MGSC 346 EXAM #1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
The three mainline functions of any business are
A. operations, marketing, and information technology.
B. operations, marketing, and finance.
C. operations, accounting, and management.
D. operations, marketing, and management. - Answers - B. operations, marketing, and
finance.
Regardless of how departments and functions are individually managed, they are
always linked together through
A. information systems.
B. executive oversight.
C. processes.
D. procedures. - Answers - C. processes.
Which of the following events from the twentieth century defines the history of
operations and supply chain management?
A. The invention of the assembly line for the Model T car by Henry Ford.
B. The Toyota Production System for removing wasteful activities from an organization.
C. Alfred Sloan's introduction of strategic planning for achieving product proliferation
and variety.
D. All of the above. - Answers - D. All of the above.
The finance function influences operating decisions about
A. capacity expansion.
B. employee training.
C. delivery promises.
D. demand forecasts. - Answers - A. capacity expansion.
If "every process and every person in an organization has customers," then
A. no customers can have both internal and external suppliers.
B. external suppliers provide only to external consumers.
C. some customers are external and some are internal.
D. internal suppliers provide products and external customers. - Answers - C. some
customers are external and some are internal.
What do all processes have?
ANSWERS 2026
The three mainline functions of any business are
A. operations, marketing, and information technology.
B. operations, marketing, and finance.
C. operations, accounting, and management.
D. operations, marketing, and management. - Answers - B. operations, marketing, and
finance.
Regardless of how departments and functions are individually managed, they are
always linked together through
A. information systems.
B. executive oversight.
C. processes.
D. procedures. - Answers - C. processes.
Which of the following events from the twentieth century defines the history of
operations and supply chain management?
A. The invention of the assembly line for the Model T car by Henry Ford.
B. The Toyota Production System for removing wasteful activities from an organization.
C. Alfred Sloan's introduction of strategic planning for achieving product proliferation
and variety.
D. All of the above. - Answers - D. All of the above.
The finance function influences operating decisions about
A. capacity expansion.
B. employee training.
C. delivery promises.
D. demand forecasts. - Answers - A. capacity expansion.
If "every process and every person in an organization has customers," then
A. no customers can have both internal and external suppliers.
B. external suppliers provide only to external consumers.
C. some customers are external and some are internal.
D. internal suppliers provide products and external customers. - Answers - C. some
customers are external and some are internal.
What do all processes have?
