Production and Operations Management Questions and Answers | Production and Operations Management Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

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1 The fact that a few improvements in a few key areas of operations will have more impact than many improvements in many other areas is consistent with the:
A Pareto phenomenon.
B Stevenson phenomenon.
C Tellier phenomenon.
D Adam Smith phenomenon.

Answer:Pareto phenomenon.
2 Operations and sales are the two- ______________ functions in businesses.
A strategic.
B tactical.
C support.
D line.

Answer:line.
3 If an artificial variable remains in the solution with a positive value after the stopping criterion has been reached, the problem
A is infeasible.
B is optimal.
C needs a new basis.
D has more than one solution.

Answer:is infeasible.
4 The transportation model method that is used to evaluate location alternatives minimizes total.
A sources.
B destinations.
C capacity.
D shipping costs.

Answer:shipping costs.
5 Which of the following is NOT an element of TQM?
A Leadership.
B Perceived quality.
C Employee empowerment.
D Customer focus.

Answer:Perceived quality.
6 Which of the following is not a type of operations?
A goods production.
B storage/transportation.
C entertainment.
D all the above involve operations.

Answer:all the above involve operations.
7 Which one of the following would not generally be classified under the heading of transformation?
A assembling.
B teaching.
C staffing.
D farming.

Answer:staffing.
8 Farming is an example of:r
A an obsolete activity.
B a virtual organization.
C non-manufactured goods.
D a growth industry.

Answer:non-manufactured goods.
9 The operating characteristic (OC) curve shows the probability of
A rejection for every possible true percentage of defectives.
B acceptance for every possible true percentage of defectives.
C making type I errors for various percentages of defectives.
D none of the above.

Answer:acceptance for every possible true percentage of defectives.
10 Which of the following is not a type of operations?
A goods production.
B storage/transportation.
C entertainment.
D price reduction.

Answer:price reduction.
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