Mid-Term Exam Operations Management Mana.4301

Mid-Term Exam Operations Management
Mana.4301


Management 4301
Mid-Term Exam
Exam Covers: Chapter 01, 03 Specifics and Highlights for
Chapters 2, 5, 5S (partial), 7 and 7S(partial)

Multiple Choice Questions



1 Operations management involves continuous decision making;
. hopefully most decisions made will be:


A. redundan
t.
B. minor in
nature.
C. informe
d.
D. quantitati
ve.
E. qualitativ
e.


2 Which of the following is not a type of operations?
.

A. goods
production
B. storage/transporta
tion
C. entertainm
ent
D. communicati
on
E. advertisi
ng




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, Mid-Term Exam Operations Management
Mana.4301
3 Manufacturing work sent to other countries is called:
.

A. downsizin
g.
B. outsourcin
g.
C. internationalizati
on.
D. vertical
integration.
E. entrepreneursh
ip.




4 The responsibilities of the operations manager are:
.

A. planning, organizing, staffing, procuring, and
reviewing.
B. planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and
controlling.
C. forecasting, designing, planning, organizing, and
controlling.
D. forecasting, designing, operating, procuring, and
reviewing.
E. designing and
operating.


5 Production systems with customized outputs typically have relatively:
.

A. high volumes of
output.
B. low unit
costs.
C. high amount of specialized
equipment.
D. fast work
movement.
E. skilled
workers.




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