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Industrial Engineering and Production Management problems


  • 1. Time study is carried out to determine the time required to complete job by

  • Options
  • A. a slow worker
  • B. a fast worker
  • C. an average worker
  • D. an apprentice
  • Discuss
  • 2. A dummy activity becomes a critical activity when its earliest start time (EST) is same as its latest finishing time (LFT).

  • Options
  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 3. In process layout

  • Options
  • A. handling and back-tracking of materials is too much
  • B. production control is more difficult and costly
  • C. routing and scheduling is more difficult
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 4. The most important function of inventory control is

  • Options
  • A. stock control system
  • B. to run the stores effectively
  • C. technical responsibility for the state of materials
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 5. A feasible solution to the linear programming problem should

  • Options
  • A. satisfy the problem constraints
  • B. optimise the objective function
  • C. satisfy the problem constraints and non-negativity restrictions
  • D. satisfy the non-negativity restrictions
  • Discuss
  • 6. Generally PERT is preferred over CPM for the purpose of project evaluation.

  • Options
  • A. Yes
  • B. No
  • Discuss
  • 7. Service time in queuing theory is usually assumed to follow

  • Options
  • A. normal distribution
  • B. Poissons distribution
  • C. Erlang distribution
  • D. exponential law
  • Discuss
  • 8. Time study is used to

  • Options
  • A. determine standard costs
  • B. determine the number of machines a person may run
  • C. provide a basis for setting piece price or incentive wages
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 9. PERT is applied for

  • Options
  • A. marketing programmes and advertising programmes
  • B. installation of machinery
  • C. research and development of products
  • D. all of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. Monte Carlo solution in queuing theory is extremely useful in queuing problems that can not be analysed mathematically.

  • Options
  • A. Agree
  • B. Disagree
  • Discuss

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