Question 1

Which of the following activities is not within the scope of OM?

Accepted Answer

A)  Locating facilities 
B)  Training employees 
C)  Transportation planning 
D)  Capacity planning 
A)  Locating facilities 
B)  Training employees 
C)  Transportation planning 
D)  Capacity planning

Question 2

What is often referred to as the technical core and is the actual conversion of inputs to outputs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Operations Management 
B)  Production Management 
C)  Transformation process 
D)  Production 
A)  Operations Management 
B)  Production Management 
C)  Transformation process 
D)  Production

Question 3

Which type of operational planning uses global inventory management systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strategic planning 
B)  Tactical planning 
C)  Operational planning and control 
D)  All of these depending on the industry 
A)  Strategic planning 
B)  Tactical planning 
C)  Operational planning and control 
D)  All of these depending on the industry

Question 4

_______ planning focuses on long-range planning such as plant size,location,and type of process to be used.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______ planning focuses on long-range planning such...

Question 5

What consists of several stand-alone businesses?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strategic planning units 
B)  Strategic business units 
C)  Tactical business units 
D)  Operational business units 
A)  Strategic planning units 
B)  Strategic business units 
C)  Tactical business units 
D)  Operational business units

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of a goods or a service?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dental/Medical Records 
B)  DVDs 
C)  Downloadable MP3s 
D)  All of these 
A)  Dental/Medical Records 
B)  DVDs 
C)  Downloadable MP3s 
D)  All of these

Question 7

Which of the following is not a factor of production when creating goods and services?

Accepted Answer

A)  Entrepreneurship 
B)  Capital 
C)  Knowledge 
D)  Manufacturing 
A)  Entrepreneurship 
B)  Capital 
C)  Knowledge 
D)  Manufacturing

Question 8

Which of the following represents the five key competitive priorities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cost, capacity, delivery, flexibility, inventory 
B)  Cost, quality, delivery, flexibility, service 
C)  Cost, quality, transportation, inventory, capacity 
D)  Cost, delivery, flexibility, inventory, capacity 
A)  Cost, capacity, delivery, flexibility, inventory 
B)  Cost, quality, delivery, flexibility, service 
C)  Cost, quality, transportation, inventory, capacity 
D)  Cost, delivery, flexibility, inventory, capacity

Question 9

Which type of operational planning uses distribution management systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strategic planning 
B)  Tactical planning 
C)  Operational planning and control 
D)  All of these depending on the industry 
A)  Strategic planning 
B)  Tactical planning 
C)  Operational planning and control 
D)  All of these depending on the industry

Exam 28: Operations Management

Which of the following activities is not within the scope of OM?

What is often referred to as the technical core and is the actual conversion of inputs to outputs?

Which type of operational planning uses global inventory management systems?

_______ planning focuses on long-range planning such as plant size,location,and type of process to be used.

What consists of several stand-alone businesses?

Which of the following is an example of a goods or a service?

Which of the following is not a factor of production when creating goods and services?

Which of the following represents the five key competitive priorities?

Which type of operational planning uses distribution management systems?

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing Organizational Information

Storing Organizational Information-Databases

Accessing Organizational Information-Data Warehouse

Enabling the Organization-Decision Making

Extending the Organization-Supply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organization-Customer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to End-Enterprise Resource Planning

Creating Innovative Organizations

Ebusiness

Creating Collaborative Partnerships

Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

Developing Software to Streamline Operations

Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

Managing Organizational Projects

Developing a 21st-Century Organization

Business Basics

Business Process

Hardware and Software Basics

Mis Infrastructures

Networks and Telecommunications

Information Security

Ethics

Sustainable Mis Infrastructures

Business Intelligence

Global Information Systems

Global Trends

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