INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT QUIZ

Dummy activities are used to

Maintain the required net work

None of these

Determine the project completion time

Determine the critical path

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Which one of the following techniques is used for determining allowances in time study?

Work sampling

Linear regression

Performance rating

Acceptance sampling

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For ship vessel industry the following layout is best suited

Fixed position layout

Plant layout

Process layout

Product layout

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CPM has following time estimate

Two time estimate

Four time estimate

Three time estimate

One time estimate

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The procedure of modifying work content to give more meaning and enjoyment to the job by involving employees in planning, organisation and control of their work, is termed as

Job rotation

Job evaluation

Job enrichment

Job enlargement

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Service time in queuing theory is usually assumed to follow

Normal distribution

Poisson’s distribution

Erlang distribution

Exponential law

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The grouping of activities into organizational units is called

Functional authority

Corporate plans

Departmentation

Higher level management

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If (R) is the base rate guaranteed per hour, (S) is the standard time for the job and (T) is the actual time, then according to Rowan plan, wages for the job will be

TR

TR + [(S - T)/S] × R

TR + [(S - T)/2] × R

TR + (S - T) × R

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Which of the following wage incentive plan is applied to all workers?

Gantt plan

Halsey plan

Emerson's efficiency plan

Rowan plan

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The determination of standard time in a complex job system is best done through

Grouping timing technique

Analysis of standard data system

Analysis of micro-motions

Stop watch time study

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