Operations Management Objective Questions | MCQ Quiz for Practice

61. Operations management is part of

1. Management science
2. Natural science
3. a and b
4. None of these

62. Which of the following is an objective of quality control?

1. To produce qualitative items
2. To reduce companies cost through reduction of losses due to defects
3. To produce optimal quality at reduced price
4. all of these

63. ...............is that aspect of operation management function, which is concerned with the acquisition, control, and use of materials needed and flow of goods and services connected with the production process.

1. Materials management
2. Division of labour
3. Mass production
4. Craft production

64. Resources are in the form of

1. Human
2. Material
3. Capital
4. all of these

65. If inputs decrease while output remains constant, what will happen to productivity?

1. It will increase
2. It will decrease
3. It will remain the same
4. It is impossible to tell

66. Which one of the following is not a part of production planning and control?

1. Follow-up
2. Financial leverage
3. Routing
4. Scheduling

67. ...............is the art and science of ensuring that all which occurs is in accordance with the rules established and the instructions issued in the case of operations.

1. Operational attack
2. operational control
3. Operational summary
4. None of these

68. Which one of the following is not an objective of materials management?

1. To minimise material cost
2. To purchase receive transport and store materials efficiently
3. To reduce material costs through simplification standardisation
4. To fix cash dividend

69. Operation management department has interaction with

1. Finance department
2. Marketing department
3. a and b
4. None of these

70. The differences between the actual demand for a period and the demand forecast for that period is called:

1. Forecast error
2. Weighted arithmetic mean
3. Decision process
4. Mean square error

71. All of the following decisions fall within the scope of operations management EXCEPT for

1. Financial analysis
2. Design of products and processes
3. Location of facilities
4. Quality management

72. Which of the following factors affect the choice of manufacturing process?

1. Product characteristics
2. Requirements of customers
3. Availability of capital
4. all of these

73. ...............can be defined as the measurements that detect the onset of a degradation mechanism, thereby allowing causal stressors to be eliminated or controlled prior to any significant deterioration in the component physical state

1. Break down maintenance
2. Predictive maintenance
3. Past maintenance
4. None of these

74. Which of the following is a production system?

1. Continuous System
2. Intermittent System
3. Project systems
4. all of these

75. In the case of ............... type of maintenance,no actions or efforts are taken to maintain the equipment as the designer originally intended to ensure design life is reached.

1. Break down maintenance
2. Preventive maintenance
3. a and b
4. None of these