Process Design and Capacity Management MCQs

Process Design and Capacity Management MCQs

Try to answer these 30 Process Design and Capacity Management MCQs and check your understanding of the Process Design and Capacity Management subject.
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1: Assemble-to-Order Processes is a processes that make use of mass _______ and thus assemble products once orders are received

A.   Customization

B.   Unmodified

C.   Unchanged

D.   Original

2: Assembly Line Processes are processes that produce ________ , with low unit prices, but with little production flexibility.

A.   Average output volumes

B.   Medium output volumes

C.   High output volumes

D.   None of these

3: A constraint caused by a process, tool, or person that limits the output of a system is known as _______ .

A.   Bottleneck

B.   Break-Even Analysis

C.   Assembly Line Processes

D.   None of these

4: Break-Even Analysis is when cost trade-offs are analyzed among the various options to determine which option is best.

A.   True

B.   False

5: The point in a break-even analysis where total revenues equal total costs is known as _______ .

A.   Break-Even Point

B.   Business Process

C.   Capacity Sharing

D.   Capacity Utilization

6: Business Process is the fundamental rethinking and redesign of business processes to improve ______ and effectiveness

A.   Efficiency

B.   Effective

C.   Both a & b

D.   None of these

7: Capacity is the _______ of units the facility can produce over a set period of time .

A.   Minimum number

B.   Average number

C.   Maximum number

D.   Both a & c

8: Capacity Sharing is the distribution of capacity among _______ when additions to capacity are expensive and when demand is highly variable

A.   Companies

B.   Manager

C.   Employ

D.   All not true

9: Capacity Utilization used an amount of effective capacity .

A.   True

B.   False

10: Continuous Processes are processes with almost no product variety and equipment that is highly automated and dedicated to one task.

A.   True

B.   False

11: A maximum sustainable output per period is known as _____ .

A.   Design Capacity

B.   Diseconomies of Scale

C.   Make-to-Order Processes

D.   None of these

12: Which is the correct statement about diseconomies of scale ?

A.   This lower maximum sustainable throughput will most likely be achieved

B.   Processes that create custom products from job shops, projects, and some batch facilities

C.   A hybrid process combining several aspects of the job shop and assembly line processes

D.   When too much size and capacity lead to increases in unit costs

A.   Effective Capacity

B.   Best Operating Level

C.   Both a & b

D.   None of these

14: Facilities with departments where similar processing equipment or specialties are housed, offering custom products or services is known as ______ .

A.   Job Shop Processes

B.   Make-to-Order Processes

C.   Mass Customization Process

D.   None of these

15: Which Processes that create custom products from job shops, projects, and some batch facilities ?

A.   Job Shop Processes

B.   Make-to-Order Processes

C.   Mass Customization Process

D.   None of these

16: A specific type of break-even analysis where the firm is considering two alternatives—making a product in-house or buying it from suppliers is known as ______.

A.   Job Shop Processes

B.   Make-to-Order Processes

C.   Make Versus Buy Analysis

D.   None of these

17: Mass Customization Process is a hybrid process combining several aspects of the job shop.

A.   True

B.   False

18: Postponement occurring when the final assembly is postponed until the specific customer orders are received .

A.   True

B.   False

19: _______ used to help users understand how a process works and where problems might be found

A.   Process Flowchart

B.   Process Map

C.   Both a & b

D.   None of these

20: A type of job shop process where one unique product is manufactured requiring one unique set of processes is known as ______ .

A.   Job Shop Processes

B.   Sustainable Processes

C.   Project Process

D.   None of these

21: Sustainable Processes provide outputs for the organization in an environmentally acceptable manner .

A.   True

B.   False

22: A general philosophy stating that a system is only as good or strong as its weakest part is known as _______ .

A.   Theory of Constraints

B.   Approach to Analytics

C.   CRM Applications

D.   Customer Communities

23: Understanding process characteristics is essential to selecting the correct type of process. If your output volume will be very low, what type of process would be most appropriate?

A.   Job shop

B.   Batch

C.   Assembly line

D.   Continuous

24: Understanding process characteristics is essential to selecting the correct type of process. If your firmrequiresvery lowequipment flexibility and very high output volume, what type of process would be most appropriate?

A.   Job shop

B.   Batch

C.   Assembly line

D.   Continuous

25: Understanding process characteristics is essential to selecting the correct type of process. If your product variety is high and your equipment flexibility is medium, what type of process would be most appropriate?

A.   Job shop

B.   Batch

C.   Assembly line

D.   Continuous

26: Understanding process characteristics is essential to selecting the correct type of process. If you were managing a cafeteria, what type of service process would be most appropriate?

A.   Job shop

B.   Batch

C.   Assembly line

D.   Continuous

27: Understanding process characteristics is essential to selecting the correct type of process. If you were managing an oil refinery, what type of process would be most appropriate?

A.   Job shop

B.   Batch

C.   Assembly line

D.   Continuous

28: A common symbol used in a process flowchart is a diamon What is the meaning of this symbol?

A.   Start or end of the process

B.   Process task or required action

C.   A decision must be made

D.   Represents sequencing from one task to the next

29: A common symbol used in a process flowchart is an arrow. What is the meaning of this symbol?

A.   Start or end of the process

B.   Process task or required action

C.   A decision must be made

D.   Represents sequencing from one task to the nex

30: A common symbol used in a process flowchart is a rectangle. What is the meaning of this symbol?

A.   Start or end of the process

B.   Process task or required action

C.   A decision must be made

D.   Represents sequencing from one task to the next

31: This common symbol used in a process flowchart will always have two outputs. What is that symbol?

A.   Diamond

B.   Rectangle

C.   Circle

D.   Oval

32: _______ is the maximum number of units a facility can produce over a set period of time.

A.   Capacity

B.   Design capacity

C.   Effective capacity

D.   Capacity utilization

33: _______ is the amount of effective capacity actually use

A.   Capacity

B.   Design capacity

C.   Effective capacity

D.   Capacity utilization

34: _______ is a maximum sustainable output per perio

A.   Capacity

B.   Design capacity

C.   Effective capacity

D.   Capacity utilization

35: _______ is the actual throughput level once demand fluctuations and productivity problems are factored in.

A.   Capacity

B.   Design capacity

C.   Effective capacity

D.   Capacity utilization

36: “A system is only as good or strong as its weakest part” is the basic definition of _______.

A.   Capacity sharing

B.   Diseconomies of scale

C.   Bottleneck

D.   Theory of Constraints

37: A process, tool, or person that limits the output of a system is _______.

A.   Capacity sharing

B.   Diseconomies of scale

C.   A bottleneck

D.   The Theory of Constraints

38: _______ is the amount of effective capacity actually used

A.   Capacity

B.   Design capacity

C.   Effective capacity

D.   Capacity utilization