Question 1

The general guidelines provided in the textbook on improving individual learning based on learning curves does not include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Proper training 
B) Work specialization 
C) Early removal of workers who do not improve 
D) Motivation 
E) Doing one or very few jobs at a time

Question 2

A company can produce a small lot of products the first time at a cost of $2,000.If their 85 percent learning curve allows them to reduce their costs on each lot,what is the total cost of producing 5 lots?

Accepted Answer

A) $10,000.00 
B) $9,376.50 
C) $8,062.00 
D) $4,031.00 
E) $1,191.20

Question 3

You are a consultant called in to estimate the costs after the employees learn how to do a job more efficiently by repetition.You find a company can produce a product the first time at a cost of $2,500.If their 65 percent Learning Curve allows them to reduce their costs on each product,what is the total cost of producing 400 units of the new product?

Accepted Answer

A) $100,000 
B) $78,900 
C) $58,600 
D) $45,765 
E) $37,850

Question 4

If a person performing a task has been achieving an 85 percent learning curve and if it took 1 minute to produce the first unit,what will be the total time to produce 1,000 units?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

A company can produce a product the first time at a cost of $2,500.If their 85 percent Learning Curve allows them to reduce their costs on each product,what is the total cost of producing 400 units of the new product?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A company can produce a product the...

Question 6

You have just timed a person doing a job a few times.The first time it took the person 25 minutes,the second time it took 20 minutes and the third time it took 17.55 minutes.Which learning curve unit improvement factor should you use?

Accepted Answer

A) 25 percent 
B) 75 percent 
C) 80 percent 
D) 85 percent 
E) 90 percent

Question 7

At the 10th repetition of job it is timed at 100 minutes.If the learning curve for this job is 80 percent,what is the estimated time for the 100th repetition of this job?

Accepted Answer

A) 47.65 minutes 
B) 62.50 minutes 
C) 80 minutes 
D) 92.50 minutes 
E) 100 minutes

Question 8

Which of the following is a reason that there are disparities between a firm's learning curve rate and that of its industry?

Accepted Answer

A) Companies don't always report sensitive data to outside agencies accurately 
B) Learning curves don't reflect organizational learning 
C) Procedural differences in the manner that data were aggregated 
D) The starting points for different firms were different 
E) The cumulative number of units produced is different

Question 9

Describe an example of industrial learning where learning curve analysis might be useful?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 100 minutes and the second time they do the task it takes 90 minutes.You should use a 90 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A company's production process has a 90 percent learning rate.The process has produced 1,000 units to date.A process refinement is estimated to allow a future learning rate for the identical product of 70 percent.However,the initial unit made using the new process will take the same amount of time as the initial unit produced using the old process.At what point,using the new process,will the production rate exceed the production rate achieved by the old process?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 100 minutes and the fourth time they do the task it takes 81 minutes.You should use an 81 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Learning curves can be applied to individuals and to organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A learning curve shows the decrease in time required for each successive unit completed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A company can produce a small lot of products the first time at a cost of $3,000.If their 65 percent learning curve allows them to reduce their costs on each lot,what is the cost of producing the 12th lot?

Accepted Answer

A) $14,340 
B) $3,000 
C) $2,896 
D) $640.50 
E) $213.50

Question 16

If a person performing a task has been achieving an 85 percent learning curve and if it took 1 minute to produce the first unit,the total time to produce 1,000 units will be 437.5 minutes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

You are a consultant called in to estimate the costs after the employees learn how to do a job more efficiently by repetition of new product.You find a company can produce a product the first time at a cost of $5,000.If their 90 percent learning curve allows them to reduce their costs on each unit,what is the total cost of producing 100 units of the new product?

Accepted Answer

A) $500,000 
B) $390,000 
C) $290,700 
D) $250,687 
E) $250,000

Exam 22: Learning Curves

The general guidelines provided in the textbook on improving individual learning based on learning curves does not include which of the following?

A company can produce a small lot of products the first time at a cost of $2,000.If their 85 percent learning curve allows them to reduce their costs on each lot,what is the total cost of producing 5 lots?

If a person performing a task has been achieving an 85 percent learning curve and if it took 1 minute to produce the first unit,what will be the total time to produce 1,000 units?

A company can produce a product the first time at a cost of $2,500.If their 85 percent Learning Curve allows them to reduce their costs on each product,what is the total cost of producing 400 units of the new product?

You have just timed a person doing a job a few times.The first time it took the person 25 minutes,the second time it took 20 minutes and the third time it took 17.55 minutes.Which learning curve unit improvement factor should you use?

At the 10^th repetition of job it is timed at 100 minutes.If the learning curve for this job is 80 percent,what is the estimated time for the 100^th repetition of this job?

Which of the following is a reason that there are disparities between a firm's learning curve rate and that of its industry?

Describe an example of industrial learning where learning curve analysis might be useful?

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 100 minutes and the second time they do the task it takes 90 minutes.You should use a 90 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 100 minutes and the fourth time they do the task it takes 81 minutes.You should use an 81 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

Learning curves can be applied to individuals and to organizations.

A learning curve shows the decrease in time required for each successive unit completed.

A company can produce a small lot of products the first time at a cost of $3,000.If their 65 percent learning curve allows them to reduce their costs on each lot,what is the cost of producing the 12^th lot?

If a person performing a task has been achieving an 85 percent learning curve and if it took 1 minute to produce the first unit,the total time to produce 1,000 units will be 437.5 minutes.