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KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY
End Semester Examination
August/September, 2016
Level : B.E. Course : MEEG 308
Year : III Semester : II
Exam Roll No. : Time: 30 mins. F. M. : 20

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SECTION “A”
[20Q  1 = 20 marks]
1. The proper use of materials handling equipments resulted in
[ ] improvement in quality standards
[ ] increase in the efficiency of plant
[ ] increases in the wages of workers
[ ] better coordination among different sections

2. The main objective of scientific layout is

[ ] to produce better quality of product [ ] to utilize maximum floor area
[ ] to minimize production delays [ ] all of these

3. In inventory control theory, the economic order quantity is

[ ] average level of inventory [ ] optimum lot size
[ ] capacity of a warehouse [ ] lot size corresponding to break-even analysis

4. Fixed position layout is also known as

[ ] analytical layout [ ] synthetic layout
[ ] static product layout [ ] none of these

5. Probabilistic time for completion of any activity can be found out from
[ ] optimistic time [ ] pessimistic time [ ] most likely time [ ] all of these

6. In a network shown in the below Figure, the critical path is along

[ ] 1-2-3-4-8-9 [ ] 1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9 [ ] 1-2-3-4-7-8-9 [ ] 1-2-5-6-7-8-9

7. In order to avoid excessive multiplication of facilities, the layout preferred is

[ ] product layout [ ] process layout [ ] group layout [ ] fixed layout

8. Dispatching
[ ] prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
[ ] determines the programme for the operations
[ ] is concerned with the starting of processes
[ ] regulates the progress of job through various processes
9. The routing function in a production system design is concerned with
[ ] manpower utilization
[ ] quality assurance of the product
[ ] machine utilization
[ ] optimizing material flow through the plant

10. In break even analysis, total cost consists of

[ ] fixed cost + sales revenue [ ] variable cost + sales revenue
[ ] fixed cost + variable cost [ ] fixed cost + variable cost + profit

11. A critical activity has

[ ] maximum slack [ ] minimum slack [ ] zero slack [ ] average slack

12. PERT stands for

[ ] programme estimation and reporting technique
[ ] process estimation and review technique
[ ] programme evaluation and review technique
[ ] planning estimation and resulting technique

13. Dummy activities are used to

[ ] determine the critical path [ ] determine the project completion time
[ ] maintain the required network [ ] none of these

14. Which of the following statement is wrong?

[ ] an activity consumes time and resource whereas an event does not consume time or
resources.
[ ] the performance of a specific task is called an activity.
[ ] an event is an instantaneous point in time at which an activity begins or ends.
[ ] the turning of a job on lathe is an event whereas job turned is an activity.

15. Earliest finish time can be regarded as

[ ] earliest start time + duration of activity [ ] earliest start time - duration of activity
[ ] latest finish time + duration of activity [ ] latest finish time - duration of activity

16. If the sales level is 500/day, EPQ = 10000 at 1000/day, the maximum inventory obtained
is
[ ] 5000 [ ] 2500 [ ] 1500 [ ] 7500

17. If EOQ is calculated, but an order is then placed which is smaller than this, then the
variable cost:
[ ] increase [ ] decrease
[ ] either increase or decrease [ ] no change

18. If A is the total items consumed per year, P is the procurement cost per order, and C is the
annual inventory carrying cost per item, then the most economic ordering quantity is
given by

[ ] [ ]

[ ] [ ]
19. Which of the following smoothing constants would make an exponential smoothing
forecast equivalent to a naive forecast?
[ ] 0 [ ] 1 divided by the number of periods
[ ] 0.5 [ ] 1.0

20. Fabrication unit of XYZ department should supply 5000 good parts to assembly
department. Processing time is 4 min/unit and the equipment efficiency for 2 shifts daily
is estimated at 75%. Calculate the equipment requirement of the department.
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 KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY
End Semester Examination
August/September, 2016
Level : B.E. Course : MEEG 308
Year : III Semester : II
Time : 2 hrs. 30 mins. F. M. : 55
SECTION "B"
Attempt ALL questions.
1. Explain in brief the following factors for product design and development [4]
a) Product identification b) Marketing
c) Distribution d) Finance
2. Why marketing mix is important in production planning and control. [3]

3. Define forecasting. What are features of forecasting? [1+2]

4. Lakeside hospital has used a 9 month moving average forecasting method to predict drug
and surgical dressing inventory requirements. The actual demand for one item is as
shown in table. Using the previous moving average data convert to an exponential
smoothing forecast for month 33. [3]

Month 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Demand 78 65 90 71 80 101 84 60 73

5. An item is used at a uniform rate of 50,000 units per year. No shortage is allowed, and
delivery is at an infinite rate. The ordering, receiving and hauling cost is Rs. 13 per order,
while inspection cost is Rs. 12 per order. Interest costs Rs. 0.056 and, deterioration and
obsolescence cost Rs. 0.004 respectively per year for each item actually held in inventory
plus Rs. 0.02 per year unit based on the maximum number of units in inventory.
Calculate the economic order quantity. If lead time is 20 days, find re-order level. [6]

6. Two major parts P1 and P2 for a product require processing through six machine centers.
The technological sequence of these parts on the six machines and the manufacturing
times on each machine are: [6]
P1 Machine C A E F D B
Sequence
Time 2 3 4 5 6 1
(Hours)
P2 Machine B A E F C D
Sequence
Time 3 2 5 3 2 3
(Hours)
Use graphical method to obtain the total minimum elapsed time.

7. A manufacturer has the following information on its major product. [6]

Regular time production capacity = 2,500 units/period
Overtime production costs = Rs. 15 unit
Inventory costs = Rs. 5 unit/period (based on the ending inventory)
Backlog costs = Rs. 5 unit/ period
Beginning inventory = 750 units.
 Demand (in units) for periods 1, 2, 3 and 4 is 4100, 3000, 2200 and 3050 respectively.
The production output is 2900 units. Develop a level output plan that yields zero
inventory at the end of the period 4. What costs results from this plant?

8. A machine operator has to perform three operations: turn, thread and grind on a number
of different jobs. The time required to perform these operations (in min.) for each job is
shown below. Find an optimal sequence that will minimize the total elapsed time. Also
determine the total time required to complete all the jobs and total idle time for all the
machines. [8]

Job Time for turning Time for threading Time for grinding
(min.) (min.) (min.)
1 3 8 13
2 12 6 10
3 5 4 9
4 2 6 12
5 9 3 8
6 4 1 13

9. A construction company has listed down various activities that are involved constructing
a community hall. These are summarized along with immediate predecessor details in the
table below [8]
Activity Description Immediate Duration
Predecessor (days)
A Plan approval -- 5
B Site preparation -- 15
C Arranging foundation materials A 5
D Excavation for foundation B 10
E Carpentry work for door and window main A 8
supporting frame
F Layout foundation C, D 6
G Raising wall from foundation base to window F 12
base
H Raising wall from window base to lintel level E, G 12
I Roofing H 7
J Electrical wiring and fitting I 8
K Plastering J, L 10
L Making doors and windows and fitting them A 14
M Whitewashing K 9
N Clearing the site before handing over M 4
Draw the network diagram of this project. Also compute earliest start, earliest finish,
latest start and latest finish time for each activity. Find the critical path and the total time
of completion of the project.

10. The sales of mobile phones for the different weeks are shown in the table below: [8]
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sales 110 115 125 120 125 120 130 115 110 130 -
Use mean absolute deviation method to determine the smoothing technique that is best
for forecasting mobile phone sales: A two period moving average, a three period moving
average and exponential smoothing (α = 0.1).