Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1 In the application of anthropometric data which of the following principle will not be considered?- (A) Design for extreme individuals
- (B) Design for the average
- (C) Design for adjustable range
- (D) Design for the optimum
2 Select the correct sequence of development of anthropometric considerations in design step by step
- (A) Select the relevant body measurement-Choose the user population-Derive the application principle-Aim the percentage of population
- (B) Choose the user population-Derive the application principle-Select the relevant body measurement-Aim the percentage of population
- (C) Choose the user population-Select the relevant body measurement-Derive the application principle-Aim the percentage of population
- (D) Choose the user population-Select the relevant body measurement-Aim the percentage of population-Derive the application principle
3 Which one of the following factors would not affect the body dimension?
- (A) Occupation
- (B) Race
- (C) Culture
- (D) Sex
4 Which one of the following was wrongly quoted as the outcome of ergonomic/ human factors?
- (A) Increases productivity
- (B) Increases comfortability
- (C) Decreases machine cost
- (D) Decreases accidents
5 Anthropometry could be applied to design ——
- (A) Tools and equipment
- (B) Work station
- (C) Consumer products
- (D) All are correct
6 Which is NOT an ergonomic consideration in the design of a car?
- (A) The internal air conditioning system
- (B) The adjustability of the steering wheel
- (C) The engine size of the car
- (D) Seat dimensions
7 Choose the Biomechanical principle(s) in ergonomics when designing a product
- (A) The joints should be kept as far as possible in a neutral position
- (B) Keep the work close to the body
- (C) The lifting must occur gradually in an even manner
- (D) All of the above
8 Most frequently used components on working table are arranged which side of the user
- (A) Left side
- (B) Right side
- (C) Central location
- (D) All of the above
9 The objective(s) of ergonomics is (are) to improve the efficiency of operation by considering the person’s
- (A) Strength
- (B) Visual capacity
- (C) Physiological stress levels
- (D) All of these
10 —– specifically deals with the study of body dimensions and their applications in context of design of work system
- (A) Industrial hygiene
- (B) Psychology
- (C) Engineering
- (D) Anatomy
11 In production function, production is a function of:
- (A) Price
- (B) Factors of Production
- (C) Total Expenditure
- (D) None of these
12 Which of the following is a source of production?
- (A) Land
- (B) Labor
- (C) Capital
- (D) All of these
13 Source of production in the following is
- (A) Capital
- (B) Profit
- (C) Services
- (D) Tax
14 Which of the following is not a factor of production?
- (A) Land
- (B) Labor
- (C) Money
- (D) Capital
15 Refers to man made goods, such as tools, which are used to produce other goods
- (A) Resources
- (B) Human capital
- (C) Physical capital
- (D) Capital resources
16 Individuals who are willing to take risks, to bring the resources together and develop new products, and start new businesses
- (A) Entrepreneurs
- (B) Resources
- (C) Services
- (D) Human resources
17 All the things used in producing goods, services, buildings, ideas
- (A) Human resources
- (B) Capital resources
- (C) GDP
- (D) Natural resources
18 Are: 1) What should I produce? 2) How much should I produce? 3) Who will buy the goods or services?
- (A) Entrepreneurship
- (B) 3 economic questions
- (C) Labor
- (D) All of the above
19 What is the quantity of goods or services produced?
- (A) Inputs
- (B) Productivity
- (C) Standard of living
- (D) Output
20 What is the measure of economic performance that indicates how efficiently inputs are converted into output?
- (A) Quota
- (B) Productivity
- (C) Subsidy
- (D) Standard of living
21 The condition of scarcity exists because
- (A) Demand
- (B) There aren’t enough resources to produce everyone’s wants
- (C) Supply
- (D) Resources are too expensive
22 The work measurement method that is most often used for setting time standards for a job is:
- (A) The work sampling method
- (B) The predetermined data approach
- (C) The elemental standard data approach
- (D) The time study method
23 Work measurement sets time standards that are necessary for all of the following reasons except:
- (A) To schedule work and allocate capacity
- (B) To scare employees
- (C) To provide an objective basis for motivation
- (D) To bid for new contracts
24 Work sampling offers all the following advantages over time study except:
- (A) No timing device required
- (B) Less employee influence
- (C) The sample time can be easily changed
- (D) A complete breakdown of all the elements of a job
25 Disadvantages of the predetermined data approach include:
- (A) The reduction of the sources of error inherent in time studies
- (B) The ability to set standards for new jobs before production begins
- (C) The reduction of the need for performance ratings
- (D) The need to break work into micro motions
26 Wink is the unit of measurement for time Predetermined Motion Time System (PMTS) technique
- (A) TRUE
- (B) FALSE
27 The work measurement method that is not usually used for setting standards for repetitive, ‘a well-defined job is:
- (A) The elemental standard data approach
- (B) The predetermined data approach
- (C) The time study method
- (D) The work sampling method
28 M.T.M. is used to
- (A) Improve existing methods
- (B) Establish time standards
- (C) Develop effective methods in advance of the beginning of production
- (D) All of the above
29 Work measurement techniques include all of the following except:
- (A) On the job training
- (B) Time study
- (C) Work sampling
- (D) Predetermined motion-time data systems
30 Match the following: a. Work sampling b. Analytical estimation c. PMTS (MTM) d. Time study 1. Short cycle repetitive jobs and widely used for direct work. 2. Long cycle jobs and heterogeneous operations. 3. Short cycle non-repetitive jobs. 4. Manual operations confined to one work center.
- (A) a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
- (B) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
- (C) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
- (D) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
31 In ——, the hands of the stopwatch are returned to zero at the end of each element and allowed to start immediately, the time for each element is obtained directly
- (A) Fly back timing
- (B) Cumulation timing
32 Work sampling is applied for
- (A) Estimation of the percentage utilization of machine tools
- (B) Estimating the percentage of the time consumed by various job activities
- (C) Finding out time standards, specially where the job is not repetitive and where time study by stop watch method is not possible
- (D) All of the above
33 Which one among the following is a Therblig?
- (A) Get
- (B) Step
- (C) Put
- (D) Position
34 Which one of the following is not a technique of PMTS?
- (A) Synthetic data
- (B) Stopwatch time study
- (C) Work-factor
- (D) MTM
35 In work measurement, 1 TMU is equal to
- (A) 0.6 min
- (B) 0.06 min
- (C) 0.006 min
- (D) 0.0006 min
36 Standard Time in Time study is calculated by which of the following formulae?
- (A) Standard Time = Observed Time x Rating + Allowance
- (B) Standard Time = Observed Time + Allowance
- (C) Standard Time = Rating + Allowance
- (D) Standard Time =` Observed Time + Rating + Allowance
37 A systematic recording and critical examination of existing method in order to develop new effective method is called
- (A) Time study
- (B) Linear programming
- (C) TPM
- (D) Method study
38 Which of the following techniques is used for work measurement?
- (A) Method study
- (B) Time study
- (C) Ergonomics
- (D) Productivity Rational Technique
39 TMU in method time measurement stands for
- (A) Time motion unit
- (B) Time measurement unit
- (C) Time movement unit
- (D) Technique measurement unit
40 Percent idle time for men or machines is found by
- (A) Work sampling
- (B) Time study
- (C) Method study
- (D) Work study
41 Micromotion study is
- (A) Enlarged view of motion study
- (B) Analysis of one stage of motion study
- (C) Minute and detailed motion study
- (D) Subdivision of an operation into therbligs and their analysis
42 A distinguishing feature of the Industrial Engineer is;
- (A) The better use of mechanical and electronic equipments
- (B) Integration of humans, machines, materials, and information to optimize the performance of systems using available resources in efficient way
- (C) Integration of humans, machines, materials, and information to optimize the performance without degrading social and physical environments
- (D) He/she must know perfectly how to engineer the industry with no help from any other engineering field.
43 Which one of the following jobs can be done by the Industrial Engineer at the best?
- (A) No answer here
- (B) Power plant management and Networks Configuration
- (C) Designs and improves the organizational processes.
- (D) Design of physical equipments/machines used for production
44 What is Industrial Engineering?
- (A) No one can explain it because it is a wide scope and its existence is impossible.
- (B) It concerns with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials and process.
- (C) A branch of engineering that concerns with the implementation and evaluation of systems of people, knowledge, information, equipment, and process
- (D) A branch of management science deals with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people and money only.
45 Who among the following gurus is not founder of Scientific Management?
- (A) Frederick Taylor
- (B) Henry Gantt
- (C) Aristotle
- (D) Lillian Gilbreth
46 Organization is a collection and interaction of resources aimed at producing —– or providing —–
- (A) Goods, services
- (B) Products, goods
- (C) Services, supplies
- (D) Products, supplies
47 Which of the Organization type “changes the STATE UTILITY of the customers?”
- (A) Services Organization
- (B) Manufacturing Organization
- (C) Supply Organization
- (D) Transport Organization
48 Which of the Organization type “there is a change of OWNERSHIP in the process?”
- (A) Services Organization
- (B) Manufacturing Organization
- (C) Supply Organization
- (D) Transport Organization
49 Which of the Organization type “changes the LOCATION of an item?”
- (A) Services Organization
- (B) Manufacturing Organization
- (C) Supply Organization
- (D) Transport Organization
50 Which of the following statements cannot results to productivity increasing?
- (A) Increasing output while input kept constant
- (B) Decreasing input while output kept constant
- (C) Increasing input while decreasing output
- (D) Increasing production (output) while decreasing input
51 One of the following doesn’t mean “Partial Productivity’
- (A) Indicates how much of a particular kind of input it takes to produce an output
- (B) Outputs/ (Single kind of input)
- (C) (Total Output)/ (Total Input)
- (D) How efficiently company use only one input, such as raw material, when creating outputs
52 One of the following does mean “Total Factor Productivity”
- (A) The ratio of net output to the labor and capital inputs
- (B) (Total Output)/ (Total Input)
- (C) Net inputs/ (Labor inputs + Capital inputs)
- (D) Indicates how much of a particular kind of input it takes to produce an output
53 The most frequently used components are arranged in
- (A) Left side
- (B) Right side
- (C) Central location
- (D) Any of the above
54 Ergonomics in system design is used to make the system work better by eliminating which aspects?
- (A) Fatigue
- (B) Inefficiency
- (C) Both
- (D) None
55 In context of ergonomics, the correct body posture while using the computer system is
- (A) The shoulder should be relaxed
- (B) The back should be erect
- (C) The hands should be inclined to forearms
- (D) All of the above
56 In designing an efficient work space, the left hand will cover
- (A) Maximum working area
- (B) Normal working area
- (C) Minimum working area
- (D) Any of the above
57 The qualitative information is one which concerns the
- (A) value of some variable
- (B) Rate of change
- (C) Condition or status of a system
- (D) Presence or absence of some specific object
58 The common figure of basic time considered as fatigue allowance is
- (A) 2%
- (B) 4%
- (C) 6%
- (D) 8%
59 Fatigue is the result of
- (A) Unhealthy working condition
- (B) physical exertion
- (C) inconvenient postures
- (D) All of the above
60 Ergonomics means ____
- (A) The natural laws of work
- (B) Man made decision of work
- (C) Hypothetical situation
- (D) None of these
61 In other countries, ergonomics is also called as ___
- (A) Human Engineering
- (B) Machine engineering
- (C) Both a & b
- (D) None of these
62 Human Engineering is concerned with _____
- (A) Man made engineering
- (B) Man machine engineering
- (C) Both a & b
- (D) None of these
63 Ergonomics helps in ____
- (A) To improve efficiency, reliability and productivity
- (B) To study the effect of health and safety of human beings
- (C) Both A and B
- (D) None of these
64 ‘Ergonomics’ is related to human
- (A) Comfort
- (B) Safety
- (C) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
- (D) None of the above
65 The following subject(s) is (are) related to ‘Ergonomics’
- (A) Anthropology
- (B) Physiology
- (C) Psychology
- (D) All of the above
66 Dynamic dimensions are measurements taken when the body is in a fixed position
- (A) TRUE
- (B) FALSE
67 In context of man-machine system, the type(s) of visual display is (are):
- (A) Check display
- (B) Quantitative display
- (C) Qualitative display
- (D) All of these
68 Anthropometry is derived from Greek words, Anthropos meaning “Human” and Metron meaning “Measure”
- (A) TRUE
- (B) FALSE
69 What is not the main objective of ergonomics?
- (A) Greater comfort
- (B) Avoiding errors
- (C) Safety
- (D) Anxiety
70 CPM in project management refers to
- (A) Critical project method
- (B) Critical path method
- (C) Common path method
- (D) Common project management
71 Which of the following is not true regarding an activity?
- (A) An activity is the actual work or task performed
- (B) An activity requires time and resources
- (C) An activity has a definite start and finish times
- (D) An arrow representing an activity on network diagram is a vector
72 An activity which consumes neither time nor resources on a CPM network is referred to as
- (A) An ordinary activity
- (B) A dummy activity
- (C) Significant event representing some milestone
- (D) An event that is to be transferred to some other network diagram
73 Total float for any activity is given by the difference between
- (A) Its latest finish time and earliest start time
- (B) Its earliest finish time and earliest start time
- (C) Its latest start time and earliest finish time
- (D) Its latest start time and earliest start time
74 If the earliest starting time for an activity is 8 weeks, the latest finish time is 37 weeks and the duration time for the activity is 11 weeks, then the total float is equal to
- (A) 18 weeks
- (B) 14 weeks
- (C) 56 weeks
- (D) 40 weeks
75 In CPM network critical path denotes the
- (A) Path where maximum resources are used
- (B) Path where minimum resources are used
- (C) Path where delay of one activity prolongs the duration of completion of project
- (D) Path that gets monitored automatically
76 Earliest finish time can be regarded as
- (A) EST + duration of activity
- (B) EST – duration of activity
- (C) LFT + duration of activity
- (D) LFT – duration of activity
77 Latest start time can be regarded as
- (A) LFT – duration of activity
- (B) LFT + duration of activity
- (C) EFT – duration of activity
- (D) EFT + duration of activity
78 An activity is critical if and only if
- (A) Total float = 0
- (B) Free float = 0
- (C) Independent float = 0
- (D) All of the above
79 Dummy activities are used in a network to
- (A) Facilitate the computation of slacks
- (B) Satisfy precedence requirements
- (C) Determine project completion time
- (D) Avoid use of resources
80 Which method involves two stages for line balancing?
- (A) Analytical method
- (B) Heuristic method
- (C) Critical method path
- (D) None of these
81 What are the objectives of line balancing?
- (A) To minimize the total amount of idle time at the work stations.
- (B) To determine the optimal number of workstations.
- (C) To reduce waste of production and delay.
- (D) All of these
82 Which aims at minimizing the idle time of men and machine?
- (A) Center balancing
- (B) Line balancing
- (C) Linear balancing
- (D) None of these
83 ______ means balancing the production line or an assembly line.
- (A) Centre balancing
- (B) Line balancing
- (C) Linear balancing
- (D) None of these
84 Consider the following characteristics of assembly line balancing: 1. Share out of sequential work activities into work stations 2. High utilization of equipment 3. Minimization of idle time. Which of the statements given above are correct?
- (A) 1, 2 and 3
- (B) 1 and 2 only
- (C) 2 and 3 only
- (D) 1 and 3 only
85 In which of the following layouts, the lines need to be balanced?
- (A) Process layout
- (B) Product layout
- (C) Fixed position layout
- (D) Plant layout
86 Cycle time is not:
- (A) daily operating time divided by desired production
- (B) the maximum allowable time at each work station
- (C) how often items roll off the assembly line
- (D) the time required to complete a product from start to finish
87 The process of equalizing the amount of work at each workstation is called line balancing.
- (A) TRUE
- (B) FALSE
88 Generally the goal of assembly line balancing is to
- (A) Determine the maximum time that an item is allowed at a workstation
- (B) Maximize the number of workstations
- (C) Minimize imbalance between machines or personnel while meeting a required output from the line
- (D) Minimize the efficiency of the line
89 Which of the following are the benefits of assembly line balancing? 1. It minimizes the in-process inventory 2. It reduces the work content 3. It smoothens the production flow 4. It maintains the required rate of production. Select the correct answer using the codes below.
- (A) 1,2 and 3
- (B) 2, 3 and 4
- (C) 1,3 and 4
- (D) 1,2 and 4
90 The following establishes time sequence of operations:
- (A) Routing,
- (B) Sequencing,
- (C) Scheduling,
- (D) Dispatching
91 Project cost increases as the duration of the project increases
- (A) TRUE
- (B) FALSE
92 A work stoppage generally reduces the cost of production
- (A) TRUE
- (B) FALSE
93 In Operation Planning
- (A) The planner plans each operation to be done at work centers and the sequence of operations
- (B) Decide the tools to be used to perform the operations
- (C) Decide the machine to be used to perform the operation
- (D) Decide the materials to be used to produce the product
94 Operation sheet is made in chart form.
- (A) TRUE
- (B) FALSE
95 Routing
- (A) Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
- (B) Determines the programme for the operations
- (C) s concerned with starting of processes
- (D) Regulates the progress of job through various processes
96 Which of the following is (are) TRUE for ‘Routing’?
- (A) It is flow of work in the plant
- (B) Route sheets include list of machine tools that are to be followed
- (C) It depends upon material handling facilities
- (D) All of the above
97 In an analogy, ‘Route sheet: Process planner :: Engineering drawing : Product designer’.
- (A) TRUE
- (B) FALSE
98 Scheduling aims to
- (A) minimize the job flow time
- (B) dispatching the job to the customer
- (C) maintain the quality of jobs to be produced
- (D) reduce the cost of product
99 The maximum capacity of a plant, when its entire machinery working as intended
- (A) design capacity
- (B) system capacity
- (C) actual capacity
- (D) all of the above
100 What is responsible for conversion of raw materials into finished products?
- (A) Supply chain management
- (B) Process engineering
- (C) Manufacturing unit
- (D) All of these