UGC NET Management Previous Year Solved Papers MCQ - November 2017

26 Statement (I) : Time study is an area of study whose fundamental purpose is to set time standards for work using different methods.
Statement (II) : Work measurement is a structured process of directly observing and measuring (using a timing device) human work in order to establish the time required for completion of the work by a qualified worker when working at a defined level of performance.

27 Which one of the following combinations of the characteristics of the popular layouts is not matching?

	Factors	Fixed layout	Product layout	Process layout	Cellular layout
A.	Material Travel	Fixed path	Variable path	Often high path	Variable path
B.	Process	Ship building	Continuous and repetitive	Job or small batch	Small to medium batch
C.	Product	Made to order, low volume	Standardized product	Diversified products using common operations	Diversified products
D.	Utilization of Facilities	Moderate	Very high	General purpose	High

Product layout and process layout the two extremes of layout techniques. Cellular layout had evolved to aid manufacturers with intermittent manufacturing of a high variety of products with the advantages of a product layout.
Comparison of Common Characteristics of Different Layouts

Factors	Fixed Position	Product (Line)	Process (Functional)	Cellular (GT)
Product	Made to Order, Low Volume	Standardized Product, Large Volume, Stable Rate of Output	Diversified Products using common operations, Varying volumes, Varying Rate of Output	Diversified Products, Varying volumes
Process	Ship building, large scale project, construction or industrial project	Continuous, and repetitive	Job or small batch	Small to medium batch
Arrangement of facilities	Facilities move where the fixed product/project is being implemented	Placed along the line of product flow in a specialized sequence of tasks for each unit	Grouped by speciality and by function	Similar parts are grouped in part-family; one machines cell is formed which contains all facilities needed by corresponding part-family
Cost of layout	General purpose equipment. Moderate to low	Large investment in specialized equipment and processes.	General purposes equipment and processes. Moderate to high	Moderate to low
Inventory	Variable inventories and frequent tie-ups because production cycle is generally long.	High turnover of raw material and work in process	Low turnover of raw material and work in process. High raw material inventory	High turnover of raw material and lower work in process
Material handling	Flow variable, often low. May require heavy duty handling equipment	Predictable, flow systemized and often automated	Flow variable, handling often duplicated	Flow variable, can be reasonably high
Material travel	Variable path	Fixed path	Often high	Fixed path
Utilization of facilities	Moderate	Very high	General purposes	High
Operating facilities	General purpose	Special purpose	Skilled	Special purpose
Employee skill	Unskilled/skilled	Unskilled	Ski lled	Multi-skilled as one operator may handle more than one operation
Quality/Product Variety Ratio	Normally 1, as single product production	Large (Q/P)	Moderate (Q/P)	Small (Q/P)
Product Cost	Relatively low fixed costs; high	Relatively high fixed costs; low unit costs	Relatively low fixed costs; high	Reasonable level of fixed costs; relatively

28 In the context of distinguishing between forecasting and prediction, which one of the following statements is false?

Difference between Forecasting and Prediction

Sl. No.	Forecasting	Prediction
1	Forecasting involves the projection of the past into the future.	Prediction reflects management’s judgement after taking all available information into account.
2	The forecast involves estimating the level of demand on the basis of factors that generated the demand.	Prediction involves anticipated changes in the future that may or may not have generated that demand.
3	Forcasting is based on a theoretical model.	Prediction may be based on intuition.
4	Forecasting is objective.	Prediction can be biased.
5	The concept used in forecasting is the ‘throw ahead’ technique. Requires a pattern in data.	The concept used in prediction is the ‘saying ahead’ technique. Can be used to predict from random data also.
6	Error analysis is possible.	No error analysis.
7	Forecasting results are replicable.	Prediction is based on unique representations.

29 An activity that consumes no time but shows precedence among activities is known as :

30 Which one of the following is not correct matching between level of facility planning and type of activity?

UGC NET Management Previous Year Solved Papers MCQ - November 2017

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