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This section includes 112 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mechanical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
Object of time study is to determine the time taken by |
| A. | expert worker |
| B. | new employee |
| C. | apprentice |
| D. | average worker |
| Answer» E. | |
| 52. |
Product layout is also known as- |
| A. | Process layout |
| B. | Line layout |
| C. | Functional layout |
| D. | Fixed position layout |
| Answer» C. Functional layout | |
| 53. |
Founder of micro motion study is |
| A. | Taylor |
| B. | Fayal |
| C. | Gilbreth |
| D. | Mundel |
| Answer» D. Mundel | |
| 54. |
A manufacturing company purchases 9000 parts of a machine for its annual requirements ordering for month usage at a time, each part costing Rs. 20. The ordering cost per order is Rs. 15 and carrying charges are 15% of the average inventory per year. What should be the optimum order quantity? |
| A. | 200 |
| B. | 300 |
| C. | 400 |
| D. | 500 |
| Answer» C. 400 | |
| 55. |
In ‘ABC’ analysis of inventory control, ‘A’ stands for: |
| A. | High valued and small number of items |
| B. | Low valued and small number of items |
| C. | High valued and maximum number of items |
| D. | Medium valued and medium number of items |
| Answer» B. Low valued and small number of items | |
| 56. |
A local tyre distributor expects to sell approximately 9600 steel belted radial tyres next year. Annual carrying cost is Rs. 16 per tyre and ordering cost is Rs. 75. The economic order quantity of the tyres is |
| A. | 64 |
| B. | 212 |
| C. | 300 |
| D. | 1200 |
| Answer» D. 1200 | |
| 57. |
In simple exponential smoothing forecasting, to give higher weightage to recent demand information, the smoothing constant must be close to |
| A. | -1 |
| B. | zero |
| C. | 0.5 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 58. |
In exponential smoothening method, which one of the following is true? |
| A. | 0 ≤ α ≤ 1 and high value of α is used for stable demand |
| B. | 0 ≤ α ≤ 1 and high value of α is used for unstable demand |
| C. | α ≥ 1 and high value of α is used for stable demand |
| D. | α ≤ 0 and high value of α is used for unstable demand |
| Answer» C. α ≥ 1 and high value of α is used for stable demand | |
| 59. |
A company offered the following price breaks for order quantity as follows:1. Order quantity < 500, price Rs 10.002. Order quantity > 500, price Rs 9.00Order cost is Rs 100.00 per order, while the holding cost is 25% of the unit price. Determine the economic order quantity if the annual requirement is 2500. |
| A. | 447 |
| B. | 471 |
| C. | 500 |
| D. | 600 |
| Answer» D. 600 | |
| 60. |
Basic tool in work-study is |
| A. | Graph paper |
| B. | Stopwatch |
| C. | Process chart |
| D. | Planning chart |
| Answer» C. Process chart | |
| 61. |
CIM technology if implemented integrates various production function if the factor has |
| A. | Line layout |
| B. | Cell layout |
| C. | Functional layout |
| D. | Mixed type |
| Answer» E. | |
| 62. |
A set of 5 jobs is to be processed on a single machine. The processing time (in days) is given in the table below. The holding cost for each job is Rs. K per day.JobProcessing timeP5Q2R3S2T1A schedule that minimizes the total inventory cost is |
| A. | T-S-Q-R-P |
| B. | P-R-S-Q-T |
| C. | T-R-S-Q-P |
| D. | P-Q-R-S-T |
| Answer» B. P-R-S-Q-T | |
| 63. |
In a machine shop, pins of 15 mm diameter are produced at a rate of 1000 per month and the same is consumed at a rate of 500 per month. The production and consumption continue simultaneously till the maximum inventory is reached. Then inventory is allowed to reduce to zero due to consumption. The lot size of production is 1000. If backlog is not allowed, the maximum inventory level is |
| A. | 400 |
| B. | 500 |
| C. | 600 |
| D. | 700 |
| Answer» C. 600 | |
| 64. |
Market demand for spring is 80000 per annum. A company purchases these springs in lots and sells them. The cost of making a purchase order is Rs. 1200. The cost of storage of springs is Rs. 12 per stored piece per annum. The economic quantity will be |
| A. | 400 |
| B. | 2828 |
| C. | 4000 |
| D. | 8000 |
| Answer» D. 8000 | |
| 65. |
During the development of a product an entirely new process plan is made based on design logic, examination of geometry and tolerance information. This type of process planning is known as |
| A. | Retrieval |
| B. | Generative |
| C. | Variant |
| D. | Group technology based |
| Answer» C. Variant | |
| 66. |
A bearing manufacturing company supplies 10,000 bearings per day to an automobile company. The company finds it can produce 25,000 per day when the production run starts. Holding the stock for a year at Rs. 2 per unit setup cost of a production run is Rs. 1,800. The economic lot size for each production run is: |
| A. | 265430 |
| B. | 104642 |
| C. | 124631 |
| D. | 350765 |
| Answer» C. 124631 | |
| 67. |
Capacities of production of an item over 3 consecutive months in regular time are 100, 100 and 80 and in overtime are 20, 20 and 40. The demands over those 3 months are 90, 130 and 110. The cost of production in regular time and overtime are respectively Rs. 20 per item and Rs. 24 per item. Inventory carrying cost is Rs. 2 per item per month. The levels of starting and final inventory are nil. Backorder is not permitted. For minimum cost of plan, the level of planned production in overtime in the third month is |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 0 |
| Answer» C. 20 | |
| 68. |
Inventory is in the form of |
| A. | raw materials |
| B. | finished goods |
| C. | in-process goods |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 69. |
For a small-scale industry, the fixed cost per month is Rs. 5,000. The variable cost per product is Rs. 20 and the sales price is Rs. 30 per piece. The break-even production per month will be |
| A. | 300 |
| B. | 400 |
| C. | 500 |
| D. | 600 |
| Answer» D. 600 | |
| 70. |
In a fixed order quantity- constant lead time inventory system, the safety stock is dependent on: |
| A. | Service level |
| B. | Demand variation during lead time |
| C. | Service level and demand variation during lead time |
| D. | Order quantity |
| Answer» C. Service level and demand variation during lead time | |
| 71. |
For the use of concept, principles and approaches of group technology, the type of layout used is: |
| A. | job-shop layout |
| B. | fixed position layout |
| C. | product layout |
| D. | cellular layout |
| Answer» E. | |
| 72. |
Break-even analysis chart is drawn between |
| A. | overhead cost and fixed cost |
| B. | volume of production and income |
| C. | material cost and labour cost |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. material cost and labour cost | |
| 73. |
A manufactures can produce 12000 bearing per day. The manufactures received an order of 8000 bearing per day from a customer. The cost of holding a bearing in stock Rs. 0.20 per month. Set up cost per production run is Rs. 500. Assuming 300 working days in a year, the frequency of production run should be |
| A. | 4.5 Days |
| B. | 4.5 Months |
| C. | 6.8 Days |
| D. | 6.8 Months |
| Answer» D. 6.8 Months | |
| 74. |
As opposed to detailed transaction information, the MIS responds to the need for |
| A. | Electronic data processing |
| B. | Managerial information |
| C. | Accounting application |
| D. | Utility billing information |
| Answer» C. Accounting application | |
| 75. |
Father of time study |
| A. | H.L. Gantt |
| B. | F.B. Gilberth |
| C. | H.B. Maynord |
| D. | F.W. Taylor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 76. |
ABC analysis is a tool for ________ management |
| A. | inventory |
| B. | scheduling |
| C. | quality |
| D. | process |
| Answer» B. scheduling | |
| 77. |
An electrical appliances showroom sells 2,400 ceiling fans in one year (52 weeks). The holding cost is 10% of the cost of the ceiling fan. The cost of one ceiling fan is Rs. 600. The cost incurred for placing an order is Rs. 201. There is a lead time of 5 weeks. The economic order quantity (EOQ) and the reorder level, respectively. (rounded to the next higher integer) are |
| A. | 231, 127 |
| B. | 38, 231 |
| C. | 127, 231 |
| D. | 127, 13 |
| Answer» D. 127, 13 | |
| 78. |
A firm wants to install automatic machines to produce 250,000 castings per annum. The operation takes 1.5 minute of machine time and about 2% products are defective. Each machine is available for 2,000 hours of capacity per year. How many machines are required? |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 79. |
Gantt chats are used for |
| A. | Forecasting sales |
| B. | Production schedule |
| C. | Scheduling and routing |
| D. | Linear Programming |
| Answer» C. Scheduling and routing | |
| 80. |
In a gear manufacturing company three orders P, Q and R are to be processed on a hobbing machine. The orders were received in the sequence P-Q-R. The table indicates the process time remaining and the production calendar due late for each order.OrderProcess timeremaining (day)Due dateP4Day 20Q16Day 30R6Day19Considering today as the Day 10 in the production calendar of the Hobbing shop, the sequence of the orders scheduled using the ‘Critical Ratio’ rule is: |
| A. | P - Q - R |
| B. | R - Q - P |
| C. | Q - P - R |
| D. | Q - R - P |
| Answer» E. | |
| 81. |
A toy manufacturing factory has an annual capacity of 12,000 toys. If the fixed costs are rupees 1 lakh/year, variable cost rupees 20 per unit, and selling price rupees 40 per unit, the quantity to break-even is ______ units. |
| A. | 5000 |
| B. | 300 |
| C. | 2500 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 300 | |
| 82. |
A manufacturing company is selling a product for Rs. 15 per unit with variable cost of Rs. 10 per unit. The fixed cost of the asset is Rs. 50,000. How many units should be produced to breakdown? |
| A. | 2000 |
| B. | 5000 |
| C. | 8000 |
| D. | 10000 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 83. |
If (R) is the base rate guaranteed per hour, (S) is the standard time for the job and (T) is the actual time, then according to Rowan plan, wages for the job will be- |
| A. | TR + (S - T) × R |
| B. | TR + [(S - T)/2] × R |
| C. | TR |
| D. | TR + [(S - T)/S] × R |
| Answer» E. | |
| 84. |
Performance rating of an employee may be expressed as: |
| A. | (Normal performance) × (Observed performance) |
| B. | \({\left( {\frac{{Normal\;performance}}{{Observed\;performance}}} \right)^2}\) |
| C. | \(\sqrt {\left( {\frac{{Observed\;performance}}{{Normal\;performance}}} \right)} \) |
| D. | \(\left( {\frac{{Observed\;performance}}{{Normal\;performance}}} \right)\) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 85. |
In an ideal inventory control system, the economic size for a part is 1000. If the annual demand for the part is doubled, the new economic lot size required will be: |
| A. | 100√2 |
| B. | 500 |
| C. | 1000 |
| D. | 1000√2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
A time study of a machine operation recorded a cycle time of 7, 6, 7, 8 minute. The analyst rated the observed worker 80%. The allowance fraction is 0.1. The standard time is |
| A. | 5.22 minutes |
| B. | 6.22 minutes |
| C. | 7.22 minutes |
| D. | 7.0 minutes |
| Answer» C. 7.22 minutes | |
| 87. |
An XYZ television supplier found a demand of 200 sets in July, 225 sets in August and 245 sets in September. Find the demand forecast for the month for the month of October using simple average method. |
| A. | 224 |
| B. | 200 |
| C. | 175 |
| D. | 150 |
| Answer» B. 200 | |
| 88. |
Consider the following functions regarding the production control department:1. Provision of resources2. Preparation of production schedules3. To maintain the requisite quality standardsWhich of the above functions are correct? |
| A. | 1 and 2 only |
| B. | 1 and 3 only |
| C. | 2 and 3 only |
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 89. |
Optimum reorder quantity is |
| A. | \(\sqrt {\frac{{2\left( {annual~unit~usage} \right) \times \left( {cost~per~set - up~or~order} \right)}}{{\left( {cost~per~unit} \right) \times \left( {percent~annual~carrying~cost} \right)}}} \) |
| B. | \(\sqrt {\frac{{2\left( {cost~of~item} \right)}}{{\left( {annual~usage} \right) \times \left( {percent~annual~carrying~cost} \right)}}} \) |
| C. | \(\sqrt {\frac{{2\left( {cost~per~unit} \right) \times \left( {percent~annual~carrying~cost} \right)}}{{\left( {annual~unit~storage} \right) \times \left( {cost~per~set - up~or~order} \right)}}} \) |
| D. | \(\sqrt {\frac{{2\left( {cost~per~unit} \right) \times \left( {annual~carrying~cost} \right)}}{{\left( {cost~per~set - up~or~order} \right) \times \left( {percent~annual~carrying~cost} \right)}}} \) |
| Answer» B. \(\sqrt {\frac{{2\left( {cost~of~item} \right)}}{{\left( {annual~usage} \right) \times \left( {percent~annual~carrying~cost} \right)}}} \) | |
| 90. |
Bill of materials is |
| A. | a listing of all the components and/or raw materials required to make a product |
| B. | bill of material purchased |
| C. | bill of materials sold |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. bill of material purchased | |
| 91. |
A product 'A' comprises of 2 units of B and 3 units of C. Each unit of B requires 2 unit of D and one unit of E. Each unit of C needs 2 units of E and one unit of F. How many number of end units of E are required for producing 2 units of A ? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» C. 6 | |
| 92. |
A manufacturing shop processes sheet metal jobs, wherein each job must pass through two machines (M1 and M2, in that order). The processing time (in hours) for these jobs is:MachineJobsPQRSTUM115328271116M26191320147The optimal make-span (in hours) of the shop is: |
| A. | 120 |
| B. | 115 |
| C. | 109 |
| D. | 79 |
| Answer» C. 109 | |
| 93. |
Production Flow analysis (PFA) is a method of identifying part families that use data form |
| A. | Engineering drawings |
| B. | Production schedule |
| C. | Bill of materials |
| D. | Route sheets |
| Answer» E. | |
| 94. |
In ABC inventory control of spare parts, the items A, B and C respectively refer to |
| A. | high stock-out cost, moderate stock-out cost and low stock-out cost |
| B. | low stock-out cost, moderate stock-out cost and high stock-out cost |
| C. | moderate stock-out cost, high stock-out cost and low stock-out cost |
| D. | stock-out costs whose sequence depends on other factors also |
| Answer» B. low stock-out cost, moderate stock-out cost and high stock-out cost | |
| 95. |
If the Earliest Due Date (EDD) rule is used to sequence the jobs, the number ofjobs delayed is |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» D. 4 | |
| 96. |
A company uses 2555 units of an item annually. Delivery lead time is 8 days. The reorder point (in number of units) to achieve optimum inventory is |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 56 |
| D. | 60 |
| Answer» D. 60 | |
| 97. |
If the actual demand of a product is 62, a previous year's forecast is 57, and the value of smoothing constant is 0.3, what would be the forecast for the current year using exponential smoothing method of forecasting? |
| A. | 58.5 |
| B. | 60 |
| C. | 62.5 |
| D. | 65 |
| Answer» B. 60 | |
| 98. |
Classifying items in A, B and C categories for selective control in inventory management is done by arranging items in the decreasing order of: |
| A. | Total inventory costs |
| B. | Item value |
| C. | Annual usage value |
| D. | Item demand |
| Answer» D. Item demand | |
| 99. |
In forecasting by exponential smoothing, if α is a smoothing constant, then: |
| A. | New Forecast = α (latest sales figure) + (1 - α ) (old forecast) |
| B. | New Forecast = α (latest sales figure) – (1 - α) (old forecast) |
| C. | New forecast = α (latest sales figure) + (1 + α) (old forecast) |
| D. | New Forecast = α (latest sales figure) – (1 + α) (old forecast) |
| Answer» B. New Forecast = α (latest sales figure) – (1 - α) (old forecast) | |
| 100. |
Issue of work orders to start production according to the schedule is called |
| A. | Dispatching |
| B. | Routing |
| C. | Monitoring |
| D. | Expediting |
| Answer» B. Routing | |