Production and Operations Management Questions and Answers | Production and Operations Management MCQs

Questions
1 Someone who has responsibility for marketing decisions concerning a group of products is:
A A marketing manager
B A brand manager.
C A sales manager.
D A product manager.

Answer:A product manager.
2 The paradigm that leads to more complex products at ever-increasing prices is ______________.
A Product orientation
B Production orientation
C Marketing orientation
D Sales orientation

Answer: Product orientation
3 Which of the following best describes the decision making required in dealing with customer enquiries?
A Unstructured, strategic
B Unstructured, operational
C Structured, strategic
D Structured, operational

Answer: Unstructured, operational
4 Two systems are described as_________________ if a change in the outputs of one causes a substantial change in the state of the other.
A Highly decoupled
B Highly coupled
C Black boxes
D Sub-systems

Answer: Highly coupled
5 Chang and Chang observe that the competition is increasing the size of its warehouses. They have decided to do the same. They are following a _______________________ strategy.
A Theory of Constraints
B Follow the leader
C Expansionist
D Wait-and-see

Answer:Follow the leader
6 A facility with a design capacity of 1,000 units, an actual average of 800 units, and effective capacity of 850 units has a utilization of ______________ .
A 85%
B 80%
C 125%
D 94%

Answer:80%
7 Yield management is not especially useful where:
A The service/product can be stored
B Capacity is relatively fixed
C The service cannot be sold in advance
D The market can be fairly clearly segmented

Answer:The service/product can be stored
8 Which of the following is true?
A Value is always lower than price.
B Value is what consumers are prepared to pay.
C Cost is always lower than price.
D Price is always lower than value.

Answer:Value is what consumers are prepared to pay.
9 A specific satisfier for a need is called a______________.
A Product
B Demand
C Want
D Market

Answer:Want
10 Structured decisions are also called_________________ decisions.
A Strategic
B Programmable
C Read-intensive
D Non-programmable

Answer: Programmable