MCQ Questions
Q.1.
Which of these statements regarding time-cost tradeoffs in CPM networks is true?
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    Marketing, production/operations, and finance/accounting
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    Pursuing stockholder approval ratings
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    Crashing shortens the project duration by assigning more resources to one or more of the critical tasks.
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    Crashing sometimes has the reverse result of lengthening the project duration.
Q.2.
WBS stands for which of the following project management tools?
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    Work breakdown structure
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    Free trade zones in Mexico
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    Decreases input 15
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    All of the above are true:
Q.3.
Which of the following tasks within an airline company are related to operations?
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    Crew Scheduling
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    Global warming
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    Decreases input 15
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    Mass customization
Q.4.
The ability of an organization to produce goods or services that have some uniqueness in their characteristics is:
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    Crashing sometimes has the reverse result of lengthening the project duration.
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    Pursuing stockholder approval ratings
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    Immediate rivals, potential entrants, customers, suppliers, and substitute products.
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    Competing on differentiation.
Q.5.
Advantages of ourstourcing do NOT include:
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    Functional strategies are shaped by corporate strategy.
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    Planning, scheduling, and controlling.
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    PERT employs three time estimates for each activity
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    Potential creation of future competition.
Q.6.
A business's stakeholders, whose conflicting perspectives cause ethical and social.......
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    Competing on differentiation.
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    All of the above
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    Immediate rivals, potential entrants, customers, suppliers, and substitute products.
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    Assembly line oeprations
Q.7.
A small metal shop operates 10 hours each day, producing 100 parts/hour. If productivity were increased 20, how many hours would the plant have to produce 1000 parts?
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    Multidomestic strategy
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    Decreases input 15
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    Contract manufacturing
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    Between 8 and 9 hours
Q.8.
Which of the following is the best example of a pure service
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    Crew Scheduling
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    All of the above
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    Counseling
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    Decreases input 15
Q.9.
Which of the following statements regarding time-cost tradeoffs in CPM networks is false?
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    Crashing shortens the project duration by assigning more resources to one or more of the critical tasks.
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    Crashing sometimes has the reverse result of lengthening the project duration.
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    Mass customization
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    A firm produces its product with less raw material waste than its compeitotrs do.
Q.10.
Reasons to study operations management include learning about:
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    Decreases input 15
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    All of the above are true:
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    Work breakdown structure
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    All of the above
Q.11.
Porter's Five Forces Model is used to evaluate competition based on which 5 aspects?
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    Assembly line oeprations
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    Made progress in providing equal protection of intellectual property among nations.
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    Immediate rivals, potential entrants, customers, suppliers, and substitute products.
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    Crashing sometimes has the reverse result of lengthening the project duration.
Q.12.
Which of the following is NOT a limitation of PERT?
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    On a specific project, there can be multiple critical paths, all with exactly the same duration.
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    Only one time estimate can be used for each activity.
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    All of the above are elements of experience differenetation.
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    Proving PERT probability calculations.
Q.13.
Which of the following statements concerning CPM activities is false?
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    All of the above are elements of experience differenetation.
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    A firm produces its product with less raw material waste than its compeitotrs do.
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    Crashing sometimes has the reverse result of lengthening the project duration.
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    The late finish of an activity is the earliest late start of the preceding activities.
Q.14.
Which of the following are among the 10 strategic operations management decisions?
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    Crew Scheduling
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    Marketing, production/operations, and finance/accounting
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    A firm produces its product with less raw material waste than its compeitotrs do.
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    D
Q.15.
An SWOT analysis determines:
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    Crashing sometimes has the reverse result of lengthening the project duration.
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    Functional strategies are shaped by corporate strategy.
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    Internal strengths and weaknesses and external oppurtunities and threats.
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    Potential creation of future competition.
Q.16.
Which of the following are the primary functions of all organizations?
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    A firm produces its product with less raw material waste than its compeitotrs do.
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    Functional strategies are shaped by corporate strategy.
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    Marketing, production/operations, and finance/accounting
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    A firm's products are introduced into the market faster than its competitors do.
Q.17.
Henry Ford is noted for his contributions to:
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    All of the above are true:
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    Labor, capital,, and management
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    Free trade zones in Mexico
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    Assembly line oeprations
Q.18.
Which of the following is an example of competing on quick response?
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    Proving PERT probability calculations.
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    The late finish of an activity is the earliest late start of the preceding activities.
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    A firm's products are introduced into the market faster than its competitors do.
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    Marketing, production/operations, and finance/accounting
Q.19.
Three commonly used productivity variables are:
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    Proving PERT probability calculations.
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    Free trade zones in Mexico
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    All of the above are true:
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    Labor, capital,, and management
Q.20.
A foundry produces circular utility access hatches (Manhole covers). Currently, 12-......
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    Crew Scheduling
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    Global warming
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    All of the Above
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    14.4. covers/hr
Q.21.
The difference between AON and AOA network is that:
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    All of the above
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    All of the above are true:
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    All of the above are elements of experience differenetation.
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    Free trade zones in Mexico
Q.22.
Which of the following is NOT one of the 10 strategic operations management decisions?
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    Mass customization
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    Decreases input 15
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    Crashing sometimes has the reverse result of lengthening the project duration.
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    Global warming
Q.23.
Which of the following environment factors has not contributed to Microsoft's changing strategy?
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    All of the above
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    Mass customization
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    Global warming
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    Counseling
Q.24.
Which of the international operations strategies uses the existing domestic model globally?
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    All of the above
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    Multidomestic strategy
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    Pursuing stockholder approval ratings
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    Crew Scheduling
Q.25.
The phases of project management are:
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    PERT employs three time estimates for each activity
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    Planning, scheduling, and controlling.
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    Pursuing stockholder approval ratings
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    Free trade zones in Mexico
Q.26.
The time an activity will take assuming very unfavorable condition is:
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    Decreases input 15
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    Mass customization
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    The pessimistic time.
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    Multidomestic strategy
Q.27.
Which of the following did the authors NOT suggest as a reason for globalizing operations?
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    Pursuing stockholder approval ratings
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    Proving PERT probability calculations.
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    Crashing sometimes has the reverse result of lengthening the project duration.
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    Multidomestic strategy
Q.28.
Which of the following statements regarding critical paths is true?
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    The late finish of an activity is the earliest late start of the preceding activities.
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    A firm's products are introduced into the market faster than its competitors do.
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    Only one time estimate can be used for each activity.
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    On a specific project, there can be multiple critical paths, all with exactly the same duration.
Q.29.
The term maquiladora is most synonymous with
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    All of the above are true:
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    Labor, capital,, and management
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    Free trade zones in Mexico
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    The pessimistic time.
Q.30.
Which of the following is NOT performed by Microsoft Project?
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    All of the above are elements of experience differenetation.
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    Pursuing stockholder approval ratings
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    A firm's products are introduced into the market faster than its competitors do.
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    Proving PERT probability calculations.
Q.31.
Which of the following best describes experience differentiation?
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    A firm's products are introduced into the market faster than its competitors do.
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    Only one time estimate can be used for each activity.
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    Marketing, production/operations, and finance/accounting
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    All of the above are elements of experience differenetation.