Operations Management

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Quiz sobre Operations Management, criado por Clair Hat em 29-07-2016.
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Questão 1

Questão
________________ is made up of activities which add value to the products or services it provides.
Responda
  • Value Chain
  • Logistics
  • Operations process
  • Marketing and sales

Questão 2

Questão
The term_____________ broadly describes the set of all activities associated with the production of goods and services.
Responda
  • Management
  • Operations
  • Procurement
  • Strategy

Questão 3

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________________ is the fundamental rethinking and redesign of existing processes and practices.
Responda
  • Lean production
  • Reengineering
  • Soft Manufacturing
  • Restructuring

Questão 4

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The term _____________ denotes the process of converting or transforming resources into goods or services.
Responda
  • Production
  • Logistics
  • Procurement
  • Assembling

Questão 5

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______________ is defined as doing things right.
Responda
  • Effectiveness
  • Maximisation
  • Efficiency
  • Accuracy

Questão 6

Questão
Which of these is a support activity?
Responda
  • Operations
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Service
  • Technology Development

Questão 7

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______________converts (materials) inputs into outputs of greater economic value.
Responda
  • Procurement
  • Manufacturing
  • Assembly
  • Processing

Questão 8

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In Japan in the late 1980s, a new approach was developed for managing manufacturing systems known as _____________________.
Responda
  • Soft manufacturing
  • Lean production
  • Agile manufacturing
  • Reengineering

Questão 9

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A good strategy needs to be ________________ enough to allow for periodical realignments in response to changes in the external environment.
Responda
  • Stable
  • Firm
  • Constant
  • Flexible

Questão 10

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Michael Porter proposed that manufacturing company value chain activities include Primary activities, Support activities and ________________.
Responda
  • Firm infrastructure
  • Technology development
  • Margin
  • Operations

Questão 11

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A ______________ involves concentrating on a particular buyer group, geographic area or product/market segment and serving the needs of this segment better than competitors.
Responda
  • Alliance strategy
  • Cost leadership strategy
  • Differentiation strategy
  • Focus strategy

Questão 12

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Which is the tool that is used to scan the external environment and properly assess the internal competencies of an organization?
Responda
  • PESTLE analysis
  • Porter's Five Forces Model
  • SWOT analysis
  • Triple bottom line

Questão 13

Questão
_________________ involves determining the organization’s overall goals.
Responda
  • Marketing strategy
  • Operation strategy
  • Business strategy
  • Corporate strategy

Questão 14

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_______________ is joint ventures among international organizations to pool their complementary assets to achieve synergy.
Responda
  • Alliance strategy
  • Focus strategy
  • Cost leadership strategy
  • Differentiation strategy

Questão 15

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Operations strategy ______________ is the process by which such long-range game plans are developed.
Responda
  • Operation Strategy Implementation
  • Operation Strategy Developing
  • Operation Strategy Formulation
  • Operation Strategy Forecasting

Questão 16

Questão
According to Gaither and Frazier _____________________ are the elements of an organisation that determine its strategic success or failure.
Responda
  • Competitive Priorities
  • Competitive Advantage
  • Corporate strategy
  • Employee morale

Questão 17

Questão
With a_________________, the organisation seeks to stand out within the industry in which it operates by being unique in some dimension(s) of value to customers.
Responda
  • Differentiation strategy
  • Cost leadership strategy
  • Alliance strategy
  • Focus strategy

Questão 18

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______________________ is the process by which long range plans are put into action.
Responda
  • Operation strategy formulation
  • Operation strategy developing
  • Operation strategy implementation
  • Operation strategy forecasting

Questão 19

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New products serve to provide growth opportunities and ____________for the organisation.
Responda
  • Business values
  • Corporate sustainability
  • Corporate strategy
  • Competitive advantage

Questão 20

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A ___________can be seen as a process – a method of doing things.
Responda
  • Service
  • Product
  • Operations
  • Quality

Questão 21

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A ___________ is a series of events or activities intended to produce a certain result for a customer, such as a physical product (hamburger).
Responda
  • Supply Chain
  • Process
  • Value chain
  • Management

Questão 22

Questão
The break- even point on a chart is where the contribution from the output volume produced by the alternative just meets the fixed cost, resulting in zero profit. In the above statement, contribution implies_______________
Responda
  • Total revenue +Total variable costs
  • Total revenue > Total variable costs
  • Total revenue – Total variable costs
  • Total revenue <Total variable costs

Questão 23

Questão
What does "AMT" stand for?
Responda
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Automatic Manufacturing Technology
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technique
  • Automatic Manufacturing Technique

Questão 24

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_____________ is defined as the transformation of knowledge into new products, processes and services [which] involves more than just science and technology.
Responda
  • Invention
  • Exposure
  • Discovery
  • Innovation

Questão 25

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________________ is concerned with the replacement of human actions with technology that contains mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical or electronic elements.
Responda
  • Hybrid
  • Semi-Automatic
  • Automation
  • Manual

Questão 26

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What does ‘CAM’ stand for?
Responda
  • Computer-aided Manufacturing
  • Computer-aided Marketing
  • Computer-aided Maintenance
  • Computer-aided Management

Questão 27

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________________ is a worldwide accepted certification for quality.
Responda
  • ISO 14000
  • ISO 9000
  • ISO 26000
  • ISO 31000

Questão 28

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What is defined as meeting or exceeding customer requirements now and in the future?
Responda
  • Demand
  • Marketing
  • Quality
  • Supply

Questão 29

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_________________ refers to the involvement of all employees in achieving customer satisfaction through continuous improvement activities, while at the same time continually decreasing real cost.
Responda
  • Total Quality Management
  • Cost Cutting
  • Profit Maximisation
  • Corporate Values

Questão 30

Questão
What do the initials of the PDCA cycle stand for?
Responda
  • Plan, diagnose, conclude, act
  • Plan, design, control, act
  • Plan, design, control, assess
  • Plan, Do, Check, Act

Questão 31

Questão
Inspection cost is an example for_______________________
Responda
  • Internal failure costs
  • Prevention costs
  • Appraisal costs
  • External failure costs

Questão 32

Questão
What does the term kaizen mean when applied to quality?
Responda
  • Continuous improvement
  • Quality is everyone's job
  • The place where activity takes place
  • Maintain a steady flow

Questão 33

Questão
According to Pareto analysis, __% of the problems is often due to __% of the causes.
Responda
  • 60, 40
  • 80, 20
  • 50, 50
  • 70, 30

Questão 34

Questão
_________________ is a quality control chart based on reducing the process variability to reduce the standard deviations.
Responda
  • Seven Rule Run
  • Times series model
  • EWMA chart
  • Six Sigma

Questão 35

Questão
Quantitative methods of forecasting include
Responda
  • Sales force composite
  • Exponential smoothing
  • Jury of execution opinion
  • Consumer market survey

Questão 36

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Time series patterns that repeat themselves after a period of days or weeks are called
Responda
  • Cycles
  • Trend
  • Random
  • Seasonality

Questão 37

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______________ is a systematic approach to creating and testing hypotheses about the market by gathering data using survey.
Responda
  • Market segmentation
  • Market research
  • Market positioning
  • Market intelligence

Questão 38

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Which of the following is an example for internal factors affecting demand?
Responda
  • Advertising
  • Economy
  • Competitor action
  • Government regulation

Questão 39

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The _______________ method involves making simple judgements based on factors, such as sales that were recorded or the amount of resources that were required yesterday.
Responda
  • Moving average
  • Exponential smoothing
  • Naive forecasting
  • Coefficient of correlation

Questão 40

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Which of the following is NOT a time-series model?
Responda
  • Exponential smoothing
  • Naive approach
  • Linear regression
  • Moving average

Questão 41

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Identify the formula for Little’s Law from the following.
Responda
  • I=T+R
  • I = TR
  • I - T-R
  • I = T/R

Questão 42

Questão
If forecasted demand = 35723, Safety stock=24000 and Stock in hand=20000.Calculate Planned production using the following formula: PP= (FD+ss-soh)
Responda
  • 33297
  • 37923
  • 32973
  • 39723

Questão 43

Questão
In methods for making location decision _______________ refers to experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery.
Responda
  • Optimisation
  • Simulation
  • Heuristics
  • Facility Layout

Questão 44

Questão
According to economic factors affecting the location of facilities, direct labour is an example for___________
Responda
  • Operating costs
  • Facility costs
  • Transportation costs
  • Planning costs

Questão 45

Questão
Breweries near source of water are a good example for which of the following dominant factors in manufacturing.
Responda
  • Proximity to markets
  • Quality of life
  • Proximity to the parent company’s facilities
  • Proximity to suppliers and resources

Questão 46

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Group Layout is also known as_____________.
Responda
  • Process layout
  • Cellular layout
  • Product layout
  • Fixed-position layout

Questão 47

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______________ Layouts combines elements of both a flexible flow and line flow, or elements of both a product and a process focus.
Responda
  • Hybrid layouts
  • Fixed-position Layout
  • Group layout
  • Product layout

Questão 48

Questão
________________ software and computer simulation software can be particularly helpful in analysing facility layouts.
Responda
  • CAD
  • SAP
  • SPSS
  • Oracle

Questão 49

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What is known as dividing the work among the workstations so that each is working at maximum efficiency to match market demand for the products?
Responda
  • Product line
  • Segmentation
  • Line of control
  • Line balancing

Questão 50

Questão
Organisations that need the ability to provide a wide variety of services to customers with differing requirements usually use_______________ layout.
Responda
  • Group
  • Process
  • Product
  • Hybrid

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