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BUS300 Mock Test #1
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1Which of the following is primarily a supply chain decision?
- Afrom whom to purchase materials
- Bhow many of each item should be produced
- Cthe mix of labor skill and automation
- Dplant location
2A(n) ______ is an example of an infrastructural element.
- Abuilding
- Borganizational structure
- Coffice equipment
- Dfleet of delivery trucks
3A second tier supplier is downstream from a first tier supplier in the supply chain.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4Business decisions are usually driven by structural and infrastructural elements.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5Every organization has an operations function which transforms inputs into something of value.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6In general, operations & supply chain management activities are information and decision intensive.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Which of the following statements about the operations function is NOT correct?
- Ainputs to operations can take many forms
- Bnearly all operations functions require coordination with other business functions
- Cthe outputs of an operation are always tangible
- Doperations management activities are information intensive
8In general, core competencies are the basis of good strategies.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9The collection of people, technology, and systems within an organization that has primary responsibility for providing the organization's products or services is called...
- Athe supply chain
- Bthe operations function
- Cthe evoked set
- Doperations management
- Ethe boxed set
10A mechanism that identifies a firm's targeted customers and sets time frames and performance objectives is called a mission statement.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11The firm's targeted customers, time frames, and performance objectives are identified by their...
- Amission statement
- Bcore competencies
- Cbusiness strategy
- Dfunctional strategy
12Which is NOT a generic performance dimension of operations and supply chain activities?
- Aquality
- Btime
- Cflexibility
- Dinformation
13Conformance quality addresses whether the product was made or the service performed to specifications.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14The ability to produce a wide range of products or services is...
- Amix flexibility
- Bchangeover flexibility
- Cvolume flexibility
- Drun flexibility
15A product can perform as expected, yet be out of specification.
- ATrue
- BFalse
16Measure of an organization's ability to provide goods or services is
- Aproductivity
- Bcapacity
- Chistogram
- Defficiency
17Identifying and quantifying all of the costs associated with potential outsourcing and insourcing options is called
- Aindirect costs
- Bdirect costs
- Cdeprecation
- Dtotal cost analysis
18The concept that the throughput of a supply chain is limited by the process step with the lowest capacity is called
- Awaiting line zero
- Btheory of constraints
- Cpoint of indifference
- Dqueuing
19A leading capacity strategy runs the risk of
- Aexcess, idle capacity
- Blost business
- Cdefective units in the field
- Dover estimating productivity
20In simple terms, Standard Deviation is the average difference between each individual measurement and the population average
- ATrue
- BFalse
21Variation is inherent in any manufacturing process
- ATrue
- BFalse
22Which of the following is NOT a core idea of Total Quality Management?
- Acost reduction
- Bleadership improvement
- Cemployee empowerment
- Dcontinuous improvement
23If production is consistently within specifications, failure costs will be high.
- ATrue
- BFalse
24An Ishikawa diagram can be used to record how frequently an event occurs.
- ATrue
- BFalse
25The upper and lower control limits on a control chart should always be wider than the upper and lower tolerance limits.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- BUS 300 Operations and Supply Chain Management Quiz on BUS300 Mock Test #1, created by Dana Kerr on 10/10/2019.
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