Operations Management MCQs | Types of Production

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Operations management is concerned with the transformation of 'inputs' into 'outputs' that meet the needs of the customer.
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Operations Management MCQs

Operations management is concerned with the transformation of ‘inputs’ into ‘outputs’ that meet the needs of the customer. The concept of operations management is equally applicable for both production as well as services industry. Here on MCQs.club we have designed simple Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) that fully cover the operations and supply chain management, strategic operations management, manufacturing operations management. This online course also covers the production types. There are several different types of production process:  Job production, Batch production and Flow production. These MCQs include and cover the method, definition, system, process, meaning, branches, techniques, features, three (3) types of production with examples.

  1. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT is concerned with the transformation of ‘inputs’ into ‘outputs’ that meet the needs of the customer.
    1. False
    2. True
  1. Operations management refers to the activities required to produce and deliver a product or a service.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Operation management includes:
    1. Purchasing
    2. Warehousing
    3. Transportation
    4. All of the above
  1. At its simplest, operations management tries to ensure that organizations are run as efficiently as possible.
    1. Correct
    2. Incorrect
  1. An organization can achieve significant competitive advantage over its rivals through superior operating capabilities of its resources, examples include:
    1. Assets
    2. Work force skills
    3. Supplier relationships
    4. All of the above
  1. The objectives for operations should be consistent with the perceived requirements of customers. Suggest suitable performance objectives in following situations.
    • When customers want a low-priced product.
      1. The performance objectives in operational strategy should focus mainly on reducing costs and producing a low-cost output
      2. The performance objectives in operational strategy should focus on achieving the required quality standards
      3. The operational objective should be to set targets for reliability
      4. All of the above
    • When customers want a product or service with certain quality characteristics and willing to pay more for better quality.
      1. The operational objective should be to set targets for reliability
      2. The performance objectives in operational strategy should focus on achieving the required quality standards, with costs in certain limits
      3. The operational objective should be to achieve sufficient flexibility to handle the variations in customer requirements.
      4. None
    • When customers want fast delivery of a product or service.
      1. The operational performance objective will concentrate on speed of operations.
      2. The performance objective will be making the product or service more readily available.
      3. Either A or B
      4. None
    • When customers want reliability.
      1. The performance objective should be to set targets for reliability and ensure that these are met.
      2. The performance objectives in operational strategy should focus on achieving the required quality standards
      3. The performance objectives in operational strategy should focus mainly on reducing costs and producing a low-cost output
      4. None
    • When customers want products or services to be designed to their own specification.
      1. The performance objectives in operational strategy should focus mainly on reducing costs and producing a low-cost output.
      2. The performance objectives must be to achieve sufficient flexibility to handle the variations in customer requirements, and provide differing products/service accordingly.
      3. Either A or B
      4. None
    • When customers want to alter the timing or delivery of services they receive.
      1. The performance objectives in operational strategy should focus on achieving the required quality standards
      2. The performance objectives in operational strategy should focus mainly on reducing costs and producing a low-cost output
      3. The main operational objective will be flexibility.
      4. None
  1. Identify the parts, as suggested by Mintzberg, that an organization is made of.
    1. Operational core and Strategic apex
    2. Techno structure, middle line, Support staff
    3. Neither of above
    4. All of the above
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