GSCM206 Week 4 Quiz Latest 2019 January Question # 00597723 Subject: Education Due on: 02/05/2019 Posted On: 02/05/2019 06:54 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.6/5

GSCM206 Managing
Operations Across the Supply Chain

Week 4 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 8) The Clothes
Factory wants to increase capacity by adding a new sewing machine. The fixed
costs for machine A are $9,000, and its variable cost is $4 per unit. The
revenue is $7 per unit. The break-even point for the sewing machine is

1,200 units.

1,600 units.

3,000 units.

1,500 units.

Question 2

(TCO 9) A truck stop
is considering opening a new facility on the Interstate. The table below shows
its ratings of four factors at each of two potential sites.

Factor Weight Gary Mall Belt
Line

Affluence of Local Population .20 40 40

Traffic Flow .40 50 20

Parking Availability .20 30 40

Growth Potential .20 10 30

The score for Gary Mall is _____, and the score for Belt
Line is _____.

Gary Mall = 34; Belt
Line = 28

Gary Mall = 33; Belt
Line = 22

Gary Mall = 36; Belt
Line = 30

Gary Mall = 19; Belt
Line = 24

Question 3

(TCO 8) A bakery has
a design capacity to bake 250 loaves of bread a day. However, because of
scheduled maintenance of their equipment, management feels that they can bake
100 loaves a day. Yesterday, the gas was turned off while the city was
repairing a leak, and only eight loaves were baked. What is the utilization of
the ovens yesterday?

5%

3%

2.5%

3.2%

Question 4

(TCO 8) A bakery has
a design capacity to bake 200 loaves of bread a day. However, because of
scheduled maintenance of their equipment, management feels that they can bake
100 loaves a day. Yesterday the gas was turned off while the city was repairing
a leak, and only 22 loaves where baked. What was the efficiency of the ovens
yesterday?

5%

7%

10%

22%

Question 5

(TCO 8) Design
capacity is the

maximum output of a
system in a given period.

actual production
over a specified time period in ideal conditions.

average output that
can be achieved under ideal conditions.

maximum usable
capacity of a particular facility.

capacity a firm
expects to achieve given the current operating constraints.

Question 6

(TCO 8) Actual output
as a percent of design capacity is

effective capacity.

utilization.

effectiveness.

efficiency.

Question 7

(TCO 9) A location
decision for an appliance manufacturer would tend to have a(n)

education focus.

labor focus.

revenue focus.

environmental focus.

cost focus

Question 8

(TCO 9) When making a
location decision at the site level, which of these would be considered?

Corporate desires

Land and
construction costs

Air, rail, highway,
and waterway systems

Attractiveness of
region

Location of markets

Question 9

(TCO 9) Evaluating
location alternatives by comparing their composite (weighted-average) scores
involves

a cost-volume
analysis.

a transportation
model analysis.

a linear regression
analysis.

a crossover
analysis.

None of the
above

Question 10

(TCO 8) Which of the
following is NOT a consideration for a good capacity decision?

Forecast demand
accurately

Match technology
increments and sales volume

Find the worst
operating size (volume)

Build for
change