Question 1

A learning percentage of 98% implies 2% learning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 hour
B)  2 hours
C)  3 hours
D)  4 hours
E)  5 hours C

Question 3

The learning percentage can be determined from a learning curve table.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

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.What is the expected time required to produce the 40th unit?

Accepted Answer

A)  3.2 hours
B)  4.4 hours
C)  5.9 hours
D)  3.7 hours
E)  2.2 hours

Question 5

On a log-log graph,learning curves appear as:

Accepted Answer

A)  upward-curving lines.
B)  downward-curving lines.
C)  straight lines.
D)  lines which increase at a decreasing rate.
E)  lines which decrease at a decreasing rate.

Question 6

Learning percentages can not be determined from:

Accepted Answer

A)  the estimates based on past experience
B)  fitting a power function to past data.
C)  fitting a linear function to the log of past data.
D)  the industry learning slope
E)  a 100% curve

Question 7

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  29
B)  27
C)  25
D)  24
E)  21

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

If an 80% curve is appropriate for a task and the first unit takes ten hours,the average time for the first two units would be eight hours.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A job has an 80% learning curve.If the first unit took 40 hours to complete,the fourth unit should take roughly how many hours?

Accepted Answer

A)  20
B)  26
C)  31
D)  35
E)  40

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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.What is the appropriate learning curve?

Accepted Answer

A)  70 percent
B)  75 percent
C)  80 percent
D)  85 percent
E)  90 percent

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  8.0 hours
B)  10.0 hours
C)  12.0 hours
D)  A 100 percent learning curve cannot exist.
E)  2 hours

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  58%
B)  55%
C)  61%
D)  50%
E)  It is impossible to say without additional information.

Question 17

Which of the following conveys the essence of learning curves?

Accepted Answer

A)  As the number of units produced increase,time per unit increases.
B)  As the number of units produced decrease,time per unit increases.
C)  As the number of units produced increase,time per unit remains constant.
D)  As the number of units produced increase,time per unit doubles.
E)  As the number of units produced increase,time per unit decreases.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)  5 hours
B)  6 hours
C)  6.25 hours
D)  6.33 hours
E)  6.5 hours

Question 19

The fact that human activities typically improve when they are done on a repetitive basis is described by a:

Accepted Answer

A)  normal distribution curve.
B)  learning curve.
C)  binomial distribution curve.
D)  exponential curve.
E)  man-machine chart

Question 20

Learning curves can be used to understand how direct labour costs per unit can be expected to decrease as more units are produced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Learning Curves

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 tenth unit?

The learning percentage can be determined from a learning curve table.

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.What is the expected time required to produce the 40^th unit?

On a log-log graph,learning curves appear as:

Learning percentages can not be determined from:

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?

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

If an 80% curve is appropriate for a task and the first unit takes ten hours,the average time for the first two units would be eight hours.

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.

A job has an 80% learning curve.If the first unit took 40 hours to complete,the fourth unit should take roughly how many hours?

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

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.What is the appropriate learning curve?

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?

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

Which of the following conveys the essence of learning curves?

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

The fact that human activities typically improve when they are done on a repetitive basis is described by a:

Learning curves can be used to understand how direct labour costs per unit can be expected to decrease as more units are produced.