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This section includes 162 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Automobile Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
According to Muther, the basic principle of best layout is |
| A. | principle of over-all integration |
| B. | principle of flow |
| C. | principle of flexibility |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
In a functional organisation |
| A. | quality of work is better |
| B. | wastage of material is minimum |
| C. | specialised knowledge and guidance to individual worker is provided |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Which of the following are the principles of material handling? |
| A. | keep all the handling to the minimum |
| B. | select only efficient handling equipment |
| C. | move the heaviest weight to the least distance |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
A PERT network has three activities on critical path with mean time 3, 8 and 6 and standard deviations 1, 2 and 2 respectively. The probability that the project will be completed in 20 days is |
| A. | 0.50 |
| B. | 0.66 |
| C. | 0.84 |
| D. | 0.95 |
| Answer» D. 0.95 | |
| 5. |
For material transportation, conveyors are used when the prevailing conditions include |
| A. | loads are uniform |
| B. | routes do not vary |
| C. | materials move relatively continuously |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
When slack of an activity is positive |
| A. | it represents a situation where extra resources are available and the completion of project is not delayed |
| B. | it represents that a programme falls behind schedule and additional resources are required to complete the project in time |
| C. | the activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the completion of whole project |
| D. | any one of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Break even point is the point where |
| A. | fixed and variable cost lines intersect |
| B. | fixed and total cost lines intersect |
| C. | variable and total cost lines intersect |
| D. | sales revenue and total expensive lines intersect |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
The bonus increases in proportion to the increase in efficiency. This statement applies to |
| A. | Halsey plan |
| B. | Ganttplan |
| C. | Emerson's efficiency plan |
| D. | Rowan plan |
| Answer» D. Rowan plan | |
| 9. |
M.T.M. is used to |
| A. | improve existing methods |
| B. | establish time standards |
| C. | develop effective methods in advance of the beginning of production |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
F. W. Taylor introduced a system of organisation known as |
| A. | line organisation |
| B. | functional organisation |
| C. | line and staff organisation |
| D. | line, staff and functional organisation |
| Answer» C. line and staff organisation | |
| 11. |
The unit cost in case of batch production is __________ as compared to jobbing production. |
| A. | same |
| B. | low |
| C. | high |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. high | |
| 12. |
A feasible solution to the linear programming problem should |
| A. | satisfy the problem constraints |
| B. | optimise the objective function |
| C. | satisfy the problem constraints and non-negativity restrictions |
| D. | satisfy the non-negativity restrictions |
| Answer» D. satisfy the non-negativity restrictions | |
| 13. |
CPM stands for |
| A. | Combined Process Method |
| B. | Critical Path Method |
| C. | Common Planning Method |
| D. | Critical Process Method |
| Answer» C. Common Planning Method | |
| 14. |
Slack may be positive, zero or negative. |
| A. | Agree |
| B. | Disagree |
| C. | Can't say |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Disagree | |
| 15. |
Service time in queuing theory is usually assumed to follow |
| A. | normal distribution |
| B. | Poissons distribution |
| C. | Erlang distribution |
| D. | exponential law |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
In a thermal power plant, coal from the coal handling plant is moved to the boiler bunker through a |
| A. | belt conveyor |
| B. | bucket conveyor |
| C. | fork lift truck |
| D. | overhead crane |
| Answer» B. bucket conveyor | |
| 17. |
The product layout |
| A. | lowers overall manufacturing time |
| B. | requires less space for placing machines |
| C. | utilises machine and labour better |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Linear programming can be applied successfully to |
| A. | chemical industry |
| B. | oil industry |
| C. | banks |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Process layout is employed |
| A. | where low volume of production is required |
| B. | where similar jobs are manufactured on similar machines |
| C. | where machines are arranged on functional basis |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
The factors which are to be considered while developing a good wage incentive plan will include |
| A. | adequate incentive |
| B. | ease of administration |
| C. | guaranteed basic pay |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Micromotion study is |
| A. | analysis of one stage of motion chart |
| B. | motion study, when seen on a time chart |
| C. | subdivision of an operation into therbligs and their analysis |
| D. | enlarged view of motion study |
| Answer» D. enlarged view of motion study | |
| 22. |
PERT is a project planning and control technique. |
| A. | Yes |
| B. | No |
| C. | Can't say |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. No | |
| 23. |
In perpetual inventory control, the material is checked as it reaches its |
| A. | maximum value |
| B. | minimum value |
| C. | average value |
| D. | any one of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
An activity of the project is graphically represented by __________ on the network diagram. |
| A. | a circle |
| B. | a straight line |
| C. | an arrow |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 25. |
A dummy activity in a net work diagram |
| A. | is represented by a dotted line |
| B. | is an artificial activity |
| C. | does not consume time or resources |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Earliest finish time can be regarded as |
| A. | earliest start time + duration of activity |
| B. | earliest start time - duration of activity |
| C. | latest finish time + duration of activity |
| D. | latest finish time - duration of activity |
| Answer» B. earliest start time - duration of activity | |
| 27. |
In inventory control, the economic ordering quantity is obtained by the quantity whose procurement cost is equal to inventory carrying cost. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | Can't say |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 28. |
Standard time is equal to |
| A. | normal time minus allowances |
| B. | normal time plus allowances |
| C. | representative time multiplied by rating factor |
| D. | normal time taken by an operation |
| Answer» C. representative time multiplied by rating factor | |
| 29. |
CPM requires |
| A. | single time estimate |
| B. | double time estimate |
| C. | triple time estimate |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. double time estimate | |
| 30. |
Merit rating is the method of determining the |
| A. | relative values of a job |
| B. | worker's performance on a job |
| C. | worth of a machine |
| D. | value of overall production |
| Answer» C. worth of a machine | |
| 31. |
In time study, normal time is more than the standard time. |
| A. | Yes |
| B. | No |
| C. | Can't say |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Can't say | |
| 32. |
Which of the following conditions are necessary for applying linear programming? |
| A. | These must be a well defined objective function. |
| B. | The decision variables should be interrelated and non-negative. |
| C. | The resources must be in limited supply. |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
The type of layout used for manufacturing steam turbines, is |
| A. | product layout |
| B. | process layout |
| C. | fixed position layout |
| D. | any one of these |
| Answer» D. any one of these | |
| 34. |
Both Rowan plan and 50-50 Halsey plan will provide the same earning when the actual time is __________ the standard time. |
| A. | one-fourth |
| B. | one-half |
| C. | equal to |
| D. | twice |
| Answer» C. equal to | |
| 35. |
If F is the fixed cost, V is the variable cost per unit (or total variable costs) and P is the selling price of each unit (or total sales value), then break even point is equal to |
| A. | (F × V)/P |
| B. | (F × P)/V |
| C. | F/[1 + (V/P)] |
| D. | F/[1 - (V/P)] |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
The value engineering technique in which experts of the same rank assemble for product development is called |
| A. | Delphi |
| B. | brain storming |
| C. | morphological analysis |
| D. | direct expert comparison |
| Answer» C. morphological analysis | |
| 37. |
A dummy activity becomes a critical activity when its earliest start time (EST) is same as its latest finishing time (LFT). |
| A. | Correct |
| B. | Incorrect |
| C. | Can't say |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Incorrect | |
| 38. |
For handling materials during manufacture of cement, a __________ is widely used. |
| A. | belt conveyor |
| B. | bucket conveyor |
| C. | fork lift truck |
| D. | overhead crane |
| Answer» C. fork lift truck | |
| 39. |
P.M.T.S. (Predetermined Motion Time Systems) include |
| A. | M.T.M. (Method Time Measurement) |
| B. | W.F.S. (Work Factor Systems) |
| C. | B.M.T.S. (Basic Motion Time Study) |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Gantt chart gives information about |
| A. | scheduling and routing |
| B. | sales |
| C. | production schedule |
| D. | machine utilisation |
| Answer» D. machine utilisation | |
| 41. |
Break even analysis represents the relationship between cost and volume. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | Can't say |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 42. |
The start or completion of task is called |
| A. | an event |
| B. | an activity |
| C. | a duration |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. an activity | |
| 43. |
The type of organisation preferred for an automobile industry, is |
| A. | line organisation |
| B. | functional organisation |
| C. | line and staff organisation |
| D. | line, staff and functional organisation |
| Answer» D. line, staff and functional organisation | |
| 44. |
Actual performance of a task is called |
| A. | an event |
| B. | an activity |
| C. | a duration |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. a duration | |
| 45. |
Dummy activities are used to |
| A. | determine the critical path |
| B. | determine the project completion time |
| C. | maintain the required net work |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 46. |
Halsey plan of wage incentive |
| A. | is not applied to all level of workers |
| B. | is applied to all level of workers |
| C. | does not guarantee minimum wage |
| D. | is based upon efficiency of worker |
| Answer» C. does not guarantee minimum wage | |
| 47. |
The production cost per unit can be reduced by |
| A. | producing more with increased inputs |
| B. | producing more with the same inputs |
| C. | eliminating idle time |
| D. | minimising resource waste |
| Answer» C. eliminating idle time | |
| 48. |
Break even analysis is a |
| A. | short term analysis |
| B. | long term analysis |
| C. | average of short and long term analysis |
| D. | any one of these |
| Answer» B. long term analysis | |
| 49. |
In value engineering, important consideration is given to |
| A. | customer satisfaction |
| B. | function concept |
| C. | profit maximisation |
| D. | cost reduction |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
In jobbing production |
| A. | highly skilled workers are needed |
| B. | unit costs are high |
| C. | operations are labour-intensive |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |