CMA
TOPIC - OPERATION MANAGEMENT
1. The recent trend
in the Production/Operations management which suggests the use of minimal
amount of resources to produce a high volume of high quality goods with some
variety is referred to as:
A. SCM
B. TQM
C. Lean Production
D. Just-In-Time
2. Effective
capacity can NOT be determined by which of the following factors?
A. Product design
and product-mix
B. Quantity and
quality capabilities
C. Facilities
D. None of the above
3. In which of the
following stages the management should try to change its approach by changing
its strategy from "buy my product" to "try my product"?
A. Introduction
B. Growth
C. Maturity
D. Decline
4. Conducting
occasional check-ups of the products manufactured or assembled to ensure high
quality of the production is known as:
A. Planning
B. Scheduling
C. Inspection
D. Routing
5. Which one of the
following standards is associated with the "Quality
Assurance in Final
Inspection Test"?
A. ISO 9001
B. ISO 9002
C. ISO 9003
D. ISO 9004
6. With reference to
project management, identify which of the following statement is NOT correct?
A. Gantt chart is a
principal tool used in scheduling and also in some methods of loading.
B. Routing is the
first step in the production planning.
C. The cost of any
activity is proportional to its time of completion.
D. The free float
can be calculated by subtracting EFT from EST.
7. Identify which
one of the following statement is NOT correct?
A. Preventing
maintenance includes lubrication, cleaning, periodic
overhaul, etc.
B. The two types of
cost-cost of premature replacement and cost of
breakdown- need to be balanced.
C. Wear and
obsolescence are the two main causes of replacement of
machinery in every
aspect of life.
D. A machine is
technically obsolete when another machine can do the
same job more efficiently
with reduced time and also at a lower cost.
8. To determine
where the plant should be located for maximum operating economy and
effectiveness, refers to which one of the following?
A. Plant layout
B. Facility location
C. Capacity planning
D. Capacity requirement
9. Which of the
following models deals with the physical movement of goods from different
supply origins to a number of different demand
destinations?
A. Simulation
B. Transportation
C. Lean operations
D. Line balancing
10. One of the
objectives of maintenance is:
A. to prevent obsolescence.
B. to ensure spare
parts management.
C. to satisfy customers.
D. to extend the
useful life of Plant & Machinery without sacrificing the level of
performance.