Question 1

Which of the following statements best reflects the approach state and local governments take to influence the location decisions of businesses?

Accepted Answer

A)   State and local governments often engage in fierce competition to attract businesses, including the offer of tax breaks, zoning changes, and financial aid.
B)   State and local governments try to avoid competition with other areas, because such competition usually backfires and creates ill will.
C)   State and local governments no longer pursue new businesses, because they have found that attempts to attract businesses are usually too expensive to justify the results.
D)   State and local governments work primarily through the federal government and the Small Business Administration to obtain financial assistance for firms seeking to locate in their area.

Question 2

A production process characterized by long production runs to turn out finished goods over time is known as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   assembly process.
B)   continuous process.
C)   extended process.
D)   unrestricted process.

Question 3

Production management is the traditional term used to describe all the activities managers do to help their firms create

Accepted Answer

A)   resources.
B)   goods.
C)   services.
D)   equities.

Question 4

Which of the following is a likely reason that a company would move its facility from one location to another?

Accepted Answer

A)   availability of expensive labor
B)   higher quotas on competing goods
C)   access to various modes of transportation
D)   availability of a retired workforce

Question 5

Manufacturing firms focus exclusively on the production of goods and allow other firms to provide services.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Operations management involves inventory management, quality control, and production scheduling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following would be most helpful to a production manager who wanted to determine the minimum time required to complete a proposed project?

Accepted Answer

A)   TQM
B)   CAD/CAM
C)   ERP
D)   PERT

Question 8

To strengthen its manufacturing base, the U.S. will need to continue to innovate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Modular facilities layouts consist of

Accepted Answer

A)   teams of workers who work together on a complex assembly.
B)   lines of workers who do a small series of tasks and then pass along the product through the line to the next worker.
C)   virtual companies and their supplier relationships.
D)   workers who have a model in front of them that they try to replicate several times.

Question 10

Telecommuting has diminished in popularity as a strategy for linking employees with work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is an important part of operations management?

Accepted Answer

A)   determining the best means of financing the firm's operations
B)   developing the best advertising strategy to promote a firm's products
C)   deciding whether to pay a dividend to the firm's stockholders
D)   choosing the best location for a firm's facilities

Question 12

Since U.S. manufacturing competes on price throughout the world, innovation plays a very small part in the U.S. economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

An assembly production process is characterized by long production runs that turn out finished goods over time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

So far, the high cost of CAD/CAM techniques has limited their use to large, expensive manufactured goods such as automobiles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Although lean manufacturing attempts to reduce the amount of labor used in the manufacturing process, it typically does so by increasing the amount of most of the other resources used in the production process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

To reduce the cost of holding too much inventory, many companies have implemented

Accepted Answer

A)   ABC inventory management.
B)   first-in, last-out inventory control.
C)   just-in-time inventory control.
D)   maximum inventory management.

Question 17

The purpose of determining the critical path on a PERT network is to

Accepted Answer

A)   identify the sequence of tasks that takes the longest to complete.
B)   estimate a payment schedule so that a budget can be established.
C)   find the sequence of events that is the most expensive to complete.
D)   establish a delivery schedule for a just-in-time inventory control program.

Question 18

Lean manufacturing ________ productivity.

Accepted Answer

A)   increases
B)   decreases
C)   has no effect on
D)   removes the need for added

Question 19

Someday, ________ could revolutionize the production of many items. For now, however, it is mostly used to create prototypes and molds.

Accepted Answer

A)   CID
B)   3D printing
C)   CAD
D)   CAM

Question 20

According to the Making Ethical Decisions box "Should We Stay or Should We Go?" a firm must give its employees ________ before closing and/or moving to another location.

Accepted Answer

A)   bonuses equal to 1½ times their regular monthly pay
B)   2 weeks notice
C)   a golden handshake
D)   60 days' notice

Exam 9: Production and Operations Management

Someday, ________ could revolutionize the production of many items. For now, however, it is mostly used to create prototypes and molds.

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The purpose of determining the critical path on a PERT network is to

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Although lean manufacturing attempts to reduce the amount of labor used in the manufacturing process, it typically does so by increasing the amount of most of the other resources used in the production process.

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Which of the following would be most helpful to a production manager who wanted to determine the minimum time required to complete a proposed project?

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Operations management involves inventory management, quality control, and production scheduling.

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Modular facilities layouts consist of

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A production process characterized by long production runs to turn out finished goods over time is known as a(n)

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Since U.S. manufacturing competes on price throughout the world, innovation plays a very small part in the U.S. economy.

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According to the Making Ethical Decisions box "Should We Stay or Should We Go?" a firm must give its employees ________ before closing and/or moving to another location.

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Which of the following statements best reflects the approach state and local governments take to influence the location decisions of businesses?

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To reduce the cost of holding too much inventory, many companies have implemented

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To strengthen its manufacturing base, the U.S. will need to continue to innovate.

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An assembly production process is characterized by long production runs that turn out finished goods over time.

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Lean manufacturing ________ productivity.

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Manufacturing firms focus exclusively on the production of goods and allow other firms to provide services.

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Production management is the traditional term used to describe all the activities managers do to help their firms create

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Telecommuting has diminished in popularity as a strategy for linking employees with work.

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Which of the following is a likely reason that a company would move its facility from one location to another?

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So far, the high cost of CAD/CAM techniques has limited their use to large, expensive manufactured goods such as automobiles.

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Which of the following is an important part of operations management?

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