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Program Name: PGDSCM

Subject: Production and Operations Management
Assessment Name: POM - Exam
Weightage: 70
Total Marks: 70
Duration: 80 mins

Online Examination:

Online examination is a Computer based examination.

Online examination comprises of Total 29 Questions - Out of 70 marks.

Duration of online examination will be of 1 Hour 20 minutes (80 minutes).

Section - I Instructions:

- It is compulsory and has total 3 Subjective Questions.

- Students are required to solve any 2 Subjective Type Questions. Each question is of 5 marks.
- Section – I is out of 10 Marks.

Please refer following instructions regarding Subjective examination:

- While attempting subjective examination Text formatting facility will be disabled such as use of bullets,
making the text bold, underlining the text etc. Only normal character on the key board will be available.
- Special characters available on the keyboard will be allowed.
- Students can not attempt more than 2 questions out of given 3.
- A blank (space typed) or any entry in the space provided will be considered as question is answered.
- Hand written answers are not allowed. Subjective test can be answered by using key board.
- No brail support shall be provided, but writer assistance shall be allowed. The student has to intimate it to
SCDL well in advance by completing applicable formalities.
- Answers for both the questions should not exceed more than 110 words. The maximum word limit per
answer is 55 words (for Subjective part).

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1) What are the advantages of the product or line layout.

(5)

1. Manufacturing cycle is small, hence, less WIP. 2. Material handling is minimum and automatic. 3.
Space required is small. 4. Work is mechanised, hence, labour costs are low. 5. Quality control is easy and
effective. 6. Delivery commitments are easy to accomplish. 7. Material requirements can be scheduled
easily and accurately.

2) What is dispatching in production activity control? What are the duties and responsibilities of a
dispatcher?
(5)

Dispatching is concerned with the preparation and distribution of work orders and instructions to shop to
perform the work as per schedule. Responsibilities are: 1. Order release. 2. Issue jigs/fixtures. 3. Return
surplus material to store. 4. Internal transport. 5. Set priorities for inspection. 6. Coordination with
scheduler. 7. Job allocation on machines. 8. Shift finished jobs. 9. Collect records after production runs.

3) What are the advantages of critical path analysis?

(5)

1. It forces a thorough planning of activities. 2. It increases the coordination of tasks. 3. It helps to

compute different project durations depending upon availability of resources. 4. It indicates optimal start
and finish of each activity. 5. It defines the responsibilities of each departmental head. 6. It facilitates
progress reporting. 7. It identifies trouble spots in advance. 8. It enables revision of plans. 9. It helps to
exercise control by exception.

Section 1 is complete.

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Section - II Instructions:

- It comprises of Objective Questions Only.

- Total 60 marks are allotted for objective type questions.
- The objective questions are of following type and carries marks as given under.

Multiple Choice Multiple Response : 4 Questions - 16 Marks (Each 4 marks)

Multiple Choice Single Response : 9 Questions - 18 Marks (Each 2 marks)
True or False : 5 Questions - 5 Marks (Each 1 mark)
Select a Blank : 5 Questions - 5 Marks (Each 1 mark)
Match the Column : 4 Questions - 16 Marks (Each 4 marks)

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Total Questions : 27
Total Marks : 60

1) As a general rule minimum size of the proposed site should be higher than actual plant size by
(2)
1] Two times
2] Three times
3] Five times
4] Seven times

2) Most of the steel plants are located at Bihar/Orrisa/Bengal because of

(2)
1] Low labour cost
2] Avilability of rail infrastructure
3] Availability of raw material in the region
4] Proximity to markets

3) Match the Following

(4)
1] Proximity to market 1] Fragile product
2] Industrial and labour attitude 2] Productivity of labour
3] Legislation and taxation 3] Licenses
4] Community Facilities 4] Educational facility
5] Transport facility
6] Safety factor

4) A managerial statement of period-by-period [ time phased ] production rates , work force levels , and
inventory investment , given customer requirements and capacity limitations , is referred to as
(2)
1] Capacity Plan
2] Production plan
3] Staffing Plan
4] Strategic plan

5) What do you understand by the spare time present in an activity if it is started as late as possible and
finished as early as possible?
(2)
1] Dependent float
2] Free float
3] Independent float
4] Total float

6) Development of a good lubrication programme begins with the identification of lubrication points.
(1)
1] True
2] False

7) The situation where the variability of the process though is well within the variability allowed by the

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specifications but the process needs centering indicates

(2)
1] Good process variability but poor process centering
2] Good process variability but bad process centering
3] Good process variability and correct process centering
4] Process variability is just adequate

8) The process is described in much detail as possible by graphically displaying the steps in proper sequence ,
is known as
(2)
1] DMAIC [ Define , Measure , Analyze, Improve and Control ]
2] Flowcharts
3] DFSS [ Design For Six Sigma ]
4] Checksheets

9) Match the Following

(4)
1] DMAIC 1] Standardized step-by-step process used in six sigma with specific tools for
2] Customer-centric conducting projects.
approach 2] Dr. W. Edwards Deming
3] Process Capability 3] The ability of a process to meet customer's quality.
4] Father of six sigma 4] Smith [ Motorola ]
5] Open loop feedback process
6] Multivariate testing

10) According to Japanese manufacturers , one of the ways to improve the quality of a product is to improve
quality of process used to make that product.
(1)
1] True
2] False

11) How many symbols are used to record facts relating to job under method study?
(2)
1] Eight
2] Five
3] Three
4] Four

12) :BLANK of production management is viewed as the efficiency with which inputs are converted into
output
(1)
1] Effeictiveness
2] Efficiency
3] Performance
4] Appraisal

13) Which are the factors on which the structure of the transportation cost depends?
(4)
1] Average distance of shipment
2] Characteristics of the commodity

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3] Power
4] Medium of shipment

14) Which of the following factors related to the labour and wages are considered while deciding the plant
location?
(4)
1] Prevailing wage pattern
2] Octroi
3] Productivity of labour
4] Industrial relations

15) Following are some of the factors considered for evaluation of alternative layouts
(4)
1] Flow of Material
2] Equipment utilization
3] Ease of supervision
4] Delivery performance

16) REL chart exhibits relationship between :BLANK of departments in terms of degree of closeness desired
(1)
1] Pairs
2] types
3] sizes
4] areas

17) The process of Production Planning and Control includes

(4)
1] Planning production in advance
2] release production order
3] follow up progress
4] purhase material

18) A time phased order system that under ideal circumstances schedules the order releases for needed
demand inventory items so that the items arrive just as they are required , is known as
(2)
1] Master Production Schedule [ MPS ]
2] Planning Horizon
3] Enterprise Resource Planning [ ERP ]
4] Material Requirements Planning [ MRP ]

19) :BLANK refers to the duration for which loading and scheduling is to be done.
(1)
1] Unit of measurement
2] Performance Standard
3] Unit of loading and scheduling
4] Effective capacity per work center

20) The :BLANK system is an information system to control production quantities in and between processes.
(1)
1] Kanban

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2] Kaizan
3] JIT
4] Push

21) If activities are not deterministic, there is no need of finding probability of project completion by target
date.
(1)
1] True
2] False

22) The earliest start time of an activity equals earliest time for the event from which activity arrow
originates.
(1)
1] True
2] False

23) All activities lying on the non-critical paths must have total float and free float.
(1)
1] True
2] False

24) How to calculate float?

(2)
1] Equal to Non-critical path time
2] Parallel critical path time minus Non-critical path time
3] Parallel critical path time plus Non-critical path time
4] Equal to Parallel critical path time

25) Match the Following

(4)
1] Producer's risk 1] Probability that lots of level AQL will not be accepted
2] Lot Tolerance Percent Defectives 2] Very low probability of acceptance
3] Consumer's risk 3] Probability that lots of LTPD will be accepted
4] Accepatable quality level 4] Very high probability of acceptance
5] Probability that lots of level AQL will be accepted
6] Probability that lots of LTPD will not be accepted

26) Match the Following

(4)
1] Voice of customer 1] To understand customer needs and expectations.
2] Critical to quality [ 2] Attributes most important to customers
CTQ ] 3] Failing to deliver what customer wants
3] Defect 4] Ensuring consistent , predictable processes to improve what the customer
4] Stable Operation sees and feels.
5] What your process can deliver
6] Better reputation in market place.

27) American Society of Mechanical Engineers and British Standard Institute have advocated :BLANK
symbols for graphical method of recording in method study
(1)

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1] Six
2] Five
3] Four
4] Seven

Section 2 is complete.

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