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BUS 300 Operations and Supply Chain Management Quiz on BUS300 Mock Test #1, created by Dana Kerr on 10/10/2019.
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Question 1

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Which of the following is primarily a supply chain decision?
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  • from whom to purchase materials
  • how many of each item should be produced
  • the mix of labor skill and automation
  • plant location

Question 2

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A(n) ______ is an example of an infrastructural element.
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  • building
  • organizational structure
  • office equipment
  • fleet of delivery trucks

Question 3

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A second tier supplier is downstream from a first tier supplier in the supply chain.
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Business decisions are usually driven by structural and infrastructural elements.
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  • True
  • False

Question 5

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Every organization has an operations function which transforms inputs into something of value.
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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In general, operations & supply chain management activities are information and decision intensive.
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Which of the following statements about the operations function is NOT correct?
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  • inputs to operations can take many forms
  • nearly all operations functions require coordination with other business functions
  • the outputs of an operation are always tangible
  • operations management activities are information intensive

Question 8

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In general, core competencies are the basis of good strategies.
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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The collection of people, technology, and systems within an organization that has primary responsibility for providing the organization's products or services is called...
Answer
  • the supply chain
  • the operations function
  • the evoked set
  • operations management
  • the boxed set

Question 10

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A mechanism that identifies a firm's targeted customers and sets time frames and performance objectives is called a mission statement.
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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The firm's targeted customers, time frames, and performance objectives are identified by their...
Answer
  • mission statement
  • core competencies
  • business strategy
  • functional strategy

Question 12

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Which is NOT a generic performance dimension of operations and supply chain activities?
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  • quality
  • time
  • flexibility
  • information

Question 13

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Conformance quality addresses whether the product was made or the service performed to specifications.
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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The ability to produce a wide range of products or services is...
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  • mix flexibility
  • changeover flexibility
  • volume flexibility
  • run flexibility

Question 15

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A product can perform as expected, yet be out of specification.
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  • True
  • False

Question 16

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Measure of an organization's ability to provide goods or services is
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  • productivity
  • capacity
  • histogram
  • efficiency

Question 17

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Identifying and quantifying all of the costs associated with potential outsourcing and insourcing options is called
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  • indirect costs
  • direct costs
  • deprecation
  • total cost analysis

Question 18

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The concept that the throughput of a supply chain is limited by the process step with the lowest capacity is called
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  • waiting line zero
  • theory of constraints
  • point of indifference
  • queuing

Question 19

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A leading capacity strategy runs the risk of
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  • excess, idle capacity
  • lost business
  • defective units in the field
  • over estimating productivity

Question 20

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In simple terms, Standard Deviation is the average difference between each individual measurement and the population average
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Variation is inherent in any manufacturing process
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  • True
  • False

Question 22

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Which of the following is NOT a core idea of Total Quality Management?
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  • cost reduction
  • leadership improvement
  • employee empowerment
  • continuous improvement

Question 23

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If production is consistently within specifications, failure costs will be high.
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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An Ishikawa diagram can be used to record how frequently an event occurs.
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  • True
  • False

Question 25

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The upper and lower control limits on a control chart should always be wider than the upper and lower tolerance limits.
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  • True
  • False
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