Exam 28: Learning Curves

ABC Hospital completed its first transplant,and the procedure took 50 hours.The hospital has five more transplants scheduled.Based on other similar procedures carried out,the hospital estimates that it has an 85% learning rate.Estimate the total time required for all five transplants.

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Question 41

Consider a programmer who is required to complete four work assignments.Each assignment takes 50 hours to complete.Assume an overhead rate of $1.50 and the cost per hour for the programmer's services to be $35/hour.The direct billing charge will be ______.

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Question 42

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 18 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 12 hours.If Weston has an 84% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

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Question 43

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 19 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 33 hours.If Weston has a 94% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

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Question 44

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took nine iterations before the process reached a steady state of 32 hours.If Weston has a 78% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

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Question 45

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 79 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has an 81% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 135th widget.

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Question 46

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 25 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 19 hours.If Weston has a 94% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

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Question 47

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 60 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has a 90% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 35th widget.

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Question 48

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 20 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 30 hours.If Weston has a 99% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

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Question 49

Uses of learning curves were known as early as ______.

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Question 50

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 79 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has a 94% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 128th widget.

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Question 51

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 53 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has an 86% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 102th widget.

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Question 52

The first unit produced in a process takes 480 hours.As the number of units produced doubles,production time decreases by 18%.Using the arithmetic approach,calculate the production time for the fourth unit.

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Question 53

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 15 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 35 hours.If Weston has an 81% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

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Question 54

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 54 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has a 91% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 141th widget.

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Question 55

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 73 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has an 88% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 109th widget.

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Question 56

Learning curves are of little use for ______.

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Question 57

The first unit produced in a process takes 400 hours.As the number of units produced doubles,production time decreases by 32%.Using the arithmetic approach,calculate the production time for the 16th unit.

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Question 58

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 52 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has a 95% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 132th widget.

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Question 59

Which of the following is NOT one of the approaches to solve learning curve problems?

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Exam 28: Learning Curves

ABC Hospital completed its first transplant,and the procedure took 50 hours.The hospital has five more transplants scheduled.Based on other similar procedures carried out,the hospital estimates that it has an 85% learning rate.Estimate the total time required for all five transplants.

Consider a programmer who is required to complete four work assignments.Each assignment takes 50 hours to complete.Assume an overhead rate of $1.50 and the cost per hour for the programmer's services to be $35/hour.The direct billing charge will be ______.

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 18 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 12 hours.If Weston has an 84% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 19 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 33 hours.If Weston has a 94% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took nine iterations before the process reached a steady state of 32 hours.If Weston has a 78% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 79 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has an 81% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 135th widget.

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 25 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 19 hours.If Weston has a 94% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 60 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has a 90% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 35th widget.

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 20 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 30 hours.If Weston has a 99% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

Uses of learning curves were known as early as ______.

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 79 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has a 94% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 128th widget.

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 53 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has an 86% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 102th widget.

The first unit produced in a process takes 480 hours.As the number of units produced doubles,production time decreases by 18%.Using the arithmetic approach,calculate the production time for the fourth unit.

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 15 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 35 hours.If Weston has an 81% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 54 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has a 91% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 141th widget.

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 73 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has an 88% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 109th widget.

Learning curves are of little use for ______.

The first unit produced in a process takes 400 hours.As the number of units produced doubles,production time decreases by 32%.Using the arithmetic approach,calculate the production time for the 16th unit.

Acme,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 52 hours for the first widget.Acme estimates it has a 95% learning rate.Using the logarithmic approach,calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 132th widget.

Which of the following is NOT one of the approaches to solve learning curve problems?

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