BCOR 3050 MIDTERM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
,1. Why should you study Operations Management? It tells you how to make
money
It tells you how to man-
age transformations from
inputs to output
It teaches you how to think
logically
2. The role of operations is to use resources to transform Passengers at their desti-
inputs into outputs. From this perspective, what is the nation
output of an airline
3. The role of operations is to use resources to transform Passengers
inputs into outputs. From this perspective, what is the
main input for an airline?
4. The role of operations is to use resources to transform Passengers
inputs into outputs. From this perspective, what is NOT
a resource for an airline?
Planes
Passengers
Airports
Pilots
5. In the article about the basketball player, Shane Battier Operations teaches us to
was held up as "doing everything right" but in the end, find the best way to do
Kobe Bryant still made the shot. What is this intended something, and then do it
to teach us? that way every time. This
doesn't guarantee success
every time, but it results in
, higher likelihood of suc-
cess.
6. The process flow diagram below depicts a clinic. How There are 7 triangles. Each
many "waiting rooms" does the clinic need? triangle is a place to store
inventory, and inventory in
this case is waiting for pa-
tients.
7. In the picture below, what might the triangle repre- The waiting room at a clin-
sent? ic.
8. WIP (work in progress) is: The name for the inputs
that are not yet outputs
•
Anything that has started
to be processed but isn't
completed is considered
WIP
9. What is the output for a law firm? A case that is resolved in
some way (maybe it was
dropped, or settlement
achieve, or a court deci-
sion rendered)
•
The output of a law firm is
some kind of decision or
settlement of the lawsuit
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
,1. Why should you study Operations Management? It tells you how to make
money
It tells you how to man-
age transformations from
inputs to output
It teaches you how to think
logically
2. The role of operations is to use resources to transform Passengers at their desti-
inputs into outputs. From this perspective, what is the nation
output of an airline
3. The role of operations is to use resources to transform Passengers
inputs into outputs. From this perspective, what is the
main input for an airline?
4. The role of operations is to use resources to transform Passengers
inputs into outputs. From this perspective, what is NOT
a resource for an airline?
Planes
Passengers
Airports
Pilots
5. In the article about the basketball player, Shane Battier Operations teaches us to
was held up as "doing everything right" but in the end, find the best way to do
Kobe Bryant still made the shot. What is this intended something, and then do it
to teach us? that way every time. This
doesn't guarantee success
every time, but it results in
, higher likelihood of suc-
cess.
6. The process flow diagram below depicts a clinic. How There are 7 triangles. Each
many "waiting rooms" does the clinic need? triangle is a place to store
inventory, and inventory in
this case is waiting for pa-
tients.
7. In the picture below, what might the triangle repre- The waiting room at a clin-
sent? ic.
8. WIP (work in progress) is: The name for the inputs
that are not yet outputs
•
Anything that has started
to be processed but isn't
completed is considered
WIP
9. What is the output for a law firm? A case that is resolved in
some way (maybe it was
dropped, or settlement
achieve, or a court deci-
sion rendered)
•
The output of a law firm is
some kind of decision or
settlement of the lawsuit
