OSC BCOR 3050 EXAM QUIZES 1 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Why should you study Operations Management? - Answer --It tells you how to manage
transformations from inputs to outputs
-It teaches you how to think logically
-It tells you how to make money The role of operations is to use resources to transform
inputsinto outputs. From this perspective, what is the output of anairline?
The role of operations is to use resources to transform inputsinto outputs. From this
perspective, what is the output of anairline? - Answer -Passengers at their destination•
The goal of a airline is to take passengers from where they are to where they want to
go, therefor passengers at their destination is the "output" of a airline
The role of operations is to use resources to transform inputsinto outputs. From this
perspective, what is the main inputfor an airline? - Answer -Passengers• The goal of a
airline is to take passengers from where they are to where they want to go, therefor
passengers are the "input" of the airline
The role of operations is to use resources to transform inputs into outputs. From this
perspective, what is NOT a resource for an airline? - Answer -Passengers• Passengers
are NOT a resource rather they are the input
In the article about the basketball player, Shane Battier was held up as "doing
everything right" but in the end, Kobe Bryant still made the shot. What is this intended to
teach us? - Answer -Operations teaches us to find the best way to do something, and
then do it that way every time. This doesn't guarantee success every time, but it results
in a higher likelihood of success.
-Often the best you can do is have the highest likelihood of success, later you will learn
of concepts such as the curse of variability which makes a perfect system impossible
Which of these was the value equation for the University of Utah Health System? -
Answer -Value = (Quality + Service) / Cost• This is the correct answer, reading the
articles is important as there will often be questions about them on the quizzes and
even the test
7, In all of these diagrams triangles represent where the work in progress waits, there
are 7 of these triangles. - Answer
ANSWERS
Why should you study Operations Management? - Answer --It tells you how to manage
transformations from inputs to outputs
-It teaches you how to think logically
-It tells you how to make money The role of operations is to use resources to transform
inputsinto outputs. From this perspective, what is the output of anairline?
The role of operations is to use resources to transform inputsinto outputs. From this
perspective, what is the output of anairline? - Answer -Passengers at their destination•
The goal of a airline is to take passengers from where they are to where they want to
go, therefor passengers at their destination is the "output" of a airline
The role of operations is to use resources to transform inputsinto outputs. From this
perspective, what is the main inputfor an airline? - Answer -Passengers• The goal of a
airline is to take passengers from where they are to where they want to go, therefor
passengers are the "input" of the airline
The role of operations is to use resources to transform inputs into outputs. From this
perspective, what is NOT a resource for an airline? - Answer -Passengers• Passengers
are NOT a resource rather they are the input
In the article about the basketball player, Shane Battier was held up as "doing
everything right" but in the end, Kobe Bryant still made the shot. What is this intended to
teach us? - Answer -Operations teaches us to find the best way to do something, and
then do it that way every time. This doesn't guarantee success every time, but it results
in a higher likelihood of success.
-Often the best you can do is have the highest likelihood of success, later you will learn
of concepts such as the curse of variability which makes a perfect system impossible
Which of these was the value equation for the University of Utah Health System? -
Answer -Value = (Quality + Service) / Cost• This is the correct answer, reading the
articles is important as there will often be questions about them on the quizzes and
even the test
7, In all of these diagrams triangles represent where the work in progress waits, there
are 7 of these triangles. - Answer
