The two bin system is concerned with
A. Ordering procedure
B. Forecasting sales
C. Production planning
D. Despatching and expediting
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Work study is concerned with
A. Improving present method and finding standard time
B. Motivation of workers
C. Improving production capability
D. Improving production planning and control
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Activity slack or float of any event on a PERT/CPM chart is represented by
A. Latest start time of succeeding event earliest finish time of preceding event activity time
B. Latest start time of the event earliest start time of the event
C. Latest finish time of event earliest finish time of the event
D. Anyone of the above
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Acceptance sampling is widely used in
A. Batch production
B. Job production
C. Mass production
D. All of the above
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Dummy activities are used to
A. Determine the critical path
B. Determine the project completion time
C. Maintain the required net work
D. None of these
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The time which results in the least possible direct cost of an activity is known as
A. Normal time
B. Slow time
C. Crash time
D. Standard time
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When slack of an activity is negative
A. It represents a situation where extra resources are available and the completion of project is not delayed
B. It represents that a programme falls behind schedule and additional resources are required to complete the project in time
C. The activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the completion of whole project
D. All of the above
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When slack of an activity is positive
A. It represents a situation where extra resources are available and the completion of project is not delayed
B. It represents that a programme falls behind schedule and additional resources are required to complete the project in time
C. The activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the completion of whole project
D. Any one of the above
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If TL is the largest allowable event occurrence time, total activity slack (s) is equal to
A. Latest start time earliest start time
B. Latest finish time earliest finish time (EFT)
C. TLEFT
D. All of the above
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Tick the odd man out
A. Taylor
B. Drucker
C. McGregor
D. Galileo
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The salient feature of functional organisation is
A. Strict adherence to specification
B. Separation of planning and design part
C. Each individual maintains functional efficiency
D. All of the above
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The grouping of activities into organizational units is called
A. Corporate plans
B. Higher level management
C. Functional authority
D. Departmentation
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If E is the duration, ES and EF are die earliest start and finish times, LS and LF are latest start and finish times, then the following relation holds good
A. EF = ES + D
B. LS = LFD
C. LF = LS + D
D. All of the above
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The artificial activity, which indicates that an activity following it cannot be started unless, the preceding activity is complete, is known as
A. Event
B. Free float
C. Artificial
D. Dummy
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In time study, the rating factor is applied to determine
A. Standard time of a job
B. Merit rating of the worker
C. Fixation of incentive rate
D. Normal time of a worker
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In a line organization
A. Responsibility of each individual is fixed
B. Discipline is strong
C. Quick decisions are taken
D. All of these
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The value engineering technique in which experts of the same rank assemble for product development is called
A. Delphi
B. Brain storming
C. Morphological analysis
D. Direct expert comparison
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What does symbol 'V' employ in work study
A. Operation
B. Inspection
C. Delay/ temporary Storage
D. Permanent storage
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What does symbol 'D' imply in work study?
A. Inspection
B. Transport
C. Delay/temporary storage
D. Permanent storage
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What does symbol 'O' imply in work study?
A. Operation
B. Inspection
C. Transport
D. Delay/temporary storage
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