Manufacturing Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) MCQs

Manufacturing Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) MCQs

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1: What is the name of the method used to reduce waste during the manufacturing cycle?

A.   Flow-line process

B.   Continuous flow method

C.   Single-minute exchange of die

D.   Selective application of pressure

E.   Shear force method

2: What is the Standard Operating Procedure document used for?

A.   Recording and documenting every step of a process

B.   Increased efficiency and quality assurance

C.   Managing resources

D.   Controlling the budget

E.   Ensuring all work is conducted in accordance with company policy

3: What is the written record that documents and provides instruction for the steps included in a process or procedure?

A.   Procedure Manual

B.   Standard Operating Procedure

C.   Procedure Sheet

D.   Work Flow Chart

4: What is another term for a statement of work?

A.   Project plan

B.   SWOT

C.   SOW

D.   MAP

5: What kind of performance is measured by the Total Effective Equipment Performance metric?

A.   Production

B.   Capacity utilization

C.   Inventory

D.   Capacity

E.   Processing

6: How is TEEP used to determine a production environment's potential?

A.   By simulating production conditions on a computer

B.   By monitoring environmental factors

C.   To identify and evaluate potential new equipment

D.   To compare the performance of the current environment with that of other production environments

E.   Based on the performance level of its current equipment

7: What term is used by marketing and commercialization teams to describe the overall feedback from customers?

A.   Voice of the User

B.   Return on Investment

C.   Voice of the Customer

D.   Net Promoter Score

E.   Feedback loop

8: What is another name for the Voice of the Customer?

A.   Customer Service

B.   Voice of the Customer Rep

C.   VoC

D.   CRM

E.   Voice of the Customer Advocate

9: What type of customers experience is measured by VoC?

A.   Experiences with the company

B.   Experiences with the team

C.   Experiences with the product

D.   Experiences with the support

10: What does "shitsuke" mean?

A.   Shut up

B.   Please

C.   Sustain

D.   Successor

E.   Success

11: What are the five Japanese words in the theory's name?

A.   Seiri (sort), seito (set in order), seishin (shine), seiketsu (standardize), and shitsuke (sustain)

B.   Seiri (sort), seiton (set in order), seiso (shine), seiketsu (standardize), and shitsuke (sustain)

C.   Hana (flower), umi (ocean), honmono (person), and yakuza

D.   Kaze (wind), furu (thunder), kamui (rain), and tsunami

12: What does Wikipedia call an assembly line?

A.   A manufacturing process

B.   A factory

C.   A production line

13: A manufacturing analytics platform can determine the availability of a machine by collecting and calculating what?

A.   Percentage of done work

B.   Downtime

C.   Capacity utilization

D.   Energy usage

E.   Machine utilization

14: A BOM includes all the materials and parts needed to complete what?

A.   A specific part of a product

B.   A drawing

C.   A set of instructions

D.   A particular product

15: What is an example use of a bill of materials?

A.   Purchasing

B.   Manufacturing

C.   Procurement

D.   Consulting

E.   Project management

16: What is the name of the document that contains all of the parts and materials needed to complete a product?

A.   Parts List

B.   Bill of Materials

C.   Manual of Operations

D.   Component List

E.   Production Plan

17: What is the term used when equipment is arranged in small increments?

A.   The production line

B.   Cellular manufacturing

C.   Logistics

D.   Packaging

18: What does the term cell represent in cellular manufacturing?

A.   The process of manufacturing cells

B.   A factory floor

C.   Small increments

D.   A factory

E.   A single cell

19: What does the CMM ensure are correct?

A.   Processes

B.   Measurements

C.   Outputs

D.   Management Policies

20: What tool ensures measurements are correct?

A.   Ticketer

B.   Coordinate-measuring Machine

C.   Survey Meter

D.   Protractor

E.   Ruler

21: What type of product is affected by a CMM?

A.   Plastic

B.   Metal

C.   Glass

D.   Paper

22: For example, it is used by ERP and MES systems for what?

A.   Scheduling, purchasing, and production cost

B.   Database design

C.   Manufacturing

D.   Inventory control

E.   Inventory and receivables management

23: What term is used in the manufacturing sector?

A.   Production Line

B.   Capacity

C.   Cycle Time

D.   Speed

24: It is used by what systems for scheduling, purchasing, and production cost?

A.   Sales and marketing systems

B.   ERP and MES systems

C.   Budgeting, scheduling, and production systems

D.   Manufacturing systems

E.   Sales and purchasing systems

25: What is the amount of time a plant or particular cell or line is down, or off-line, and not producing any product?

A.   Suspended animation

B.   A week

C.   Shutdown

D.   Downtime

E.   A day

26: How much downtime is there in the industrial world?

A.   This is how long it usually takes to repair or replace equipment

B.   This is the amount of time it takes to restart or reactivate a plant

C.   The amount of time an average worker spends away from the plant

D.   This is the duration of a supply interruption

E.   This is the amount of time a plant or particular cell, line, or machine is down, or off-line

27: In a manufacturing environment, what are the products that have completed all stages of production?

A.   Finished goods and incomplete products

B.   Incomplete products

C.   Processed goods

D.   Finished goods

28: What are finished goods in a manufacturing environment?

A.   Materials

B.   Products

C.   Raw materials

D.   Parts

E.   Finished goods

29: What does HMI stand for?

A.   Host Management Interface

B.   Human-Machine Interface

C.   Health Monitoring Interface

D.   Home Automation Interface

E.   Hardware Management Interface

30: What is the term used to describe a system of interrelated smart devices?

A.   Smart Grid

B.   Internet of Things

C.   Automated Transport Systems

D.   Internet of Everything

31: What type of devices are used when referring to the internet of things?

A.   Phone

B.   Cellphones

C.   Tablet

D.   Computers

E.   Smart

32: What is the name of the organization that describes a world where just about anything can be connected and communicate in an intelligent fashion?

A.   A.I.

B.   IoT

C.   Social Media

D.   The Internet of Things

E.   Phone Company

33: What is a definition of IoT found in A-to-Z Guide to the Internet of Things?

A.   IoT is the use of embedded systems in buildings

B.   The IoT links objects to the Internet

C.   The IoT is a network of devices that can be controlled remotely

34: What does GSI stand for?

A.   Governmental Services Institute

B.   Government Sponsored Investment Corporation

C.   Governmental support institution

D.   Global infrastructure for the information society

E.   Gender-sensitive interpretation

35: Smart factories contain machinery and what else?

A.   Resources

B.   Analytics

C.   Human resources

D.   People

E.   Energy

36: Industrial sector is experimenting with which new technology?

A.   Industrial Internet of Things

B.   3D printing

C.   Robotics

37: In a MTA strategy, parts are available in what stage of manufacturing?

A.   Operate

B.   Make

C.   Plan

D.   Repair

E.   Test

38: There are a couple of different types of manufacturing production processes. A make to assemble strategy focuses on having what available?

A.   Readily made parts

B.   Quick assembly

C.   Low cost

D.   Parts that are readily available

E.   Parts that are easily interchangeable

39: What is not possible with an MTA strategy?

A.   Low customization

B.   Full customization

C.   Continuous learning

D.   You cannot use variables

E.   Continuous delivery

40: A custom piece of furniture or a custom car are both examples of what?

A.   A retrofit product

B.   An after-market product

C.   A customized product

D.   A made-to-order (MTO) product

E.   A personalized product

41: What is a term for MTS?

A.   Manufacturing Trade Statistic

B.   Make to Stock

C.   Mass Update Service

D.   Machine Translation Service

E.   Manufacturing Tax System

42: What is the acronym for Make to Stock?

A.   MKT

B.   MTS

C.   MTOS

D.   MTOSI

E.   MTN

43: What is the MTBF for a machine or machinery?

A.   Mean Time to First Failure

B.   Mean Time Between Failures and Mean Time Between Repairs

C.   Mean Time Between Repair

D.   Mean Time Between Failures

44: MTBF calculates the average time between what?

A.   Maintenance activities

B.   System updates

C.   Requests for service

D.   Failures

E.   Product failures

45: What does MTBF calculate?

A.   The number of months between deliveries

B.   The average time between replacements

C.   The average time between repairs

D.   The average time between failures

46: What is the most well-known metric in the manufacturing industry?

A.   Cycle Time

B.   Cost per Unit

C.   Process Efficiency

D.   Line Speed

E.   Equipment Effectiveness

47: What is another name for Equipment Effectiveness?

A.   Reliability

B.   Effectiveness

C.   OEE

D.   WII

E.   PP

48: The OPC standards apply to what?

A.   Telecommunications

B.   Industrial telecommunication

C.   Computing

D.   Wireless networks

E.   Optical fiber networks

49: What does OPC stand for?

A.   Open Package Computing

B.   Open Process Computing

C.   Object-oriented programming

D.   Open Platform Communications

E.   Object-oriented database

50: In the factory , what is the software tasked with changing?

A.   Parts needed to produce a finished product

B.   Employees' work schedules

C.   Variety of products

D.   Packages of raw materials

E.   Machine processes

51: Who uses Operational Technology ?

A.   The marketing department

B.   The financial department

C.   Engineers in the office

D.   Marketing department

E.   Hands on the factory floor

52: What is the name of the field that is concerned with the physical operation of machinery and equipment?

A.   Engineering

B.   Maintenance

C.   Operational Technology

D.   Mechanic

53: What discipline can be applied to analyzing downtime?

A.   Software development

B.   Service management

C.   Manufacturing

D.   System administration

E.   Database administration

54: What percentage of consequences come from 20% of causes?

A.   80%

B.   50%

C.   0.2%

D.   10%

55: What type of chart can be displayed in real-time with Mingo?

A.   Histogram

B.   Pareto Chart

C.   Venn diagram

56: What is a term for the actual cycle time versus the ideal cycle time?

A.   Process

B.   Operating cycle

C.   Cycle time

D.   Cycle

E.   Performance

57: What is the ideal cycle time that a manufacturing system should meet?

A.   Cycle time and throughput

B.   Schedule

C.   Capacity

D.   Cycle time

58: What sort of computer is a Programmable Logic Controller?

A.   A computer that is used for controlling machinery

B.   A computer that is used in industrial settings

C.   A computer that runs on electric power

D.   A computer that can be controlled by aprogram

E.   A computer that has been modified or programmed

59: What does a PLC do?

A.   Operate a factory floor

B.   Monitor production inputs and outputs

C.   Monitor and control machines

D.   Automate processes of production

E.   Control machines and systems

60: What is the Japanese term for mistake-proofing?

A.   Quality control

B.   Kaizen

C.   Poka-Yoke

D.   Jidoka

E.   Quality assurance

61: What type of manufacturing process is Poka-Yoke used to help avoid making mistakes?

A.   Assembly

B.   Six Sigma

C.   Quality Assurance

D.   Lean

E.   Manual

62: What is Poka-Yoke a Japanese term meaning?

A.   Mistake-proofing

B.   Corrective action

C.   A policy that limits overtime work

D.   Quality control

63: What does the term "percent" in "quality" mean?

A.   This refers to the percentage of a product that is defective

B.   This refers to the quality of the products that have been produced using a machine in the past

C.   This refers to the quality of the products currently being produced by a machine

D.   This refers to how much of one type of product is being produced by a machine

E.   This refers to the quality of a product that has been produced in the past

64: What is the name of the part of a manufacturing business that collects information from operators?

A.   Standardization

B.   Part count

C.   Injection molding

D.   Production schedule

E.   Quality control

65: What process control tool helps with monitoring and controlling processes?

A.   Error Analysis and Control

B.   Statistical Process Control Using

C.   Process Automation

D.   Error Monitoring and Control

E.   Flowcharting

66: What is the process used to monitor and control processes?

A.   Error Detection and Correction

B.   Statistical Process Control

C.   Error Theory

D.   Queuing Theory

E.   Process Control Chart

67: What sort of issues can be determined by SPC?

A.   Capacity

B.   Production

C.   Profitability

D.   Research

E.   Sales

68: There is a formula used to calculate what?

A.   Takt time

B.   The radius of a circle

C.   The radius of a circular orbit

D.   The speed of light

69: What is another name for a time study?

A.   A time study evaluates worker productivity

B.   A time study looks at how employees spend their time

C.   A time study measures how much work is completed in a certain amount of time

D.   A time study measures how long it takes to do a task

E.   A time study analyzes every step of the manufacturing process

70: What type of study analyzes the manufacturing process to determine how long each step takes?

A.   A time study

B.   A flow study

C.   A process study

D.   A production study

E.   A process inventory study

71: What does TPM stand for?

A.   Technical Performance Management

B.   Total Productive Maintenance

C.   Total Project Management

D.   Total Physical Memory

E.   Total Quality Management

72: What is the goal of TPM?

A.   Prevent accidents

B.   Decrease the amount of time needed to complete a task

C.   Safeguard the privacy of data

D.   Increase the efficiency of the equipment

E.   Prevent unauthorized access

73: Who does TPM work with to increase the efficiency of the equipment?

A.   Machine operators

B.   Supervisor

C.   Purchasing department

D.   Maintenance crew

E.   Maintenance staff

74: Utilization is a percentage or what?

A.   CAGR

B.   Dimension

C.   KPI

D.   NPS

E.   Metric

75: Which of the following two disciplines are tied by a common database?

A.   CAD and CAM

B.   Drafting and documentation

C.   Documentation and geometric modeling

D.   None of the mentione

76: Which of the following software is used to provide the users with various functions to perform geometric modeling and construction?

A.   Graphics software

B.   Programming software

C.   Operating software

D.   Application softwar

77: What is the relationship between CAD/CAM?

A.   Manufacturing and marketing

B.   Science and engineering

C.   Design and marketing

D.   Design and manufacturin

78: Which of the following device is mostly associated with automation?

A.   NC machine

B.   Flexible manufacturing

C.   Computer graphics workstation

D.   Robots

79: Which of the following software performs the data entry, design, analysis, drafting, and manufacturing functions?

A.   Graphics software

B.   Programming software

C.   Operating software

D.   Application softwar

80: Which of the following software enables to implement custom applications or modify the system for specialized needs?

A.   Graphics software

B.   Programming software

C.   Operating software

D.   Application softwar

81: On which of the following just in time manufacturing philosophy emphasizes?

A.   Man power

B.   Profit

C.   Inventory

D.   Manufacturing

82: Why designs are periodically modified?

A.   To strive for zero-based rejection and waste

B.   To make products easier and faster to manufacture

C.   To improve product performance

D.   All of the mentione

83: Why sustainable manufacturing is required?

A.   Proper maintenance

B.   Reuse

C.   Conserving resources

D.   All of the mentioned

84: Which of the following are the chemical properties of good product material?

A.   Corrosion

B.   Surface treatment

C.   Oxidation

D.   All of the mentione

85: Which of the following operation is used to make a ball bearing?

A.   Upsetting

B.   Press forging

C.   Roll forging

D.   Skew rolling

86: Which of the following software is used to control the computer’s work flow, organize its data and perform house keeping functions?

A.   Graphics software

B.   Programming software

C.   Operating software

D.   Application softwar

87: Which of the following are cleaning fluids?

A.   Emulsions

B.   Solvents

C.   Alkaline solutions

D.   All of the mentioned

88: Which of the following forging operation is Heading?

A.   Embossing

B.   Coining

C.   Piercing

D.   Upsettin

89: Which of the following casting technique has a greater impact in semiconductor industry?

A.   Single crystal

B.   Induction melting

C.   Directional solidification

D.   Conventional casting

90: In which of the following casting process the sand is mixed with a thermosetting resin to form a mould?

A.   Shell moulding

B.   Squeeze casting

C.   Centrifugal casting

D.   Die casting

91: Which of the following is used to form Complex shapes effectively?

A.   Metal casting

B.   Sand casting

C.   Powder metallurgy

D.   Turning

92: For manufacturing of a certain amount of hole, maximum hole size was found to be 50.14 mm and minimum hole size was found to be 49.98. What will be the Tolerance in mm?

A.   0.14

B.   0.15

C.   0.16

D.   0.17

93: In the manufacturing of hole and shaft, the maximum shaft diameter was 49.88 mm and the minimum hole diameter was found to be 49.94 mm. Which of the following is correct?

A.   Interference fit

B.   Transition fit

C.   Clearance fit

D.   None of the mentione

94: For helical gears, the angle between hob’s spindle axis and workpiece’s spindle axis must be _____ as the helix angle of the helical gear.

A.   Decreased by the half amount

B.   Increased by the half amount

C.   Decreased by the same amount

D.   Increased by the same amoun

95: What causes an un-proportionally thin and high tooth in the toe region, and a short and thick tooth at the heel?

A.   Difference in feed rates

B.   Difference in PCDs of the generating gears

C.   Error in indexing while manufacturing

D.   Difference in outer and inner circumference of the generating g

96: Which of the following is the most common material used to produce forming rolls?

A.   Chrome steels

B.   Oil hardened tool steels

C.   Aluminium

D.   Carbide

97: Which of the following is correct about ECG?

A.   Burr-free sharpening of needles

B.   Machining of soft metals like aluminium can be easily done

C.   Lower MRRs when grinding hard, heat-sensitive materials

D.   Difficult to machine materials with high hardness like tungsten carb

98: Which of the following manufacturing process is favourable for making tool for ECM?

A.   Cold forging

B.   Casting

C.   Shaping

D.   Laser cutting

99: According to which of the following Porous materials are classified?

A.   Total area

B.   Pore size

C.   Manufacturing method

D.   Difference between initial and final ma

100: Why do the pore characteristics of the resulting pSi structures depend upon the doping type? Choose the most correct option.

A.   The pore formation mechanism relies on doping

B.   Atomic size of doping atom affects the final structure

C.   Processing time depends on the doping

D.   The manufacturing process is selected on the basis of dop