Production Technology

1. The time required to complete a task is established and a bonus is paid to the worker for every hour he saves from the established time required. This type of incentive plan is known as

  1. Rowan Plan
  2. Bedaux Plan
  3. Taylor Differential Piece rate system
  4. Halsey Premium plan
  5. Day work plan.

Correct answer: (D)
Halsey Premium plan

2. Which of the following plans motivates supervisors by paying a premium on time saved by workers

  1. Halsey plan
  2. Rowan plan
  3. Haynes plan
  4. Emerson's plan
  5. Taylor's plan.

Correct answer: (C)
Haynes plan

3. 'Value' for value engineering and analysis purposes is defined as

  1. purchase value
  2. saleable value
  3. depreciated value
  4. present worth
  5. function/cost.

Correct answer: (E)
function/cost.

4. A big advantage of PERT over Gantt charts is that in the former case

  1. activities and events are clearly shown
  2. early start and late finish of an activity are clearly marked
  3. activity times are clear
  4. critical path can be easily determined
  5. inter-relationship among activities is clearly shown.

Correct answer: (E)
inter-relationship among activities is clearly shown.

5. A CPM family includes

  1. CPA (Critical Path Analysis)
  2. CPP (Critical Path Plotted)
  3. MCE (Minimum Cost Expenditure)
  4. CPS (Critical Path Scheduling)
  5. all of the above.

Correct answer: (E)
all of the above.

6. A dummy activity

  1. is artificially introduced
  2. is represented by a dotted line
  3. does not require any time
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (D)
all of the above

7. A low unit cost can be obtained by following

  1. product layout
  2. functional layout
  3. automatic material handling equipment
  4. specialisation of operation
  5. minimum travel time plan and com¬pact layout.

Correct answer: (A)
product layout

8. A milestone chart

  1. shows the inter dependences of various jobs
  2. depicts the delay of jobs, if any
  3. points outgoing ahead of schedule of jobs, if any
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (E)
none of the above.

9. ABC analysis deals with

  1. analysis of process chart
  2. flow of material
  3. ordering schedule of job
  4. controlling inventory costs money
  5. all of the above.

Correct answer: (D)
controlling inventory costs money

10. Acceptance sampling is widely used in

  1. batch production
  2. job production
  3. mass production
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (C)
mass production

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