Deck 36: Process Planning and Production Control

Question 1

The manufacturing support systems are the procedures and systems used by a company to solve the technical and logistics problems encountered in planning the processes, ordering materials, controlling production, and ensuring that the company's products meet required quality specifications:

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The manufacturing engineering department in an organization is best described as which one of the following:

A)branch of the sales department
B)concurrent engineers
C)management
D)product designers
E)production supervisors
F)technical staff function

Answer 2

technical staff function

Question 3

Which of the following are the usual responsibilities of the manufacturing engineering department (four best answers):

A)advising on design for manufacturability
B)facilities planning
C)marketing the product
D)plant management
E)process improvement
F)process planning
G)product design
H)solving technical problems in the production departments
I)supervision of production workers

Answer 3

advising on design for manufacturability
process improvement
process planning
solving technical problems in the production departments

Question 4

In the sequence of manufacturing processes used to produce a part, a basic process establishes the final geometry of the part, whereas secondary processes are used to enhance properties and provide coatings (e.g., painting or plating) on the part surface:

Question 5

Which of the following are considered basic processes, as opposed to secondary processes (four correct answers):

A)annealing
B)anodizing
C)drilling
D)electroplating
E)forward hot extrusion to produce aluminum bar stock
F)impression die forging
G)rolling of sheet steel
H)sand casting
I)sheet-metal stamping
J)spot welding
K)surface grinding of hardened steel
L)tempering of martensitic steel
M)turning

Question 6

Which of the following would be considered secondary processes, as opposed to basic processes (four correct answers):

A)annealing
B)arc welding
C)drilling
D)electroplating
E)extrusion to produce steel automotive components
F)impression die forging
G)painting
H)plastic injection molding
I)rolling of sheet steel
J)sand casting
K)sheet-metal stamping
L)sintering of pressed ceramic powders
M)ultrasonic machining

Question 7

Which of the following are operations to enhance physical properties (three correct answers):

A)annealing
B)anodizing
C)die casting
D)drilling
E)electroplating
F)rolling of nickel alloys
G)sheet metal drawing
H)sintering of pressed ceramic powders
I)surface grinding of hardened steel
J)tempering of martensitic steel
K)turning
L)ultrasonic cleaning

Question 8

A route sheet is a document whose principal function is which one of the following:

A)continuous improvement
B)design for manufacturability
C)provides authorization for material handlers to move the part
D)quality inspection procedure
E)specifies the process plan
F)specifies the detailed method for a given operation

Question 9

In a make or buy situation, the decision should always be to purchase the component if the vendor's quoted price is less than the in-house estimated cost of the component:

Question 10

Which one of the following types of computer-aided process planning relies on parts classification and coding in group technology:

A)generative CAPP
B)retrieval CAPP
C)traditional process planning
D)none of the preceding

Question 11

Concurrent engineering refers to an approach to product design in which companies attempt to increase the elapsed time to bring a new product to market by integrating design engineering, manufacturing engineering, and other functions in the company:

Question 12

Which one of the following terms best describes the overall function of production planning and control:

A)inventory control
B)manufacturing logistics
C)manufacturing engineering
D)mass production
E)product design

Question 13

Which of the following are the three categories of items usually listed in the master production schedule:

A)components used to build the final products
B)firm customer orders
C)general product lines
D)orders for maintenance and spare parts
E)sales forecasts
F)spare tires

Question 14

Material requirements planning (MRP) is a computational procedure used to convert the detailed schedule for raw materials and components used in end products into the master production schedule for end products:

Question 15

With which of the following manufacturing resources is capacity requirements planning primarily concerned (two best answers):

A)component parts
B)direct labor
C)inventory storage space
D)production equipment
E)raw materials

Question 16

Plant capacity adjustments that can be made in the short term include which of the following (three best answers):

A)buying out a competing company
B)increasing or decreasing the number of hours per shift
C)increasing or decreasing the number of shifts per week
D)increasing or decreasing the number of workers
E)purchasing new equipment
F)opening a new plant

Question 17

The three modules in shop floor control are which of the following (three best answers):

A)capacity planning
B)master production scheduling
C)material requirements planning
D)order planning
E)order progress
F)order release
G)order scheduling
H)shipping

Question 18

Machine loading refers most closely to which one of the following:

A)assigning jobs to a work center
B)floor foundation in the factory
C)managing work-in-process in the factory
D)releasing orders to the shop
E)sequencing jobs through a machine

Question 19

Small batch sizes are made economically feasible by increasing the setup time for each batch:

Question 20

In comparing a just-in-time system with material requirements planning, JIT is a push system of production control, whereas MRP is a pull system:

Question 21

The word kanban is most closely associated with which one of the following:

A)capacity planning
B)just-in-time production
C)master production schedule
D)material requirements planning

Question 22

Autonomation refers to the design of production machines that operate autonomously so long as they function the way they are supposed to, but if and when they do not operate that way, they are designed to stop:

Question 23

In lean production, which of the following are principles and objectives most closely associated with autonomation (three best answers):

A)continuous improvement
B)error prevention
C)just-in-time
D)stop the process
E)total productive maintenance
F)visual management
G)worker involvement

Question 24

Of the following types of maintenance, which one should be avoided whenever possible:

A)emergency maintenance
B)predictive maintenance
C)preventive maintenance

Question 25

In lean production, which of the following are principles and objectives most closely associated with worker involvement (three best answers):

A)continuous improvement
B)error prevention
C)just-in-time
D)standard work procedures
E)total productive maintenance
F)visual management