Industrial Engineering

21. PERT and CPM are

  1. techniques to determine project status
  2. decision making techniques
  3. charts which increase aesthetic ap-pearance of rooms
  4. aids to determine cost implications of project
  5. aids to the decision maker.

Correct answer: (E)
aids to the decision maker.

22. PERT has following time estimate

  1. one time estimate
  2. two time estimate
  3. three time estimate
  4. four time estimate
  5. nil time estimate.

Correct answer: (C)
three time estimate

23. PERT is the

  1. time oriented technique
  2. event oriented technique
  3. activity oriented technique
  4. target oriented technique
  5. work oriented technique.

Correct answer: (B)
event oriented technique

24. PMTP (predetermined motion time systems) include

  1. MTM (method time measurement)
  2. WFS (work factor systems)
  3. BNTS (basic motion time study)
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the abbvev

Correct answer: (D)
all of the above

25. Queing theory is associated with

  1. sales
  2. inspection time
  3. waiting time
  4. production time
  5. inventory.

Correct answer: (C)
waiting time

26. Queing theory is used for

  1. inventory problems
  2. traffic congestion studies
  3. job-shop scheduling
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (D)
all of the above

27. Replacement studies are made on the fol-lowing basis:

  1. annual cost method
  2. rate of return method
  3. total life average method
  4. present worth method
  5. any one of the above.

Correct answer: (E)
any one of the above.

28. Routing is essential in the following type of industry

  1. assembly industry
  2. process industry
  3. job order industry
  4. mass production industry
  5. steel industry.

Correct answer: (A)
assembly industry

29. Slack represents the difference between the

  1. latest allowable time and the normal expected time
  2. latest allowable time and the earliest expected time
  3. proposed allowable time and the ear-liest expected time
  4. normal allowable time and the latest expected time
  5. project initiation tune and actual starting time.

Correct answer: (B)
latest allowable time and the earliest expected time

30. String diagram is used

  1. for checking the relative values of various layouts
  2. when a group of workers are working at a place
  3. where processes require the operator to be moved from one place to another
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (D)
all of the above

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