Strayer BUS 430 Quiz 5 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (latest 2014)

Course Operations Management
Test Quiz 5

Attempt Score 90 out of 90 points

Instructions This quiz consist of 30 multiple choice questions. The first 15 questions cover the material in Chapter 8. The second 15 questions cover the material in Chapter 9. Be sure you are in the correct Chapter when you take the quiz.
• Question 1
A ____ layout is an arrangement based on self-contained groups of equipment needed to produce a particular set of goods or services.

• Question 2
An assembly line with 28 operations is to be balanced. The total amount of time required for all 28 operations is 39 minutes. The longest operation takes 2.2 minutes and the shortest takes 0.8 minutes. The line will operate for 450 minutes per day.

1. Determine the minimum and maximum cycle time.
2. What is the output rate if the cycle time is set at 2.2 minutes?

• Question 3
Which of the following is not a common reason for facility layout studies?

• Question 4
A(n) ____ performs entire jobs rather than specialized, assembly line work.

• Question 5
Which of the following is not a common approach for designing process layouts?

• Question 6
All of the following are common objectives of layout studies except

• Question 7
The production of large goods such as airplanes is best accomplished using a ____ layout.

• Question 8
Which of the following is not a disadvantage of virtual teams?

• Question 9
A ____ layout consists of a functional grouping of equipment or activities that do similar work.

• Question 10

The determination of specific job tasks and responsibilities is called ____.

• Question 11
____ is vertical expansion of job duties to give the worker more responsibility.

• Question 12
Which type of layout is best for high volumes of demand with few if any setups/changeovers?

• Question 13
____ set their own goals and inspect their own work, often hire their own replacements and prepare their own budgets.

• Question 14
The typical layout of facilities in a hospital would be an example of a ____ layout.

• Question 15
Assembly line balancing

• Question 16
A contract manufacturer can offer significant competitive advantages. Which one of the following is not an advantage of using a contract manufacturer.

• Question 17
The metric "perfect order fulfillment" is often used to measure ____.

• Question 18
A(n) ____ seeks to balance capacity and demand, might use only a few large distribution centers, and minimize costs of routing products from factories to retail stores and customers.

• Question 19
Which one of the following is not directly related to a supply chain?

• Question 20
A firm that specializes in certain types of goods-producing activities, such as customized design, manufacturing, assembly, and packaging, and works for end users is called a ____.

• Question 21
The weights typically used in the center-of-gravity method are

• Question 22
The point in the supply chain that separates the push system from the pull system is called the

• Question 23
Where in its supply chain does Dell, Inc. begin to use a pull system?

• Question 24
Factors such as managers' preferences, services and taxes, available transportation systems, banking services and environmental impacts would be mostclosely related to which level of the facility location hierarchy?

• Question 25
A pull system

• Question 26
Managing the flow of goods and materials from the customer backward through the supply chain is called

• Question 27
The Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model function that entails procuring goods and services to meet planned or actual demand is called ____.

• Question 28
For General Motors' supply chain, the ____ is the push-pull boundary.

• Question 29
A(n) ____ produces only what is needed at upstream stages in the supply chain in response to customer demand signals.

• Question 30
The Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model function that entails all order management activities from processing customer orders to routing shipments, managing goods at distribution centers and invoicing the customer is called ____.