Production Manager interview questions:
__ analysis presents the picture of profit at different levels of production.
(a) Break-even
(b) sensitivity
(c) risk
(d) ratio
The four factors of production are
(a) land, labor, capital, organization
(b) land, electricity, water, labor
(c) labor, capital, land, rainfall
(d) labor, climate, land, tools
In __, machines dedicated to sequences of production are grouped into cells:
(a) Process layout.
(b) Combined layout.
(c) Stationary layout.
(d) Cellular layout
Productivity tends to be more difficult to improve in the service sector because the work is
(a) often an intellectual task performed by professionals
(b) typically labor intensive
(c) frequently individually processed
(d) all the above
Line layout is also called __
(a) Process layout.
(b) Combined layout.
(c) Stationary layout.
(d) product layout
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What is the productivity of a factory that makes 500 cars in two 10-hour shifts?
(a) 25 cars/hr
(b) 50 cars/hr
(c) 5000 cars/hr
Walter Shewhart is known for
(a) assembly line production
(b) Just-in-time inventory methods
(c) statistical quality control
Productivity measurement is complicated by
(a) the competition’s output
(b) the fact that precise units of measure are often unavailable
(c) stable quality
(d) the workforce size
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Henry Ford is noted for his contributions to
(a) standardization of parts
(b) statistical quality control
(c) assembly line operations
(d) scientific management
The total of all outputs produced by the transformation process divided by the total of the inputs is
(a) utilization
(b) greater in manufacturing than in services
(c) defined only for manufacturing firms
(d) multi-factor productivity
__ Refers to the arrangement of machines, equipment, and other physical facilities within factory premises:
(a) Plant capacity
(b) Plant location
(c) Plant layout
(d) Process layout
Which of these inputs has the most significant potential to increase productivity?
(a) labor
(b) globalization
(c) management
(d) capital
The HP Computer Hardware plant produces 500 keyboards in two 8-hour shifts. If the productivity is increased by 30%, then hourly production will be
(a) 32.5 keyboards/hr
(b) 40.6 keyboards/hr
(c) 62.5 keyboards/hr
(d) 81.25 keyboards/hr
Productivity can be improved by
(a) increasing inputs and outputs in the same proportion
(b) decreasing inputs while holding outputs steady
Current trends in operations management include all of the following except
(a) Just-in-time performance
(b) rapid product development
(c) mass customization
(d) mass production
Three commonly used productivity variables are
(a) quality, external elements, and precise units of measure
(b) labor, capital, and management
(c) technology, raw materials, and labor
(d) education, diet, and social overhead
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The OnePlus factory produces 500 phones every day. How would their production be affected if they increased to 600 phones daily?
(a) it has increased by 50 phone/shift
(b) it has increased by 37.5 phones/hr
(c) it has increased by 20%
(d) it has decreased by 8.3%
