Pom Quiz

TAKE HOME QUIZ

(7-11 April 2013)

CHAPTER: PROCESSES AND CAPACITIES

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A firm’s process strategy defines all of the following except its

a. capital intensity

b. process flexibility

c. vertical integration

d. horizontal integration

2. The extent to which the firm will produce the inputs and control the outputs of each stage of the production process is known as

a. vertical integration

b. process flexibility

c. horizontal integration

d. capital intensity

3. The organization’s overall approach for physically producing goods and providing services is known as its

a. level of capital intensity

b. level of process flexibility

c. process strategy

d. level of customer involvement

4. The ease with which resources can be adjusted in response to changes in demand, technology, products and services, and resource availability defines the firm’s

a. vertical integration

b. process flexibility

c. customer involvement

d. capital intensity

5. In most projects

a. there are few customers and customer involvement is high

b. there are many customers and customer involvement is high

c. there are few customers and customer involvement is low

d. there are many customers and customer involvement is low

6. Which of the following is not a potential risk of projects

a. huge swings in resource requirements

b. extensive learning curve benefits

c. limited learning curve benefits

d. small customer base

7. Fluctuating demand, short production runs of a variety of products, and small to moderate quantities produced to customer order are characteristics most associated with

a. mass production

b. continuous production

c. projects

d. batch production

8. Most of the operations in batch production involve

a. fabrication

b....