods
Tangible goods; Services
Planning; Control
Machines; People
Which of the following does NOT belong to the elements of production and operation management?
Planning
Controlling
Marketing
Organizing
The main objective of operations management is:
Customer service and resource utilization
Labor hiring and training
Product design
Marketing research
What is the main purpose of plant layout?
Increase marketing efficiency
Arrange facilities for economic output
Design buildings only
Assign workers to tasks
Which of the following is concerned with developing and launching new products?
Product Design
Plant Layout
Quality Control
Maintenance
Process design focuses on:
Job hiring
Converting ideas into products
Overall process route from raw materials to goods
Setting prices
Which is NOT a characteristic of job-shop production?
High product variety
Low volume
Automated material handling
Skilled operators
Which production type involves items passing through departments in lots or batches?
Job-shop production
Batch production
Mass production
Continuous production
Mass production is best characterized by:
Low volume, high variety
Customized orders
Continuous process and standardization
Manual operations
Continuous production systems have:
Low investment cost
Flexible equipment
Fully automated material handling
Non-sequential process flow
Capacity planning determines:
Where to sell products
How much capacity is needed
How to hire employees
How to advertise
Long-term capacity planning ensures:
Daily scheduling
Meeting long-range production needs
Product distribution
Labor training
Short-term capacity planning focuses on:
Plant construction
Resource balancing and scheduling
Designing new facilities
Forecasting long-term sales
Finite capacity planning assumes:
Unlimited resources
Constant and limited capacity
Varying machine limits
Infinite labor
The aggregate plan aims to:
Maximize marketing output
Balance capacity and demand
Focus on long-term financing
Increase manpower
Which aggregate planning strategy maintains a steady production rate?
Level strategy
Chase strategy
Random strategy
Flexible strategy
The chase strategy is also called:
Leveling strategy
Demand matching strategy
Process design strategy
Continuous planning strategy
In scheduling, forward scheduling means:
Producing as late as possible
Producing as soon as possible
Producing only when demand exists
Producing irregularly
Backward scheduling aims to:
Finish earlier than due date
Match the earliest possible start time
Make items available right before due date
Eliminate waiting time
Loading refers to:
Assigning jobs to work centers
Moving goods to warehouse
Packaging finished goods
Transporting products
Infinite loading ignores:
Deadlines
Capacity limits
Material flow
Cost constraints
Finite loading schedules work up to:
Estimated cost
Fixed amount of capacity
Minimum labor hours
Sales target
Which scheduling rule gives priority to the job with the shortest time to complete?
EDD
FCFS
SPT
CR
The system used to maintain a desired level of product quality is:
Maintenance management
Quality control
Product design
Process planning
Maintenance management is essential because:
Idle machines are costly
Machines do not need repairs
It focuses only on operator training
It eliminates supervision
Which historical development introduced specialization of labor?
Operation Research
Industrial Revolution
Service Revolution
Human Relations Movement
Operation research primarily involves:
Factory construction
Mathematical and analytical methods for decision making
Labor management
Product promotion
Which factor of production refers to the use of human effort and technology?
Land
Labor
Capital
Entrepreneurship
Which factor of production represents ownership and risk-taking?
Capital
Land
Labor
Entrepreneurship
The production system’s main purpose is to:
Produce goods using resources efficiently
Store finished goods
Market new ideas
Hire new workers
In production system design, “inputs” refer to:
Finished goods
Raw materials, labor, and capital
Waste materials
Sales output
Job-shop production requires:
Highly skilled operators
Low-skilled labor
Continuous flow layout
Fully automated handling
Which of the following is a limitation of batch production?
Low cost per unit
Simple production planning
Complex material handling
No need for setup changes
Which production system type is most suitable for a large volume of standardized products?
Job-shop
Batch
Mass
Project
The main purpose of capacity measurement is to:
Measure total profit
Estimate production demand and resource efficiency
Record employee output
Monitor marketing progress
