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Supply chain management quiz.

	Created by Apoorv Jindal over 8 years ago

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Question 1 of 30

Who first thought of Zero Defects?

Select one of the following:

Crosby
Feigenbaum
Juran
Deming

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

Who developed the use of standardization in large-scale mass production using a moving assembly line?

Select one of the following:

Frederick Winslow Taylor
Frank Gilbreth
Adam Smith
Charles Babbage
Henry Ford

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

Which came last in the development of manufacturing techniques?

Select one of the following:

Lean production
Division of labour
Mass production
Craft production
Interchangeable parts

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

What is the first stage in any quality improvement initiative ?

Select one of the following:

Planning
Check the talk
Analyse the data
D. Management commitment

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

A fundamental attribute of TQM is

Select one of the following:

Drawing control charts
Having team meetings
Top management's direct involvement
Meeting ISO 9000 audit
All of the above

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

Process Diagnosis determines

Select one of the following:

If the workers are doing their job
The possible cause of a failure
If control charts are in control
When top management should talk to vendors
If vendors are motivated

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

A change process in which an organization measures its execution against that of best-in-class organizations, decides how those organizations accomplished their execution levels, and uses the data to enhance its own execution

Select one of the following:

Control Chart
Cause and Effect Diagram
Benchmarking
Six Sigma

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

The picture represents which model of constraints of________?

Select one of the following:

Project management
Risk management
Change management
Six Sigma

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

For the normal distribution, the values less than two standard deviation away from the mean account for___

Select one of the following:

95%
95.45%
94.6%
94.45%

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

Which of the accompanying is not a purpose behind holding completed merchandise as an inventory?

Select one of the following:

Larger shipments can result in reduced income freight cost and material handling cost.
Production of products as and when the customers demand them can be uneconomical.
Quantity discounts can result from larger purchase quantities.
Backlogs in customer orders may not always be allowed.

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

All of the following are typically reasons for establishing a budget EXCEPT:

Select one of the following:

Pre-approved funding
Monitoring of expenditures
Variance analysis
Development of standard costs

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

Which of the following sequence is true?

Select one of the following:

Sourcing → Inbound logistics → Conversion into finished goods → Outbound logistics → Retailing
Sourcing → Conversion into finished goods → Inbound logistics → Outbound logistics → Retailing
Inbound logistics → Sourcing → Conversion into finished goods → Outbound logistics → Retailing
Sourcing → Inbound logistics → Outbound logistics → Conversion into finished goods → Retailing

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

Which of the following statements is true?

Select one of the following:

Dell supply chain believed in medium-term relationship with the suppliers with loosely held supplier network.
Toyota supply chain believed in medium-term relationship with the suppliers with loosely held supplier network.
Ford supply chain is both highly efficient as well as highly responsive.
Dell supply chain propagated the concept of long-term relationship with the suppliers.

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

Match the transformations:
Column 1 Column 2
1. Exchange A. manufacturing
2. Physical B. making a sick person well
3. Physiological C. retailing
4. Storage D. warehousing

Select one of the following:

1C, 2A, 3B, 4D
1B, 2C, 3D, 4A
1C, 2A, 3D, 4B
1A, 2B, 3D, 4C

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

Which of the following illustrates an activity that does not include esteem ?

Select one of the following:

training employees
ordering parts from a supplier
delivering the product to the customer
accumulating parts in front of the next work center

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

In time study, the rating component is connected to determine

Select one of the following:

Standard time of a job
Fixation of incentive rate
Normal time of a worker
Merit rating of a worker

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

The Road Map represents which methodology?

Select one of the following:

Six Sigma
Human resource information system
Business process management

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

What is the cpk for this process? Process Tolerance = 12, Process standard deviation = 3 Mean= 0

Select one of the following:

1.333
4
0.25
0.667

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

Which is a Preventive Action technique ?

Select one of the following:

Pareto Analysis
Cause and Effect diagrams
Quality Planning
Process Capability Studies

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

Six Sigma concepts were born in:

Select one of the following:

Allied Signal Ltd.
General Electric Ltd.
Chrysler Ltd.
Motorola Ltd.

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

The person who propagated SIX SIGMA concepts in General Electric Ltd. Was:

Select one of the following:

Jack Welch
Bob Smith
Philip Crosby
None of them

Explanation

Question 22 of 30

The first journal on quality was published by:

Select one of the following:

U.S.A
Japan
Germany
Britain

Explanation

Question 23 of 30

Rajiv Gandhi Award is a quality award given by:

Select one of the following:

Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Conferderation of Indian Industries
Bureau of Indian Standard
Indian Statistical Institute

Explanation

Question 24 of 30

Cause and Effect Diagram was first formulated by:

Select one of the following:

Juran
Deming
Taguchi
Ishikawa

Explanation

Question 25 of 30

Who was generally credited with the phrase "Important few and trivial many" ?

Select one of the following:

Winston Churchill
Ishikawa
Juran
Taguchi

Explanation

Question 26 of 30

Which of the following statements is NOT a ISO:9001 requirement?

Select one of the following:

The organization shall determine the necessary competence for personnel performing work affecting product quality
The organization shall establish and maintain a procedure to identify and have access to legal requirements that are applicable to quality aspects of its products and/or services.
Top management shall ensure that the quality policy is appropriate to the purpose of the organization.
A documented procedure shall be established to define requirements for determining potential non-conformity and their causes.

Supply chain management quiz.

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Question 1 of 30

Who first thought of Zero Defects?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

Who developed the use of standardization in large-scale mass production using a moving assembly line?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

Which came last in the development of manufacturing techniques?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

What is the first stage in any quality improvement initiative ?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

A fundamental attribute of TQM is

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

Process Diagnosis determines

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

A change process in which an organization measures its execution against that of best-in-class organizations, decides how those organizations accomplished their execution levels, and uses the data to enhance its own execution

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

The picture represents which model of constraints of________?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

For the normal distribution, the values less than two standard deviation away from the mean account for___

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

Which of the accompanying is not a purpose behind holding completed merchandise as an inventory?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

All of the following are typically reasons for establishing a budget EXCEPT:

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

Which of the following sequence is true?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

Which of the following statements is true?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

Match the transformations: Column 1 Column 2 1. Exchange A. manufacturing 2. Physical B. making a sick person well 3. Physiological C. retailing 4. Storage D. warehousing

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

Which of the following illustrates an activity that does not include esteem ?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

In time study, the rating component is connected to determine

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

The Road Map represents which methodology?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

What is the cpk for this process? Process Tolerance = 12, Process standard deviation = 3 Mean= 0

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

Which is a Preventive Action technique ?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

Match the transformations:
Column 1 Column 2
1. Exchange A. manufacturing
2. Physical B. making a sick person well
3. Physiological C. retailing
4. Storage D. warehousing