IE 271 Exam 1 with complete solution 2024
What are the 6 elements an IE can affect?
1) Person
2) Tools
3) Task
4) Method
5) Work Organization
6) Environment
What is work content?
The amount of work contained in a product or process, in person/machine hrs
What are the 3 components that make up total work content
1) Basic work content
2) Excess work content from design or spec. defects
3) Excess work content from poor methods
What are the 2 components that make up ineffective time?
1) management shortcommings
2) Factors under worker control
What is basic work content?
Theoretical minimum, if everything were perfect
What are the 8 steps in the methods engineering process?
1) Select the project
2) Gather & summarize existing information about the operation, and present
3) Analyze the information
4) Develop ideal method
5) Present ideal, and install method
6) Job analysis
7) Establish time standards
8) Follow-up
What is a pareto analysis?
- a cumulative frequency distribution, to illustrate where to focus attention and efforts
- 80 - 20 rule
What is a Fish bone diagram?
also called a Cause & Effect diagram or an Ishakowa diagram that breaks down issues
into cause and effect and should lead to potential solutions and the root cause
What is placed at the top or "head" of the fish diagram?
the effect
What is placed on the "bones" of the fish diagram?
4 or 5 major cause areas
What is a Gannt chart?
a timeline for project or process planning that shows projected time and progress but
does not show task interactions
What is a PERT Chart?
a scheduling tool of the network of events and actives of a project or process that shows
precedence in relationships
What is the longest path of the PERT chart?
What are the 6 elements an IE can affect?
1) Person
2) Tools
3) Task
4) Method
5) Work Organization
6) Environment
What is work content?
The amount of work contained in a product or process, in person/machine hrs
What are the 3 components that make up total work content
1) Basic work content
2) Excess work content from design or spec. defects
3) Excess work content from poor methods
What are the 2 components that make up ineffective time?
1) management shortcommings
2) Factors under worker control
What is basic work content?
Theoretical minimum, if everything were perfect
What are the 8 steps in the methods engineering process?
1) Select the project
2) Gather & summarize existing information about the operation, and present
3) Analyze the information
4) Develop ideal method
5) Present ideal, and install method
6) Job analysis
7) Establish time standards
8) Follow-up
What is a pareto analysis?
- a cumulative frequency distribution, to illustrate where to focus attention and efforts
- 80 - 20 rule
What is a Fish bone diagram?
also called a Cause & Effect diagram or an Ishakowa diagram that breaks down issues
into cause and effect and should lead to potential solutions and the root cause
What is placed at the top or "head" of the fish diagram?
the effect
What is placed on the "bones" of the fish diagram?
4 or 5 major cause areas
What is a Gannt chart?
a timeline for project or process planning that shows projected time and progress but
does not show task interactions
What is a PERT Chart?
a scheduling tool of the network of events and actives of a project or process that shows
precedence in relationships
What is the longest path of the PERT chart?
