Liberty BUSI411 Exam 2 2019 Question # 00598527 Subject: Education Due on: 02/25/2019 Posted On: 02/25/2019 05:00 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.6/5

• Question
1

Capacity
in excess of expected demand that is intended to offset uncertainty is a:

• Question
2

Students
at a major university must go through several registration steps. Officials have
observed that it is typically the case that the waiting line at the fee-payment
station is the longest. This would seem to suggest that the fee-payment station
is the ___________ in the student registration process.

• Question
3

The
decision to outsource opens the firm up to certain risks, among them _________
and ________.

• Question
4

When
buying component parts, risk does not include:

• Question
5

A
Virginia county is considering whether to pay $50,000 per year to lease a
prisoner transfer facility in a prime location near Washington, D.C. They
estimate it will cost $50 per prisoner to process the paperwork at this new
location. The county is paid a $75 commission for each new prisoner they
process. What would be the county’s annual profit if they were to process 4,000
prisoners per year at this new location?

• Question
6

Which
of the following is not a characteristic of layout decisions in system design?

• Question
7

Laser
technology used in surgical procedures is an example of technological advances
in:

• Question
8

Daily
capacity of a product layout is determined by:

• Question
9

QRS
Corp. is designing a product layout for a new product. They plan to use this
production line 10 hours a day in order to meet forecasted demand of 900 units
per day. The following table describes the tasks necessary to produce this
product:

Task Time(secs) Immediate

Predecessor

a 34 none

b 20 a

c 10 b

d 16 b

e 10 c

f 24 d,e

g 38 f

For output to equal forecasted demand, what should be the
actual cycle time for this production?

• Question
10

A
company needs to locate three departments (X, Y, and Z) in the three areas (I,
II, and III) of a new facility. They want to minimize interdepartmental
transportation costs, which are expected to be $.50 per load per meter moved.
An analyst has prepared the following distances and flow matrices:

Distances (meters)

From/To I II III

I – 10 20

II – 10

III –

Flows (loads per week)

From/To X Y Z

X – 60 90

Y 40 – 160

Z 110 140 –

What is the total flow (loads per week) between department Y
and department Z?

• Question
11

A
methods and measurements analyst needs to develop a time standard for a certain
task. In a preliminary study, he observed one of his workers perform this task
five times, with the following results:

Observation 1 2 3 4 5

Time(Seconds) 84 76 80 84 76

What is the standard time for this task if the employee
worked at a 25 percent faster pace than average and an allowance of 20 percent
of job time is used?

• Question
12

In a
stopwatch time study, the number of cycles that must be timed is a function of:

1. (I) the
variability of observed times.

2. (II) the
desired accuracy for the estimated job time.

3. (III) the
desired level of confidence for the estimated job time.

• Question
13

The
manager of Lawn and Garden Services would like to estimate the proportion of
her employees’ time spent performing various gardening and lawn care
activities. She has made 400 random observations of a typical worker, with the
following results:

Activity Time Observed

Mowing 200

Trimming 80

Raking 40

Miscellaneous 80

________________________________________

Between what limits can the manager be 68.26 percent
confident about the true proportion of time spent mowing?

• Question
14

A
methods and measurements analyst for Timepiece, Inc., needs to develop a time
standard for the task of attaching a watch to a wristband. In a preliminary
study, he observed one of his workers perform this task five times, with the
following results:

Observation 1 2 3 4 5

Time(Seconds) 27 19 20 21 13

What is the standard time for this task if the employee
worked at a 20 percent faster pace than average, and an allowance of 20 percent
of the workday is used?

• Question
15

Which
of the following is not an advantage of time-based pay systems?

• Question
16

Location
choice I has monthly fixed costs of $100,000 and per-unit variable costs of
$10. Location choice J has monthly fixed costs of $150,000 and per-unit
variable costs of $9. At what volume would these locations have equal total costs?

• Question
17

Nearness
to raw materials would be most important to a:

• Question
18

In location planning, the location of raw materials, the
location of markets, and labor factors are:

• Question
19

A
location analysis has been narrowed down to three locations. The critical
factors, their weights, and the ratings for each location are shown below:

Location

Factor Wt. A B C

Labor Cost .4 70 80 90

Transportation Cost .2 80 80 60

Market Access .2 90 70 60

Raw Materials Cost .1 50 70 90

Utility Cost .1 80 90 70

________________________________________

If the decision rule is to select the location with the
greatest composite score exceeding 80, management should choose:

• Question
20

Some
communities offer financial and other incentives to ______ new businesses.

• Question
21

Outsourcing
some production is a means of supporting a constraint.

• Question
22

The
minimum number of workstations for a production line is determined in part by
the desired output rate.

• Question
23

One
important factor that influences productivity is trust between workers and
managers.

• Question
24

The
center of gravity method uses the earth’s center to establish starting grid
coordinates (i.e., the 0,0,0 point) in three dimensions (x, y and z).

• Question
25

A
strategy that emphasizes convenience for the customers would probably select a
single very large facility.