Industrial Engineering

21. Current assets include

  1. manufacturing plant
  2. manufacturing plant and equipment
  3. inventories
  4. common stock held by the firm
  5. all of the above.

Correct answer: (A)
manufacturing plant

22. Expediting function consists in keeping a watch on

  1. operator's activity
  2. flow of material and in case of trouble locate source of trouble
  3. minimising the delays
  4. making efficient despatching
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (B)
flow of material and in case of trouble locate source of trouble

23. Father of industrial engineering is

  1. Jeck Gilberth
  2. Gnatt
  3. Taylor
  4. Newton
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (B)
Gnatt

24. Father of time study was

  1. F.W. Taylor
  2. H.L. Gantt
  3. F.B. Gilberfh
  4. R.M. Barnes
  5. H.B. Maynord.

Correct answer: (A)
F.W. Taylor

25. For a product layout the material handling equipment must

  1. have full flexibility
  2. employ conveyor belts, trucks, tractors etc.
  3. be a general purpose type
  4. be designed as special purpose for a particular application
  5. arranging shops according to specialisation of duties.

Correct answer: (D)
be designed as special purpose for a particular application

26. For ship vessel industry the following layout is best suited

  1. process layout
  2. product layout
  3. fixed position layout
  4. plant layout
  5. functional layout.

Correct answer: (C)
fixed position layout

27. Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as

  1. line organisation
  2. line and staff organisation
  3. functional organisation
  4. effective organisation
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (C)
functional organisation

28. Gnatt chart provides information about the

  1. material handling
  2. proper utilisation of manpower
  3. production schedule
  4. efficient working of machine
  5. all of the above.

Correct answer: (C)
production schedule

29. Gnatt charts are used for

  1. forecasting sales
  2. production schedule
  3. scheduling and routing
  4. linear programming
  5. none of the above.

Correct answer: (B)
production schedule

30. Gnatt charts provide information about

  1. break even point analysis
  2. production schedule
  3. material handling layout
  4. determining selling price
  5. value analysis.

Correct answer: (B)
production schedule

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