Question 1

A job is said to be enlarged horizontally if the worker is involved in planning, organizing, and inspecting his or her own work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

If you want to reduce process flow time, it has been suggested that you can perform activities in the process in parallel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

To reduce process throughput time, you might try which of the following actions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Outsource activities. 
B)  Change the sequence of activities. 
C)  Improve teamwork. 
D)  Reduce management interference. 
E)  Introduce incentive pay. 
A)  Outsource activities. 
B)  Change the sequence of activities. 
C)  Improve teamwork. 
D)  Reduce management interference. 
E)  Introduce incentive pay.

Question 4

Throughput rate of a production process is the amount of time a unit spends actually being worked on.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following terms describes a ratio of the actual output of a process relative to some standard.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cycle time 
B)  Flow time 
C)  Run time 
D)  Setup time 
E)  Efficiency 
A)  Cycle time 
B)  Flow time 
C)  Run time 
D)  Setup time 
E)  Efficiency

Question 6

Starving occurs when the firm must stop because there are no customer orders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

An advantage of a make-to-stock process is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  It features rapid delivery of a standard product. 
B)  All units of output are unique. 
C)  It responds directly to customer orders. 
D)  It allows the firm to avoid inventory costs. 
E)  It combines the best features of other processes. 
A)  It features rapid delivery of a standard product. 
B)  All units of output are unique. 
C)  It responds directly to customer orders. 
D)  It allows the firm to avoid inventory costs. 
E)  It combines the best features of other processes.

Question 8

One way to categorize a process is to determine whether it is a multiple-stage or a single-stage process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

If you want to reduce process flow time, it has been suggested that you can reduce interruptions in the production process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Little's law says there is a long-term relationship among the inventory, throughput, and flow time of a production system in steady state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Cycle time and flow time mean about the same thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Process analysis can help answer many important questions such as why change in a process is necessary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Consider a three sequentially stepped process named as Process A, Process B, and Process C. Input comes into Process A. Output from A goes into Process B. Output from B goes into Process C. Output of C is the final output. Suppose that it takes 2 minutes per unit in Process A, 3 minutes per unit in Process B and 1 minute per unit in Process C. Suppose further that Process A receives input at the rate of 30 per hour. Which process will be experiencing starving?

Accepted Answer

A)  Process A 
B)  Process B 
C)  Process C 
D)  Process B and Process C 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  Process A 
B)  Process B 
C)  Process C 
D)  Process B and Process C 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 14

Inventory turn is the cost of goods sold divided by the average inventory value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Job design is defined as the function of specifying the work activities of an individual or group in an organizational setting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following production process terms best describes a situation where the activities in the stage must stop because there is no place to deposit the item just completed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blocking 
B)  Buffering 
C)  Starving 
D)  Phase buffer 
E)  Setup time 
A)  Blocking 
B)  Buffering 
C)  Starving 
D)  Phase buffer 
E)  Setup time

Question 17

When we use a make-to-stock production process, we control our production based on a desired amount of finished goods inventory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Value-added time is the total of all the time that work is being done on the unit plus all the transfer times.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Process analysis can help answer many important questions such as how many customers can a process handle per hour.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A process flowchart uses which of the following symbols to represent storage areas or queues in a flow diagram?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rectangle 
B)  Arrow 
C)  Inverted triangle 
D)  Diamond 
E)  A dashed line 
A)  Rectangle 
B)  Arrow 
C)  Inverted triangle 
D)  Diamond 
E)  A dashed line

Exam 11: Process Design and Analysis

A job is said to be enlarged horizontally if the worker is involved in planning, organizing, and inspecting his or her own work.

If you want to reduce process flow time, it has been suggested that you can perform activities in the process in parallel.

To reduce process throughput time, you might try which of the following actions?

Throughput rate of a production process is the amount of time a unit spends actually being worked on.

Which of the following terms describes a ratio of the actual output of a process relative to some standard.

Starving occurs when the firm must stop because there are no customer orders.

An advantage of a make-to-stock process is which of the following?

One way to categorize a process is to determine whether it is a multiple-stage or a single-stage process.

If you want to reduce process flow time, it has been suggested that you can reduce interruptions in the production process.

Little's law says there is a long-term relationship among the inventory, throughput, and flow time of a production system in steady state.

Cycle time and flow time mean about the same thing.

Process analysis can help answer many important questions such as why change in a process is necessary.

Inventory turn is the cost of goods sold divided by the average inventory value.

Job design is defined as the function of specifying the work activities of an individual or group in an organizational setting.

Which of the following production process terms best describes a situation where the activities in the stage must stop because there is no place to deposit the item just completed?

When we use a make-to-stock production process, we control our production based on a desired amount of finished goods inventory.

Value-added time is the total of all the time that work is being done on the unit plus all the transfer times.

Process analysis can help answer many important questions such as how many customers can a process handle per hour.

A process flowchart uses which of the following symbols to represent storage areas or queues in a flow diagram?

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