INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT QUIZ

Activity slack or float of any event on a PERT/CPM chart is represented by

Latest finish time of event earliest finish time of the event

Latest start time of the event earliest start time of the event

Anyone of the above

Latest start time of succeeding event earliest finish time of preceding event activity time

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Which one of the following represents a group incentive plan?

Scanlon Plan

Taylor Differential Piece Rate System

Halsey Premium Plan

Rowan Plan

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For a small scale industry, the fixed cost per month is Rs. 5000. The variable cost per product is Rs. 20 and sales price is Rs. 30 per piece. The break even production per month will be

300

460

500

1000

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Which of the following incentive plans ensures a part of the swing to the worker and rest to the employer?

Taylor plan

Gilbert plan

Emerson efficiency plan

Halsey premium plan

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Which one of the following chart gives simultaneously information about the progress of work and machine loading?

Process chart

Man-machine chart

Gantt chart

Machine load chart

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Dummy activities are used to

None of these

Maintain the required net work

Determine the project completion time

Determine the critical path

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The probability distribution of activity times in PERT follows following distribution

Binomial

Normal

Beta

Exponential

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Under the Apprenticeship Act

All industries employing more than 100 workers have to recruit apprentices

Only industries employing more than 500 workers have to recruit apprentices

Industries have to train apprentices according to their requirement

All industries have to necessarily train the apprentices

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The linear programming techniques can be applied successfully to industries like

Food processing

Oil and chemical

All of the listed here

Iron and steel

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The term 'value' in value engineering refers to

Utility of the product

Selling price of the product

Manufactured cost of the product

Total cost of the product

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