Question 1

Effective scheduling cannot

Accepted Answer

A) yield cost savings and improved productivity. 
B) reduce the need for expansion of facilities. 
C) improve customer service. 
D) eliminate the need to train employees. 
E) improve patient care in medical settings. 
A) yield cost savings and improved productivity. 
B) reduce the need for expansion of facilities. 
C) improve customer service. 
D) eliminate the need to train employees. 
E) improve patient care in medical settings.

Question 2

The owner/operator of the local franchise of Handyman, Inc., has four jobs to do today, shown in the order they were received:
 
If he uses the first come, first served priority rule to schedule these jobs, what will be the average completion time?

Accepted Answer

A) 7.5 hours 
B) 5 hours 
C) 3 hours 
D) 2.5 hours 
E) 2 hours 
A) 7.5 hours 
B) 5 hours 
C) 3 hours 
D) 2.5 hours 
E) 2 hours

Question 3

The operations manager of a body and paint shop has five cars to schedule for repair. He would like to minimize the makespan to complete all work on these cars. Each car requires body work prior to painting. The estimates of the times required to do the body and paint work on each are as follows:
 
Where in the optimum sequence should car E be scheduled?

Accepted Answer

A) first 
B) second 
C) third 
D) fourth 
E) fifth 
A) first 
B) second 
C) third 
D) fourth 
E) fifth

Question 4

The priority rule which will sequence jobs in the order they are received is

Accepted Answer

A) EDD. 
B) LIFO. 
C) SPT. 
D) CR. 
E) FCFS. 
A) EDD. 
B) LIFO. 
C) SPT. 
D) CR. 
E) FCFS.

Question 5

The owner/operator of the local franchise of Handyman, Inc., has four jobs to do today, shown in the order they were received:
 
If he uses the shortest processing time first priority rule to schedule these jobs, what will be the average number of jobs in his shop today?

Accepted Answer

A) 0 
B) 1 
C) 2 
D) 3 
E) 4 
A) 0 
B) 1 
C) 2 
D) 3 
E) 4

Question 6

Priority rules generally assume that job setup cost is independent of the processing sequence of jobs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Scheduling pertains to

Accepted Answer

A) hiring workers. 
B) process selection. 
C) buying machinery. 
D) timing the use of specific resources. 
E) determining the lowest cost. 
A) hiring workers. 
B) process selection. 
C) buying machinery. 
D) timing the use of specific resources. 
E) determining the lowest cost.

Question 8

Priority rules are used in low-volume systems to identify an optimal processing sequence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

When operations are often bottlenecked, additional planned idle time will improve the throughput in those areas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Scheduling in intermediate-volume systems has three basic issues: run size, timing, and sequence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

For the jobs listed below, which processing sequence would result using Johnson's rule?

Accepted Answer

A) c-a-d-b 
B) b-d-a-c 
C) a-b-c-d 
D) d-c-b-a 
E) c-a-b-d 
A) c-a-d-b 
B) b-d-a-c 
C) a-b-c-d 
D) d-c-b-a 
E) c-a-b-d

Question 12

The scheduling sequencing rule which always results in the lowest average completion (flow)time is the

Accepted Answer

A) first come, first served (FCFS)rule. 
B) shortest processing time first (SPT)rule. 
C) earliest due date first (ED
D) rule. 
D) least slack per operation first (S/O)rule. 
E) run until slack happens (RUSH)rule. 
A) first come, first served (FCFS)rule. 
B) shortest processing time first (SPT)rule. 
C) earliest due date first (ED
D) rule. 
D) least slack per operation first (S/O)rule. 
E) run until slack happens (RUSH)rule.

Question 13

Which of the following is not an example of a high-volume system?

Accepted Answer

A) aircraft manufacturing 
B) magazine printing 
C) petroleum refining 
D) waste treatment 
E) commercial donut baking 
A) aircraft manufacturing 
B) magazine printing 
C) petroleum refining 
D) waste treatment 
E) commercial donut baking

Question 14

Which costs depend on the order in which the jobs are processed?

Accepted Answer

A) sequencing 
B) setup 
C) finishing 
D) transportation 
E) distribution 
A) sequencing 
B) setup 
C) finishing 
D) transportation 
E) distribution

Question 15

The purpose of cyclical scheduling is to

Accepted Answer

A) eliminate weekends and holidays. 
B) establish work assignments that will repeat on a cyclical basis. 
C) add flexible hours. 
D) incorporate overtime. 
E) rotate schedules across a service workforce to ensure everyone gets an equal number of weekends off per year. 
A) eliminate weekends and holidays. 
B) establish work assignments that will repeat on a cyclical basis. 
C) add flexible hours. 
D) incorporate overtime. 
E) rotate schedules across a service workforce to ensure everyone gets an equal number of weekends off per year.

Question 16

Job X, which has a duration of four days, is due by the close of business on Friday, December 23. Without looking at the work already scheduled on X's required resource, the scheduler schedules X to be begun on the morning of Tuesday, December 20. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) infinite scheduling. 
B) finite scheduling. 
C) forward scheduling. 
D) backward scheduling. 
E) prioritization. 
A) infinite scheduling. 
B) finite scheduling. 
C) forward scheduling. 
D) backward scheduling. 
E) prioritization.

Question 17

In a task assignment situation, in how many different ways can five jobs be assigned to five machines if each job must be assigned to each machine and each machine must be assigned one job?

Accepted Answer

A) 1 
B) 5 
C) 25 
D) 120 
E) 3,125 
A) 1 
B) 5 
C) 25 
D) 120 
E) 3,125

Question 18

A schedule chart depicts the loading and idle times for a group of machines or departments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

_____ charts are often the preferred charts related to loading and scheduling activities.

Accepted Answer

A) Pareto 
B) Mekko 
C) Gantt 
D) Histogram 
E) Flow 
A) Pareto 
B) Mekko 
C) Gantt 
D) Histogram 
E) Flow

Question 20

The following matrix shows relative costs for various job-machine combinations. Assume there must be one-to-one matching between jobs and machines. Which set of pairs constitutes the minimum-cost solution using the assignment method?

Accepted Answer

A) 1-B, 2-C, 3-A 
B) 1-B, 2-A, 3-C 
C) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B 
D) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C 
E) 1-C, 2-A, 3-B 
A) 1-B, 2-C, 3-A 
B) 1-B, 2-A, 3-C 
C) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B 
D) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C 
E) 1-C, 2-A, 3-B

Effective scheduling cannot

The owner/operator of the local franchise of Handyman, Inc., has four jobs to do today, shown in the order they were received: If he uses the first come, first served priority rule to schedule these jobs, what will be the average completion time?

The priority rule which will sequence jobs in the order they are received is

The owner/operator of the local franchise of Handyman, Inc., has four jobs to do today, shown in the order they were received: If he uses the shortest processing time first priority rule to schedule these jobs, what will be the average number of jobs in his shop today?

Priority rules generally assume that job setup cost is independent of the processing sequence of jobs.

Scheduling pertains to

Priority rules are used in low-volume systems to identify an optimal processing sequence.

When operations are often bottlenecked, additional planned idle time will improve the throughput in those areas.

Scheduling in intermediate-volume systems has three basic issues: run size, timing, and sequence.

For the jobs listed below, which processing sequence would result using Johnson's rule?

The scheduling sequencing rule which always results in the lowest average completion (flow)time is the

Which of the following is not an example of a high-volume system?

Which costs depend on the order in which the jobs are processed?

The purpose of cyclical scheduling is to

Job X, which has a duration of four days, is due by the close of business on Friday, December 23. Without looking at the work already scheduled on X's required resource, the scheduler schedules X to be begun on the morning of Tuesday, December 20. This is an example of

In a task assignment situation, in how many different ways can five jobs be assigned to five machines if each job must be assigned to each machine and each machine must be assigned one job?

A schedule chart depicts the loading and idle times for a group of machines or departments.

_____ charts are often the preferred charts related to loading and scheduling activities.

The following matrix shows relative costs for various job-machine combinations. Assume there must be one-to-one matching between jobs and machines. Which set of pairs constitutes the minimum-cost solution using the assignment method?

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Forecasting

Product and Service Design

Strategic Capacity Planning for Products and Services

Process Selection and Facility Layout

Work Design and Measurement

Location Planning and Analysis

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Quality Control

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Exam 16: Scheduling

Effective scheduling cannot

The owner/operator of the local franchise of Handyman, Inc., has four jobs to do today, shown in the order they were received: If he uses the first come, first served priority rule to schedule these jobs, what will be the average completion time?

The priority rule which will sequence jobs in the order they are received is

The owner/operator of the local franchise of Handyman, Inc., has four jobs to do today, shown in the order they were received: If he uses the shortest processing time first priority rule to schedule these jobs, what will be the average number of jobs in his shop today?

Priority rules generally assume that job setup cost is independent of the processing sequence of jobs.

Scheduling pertains to

Priority rules are used in low-volume systems to identify an optimal processing sequence.

When operations are often bottlenecked, additional planned idle time will improve the throughput in those areas.

Scheduling in intermediate-volume systems has three basic issues: run size, timing, and sequence.

For the jobs listed below, which processing sequence would result using Johnson's rule?

The scheduling sequencing rule which always results in the lowest average completion (flow)time is the

Which of the following is not an example of a high-volume system?

Which costs depend on the order in which the jobs are processed?

The purpose of cyclical scheduling is to

Job X, which has a duration of four days, is due by the close of business on Friday, December 23. Without looking at the work already scheduled on X's required resource, the scheduler schedules X to be begun on the morning of Tuesday, December 20. This is an example of

In a task assignment situation, in how many different ways can five jobs be assigned to five machines if each job must be assigned to each machine and each machine must be assigned one job?

A schedule chart depicts the loading and idle times for a group of machines or departments.

_____ charts are often the preferred charts related to loading and scheduling activities.

The following matrix shows relative costs for various job-machine combinations. Assume there must be one-to-one matching between jobs and machines. Which set of pairs constitutes the minimum-cost solution using the assignment method?

Introduction to Operations Management

Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity

Forecasting

Product and Service Design

Strategic Capacity Planning for Products and Services

Process Selection and Facility Layout

Work Design and Measurement

Location Planning and Analysis

Management of Quality

Quality Control

Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling

Inventory Management

MRP and ERP

Jit and Lean Operations

Supply Chain Management

Project Management

Management of Waiting Lines

Linear Programming

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