Exam 7: B: Design of Work Systems

Unit times for a job exhibit a learning effect.If the 2^nd unit took 30 hours,and the 4^th unit took 21 hours,roughly how many hours would you estimate the 3^rd unit took?

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Question 21

Which one of the following would learning curves probably affect the least?

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Question 22

Developing work assignments in a job shop in a certain firm has a learning curve of 80 percent.If the second set of assignments takes 12 minutes,determine the length of time required for the following: (i)the fifth set (ii)sets 3,4,and 5 together

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Question 23

A company is preparing a bid on a government contract for 40 units of a certain product.The operations manager estimates the assembly time required for the first two units to be 10.4 hours and 8.8 hours,respectively.Approximately how long will it take to produce the 15^th unit?

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Question 24

A job is expected to have a learning curve of 90 percent.The third unit required 16 hours.The twelfth unit should take approximately how many hours?

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Question 25

A 98% learning curve implies an exceptionally rapid rate of improvement.

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Question 26

It took exactly 10 hours to produce the first widget on a 100 percent learning curve.The second widget will take how many hours to produce?

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Question 27

A learning percentage of 98% implies 2% learning.

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Question 28

A manager wants to analyze the learning curve associated with producing one of his company's products.Accordingly,he has gathered the following data: Approximately how long will it take to produce the fifth through tenth units?

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Question 29

A company is preparing a bid on a government contract for 40 units of a certain product.The operations manager estimates the assembly time required for the first two units to be 10.4 hours and 8.8 hours,respectively.If the contract is cancelled after the first 20 units,approximately how much of the expected total direct labour will have been expended to that point?

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Question 30

A learning rate of 97% will produce minor decreases in completion times of the first few units.

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Question 31

An 80 percent learning curve means that with each doubling of units there will be a 20 percent decrease in time per unit.

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Question 32

A 77% learning curve will produce relatively minor decreases in completion times of the first few repetitions.

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Question 33

Learning curves have little relevance for planning or scheduling of routine activities of short duration.

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Question 34

According to learning curve theory,for certain kinds of tasks the indirect labour time or cost per unit decreases as the number of units increases.

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Question 35

Learning curves cannot be used if the labour time for the first unit is unknown.

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Question 36

Learning curves are used primarily for mass production applications.

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Question 37

A manager is trying to estimate the learning rate for a new job.The first unit took 16 hours,and the fourth unit required about 13 hours.The learning rate is:

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Question 38

A manager wants to analyze the learning curve associated with producing one of his company's products.Accordingly,he has gathered the following data: Approximately how long will it take to produce the tenth unit?

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Question 39

In which of the following managerial activities would learning curves probably be the least useful?

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Exam 7: B: Design of Work Systems

Unit times for a job exhibit a learning effect.If the 2nd unit took 30 hours,and the 4th unit took 21 hours,roughly how many hours would you estimate the 3rd unit took?

Which one of the following would learning curves probably affect the least?

Developing work assignments in a job shop in a certain firm has a learning curve of 80 percent.If the second set of assignments takes 12 minutes,determine the length of time required for the following: (i)the fifth set (ii)sets 3,4,and 5 together

A company is preparing a bid on a government contract for 40 units of a certain product.The operations manager estimates the assembly time required for the first two units to be 10.4 hours and 8.8 hours,respectively.Approximately how long will it take to produce the 15th unit?

A job is expected to have a learning curve of 90 percent.The third unit required 16 hours.The twelfth unit should take approximately how many hours?

A 98% learning curve implies an exceptionally rapid rate of improvement.

It took exactly 10 hours to produce the first widget on a 100 percent learning curve.The second widget will take how many hours to produce?

A learning percentage of 98% implies 2% learning.

A manager wants to analyze the learning curve associated with producing one of his company's products.Accordingly,he has gathered the following data: Approximately how long will it take to produce the fifth through tenth units?

A learning rate of 97% will produce minor decreases in completion times of the first few units.

An 80 percent learning curve means that with each doubling of units there will be a 20 percent decrease in time per unit.

A 77% learning curve will produce relatively minor decreases in completion times of the first few repetitions.

Learning curves have little relevance for planning or scheduling of routine activities of short duration.

According to learning curve theory,for certain kinds of tasks the indirect labour time or cost per unit decreases as the number of units increases.

Learning curves cannot be used if the labour time for the first unit is unknown.

Learning curves are used primarily for mass production applications.

A manager is trying to estimate the learning rate for a new job.The first unit took 16 hours,and the fourth unit required about 13 hours.The learning rate is:

A manager wants to analyze the learning curve associated with producing one of his company's products.Accordingly,he has gathered the following data: Approximately how long will it take to produce the tenth unit?

In which of the following managerial activities would learning curves probably be the least useful?

Introduction to Operations Management

Competitiveness, Strategic Planning, and Productivity

Demand Forecasting

A: Product Design

B: Product Design

A: Strategic Capacity Planning

B: Strategic Capacity Planning

A: Process Design and Facility Layout

B: Process Design and Facility Layout

A: Design of Work Systems

A: Location Planning and Analysis

B: Location Planning and Analysis

Management of Quality

A: Statistical Quality Control

B: Statistical Quality Control

Supply Chain Management

Inventory Management

Aggregate Operations Planning

Material Requirements Planning and Enterprise Resource Planning

A: Just-In-Time and Lean Production

B: Just-In-Time and Lean Production

Job and Staff Scheduling

Project Management

A: Waiting-Line Analysis

B: Waiting-Line Analysis

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Unit times for a job exhibit a learning effect.If the 2^nd unit took 30 hours,and the 4^th unit took 21 hours,roughly how many hours would you estimate the 3^rd unit took?

A company is preparing a bid on a government contract for 40 units of a certain product.The operations manager estimates the assembly time required for the first two units to be 10.4 hours and 8.8 hours,respectively.Approximately how long will it take to produce the 15^th unit?