Industrial Engineering

This is an MCQ-based quiz on the topic of Industrial Engineering.

This includes Plant location and Layout, Operations Research, Inspection and Quality Control, Contemporary Quality Management concepts, Operations Research, and many more.


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Both Rowan plan and 50-50 Halsey plan will provide the same earning when the actual time is _________ the standard time.

One-fourth One-half Equal to Twice

Critical Path Net Work helps an engineer

To concentrate his attention on critical activities To divert the resources from noncritical advanced activities to critical activities To be cautious for avoiding any delay in the critical activities to avoid delay of the whole project All of the above

Queueing theory is used for

Inventory problems Traffic congestion studies Job-shop scheduling All of the above

Percent idle time for men or machines is found by

Work sampling Time study Method study Work study

A critical activity has

Maximum slack Minimum slack Zero slack Average slack

Break-even analysis shows profit when

Sales revenue > total cost Sales revenue = total cost Sales revenue < total cost Variable cost < fixed cost

PERT analysis is based upon

Optimistic time Pessimistic time Most likely time All of these

Pessimistic time is

The maximum time which an activity might require The average time required for a job The most probable time considering all conditions The minimum time in which an activity can possibly be accomplished

The appellate authority for an industrial dispute is

Management Labour court High court/supreme court Board of directors

Choose the wrong statement. Motion study is used for

Improving a work method Improvising a work method Designing a work method Reducing inventory costs

What is the CPM?

Event oriented technique Activity oriented technique Target oriented technique None of the above

Who is the father of Industrial Engineering?

George John Smeaton Frederick Taylor Timoshenko Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

What is Basic tool in work study?

Stop watch Graph paper Process chart Planning chart

Which layout is suited for mass production?

Plant layout Process layout Product layout Fixed position layout

What does PERT stands for?

Process Estimation and Review Technique Program Estimation and Reporting Technique Program Evaluation and Review Technique None of the above

What is Micromotion study?

Enlarged view of motion study Minute and detailed motion study Analysis of one stage of motion study Subdivision of an operation into therbligs and their analysis

Job evaluation is the method of determining the

Skills required by a worker Contribution of a job Contribution of a worker The relative worth of jobs

........... is not an incentive plan.

Gantt plan Halsey plan Rowan plan Standard plan

What is Equipment failure?

Quality loss Availability loss OEE Performance loss

What does the symbol imply in work-study?

Transport

Inspection

Delay temporary storage

Permanent storage

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Industrial Engineering
Questions: 20
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