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Industrial Engineering and Production Management problems


  • 1. Which of the following conditions are necessary for applying linear programming?

  • Options
  • A. These must be a well defined objective function.
  • B. The decision variables should be interrelated and non-negative.
  • C. The resources must be in limited supply.
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 2. At the break even point,

  • Options
  • A. total cost is more than the sales revenue
  • B. total cost is less than the sales revenue
  • C. total cost is equal to sales revenue
  • D. fixed cost is equal to variable cost
  • Discuss
  • 3. The production cost per unit can be reduced by

  • Options
  • A. producing more with increased inputs
  • B. producing more with the same inputs
  • C. eliminating idle time
  • D. minimising resource waste
  • Discuss
  • 4. Which of the following statement is correct about the network diagram?

  • Options
  • A. The events are represented graphically by circles or nodes at the beginning and the end of activity by arrows.
  • B. The tail end of the arrow represents the start of an activity.
  • C. The head of the arrow represents the end of an activity.
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 5. Routing

  • Options
  • A. prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
  • B. determines the programme for the operations
  • C. is concerned with starting of processes
  • D. regulates the progress of job through various processes
  • Discuss
  • 6. In time study, normal time is more than the standard time.

  • Options
  • A. Yes
  • B. No
  • Discuss
  • 7. In jobbing production

  • Options
  • A. highly skilled workers are needed
  • B. unit costs are high
  • C. operations are labour-intensive
  • D. all of these
  • Discuss
  • 8. Slack may be positive, zero or negative.

  • Options
  • A. Agree
  • B. Disagree
  • Discuss
  • 9. Earliest finish time can be regarded as

  • Options
  • A. earliest start time + duration of activity
  • B. earliest start time - duration of activity
  • C. latest finish time + duration of activity
  • D. latest finish time - duration of activity
  • Discuss
  • 10. In manufacturing management, the term 'Dispatching' is used to describe

  • Options
  • A. dispatch of sales order
  • B. dispatch of factory mail
  • C. dispatch of finished product of the user
  • D. dispatch of work orders through shop floor
  • Discuss

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