Practice Test: Question Set - 13
1. F. W. Taylor introduced a system of organisation known as
- (A) Line
organisation
- (B) Functional
organisation
- (C) Line
and staff organisation
- (D) Line,
staff and functional organisation
2. String diagram is used when
- (A) Team of workers is
working at a place
- (B) Material handling is
to be done
- (C) Idle time is to be
reduced
- (D) All of the above
3. Father of industrial engineering is
- (A) Jack Gilbert
- (B) Gantt
- (C) Taylor
- (D) Newton
4. Break-even analysis consists of
- (A) Fixed
expenses
- (B) Variable
cost
- (C) Sales
revenue
- (D) All
of these
5. In the Emerson efficiency plan, a worker receives only his daily wage and no bonus is paid till his efficiency reaches
- (A) 50%
- (B) 66.67%
- (C) 75%
- (D) 80%
6. A feasible solution to the linear programming problem should
- (A) Satisfy
the problem constraints
- (B) Optimise
the objective function
- (C) Satisfy
the problem constraints and non-negativity restrictions
- (D) Satisfy
the non-negativity restrictions
7. In perpetual inventory control, the material is checked as it reaches its
- (A) Minimum value
- (B) Maximum value
- (C) Average value
- (D) Middle value
8. The work study is done by means of
- (A) Planning
chart
- (B) Process
chart
- (C) Stop
watch
- (D) Any
one of these
9. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following
- (A) An activity of the
project is denoted by an arrow on the net work
- (B) The tail of the arrow
indicates the start of the activity
- (C) The head of the arrow
indicates the end of the activity
- (D) The arrows are drawn
(to scale from) left to right
10. 'O' on a PERT/CPM chart represents
- (A) An ordinary event
- (B) A significant event
representing some milestone
- (C) An event to be
transferred to other network chart
- (D) Dangling event
11. Choose the wrong statement Time study is used to
- (A) Determine overhead
expenses
- (B) Provide a basis for
setting piece prices or incentive wages
- (C) Determine standard costs
- (D) Determine the
capability of an operator to handle the number of machines
12. The interchangeability can be achieved by
- (A) Standardization
- (B) Better
process planning
- (C) Bonus
plan
- (D) Better
product planning
13. In inventory control, the economic order quantity is the
- (A) Optimum lot size
- (B) Highest level of
inventory
- (C) Lot corresponding to
break-even point
- (D) Capability of a plant
to produce
14. Works cost implies
- (A) Primary cost
- (B) Factory cost
- (C) Factory expenses
- (D) Primary cost +
factory expenses
15. The chart which gives an estimate about the amount of materials handling between various work stations is known as
- (A) Flow
chart
- (B) Process
chart
- (C) Travel
chart
- (D) Operation
chart
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