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Production and Operations Management Assignment
Instructions:
All questions are compulsory
Please Note: Only write the answer “Letter” to the Question Numbers in a word
document. Eg. 1 (b), 2 (d) etc
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Questions
1. All of the following are tools used in project management EXCEPT?
a) Network diagram
b) Gantt charts
c) Control charts
d) Risk management
e) Work breakdown structure
2. One of the things Designers should consider when making a product is…
a) Customer preference
b) Company Costs
c) Production capabilities
d) A and C
e) All of the Above
3. Which of the following best describes the critical path?
a) The most used
b) The shortest path
c) The longest path
d) The least liked
e) The most efficient
4. Which of the following is NOT a phase of the project life cycle?
a) Planning
b) Implementing
c) Definition
d) Execution
e) Termination
5. Which of the following information is NOT provided by the PERT technique?
a) An estimate of how long the project will take
b) An estimate of how much each activity will cost if delayed
c) Graphical display of project activities
d) An indication
of which activities are most critical to timely project completion
e) An indication of how long any activity can be delayed without delaying the project
6. What is used to estimate the cost and time to complete the various elements of the project?
a) The four life cycle phases of the project.
b) Hiring someone to figure it out for them.
c) Developing the (WBS).
d) PERT
e) CPM
7. The two most widely used techniques for planning and coordinating large scale projects
are:
a) AOA and AON
b) PERT and AOA
c) PERT and CPM
d) CPM and AOA
e) PERT and AON
8. What method establishes a logical framework for identifying the required activities for a
project?
a) Network diagram
b) Work breakdown structure (WBS)
c) CPM
d) PERT
e) Activity method
9. Slack time can be computed as
a) ES – LS
b) ES – EF
c) LS – ES
d) LF – LS
e) None of the above
10. What is a sequence of activities that leads from the starting Node to the finishing node?
a) Slack
b) Path
c) PERT
d) CPM
e) Events
11. What are some typical factors to take into account when deciding which projects to
implement?
a) Cost-Benefit
b) Skill Personnel
c) Budget
d) C and B (This type of questions are confusing, can you provide 1 option, instead of
2?)
e) All of the above
12. What three types of technology is operations management primarily concerned with?
a) Information, assistive, instructional
b) Product, instructional, service
c) Product and service, process, information
d) Information, product, alternative
e) Assistive, process, information
13. Which of the following is NOT one of the five basic process type?
a) Batch
b) Strategic
c) Repetitive
d) Continuous
e) Project
14. An eyeglass repair shop would be best matched with which basic process type?
a) Continuous
b) Job Shop
c) Repetitive
d) Batch
e) Project
15. TQM Focuses on identifying quality problem root causes based on some of the following
basic concepts except:
a) Continuous improvement
b) Product design
c) Employee empowerment
d) Customisation
e) Use of quality tools

Explanation / Answer

Ans:

1) Option C

Control Charts

The project management tools are such as Network Diagrams,Critical Path Method, Project Evaluation and Review Technique,Gantt Chart,Work Breakdown Structure.All the other option are project management tool except control charts.

2) Option E

All of the Above

A designer should consider a number of factors while designing the companies products.which include cost,production possibilities,look,customers preference.

3) Option C

The longest path

The critical path is the path with longest duration of the project.It is the path whose delay will delay the entire project.

4) Option B

Implementing

The phases of the project management life cycle are Initiation, Planning, Execution and Closure.

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