Deck 1: Introduction and Overview of Manufacturing

Question 1

Which of the following industries are classified as secondary industries (three correct answers):

A)beverages
B)financial services
C)fishing
D)power utilities
E)publishing
F)Transportation

Answer 1

beverages
power utilities
publishing

Question 2

Mining is classified in which one of the following industry categories:

A)agricultural industry
B)manufacturing industry
C)primary industry
D)secondary industry
E)service industry
F)tertiary industry

Answer 2

primary industry

Question 3

Inventions of the Industrial Revolution include which one of the following:

A)automobile
B)cannon
C)printing press
D)steam engine
E)sword

Answer 3

steam engine

Question 4

Products purchased by companies to produce products or provide services are called which one of the following:

A)assembled products
B)capital goods
C)consumer goods
D)final products
E)manufactured products

Question 5

The term plant capacity refers to the maximum rate of production that a factory can achieve under assumed labor manning levels, hours of operation per week, and other operating conditions:

Question 6

Ferrous metals include which of the following (two correct answers):

A)aluminum
B)cast iron
C)copper
D)gold
E)steel

Question 7

Which one of the following engineering materials is defined as a compound containing metallic and nonmetallic elements:

A)ceramic
B)composite
C)metal
D)polymer

Question 8

A unit operation is defined as a single manufacturing step in the sequence of steps required to transform a starting material into a final part or product:

Question 9

The term vulcanization is associated with which one of the following:

A)adhesives
B)bronze
C)fire
D)rubber
E)wood

Question 10

Which of the following processes start with a material that is in a fluid or semifluid state and solidifies the material in a cavity (two correct answers):

A)casting
B)forging
C)machining
D)molding
E)pressing
F)Turning

Question 11

Particulate processing of metals involves which two of the following steps:

A)adhesive bonding
B)deformation
C)forging
D)material removal
E)melting
F)pressing
G)Sintering

Question 12

Deformation processes include which of the following (two correct answers):

A)casting
B)drilling
C)extrusion
D)forging
E)milling
F)painting
G)Sintering

Question 13

Which of the following operations are classified as material removal processes (three correct answers):

A)anodizing
B)brazing
C)forging
D)grinding
E)milling
F)sintering
G)Turning

Question 14

Which of the following are referred to as thin film deposition processes (two correct answers):

A)chemical vapor deposition
B)electroplating
C)extrusion
D)painting
E)physical vapor deposition

Question 15

Which one of the following is a type of machine used to perform extrusion:

A)forge hammer
B)milling machine
C)rolling mill
D)press
E)torch

Question 16

Which of the following features and terms are associated with batch production:

A)cellular manufacturing
B)mass production
C)medium quantity production
D)production equipment is dedicated to one product
E)setup time between batches is a disadvantage

Question 17

High-volume production of assembled products is most closely associated with which one of the following layout types:

A)cellular layout
B)fixed position layout
C)process layout
D)product layout

Question 18

A production planning and control department accomplishes which of the following functions in its role of providing manufacturing support (two best answers):

A)designs and orders machine tools
B)develops corporate strategic plans
C)orders materials and purchased parts
D)performs quality inspections
E)schedules the order of products on a machine

Question 19

A typical production cycle time consists of which of the following elements (three best answers):

A)actual processing time
B)inspection time
C)rest breaks for the worker
D)time to withdraw starting materials from storage
E)tool fabrication time
F)tool handling time
G)work handling time

Question 20

Which of the following cost categories are considered to be variable costs rather than fixed costs (two correct answers):

A)direct labor
B)equipment
C)insurance
D)maintenance
E)work material
F)research and development

Question 21

A product's total manufacturing costs typically constitute what proportion of the product's selling price:

A)10%
B)20%
C)40%
D)60%
E)80%

Question 22

In the context of production equipment in a factory, the term availability is best defined by which one of the following:

A)downtime proportion
B)hourly operating cost
C)proportion of good products
D)proportion uptime
E)utilization

Question 23

One of the first applications of digital computers in manufacturing was direct numerical control, which is best described by which one of the following:

A)computers used to count work units on a production line
B)flexible manufacturing
C)mainframe computers used to remotely control machine tools in a factory
D)personal computers used to schedule production
E)shop floor control