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WGU C215 OPERATION MANAGEMENT EXAM
PRACTICE ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS – ASSURED PASS WITH INSTANT
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What helps an organization identify and plan the actions necessary to meet current
and future customer demands?
-Software development
-Production capacity
-Current economic conditions
-Capacity planning - - ANSWER: capacity planning
Which capacity planning measurement tells how much capacity a company is
using?
-Design Capacity
-Capacity Focus
-Capacity Utilization
-Effective Capacity - - ANSWER: Capacity utilization
Which two statements are true about effective capacity? An effective capacity:
-Maintains a minimum output rate under normal conditions
-is a temporary measure used to achieve design capacity
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-is a permanent measure used to achieve design capacity
-is lower than design capacity - - ANSWER: An effective capacity maintains a
minimum output rate under normal conditions.
An effective capacity is lower than design capacity
When is capacity measurement at the best operating level?
-At maximum capacity
-at the minimum point of the cost curve
-When the total cost is minimized
-When the average unit cost is minimized - - ANSWER: When the average unit
cost is minimized
Which two capacity measurement concepts should a firm consider when
conducting a location analysis?
-Proximity to sources of supply
-site considerations
-building employee relations
-throughput time - - ANSWER: proximity to sources of supply site considerations
What is a major factor in the decision to locate a business near its primary market
territory?
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-Proximity to labor
-Proximity to customers
-Proximity to parks
-Proximity to a community center - - ANSWER: proximity to customers
A manufacturing company decides to open a new distribution center location in
order to minimize distribution costs to warehouses or stores.
What tool should the manufacturing company use to determine where the new
distribution center should be located?
-By using the break-even analysis
-By using the load-distance model
-by using the center-of-gravity approach
-By using the transportation method - - ANSWER: by using the load-distance
model
Which two types of operations include repetitive processes?
-Continuous process
-Batch process
-Line process
-Project process - - ANSWER: continuous process line process
WGU C215 OPERATION MANAGEMENT EXAM
PRACTICE ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS – ASSURED PASS WITH INSTANT
DOWNLOAD PDF.
What helps an organization identify and plan the actions necessary to meet current
and future customer demands?
-Software development
-Production capacity
-Current economic conditions
-Capacity planning - - ANSWER: capacity planning
Which capacity planning measurement tells how much capacity a company is
using?
-Design Capacity
-Capacity Focus
-Capacity Utilization
-Effective Capacity - - ANSWER: Capacity utilization
Which two statements are true about effective capacity? An effective capacity:
-Maintains a minimum output rate under normal conditions
-is a temporary measure used to achieve design capacity
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-is a permanent measure used to achieve design capacity
-is lower than design capacity - - ANSWER: An effective capacity maintains a
minimum output rate under normal conditions.
An effective capacity is lower than design capacity
When is capacity measurement at the best operating level?
-At maximum capacity
-at the minimum point of the cost curve
-When the total cost is minimized
-When the average unit cost is minimized - - ANSWER: When the average unit
cost is minimized
Which two capacity measurement concepts should a firm consider when
conducting a location analysis?
-Proximity to sources of supply
-site considerations
-building employee relations
-throughput time - - ANSWER: proximity to sources of supply site considerations
What is a major factor in the decision to locate a business near its primary market
territory?
, 3|Page
-Proximity to labor
-Proximity to customers
-Proximity to parks
-Proximity to a community center - - ANSWER: proximity to customers
A manufacturing company decides to open a new distribution center location in
order to minimize distribution costs to warehouses or stores.
What tool should the manufacturing company use to determine where the new
distribution center should be located?
-By using the break-even analysis
-By using the load-distance model
-by using the center-of-gravity approach
-By using the transportation method - - ANSWER: by using the load-distance
model
Which two types of operations include repetitive processes?
-Continuous process
-Batch process
-Line process
-Project process - - ANSWER: continuous process line process
