Exam 7: A: Design of Work Systems

An analyst has observed 28 work cycles,for which the average cycle time was five minutes and the performance rating was 1.05.Allowances for the department are 25 percent of job time.What standard time is appropriate for this job?

What is the normal time (NT)for this task if the bartender worked at a twenty percent faster pace than is average?

What is the observed time (OT)for this task?

An initial time study resulted in an average observed time of 2.2 minutes per cycle,and a standard deviation of 0.3 minutes per cycle.The performance rating was 1.20.What sample size,including the 20 observations in the initial study,would be necessary to have a confidence of 95.44 percent that the observed time was within 4 percent of the true value?

How many observations should be made if he wants to be 95.44 percent confident that the maximum error in the observed time is one second?

Which of the following is not generally considered an advantage of specialization?

Ergonomics tries to remove all of the following EXCEPT:

What is the standard time (ST)for this task if the employee worked at a twenty percent faster pace than is average,and an allowance of twenty-five percent of the workday is used?

What is the standard time (ST)for this task if the employee worked at a 20% faster pace than is average and an allowance of 25% of the workday is used?

What is the most likely true proportion of time spent mowing?

Standard times are determined by taking the average time one worker takes to complete the same task many times.

Focusing on how a job is done and attempting to make it more efficient describes:

Which of the following is not a characteristic of time-based compensation approaches?

The behavioural approach to job design which involves an increase in responsibility for planning,execution and control of tasks is:

The primary objective of work/job design is to improve efficiency.

The establishment of a Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)gives workers the right to refuse dangerous work.

The focus of the efficiency approach to work/job design is to improve quality of work life and employee empowerment.

Slow motion studies are useful for training workers as well as athletes.

Methods analysis focuses on how a job can be made more efficient.

What is the observed time (OT)for this task?