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Industrial Engineering practice exam - Set 13

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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