Oscm MCQ PDF
Oscm MCQ PDF
Q.3 A ____________ encompasses all activities associated with the flow and transformation
of goods from the raw material stage, through to the end user, as well as the associated
information flows.
a) production line
b) supply chain
c) marketing channel
d) warehouse
Q.4 Which one of the following is not a typical question dealt with by an operations
managers? a) How much capacity will be needed in the months ahead?
b) What is a satisfactory location for a new facility?
c) How to motivate employees?
d) All are typical of operations decisions
Q.5 Which of the following are not key attributes of supply chain management?
a) inventory control
b) leveraging technology
c) customer power
d) all are key attributes
Q.6 Positive, long-term relationships between supply chain participants refer to:
a) Coo-petition
b) Tailored Logistics
c) Partnerships
d) Supply Chain Management
Q.9 Cooperative supply chain relationships developed to enhance the overall business
performance of both parties is a definition of:
a) Third-party logistics
b) Supply chain collaboration
c) Dovetailing
d) Relationship marketing
Q.12 Among the tools of TQM, the tool ordinarily used to aid in understanding the sequence
of events through which a product travels is a…
a) Pareto chart
b) Flow chart
c) Check Sheet
d) Taguchi Map
Q.13 Which one of the following would not generally be considered as an aspect of
operations management?
a)Work methods
b)Secure financial resources
c)Maintain quality
d)Product or service design
Q.14 The inputs to a transformation process include all of the following except
a) Material
b) People
c) Information
d) Assembly
Q.16 When suppliers, distributors, and customers partner with each other to improve the
performance of the entire system, they are participating in a ________
a) Channel Of Distribution
b) Value Delivery Network
c) Supply Chain
d) Supply And Demand Chain
Q.17 Which of the following is not an area of responsibility for a logistics manager?
a) Inventory
b) Purchasing
c) Warehousing
d) Marketing Dr.
Q.18 To reduce inventory management costs, many companies use a system called
________, which involves carrying only small inventories of parts or merchandise, often
only enough for a few days of operation.
a) Reduction-inventory Management
b)Supply Chain Management
c)Economic Order Quantity
d)Just-in-time Logistics
Q.19 A Supply Chain which includes the Distribution of finished products and services
a) Outbound Logistics
b) Inbound Logistics
c) Supply of Goods
d) Transportation
Q.20 In a SC, Material flows in one direction while _________from in both direction
a) Process
b) Information
c) Product
d) Semi-finished Goods
Q.21 What name is often given to the Japanese “total quality approach‟ to removing anything
that does not add value to the final product?
a) Jobbing processes
b) Lean production processes
c)Continuous processes.
d)Batch processes.
Q.23 Today, a growing number of firms now outsource some or all of their logistics to
________ intermediaries
a) Competitors
b) Third Party Logistics (3PL) Providers
c) Channel Members
d) Cross-functional Teams
Q.25 What type of process would a paper mill be most likely to use?
a) Continuous flow
b) Project
c) Job shop
d) Flow shop
Q.38 What additional factor does Overall Equipment Effectiveness take into account which
makes it more meaningful than efficiency or utilization?
a) Flexibility
b) Speed
c) Cost
d) Quality
Q.40 Having a 'happy hour' in a pub or restaurant is an example of which type of capacity
management?
a) A level capacity strategy
b) A demand management strategy
c) A chase demand strategy
d) A yield management strategy
Q.41 In the mass production era there were 4 types of operations process; complex project,
batch production, assembly line and ____________?
a) Job shop
b) Simple project
c) Mass process
d) Continuous flow process
Q.42 In a materials processing operation, which of the following process type is associated
with the highest volume and lowest variety?
a) Job shop
b) Batch process
c) Mass process
d) Continuous process
Q.43 In a materials processing operation, which process is associated with the highest
variety?
a) Project
b) Job shop
c) Batch process
d) Mass production
Q.46 Activities which are undertaken before the final operation are termed _______
activities.
a) Upstream
b) Primary
c) Secondary
d) Downstream
Q.61 In Visual Management, the Orange Colour marking on the floor indicates…
a) Materials for Inspection
b) Materials as Scrap
c) WIP Materials
d) Finished Goods
Q.62 In Visual Management, the Green Colour marking on the floor indicates…
a) Materials for Inspection
b) Materials as Scrap
c) WIP Materials
d) Finished Goods
Q.63 In Visual Management, the Red Colour marking on the floor indicates…
a) Materials for Inspection
b) Materials as Scrap
c) WIP Materials
d) Finished Goods
Q.67 Operation Research, a Multidisciplinary approach was evolved in WWII to 1960‟s for
_________
a) Problem Solving
b) Problem Research
c) Problem Definition
d) Problem Identification
Q.68 Henry Gantt - recognized the value of nonmonetary rewards to motivate workers, and
developed a widely used system for scheduling, called Gantt charts
a) Nonmonetary Rewards
b) Monetary Rewards
c) Employee Motivation
d) Flow Charts
Q.71 In 1832 -Division of labor by skill; assignment of jobs by skill; basics of time study was
introduced by
a) Charles Babbage
b) Adam Smith
c) Eli Whitney
d) F W Taylor r.
Q.72 In 1900- Scientific management time study and work study developed; dividing
planning and doing of work was introduced by
a) Charles Babbage
b) Adam Smith
c) F W Taylor
d) Frank B. Gilbreth
Q.74 In a Process Strategy, High Variety & Low Volume should focus on ____________
a) Processes
b) Product
c) Both a & b
d) None of the above
Q.75 In a Process Strategy, Low Variety & High Volume should focus on ____________
a) Processes
b) Product
c) Both a & b
d) None of the above
Q.78 Similar products or services are manufactured repeatedly using intermittent flow is
called as…..
a) Batch Production
b) Continuous Production
c) Job Shop Production
d) Project Production
Q.79 Production of Automobiles, Electronic Appliances, Personal Computers & Toys like
products are manufactured using __________
a)Continuous Flow
b)Line Flow
c) Job Shop Flow
d)Batch Flow
Q.81 A Layout designed to Product which is too large to move is example of _______
a) Process layout
b) Product Layout
c) Fixed Product Layout
d) Hybrid Layout
Q.84 When Volume of Production is High (Mass Production) then ___________ is Feasible.
a) Product Layout
b) Process Layout
c) Fixed Layout
d) Flexible Layout
Q.86 The resources arranged are as __________ to each product for smooth component flow
in each job shop
a) Dedicated
b) Shared
c) Arranges one per each department
d) Arranged Systematically
Q.89 Service blueprint is a ________ that accurately portrays the service system to provide
better services to people
a) Projection
b) Blue Print
c) Diagram/Design
d) None of the Above
Q.90 In service blue printing, __________ is where the customer directly interacts with the
service providers
a) Line of Services
b) Line of Interaction
c) Line of Internal Interaction
d) Lobby
Q.91 In service blue printing, __________ is where the service providers interacts with the
service supporters
a) Line of Services
b) Line of Interaction
c) Line of Internal Interaction
d) Lobby
Q.92 Beyond this line, the customer can not see the activities of service providers
a) Line of Interaction
b) Line of Visibility
c) Line of Internal Interaction
d) Line of Usability
Q.93 In the first instance, __________ allows the customer to make a decision on quality of
services as per service blue print
a) Line of Interaction
b) Front Stage Actions
c) Line of Internal Interaction
d) Physical Evidences
Q.94 Lean production relies on a specific throughput rate of the whole operation. This is
known as _____________?
a) Output time
b) Throughput time
c) Kanban time
d) Takt time
Q.97 One of the tools of lean production is SMED. What does this stand for?
a) Single Minute Engineering Design
b) Single Motion Engineering Design
c) Simple Motion and Exchange of Die
d) Single Minute Exchange of Die
Q.100 Logistics is the part of a supply chain involved with the forward and reverse flow of
a) Goods
b) Services
c) Cash
d) All of the Above
Q.104 Which of the following is used for identifying the total resources requirement for
meeting market demand
a) Capacity Planning
b) MRP-I
c) MRP-II
d) Inventory Management
Q.105 MRP through MPS, ensures availability of required raw materials at the point of
utilization. Thus MRP ensures..
a) Better Customer Services and delivery of value
b) To reduce cost of manufacturing
c) To improve schedule of maintenance
d) To improve performance of financial department
Q.108 The correct sequence of operations in production planning and control is…
a) Routing-Scheduling-Dispatching-Follow up
b) Scheduling-Routing-Dispatching-Follow up
c) Dispatching-Routing-Scheduling-Follow up
d) Routing-Scheduling-Follow up-Dispatching
Q.116 The process of comparing output to the previously decided plans as well set standards
is to determine if corrective actions is needed is called as…
a) Production Planning
b) Production Scheduling
c) Production Forecasting
d) Production Control
Q.117 Master Production Scheduling step achieved after aggregate planning requires…
a) Disaggregating the Aggregate Plan
b) Sub Optimization of Demand
c) Strategy Formulation
d) Rough Cut Capacity Planning
Q.118 ___________ is the ability of the manufacturing organizations to meet the demand of
market
a) Priority
b) Capacity
c) Forecasting
d) Control
Q.119 The __________ is the plan for the production of individual end items per day, per
week, per month on long time horizon
a) JIT
b) MPS
c) MRP-I
d) DRP
Q.120 A ________ Strategy means producing exactly what is demanded in the market by the
customers at a given time
a) Chase
b) Production Leveling
c) Sub Contracting
d) TQM
Q.124 In the _____________ environment, several product options exist (e.g., automobiles)
and the customer is not willing to wait until the product is made. Therefore manufacturers
produce and stock standard component parts.
a) make-to-order
b) Production leveling
c) make-to-stock
d) assemble to order
Q.125 __________ is also called as part list or building list is the document generated at the
design stage
a) MPS
b) BoM
c) MRP-I
d) MRP-II
Q.126 Purchasing is the task of buying 5R‟s of materials then Procurement is
_______________
a) Receiving of the Materials at Store
b) Checking of Materials with placed orders
c) Storing the materials in the store/warehouse
d) All of the above
Q.127 Moving from the aggregate plan to a master production schedule requires
a) Rough Cut Capacity Planning
b) Sub-optimization
c) Disaggregation
d) Strategy Formulation
Q.128 Identifying the path of how a product is manufactured right from input & raw material
into finished product , this process is known as __________
a) Routing
b) Scheduling
c) Loading
d) Planning
Q.129 Process consisting of assignment of standing and completion times for various
operations to be performed this process is called as____
a) Routing
b) Scheduling
c) Loading
d) Planning
Q.130 Which scheduling technique should be employed when due dates are important for a
job order?
a) Forward Scheduling
b) Loading
c) Dispatching
d) Backward Scheduling
Q.134 A strategy which aims to produce the maximum amount of goods at the lowest
possible price is called:
a) Production orientation.
b) Selling orientation.
c) Societal marketing.
d) Cost orientation.
Q.136 A measure of the reserve capacity a process has to handle in unexpected increases in
demand is the:
a) Capacity utilization rate.
b) Capacity cushion.
c) Capacity bottleneck.
d) Capacity constraint limit.
Q.138 Costs that continue even if no units are produced are called
a) Variable costs.
b) Mixed costs.
c) Marginal costs.
d) Fixed costs.
Q.139 A facility with a design capacity of 1,000 units, an actual average of 800 units, and
effective capacity of 850 units has a utilization of _______ .
a) 85%
b) 80%
c) 125%
d) 94%
Q.140 The master production schedule is the schedule of production for what level
product/material?
a) Level 0
b) Level 1
c) Level 2
d) Level 3
Q.142 A lot-sizing technique that generates exactly what was required to meet the plan is
a) The Wagner-Whitin algorithm.
b) Economic order quantity.
c) Lot-for-lot.
d) Part period balancing.
Q.143 The difference between a gross material requirements plan (gross MRP) and a net
material requirements plan (net MRP) is
a) The net MRP includes consideration of the inventory on hand, whereas the gross
MRP does not.
b) The gross MRP doesn't take taxes into account, whereas the net MRP includes the tax
considerations.
c) The gross MRP may not be computerized, but the net MRP must be computerized.
d) The gross MRP includes consideration of the inventory on hand, whereas the net MRP
does not.
Q.145 If demand of one year is 25000 units, relevant ordering cost for each purchase order is
INR 210 and carrying cost of one unit of stock is INR 25 then economic order quantity is
a) 678 packages
b) 658 Packages
c) 668 Packages
d) 648 Packages
Q.147 Required rate of return is multiplied per unit cost of purchased units for calculating
a) Irrelevant Inventory Carrying Costs
b) Relevant Opportunity Cost Of Capital
c) Relevant Purchase Order Costs
d) Relevant Inventory Carrying Costs
Q.148 Systematic flow of services, goods or information from buying material for product
delivery to customers is known as
a) Supply Chain
b) Value Chain
c) Material Flow Chain
d) Manufacturing Flow Chain
Q.149 Costs associated with storage of finished goods such as spoilage, obsolescence and
insurance of goods are classified as
a) Carrying Costs
b) Purchasing Costs
c) Stock-out Costs
d) Ordering Costs
Q.151 If economic order quantity for one time is 15000 packages and demand in units for
one year are 15000 units then number of deliveries in a year will be
a) 16
b) 12
c) 10
d) 14
Q.153 A regular check on Book entry and physical stocks in hand must be done to..
a) Place the order
b) To check exact availability of stocks
c) To decide the reorder point
d) To control the stock movement
Q.154 Inventory carried for the purpose of providing flexibility to each decision-making unit
to manage its operations independently is known as….
a) Safety inventory
b) Pipeline inventory
c) Decoupling inventory
d) Cycle inventory
Q.156 In an automobile manufacturing facility, the management has brought down the cost
of ordering of automotive components from Rs 500 to Rs 50 through the introduction of
electronic ordering. The annual demand of cars is 15,000 units. Inventory carrying cost of
automotive components is Rs 20 per unit per year. The inventory turnover ratio in both the
cases would be
a) 35.64 and 111.48
b) 36.64 and 112.48
c) 33.64 and 107.48
d) 34.64 and 109.48
Q.157 Higher demand uncertainty provides higher savings by pooling which of the following
inventory?
a) Safety inventory
b) Pipeline inventory
c) Decoupling inventory
d) Cycle inventory
Q.159 The time period between placing the order and receiving the placed order is called as..
a) Waiting Time
b) Takt Time
c) Cycle Time
d) Lead Time
Q.160 A firm's inventory turnover (IT) is 5 times on a cost of goods sold (COGS) of
$800,000. If the IT is improved to 8 times while the COGS remains the same, a substantial
amount of funds is released from or additionally invested in inventory. In fact,
a) $160,000 is released
b) $60,000 is released.
c) $100,000 is additionally invested.
d) $60,000 is additionally invested
Q.161 If EOQ = 360 units, order costs are $5 per order, and carrying costs are $.20 per unit,
what is the annual usage in units?
a) 129,600 units
b) 25,920 units
c) 2,592 units
d) 18,720 units
Q.164 The two basic questions in inventory management are how much to order and when to
order.
a) True
b) False
Q.165 Using the EOQ model, if an item's holding cost increases, its order quantity will
decrease
a) True
b) False
Q.166 With the A-B-C approach, items which have high unit costs are classified as A items.
a) True
b) False
Q.167 When using EOQ ordering, the order quantity must be computed in every order cycle.
a) True
b) False
Q.168 Holding and ordering costs are inversely related to each other..
a) True
b) False
Q.169 In the basic EOQ model, annual ordering cost and annual ordering cost are equal for
the optimal order quantity.
a) True
b) False
Q.170 Increasing the order quantity so that it is slightly above the EOQ would not increase
the total cost by very much.
a) True
b) False
Q.174 All of the following statements about ABC analysis are true except
a) inventory may be categorized by measures other than dollar volume
b) it categorizes on-hand inventory into three groups based on annual dollar volume
c) it is an application of the Pareto principle
d) it states that all items require the same degree of control
Q.175 Which of the following statements about the basic EOQ model is true?
a) If the ordering cost were to double, the EOQ would rise.
b) If annual demand were to double, the EOQ would increase.
c) If the carrying cost were to increase, the EOQ would fall
d) All of the above statements are true.
Q.176 Which of the following statements about the basic EOQ model is false?
a) If the setup cost were to decrease, the EOQ would fall.
b) If annual demand were to increase, the EOQ would increase.
c) If the ordering cost were to increase, the EOQ would rise.
d) If annual demand were to double, the EOQ would also double.
Q.177 Extra units that are held in inventory to reduce stock- outs are called
a) Just-in-time inventory.
b) Reorder point.
c) Demand variance.
d) Safety stocks.
Q.179 A system that triggers ordering on a uniform time basis is called a_____________
a) Fixed-quantity Order system.
b) Reorder point Order system.
c) Fixed-period Order system.
d) EOQ.
Q.181 Process of managing upstream and downstream of final goods, flow of raw materials
and information about resellers and final consumers is classified as
a) Marketing Logistics Network
b) Supply Chain Management
c) Delivery Network
d) Physical Distribution Network
Q.182 All of the following costs are likely to decrease as a result of better quality except
a) Customer Dissatisfaction Costs
b) Maintenance Costs
c) Scrap Costs
d) Warranty And Service Costs
Q.194 In today‟s supply chain, there has been a shift in the power structure in a chain
towards
a) Third-party logistics service providers
b) Distributors c) Manufacturers
d) Retailers
e) Raw-material suppliers
Q.195 The companies will realize the benefits of implementing IT when which of the
following is undertaken?
a) Companies need to invest heavily in information systems.
b) Companies need to automate the existing supply chain systems and processes.
c) Companies need to re-engineer their supply chain structure.
d) Companies need to undertake revision in the supporting organizational processes.
e) Companies need to re-engineer their supply chain structure and undertake revision
in the supporting organizational processes.
Q.196 Ford supply chain is characterized by
a) Vertical integration
b) Increased product variety
c) Individual customization
d) Long-term relationship with the suppliers
e) Loosely-held supplier networks
Q.199 Which one of the following is not the supply challenge being faced by the Indian
organizations?
a) Smaller pack sizes
b) Complex taxation structure
c) Poor infrastructure
d) Complex distribution structure
e) IT implementation
Q.203 In the automotive industry, the person who is responsible for translating customer
requirements into actual orders and arranges delivery dates is the car maker:
a) Supply Manager
b) Purchasing Manager
c) Production Manager
d) Supply Chain Manager
e) VP For Production
Q. 204 Pricing interacts with a supply chain in many ways. For instance, transportation rate
structures are adjusted by the carrier based on
a) Cost To Unload
b) The Size Of The Shipment
c) Local Currency Rates
d) The Logistics Costs Concept
Q.205 The total logistics cost includes expenses associated with transportation, materials
handling and
a) Customer Complaints, Cost Of Food And Highway Usage Taxes
b) Warehousing, Inventory, Stock Outs And Order Processing
c) Inventory Control With Sales Forecasting
d) Stock Outage Control With Sales Forecasting
e) Historical Figures Weighted By Last Years Numbers
Q.206 Lead time and order cycle time are the same as
a) Customer Service Time
b) Supply Chain Flow
c) Logistical Clockage
d) Replenishment Time
e) Real Time Service Time
Q.208 _____ is the integration and organization of information and logistics across firms in a
supply chain for the purpose of creating and delivering goods and services that provide value
to consumers.
a) Supply chain management
b) Logistics management
c) Point-to-point management
d) Just-in-time management
e) Cost-effective flow
Q.209 With which customer service factor are quick response and efficient consumer
response delivery systems most closely related?
a) Time
b) Dependability
c) Inventory Costs
d) Communication
e) Convenience
Q.211 Supply chain management impacts all of the following aspects of the marketing mix
strategy EXCEPT
a) The Target Market Selection Decision.
b) Product Mix Decisions.
c) Pricing Decisions.
d) Promotion Decisions.
e) Distribution Decisions.
Q.212 An online retailer like Amazon.com relies on an efficient supply chain. The
development of its supply chain supported its clearly defined marketing strategy and began
with:
a) Inventory Forecasts.
b) A Logistics Mission Statement.
c) The Mature Stage Of The Product Life Cycle.
d) Understanding The Customer.
e) None Of The Above.
Q.214 Combining different transportation modes in order to get the best features of each is
called
a) Freight Forwarding.
b) Dual Distribution.
c) Intermodal Transportation.
d) Bimodal Logistics.
e) Intra-modal Transport.
Q.215 A warehouse that emphasizes speed and efficient product flow to hold goods for short
periods of time and move them out as soon as possible:
a) is a storage warehouse.
b) is a freight forwarder.
c) is a distribution centre.
d) is an inventory expediting centre.
e) has a just-in-time inventory system.
Q.216 The impact of cost reduction on profits is much larger than the impact of increased
a) Innovation.
b) Production.
c) Information.
d) Sales.