Which of the following would not generally be classified under heading of transformation?

Introduction to Operations Management

True / False Questions

1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling

and promoting the organization's goods or services.

True False

2. Often, the collective success or failure of companies' operations functions will impact the

ability of a nation to compete with other nations.

True False

3. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that only one of

the two types of operations management strategies are used.

True False

4. Operations, marketing, and finance function independently of each other in most

organizations.

True False

5. The greater the degree of customer involvement, the more challenging the design and

management of operations.

True False

6. Goods producing organizations are not involved in service activities.

True False

7. Service operations require additional inventory because of the unpredictability of consumer

demand.

True False

8. The value of outputs is measured by the prices customers are willing to pay for goods or

services.

True False

9. The use of models will guarantee the best possible decisions.

True False

10. People who work in the field of operations should have skills that include both knowledge

and people skills.

True False

11. Assembly lines achieved productivity but at the expense of standard of living.

True False

12. The operations manager has primary responsibility for making operations system design

decisions, such as system capacity and location of facilities.

True False

13. The word "technology" is used only to refer to "information technology".

True False

14. ‘Value added' by definition is always a positive number since 'added' implies increases.

True False

41. Which of the following is not a type of operations?
A. goods production
B. storage/transportation
C. entertainment
D. communication
E. all the above involve operations
All of these involve taking inputs and transforming them.

42. Technology choices seldom affect:
A. costs.
B. productivity.
C. union activity.
D. quality.
E. flexibility.
Union activity can affect a firm's technology choices, but not the other way around.

43. Measurements taken at various points in the transformation process for control purposes are called:
A. plans
B. directions
C. controls
D. feedback
E. budgets
Feedback is used to monitor and improve processes.

44. Budgeting, analysis of investment proposals, and provision of funds are activities associated with the _______ function.
A. operation
B. marketing
C. purchasing
D. finance
E. internal audit
These are the primary tasks for the finance function.

45. Which one of the following would not generally be classified under the heading of transformation?
A. assembling
B. teaching
C. staffing
D. farming
E. consulting
Staffing doesn't involve transforming resources so much as it involves acquiring them.

46. Manufacturing work sent to other countries is called:
A. downsized
B. outsourced
C. internationalization
D. vertical integration
E. entrepreneurial ship
Outsourcing is increasingly a part of operations management.

47. Product design and process selection are examples of _______ decisions.
A. financial
B. tactical
C. system design
D. system operation
E. forecasting
These major decisions affect decisions made at lower levels.

48. The responsibilities of the operations manager are:
A. planning, organizing, staffing, procuring, and reviewing
B. planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
C. forecasting, designing, planning, organizing, and controlling
D. forecasting, designing, operating, procuring, and reviewing
E. designing and operating
The scope of operations management ranges across the organization.

49. Knowledge skills usually don't include:
A. process knowledge
B. accounting skills
C. communication skills
D. global knowledge
E. all of the above
Communication skills generally are considered to be people skills.

50. Which of the following is not true about systems approach?
A. A systems viewpoint is almost always beneficial in decision making.
B. A systems approach emphasizes interrelationships among subsystems.
C. A systems approach concentrates on efficiency within subsystems.
D. A systems approach is essential whenever something is being redesigned or improved.
E. All of the above are true.
Subsystem efficiency doesn't necessarily translate into overall system efficiency.

51. What is credited with gains in industrial productivity, increased standards of living and affordable products?
A. personal computers
B. the internet
C. mass transportation
D. assembly lines
E. multi-level marketing
Mass production has played a prominent role in increasing standards of living.

52. Production systems with customized outputs typically have relatively:
A. high volumes of output
B. low unit costs
C. high amount of specialized equipment
D. fast work movement
E. skilled workers
Skilled workers are necessary to accommodate the variation inherent in customized outputs.

53. Which is not a significant difference between manufacturing and service operations?
A. cost per unit
B. uniformity of output
C. labor content of jobs
D. customer contact
E. measurement of productivity
Manufacturing operations aren't necessarily more or less efficient than service operations.

54. Which of the following is not a characteristic of service operations?
A. intangible output
B. high customer contact
C. high labor content
D. easy measurement of productivity
E. low uniformity of output
The productivity of service operations is often hard to measure.

55. Which of the following is a recent trend in business?
A. pollution control
B. total quality management
C. supply chain management
D. competition from foreign manufacturers
E. technological change
Supply chain management involves a broader systemic view of operations.

56. Farming is an example of:
A. an obsolete activity
B. a virtual organization
C. non-manufactured goods
D. a growth industry
E. customized manufacturing
Farm operations are not manufacturing operations.

57. Dealing with the fact that certain aspects of any management situation are more important than others is called:
A. analysis of tradeoffs
B. sensitivity analysis
C. recognition of priorities
D. analysis of variance
E. decision table analysis
Solutions tend to be targeted toward higher priority aspects of a situation.

58. The fact that a few improvements in a few key areas of operations will have more impact than many improvements in many other areas is consistent with the:
A. Irwin phenomenon
B. Pareto phenomenon
C. Stevenson phenomenon
D. Tellier phenomenon
E. Adam Smith phenomenon
Pareto phenomena direct our attention to the difference between the "important few" and the "trivial many."

59. The process of comparing outputs to previously established standards to determine if corrective action is needed is called:
A. planning
B. directing
C. controlling
D. budgeting
E. disciplining
Controls are used to maintain performance.

60. Which of the following does not relate to system design?
A. altering the system capacity
B. location of facilities
C. inventory management
D. selection and acquisition of equipment
E. physical arrangement of departments
Inventory management is a system operation decision area.

61. Taking a systems viewpoint with regard to operations in today's environment increasingly leads decision-makers to consider ______________ in response to the ___________.
A. flexibility; pressure to be more efficient
B. offshoring; need to promote domestic production
C. sustainability; threat of global warming
D. technology; impact of random variation
E. forecasting; stabilization of demand
Sustainability is a relatively recent operations management consideration.

62. Some companies attempt to maximize the revenue they receive from fixed operating capacity by influencing demands through price manipulation. This is an example of __________________:
A. Illegal price discrimination
B. Collusion
C. Volume analysis
D. Revenue management
E. Outsourcing
Revenue management is used to ensure that as much perishable capacity as possible is sold.

63. Which of the following is not an ongoing trend in manufacturing?
A. globalization
B. quality improvement
C. flexibility and agility
D. mass production for greater economies of scale
E. technological advances
Manufacturers are moving away from mass production for economies of scale.

64. Which of the following is not a benefit of using models in decision making?
A. They provide a standardized format for analyzing a problem.
B. They serve as a consistent tool for evaluation.
C. They are easy to use and less expensive than dealing with the actual situation.
D. All of the above are benefits.
E. None of the above is a benefit.
Models are useful tools for making decisions without confronting the actual situation with all of its complexity.

65. Modern firms increasingly rely on other firms to supply goods and services instead of doing these tasks themselves. This increased level of _____________ is leading to increased emphasis on ____________ management.
A. outsourcing; supply chain
B. offshoring; lean
C. downsizing; total quality
D. optimizing; inventory
E. internationalization; intercultural
Supply chain management takes a more systemic view of the firm, its operations, and its suppliers.

66. Operations and sales are the two ________ functions in businesses.
A. strategic
B. tactical
C. support
D. value-adding
E. line
Others are support functions.

67. Marketing depends on operations for information regarding ___________.
A. productivity
B. lead time
C. cash flow
D. budgeting
E. corporate intelligence
Marketing uses lead time information to make promises to customers.

68. Two widely used metrics of variation are the __________ and the _________.
A. mean; standard deviation
B. productivity ratio; correlation
C. standardized mean; assignable deviation
D. randomized mean; standardized deviation
E. normal distribution; random variation
The mean and standard deviation summarize important facets regarding the variation in a process.

69. Which of the following statements about variation is FALSE?
A. Variation prevents a production process from being as efficient as it can be.
B. Some variation can be prevented.
C. Variation can either be assignable or random.
D. Any variation makes a production process less productive.
E. Random variation generally cannot be influenced by managers.
The choice to offer customers greater variety might increase variation but increase productivity even more.

70. Which of the following is essential to consider with respect to managing a process to meet demand?
A. strategy
B. demand forecasts
C. capacity
D. random variability
E. all of the above
All of these play a role in determining whether a process can meet demand.