11/5/2017 Chain Reaction_Round 1

Chain Reaction_Round 1
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Q1. When it is desired to monitor the number of defects per unit,

which chart is desirable: (1 Mark)
p-chart

c-chart
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R-chart

X-chart

Q2. Given Demand = 8/hr; Safety Stock=10% of the expected

demand; Container size is 10 units & Lead time for replenishment is
4 hours. Calculate the number of Kanbans required. (2 Mark)
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Q3. Name the in uential author in the eld of Operations and

Supply chain management who introduced a revolutionary
approach to operations management(1 Mark)

Your answer

Q4. What type of process would a paper mill be most likely to use?
(1 Mark)
Continuous ow

Project
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Job shop

Assembly line

Q5. Mr. Saleem, a project manager, is preparing the budget for a

particular project. There are several inputs to the budgeting
process that Mr. Saleem will use. One of the things that he will not
use is the: (1 Mark)
Cost estimation.

Project schedule.

Cost baseline.

Work breakdown structure.

Q6. What technique deals with the problem of supplying su cient

facilities to production lines or individuals that require uneven
service? (1 Mark)
Supply-Demand theory

PERT

Inventory theory

Queuing theory

Q7. A manufacturer has been receiving excessive numbers of

defective standard machine parts from a vendor on a regular basis.
What is the most effective way to design a formal inspection
system for incoming parts? (1 Mark)
Queuing analysis
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Queu g a a ys s

Time series analysis

Statistical quality control

Regression analysis

Q8. In CPM, at the completion of the forward and backward passes,

the slack for an activity is given by the (1 Mark)
difference between early start and early nish

difference between early start and latest nish

difference between latest start and early nish

amount of idle labor on the critical path

Q9. A project has three paths: ABC has a length of 25 days. A

DC has a length of 15 days. AEC has a length of 20 days.
Which of the following statements is correct? (1 Mark)
ADC is the critical path.

ABC has the most slack.

The expected duration of the project is 25 days.

The expected duration of this project is 60 days.

Q10. For a job shop production (1 Mark)

layout by process is most suitable

layout by product is most suitable

Assembly line layout is suitable

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Variable layout is suitable

Q11. A xed interval system of inventory replenishment (1 Mark)

adds the same predetermined amount to inventory each time replenishment
occurs

is suitable for joint replenishment items

is triggered at the reorder level

requires perpetual monitoring of inventory records

Q12. A ballpoint pen manufacturing company was able to reduce

changeover time of the re ll machine for moving from black ink
re ll to blue ink re ll manufacturing from 20 minutes to one minute.
This process improvement technique is known as ? (1 Mark)

Your answer

Q13. This logistics management technique was rst used and

pioneered by U.S. Military and later popularized by Walmart. Name
this technique. (1 Mark)

Your answer

Q14. Which of the following is not a root cause analysis technique?

(1 Mark)
Pareto Analysis

Fishbone Diagram
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5W&1H analysis

Ishikawa Diagram

Q15. A tractor company is planning for a demand forecast of 48000

tractors for the upcoming year. Calculate minimum number of
assembly workers that would be required? It is given that a worker
is available for 8 hours in a day. And it takes 2 hours and 6 minutes
to build a tractor and the factory works in single shift of 8 hours
every day for 300 days in a year. (2 Mark)

Your answer

A small chemical factory supplies drums of sulphuric acid to

nearby textile plant. Annual demand of sulphuric acid is 600
drums. Cost of each drum is Rs. 120. Ordering involves some
paperwork and ordering cost can be safely assumed to be Rs 10
per order. Inventory carrying cost is 25% of the unit cost. There
are 2 kinds of vehicles available for transport. A mini-truck can
carry upto 10 drums at a time. Also, there is big truck with
capacity 30 drums at a time.

Refer above paragraph for Q16 & Q17

Q16. What is economic order quantity for the textile manufacturer?

(1 Mark)
10

20
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None of the above

Q17. Which truck should be used to minimize cost? (1 Mark)

Mini truck

Big Truck

Costs will be same for both

Data is insu cient

Q18. X and Y are both well known project management techniques

. While X follows a deterministic model and is used when the time
required for completing any activity could be determined
reasonably; Y is a technique which follows a probabilistic model
taking into account the uncertainties in completion time of any
activity. Name Y. (1 Mark)

Your answer

Q19. What is Poka-Yoke? (1 Mark)

Root cause analysis technique

Statistical quality control technique

Fool proo ng technique

Inventory management technique

Q20. Name the bottleneck process (1 Mark)

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