5315 OPSY EXAM 800+ QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
Which of the following is NOT considered to be a stakeholder?
A. community members
B. competitors
C. distributors
D. customers - ANSWER-competitors
Which of the following is NOT considered to be one of the three primary functions
that all organizations perform?
A. production/operations
B. marketing
C. research and development
D. finance/accounting - ANSWER-research and development
Which of these is NOT one of the basic functions of the management process?
A. staffing
B. inspecting
C. controlling
,D. leading - ANSWER-inspecting
What is the goal for mass customization?
A. The goal is to enrich jobs and move more decision making to the individual
contributor.
B. The goal is to seek creative designs, efficient production, and high-quality
goods via international collaboration.
C. The goal is to produce customized products, whenever and wherever needed.
D. The goal is to let operations managers work with their supply chain to viciously
cut inventories at every level. - ANSWER-The goal is to produce customized
products, whenever and wherever needed.
A global network of organizations and activities that supply a firm with goods and
services is referred to as
A. a supply chain.
B. business functions.
C. production.
D. operations management. - ANSWER-a supply chain.
Productivity increases when
A. inputs and outputs increase proportionately.
B. inputs increase while outputs remain the same.
C. inputs decrease while outputs remain the same.
,D. outputs decrease while inputs remain the same. - ANSWER-inputs decrease
while outputs remain the same.
Competition in the 21st century is no longer between companies; it is between
A. technologies.
B. supply chains.
C. countries.
D. individuals. - ANSWER-supply chains.
A large percentage of the revenue of most firms is spent on which function?
A. operations
B. marketing
C. finance
D. research and development - ANSWER-operations
The father of scientific management is
A. Henry Ford.
B. Henry L. Gantt.
C. Eli Whitney.
D. Frederick W. Taylor. - ANSWER-Frederick W. Taylor.
The creation of goods and services is referred to as:
, A. production.
B. transformation.
C. design.
D. formation. - ANSWER-production.
Which of the following activities at an airline is NOT an operations activity?
A. flying
B. crew scheduling
C. sales
D. catering - ANSWER-sales
The economic activities that typically produce an intangible product are referred
to as
A. goods.
B. services.
C. products.
D. phantoms. - ANSWER-services.
The person who believed that management must do more to improve the work
environment and processes so that quality can be improved was
A. Walter Shewhart.
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
Which of the following is NOT considered to be a stakeholder?
A. community members
B. competitors
C. distributors
D. customers - ANSWER-competitors
Which of the following is NOT considered to be one of the three primary functions
that all organizations perform?
A. production/operations
B. marketing
C. research and development
D. finance/accounting - ANSWER-research and development
Which of these is NOT one of the basic functions of the management process?
A. staffing
B. inspecting
C. controlling
,D. leading - ANSWER-inspecting
What is the goal for mass customization?
A. The goal is to enrich jobs and move more decision making to the individual
contributor.
B. The goal is to seek creative designs, efficient production, and high-quality
goods via international collaboration.
C. The goal is to produce customized products, whenever and wherever needed.
D. The goal is to let operations managers work with their supply chain to viciously
cut inventories at every level. - ANSWER-The goal is to produce customized
products, whenever and wherever needed.
A global network of organizations and activities that supply a firm with goods and
services is referred to as
A. a supply chain.
B. business functions.
C. production.
D. operations management. - ANSWER-a supply chain.
Productivity increases when
A. inputs and outputs increase proportionately.
B. inputs increase while outputs remain the same.
C. inputs decrease while outputs remain the same.
,D. outputs decrease while inputs remain the same. - ANSWER-inputs decrease
while outputs remain the same.
Competition in the 21st century is no longer between companies; it is between
A. technologies.
B. supply chains.
C. countries.
D. individuals. - ANSWER-supply chains.
A large percentage of the revenue of most firms is spent on which function?
A. operations
B. marketing
C. finance
D. research and development - ANSWER-operations
The father of scientific management is
A. Henry Ford.
B. Henry L. Gantt.
C. Eli Whitney.
D. Frederick W. Taylor. - ANSWER-Frederick W. Taylor.
The creation of goods and services is referred to as:
, A. production.
B. transformation.
C. design.
D. formation. - ANSWER-production.
Which of the following activities at an airline is NOT an operations activity?
A. flying
B. crew scheduling
C. sales
D. catering - ANSWER-sales
The economic activities that typically produce an intangible product are referred
to as
A. goods.
B. services.
C. products.
D. phantoms. - ANSWER-services.
The person who believed that management must do more to improve the work
environment and processes so that quality can be improved was
A. Walter Shewhart.
