1.

Production management is responsible for

(a) Delivery
(b) Requirement analysis
(c) Transformation of raw material into product
(d) Collecting Garbage
2. Which of the following is not a function of Production Management?
(a) The selection of raw material for the product
(b) Quality Check
(c) Estimating
(d) Routing
3. Production management involves which elements of management
(a) Capital
(b) Labour
(c) Organisation
(d) All of the above
4. Decision on Plant Layout and Location are concerned with
(a) System Design
(b) System Operation
(c) System Control
(d) None of the above
5. Production System that enables for maximizing the scale advantage is
(a) Flow Type
(b) Intermittent Type
(c) Batch Type
(d) None of the above

6. Layout Planning is to
(a) Allow workers to operate more efficiently
(b) Allow equipment to operate more efficiently
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

7. Plan layout is also known as

(a) Production Layout
(b) Facility Layout
(c) Activity Layout
(d) None of the above
8. Factor/s affecting the Layout Planning is/are
(a) Material Handling
(b) Manufacturing Process
(c) Location
(d) All of the above
9. The important concern of production Management is
(a) Control of the production
(b) Wastage of production
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
10.What is production called in an overview?
(a) Conversion of finished products in to raw material
(b) Conversion of raw material in to finished products
(c) Recycling
(d) All of the above

11.In productive firm, which of the following is/are the essential factor/s to
carry out production?
(a) At the lowest cost
(b) Quality of goods
(c) Produced at proper time
(d) All of the above
12.A process is a
(a) Sequence of activities to achieve some results
(b) Sequence of other processes to achieve some results

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) All of the above
13.What does a conversion process mean in production Management?
(a) Conversion of raw material into finished products
(b) Conversion of finished products into raw materials
(c) Conversion of one process into other processes
(d) Conversion of two processes into one process
14.A quality control system performs
(a) Inspection
(b) Testing
(c) Analysis
(d) All of the above
15.The production cost includes
(a) The place for production
(b) The raw material
(c) The quality of the product
(d) All of the above
16.Function of Product Management is /are
(a) Organizing
(b) Planning
(c) Directing
(d) All of the above
17.In which way production management is helpful in business
development?
(a) It gets us more production
(b) Economic size of production
(c) Better quality
(d) All of above
18.Production management is helpful in business development in all of these
ways except

(a) Low cost of production

(b) Better Quality
(c) Less Production
(d) None of the above
19. How production management is helpful for communities?
(a) In Economic Stability
(b) In social Stability
(c) Required product
(d) All of the above
20.Production management is helpful for communities in all of these ways
except
(a) Appropriate Product
(b) Eco-Friendly product
(c) Environment Friendly product
(d) None of the above
21.How production management is helpful for Consumer?
(a) Better Quality Product
(b) Optimum use of Product
(c) Products available at right time
(d) All of the above
22.To implement a TQM strategy, an organization needs to adhere to certain
principles. Which of the following is not one of them?
(a) Order in small lots
(b) Universal responsibility
(c) Customers satisfaction
(d) Continuous improvement
23.Chief objective of any firm running production of some product is to
(a) Maximize profit through the minimization of cost of production
(b) Minimize profit through the maximization of cost of production
(c) Producing more and more irrelevant of cost and wastage of the
production.
(d) Keep cost minimum irrelevant of quality of product

24. ------------- are essential conditions for making JIT system.

(a) Team work
(b) Supplier involvement
(c) Discipline
(d) All of the above
25.Production includes creation of
(a) Tangible goods
(b) Intangible goods
(c) Both tangible goods as well as intangible
(d) Only raw material
(e) None of these
26.Production system is ---------as
(a) Conversion sub system
(b) Control sub system
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
27.Production system receives input in the form of
(a) Materials
(b) Personnel
(c) Capital
(d) Utilities and information
(e) All of these
28.Function/s of production management is/are
(a) Production planning,controlling,co-ordinating
(b) Production Budget
(c) Operation layout
(d) All of these
29.F.W.Taylor contributes in
(a) Time Study
(b) Motion Study
(c) Fatigue Study
(d) Training

(e) All of these

30.The impact of the industrial revolution was first felt in
(a) America
(b) England
(c) India
(d) China
(e) None of these
31.JIT is used for inventory control by Toyota
(a) True
(b) Partially false
(c) False
(d) None of the above
32.What is six sigma?
(a) 34 per 1,000
(b) 34 per 10,000
(c) 34 per 1,00,000
(d) 34 per 10,00,0000
33.The concept of continuous improvement as applied to quality means
(a) Employees will continue to get better
(b) Process will be improved by a lot of small improvements
(c) The functionality of products will be enhanced
(d) Improved technology will be added to process, such as acquiring
CASE tools
34.Quality is
(a) Meeting requirement
(b) Zero defect
(c) Customer satisfaction
(d) All of the above
35.The primary responsibility of quality lies with
(a) Senior management
(b) Quality control
(c) production management

(d) None of these

36. Pharmaceutical company belongs to ____________________________
manufacturing process.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Process
Mass
Batch
Job

37. volume, Variety & Flow are the three aspects which must be considered in
the process of _____________________________
(a) Process Design
(b) Quality control
(c) Product design
(d) None of these
(e)
38. Items are produced in large quantities for stock, not
according
to
customer
orders
is
characteristic
of
___________________________
a) Process
b) Mass
c) Batch
d) Job
39. What is the main objective of supply chain?
a) Profit maximization
b) Value maximization
c) Logistic control
d) Minimum supply cost
40. Dell supply chain is characterized by
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Individual customization
Zero product variety
Vertical integration
Lean production systems
Long-term relationship with the suppliers

41. The specific concerns of total quality management (TQM) include a number
of aspects. Which is not normally associated with TQM?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Inclusion of every person in the organization

Covering all parts of the organization
Meeting the needs and expectations of customers
Primarily a worker rather than a management activity

42.Which of the following would not normally be considered as a costs of

quality?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Warranty costs
Prevention costs
Internal failure costs
Marketing costs
Research and development costs
Inspection costs

43. Six sigma is based on a simple problem solving methodology known as:
a) DMACC
b) DELAY
c) DMAIC

d)

DRIM

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