MGT 302 Week 5 Quiz

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Week S - Final Exam Due Jul 11 at 12:59am Points 50 Questions 50 Time Limit 720 Minutes Instructions Final Exam [WLO: 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Prior to taking your final exam, review the assigned resources in all weeks of the course. This is an open-book exam. This quiz consists of 50 multiple-choice, and true or false questions and is worth 20% of your course grade. The exam will take approximately 2 hours to complete. You will have 12 hours to complete the quiz, and it must be taken in one sitting. You will have one attempt to take this exam. Click on the Take the Quiz button when you are ready to start this exam. When finished, click on Submit Quiz. Attempt History Attempt Time Score LATEST Attempt 1 104 minutes 50 out of 50 (@ Correct answers are hidden. Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50 Submitted Jul 10 at 12:33am
This attempt took 104 minutes. Question 1 1/1 pts Strategic fit requires alignment of product design with? Neither external nor internal fit Internal fit External fit Both external and internal fit Question 2 1/1 pts Attempting to compete on the basis of quality will most likely result in which of the following? Lower levels of customer service Higher costs Higher amounts of product returns/warranty claims Lower costs
Question 3 1/1 pts Reilly Inc. estimates that its productivity in the year 2019 was 8 t-shirts per labor hour. In 2020, Reilly estimated its productivity as 9 t-shirts per labor hour. What is Reilly’s productivity growth rate from 2019 to 20207 1% 12.5% -12.5% -1% Question 4 11/1 pts Customers are to be involved in a service process than in a process related to goods. Less likely There is no way to assess this likelihood Neither less nor more likely
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More likely Question 5 1/1 pts A large manufacturer of farm equipment has recently switched to a product design approach in which representatives from a variety of the firm’s functional areas are involved in the product design process. This type of approach is likely be referred to as? Concurrent engineering Functional siloing Cooperative dynamics Decision theory Question 6 1/1 pts Designing and producing new products that customers want and doing it frequently and efficiently is associated with which of the eight key supply chain processes? Manufacturing flow management
Product development and commercialization Customer service management Customer relationship management Question 7 1171 pts Process integration between a firm and its suppliers and customers is Undesirable Dangerous Desirable Likely to provoke conflicts Question 8 1171 pts In many industries, more than of revenues are generated from new products infroduced during the previous year.
75% 10% 20% 40% Question 9 1/1 pts Forecasting demand and translating that forecast into desired levels of purchasing, production, and distribution activities is part of which of the eight key supply chain processes? Manufacturing flow management Customer service management Customer relationship management Demand management Question 10 1171 pts Collaboration within a supply chain leads to all of the following except
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Distorted information in the supply chain Enhanced customer satisfaction Reduced stockout costs Reduced delivery costs Question 11 1171 pts Customer transactions information will likely include which of the following? Sales calls and service requests Customer responses to promotions Customer age and education level Purchase and return histories Question 12 11/1 pts Which department provides projections for sales that are used as input to the forecasting process?
Operations Distribution Supply management Field sales Question 13 1171 pts It is typical for inventory to represent a significant investment in? Time Money Both time and money Neither time nor money Question 14 11/1 pts Which of the following is most likely an example of a job shop?
A car assembly plant A large bakery An oil refinery A custom furniture manufacturer Question 15 1171 pts Desired production volume and variety of goods/services desired are, generally, the guiding criteria for determining? A match of production output to customer A match of supplier to manufacturer A match of transportation provider to customer A match of production process to product Question 16 1171 pts Customer transactions information will likely include which of the following?
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Sales calls and service requests Customer age and education level Customer responses to promotions Purchase and return histories Question 17 1171 pts A process has four stages (A, B, C, and D). The stages have output rates of 5 units/hr, 12 units/hr, 10 units/hr, and 7 units/hr, respectively. What is the output rate of this process? 10 units/hr 5 units/hr 12 units/hr 7 units/hr Question 18 1171 pts
In a break-even problem, what would be expected to happen to the break-even quantity if sales price is increased (assume fixed and variable costs remain constant)? Neither increase nor decrease Decrease Increase Impossible to know how break-even quantity would change Question 19 1/1 pts All of the following are typical components of a time series except? Trend Seasonality Clustered Random variation
Question 20 111 pts Customer A generates $17,500 (on average) of annual sales for a supplier with a profit margin of 12%. Customer B generates $19,000 (on average) of annual sales for the supplier with a profit margin of 10%. Assume a 7% discount rate and that each customer has an expected lifetime of 5 years. Which customer has a greater customer lifetime value? Customer A Customer A and B have equivalent lifetime values Customer B Cannot be determined from the information given Question 21 1/1 pts Physical constraints include all of the following except? Material bottlenecks in supply chain Lack of preventative maintenance Faulty equipment Untrained workers
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Question 22 1/1 pts A Japanese term for continuous improvement is? Andon Blitz Kaizen Jidoka Question 23 1/1 pts In a material flow map, a solid arrow represents? Neither physical movement/transportation nor information flow Information flow Physical movement/transportation or information flow Physical movement/transportation
Question 24 1171 pts Queuing analysis can likely be used to do all of the following except? |dentify appropriate suppliers Assist in capacity decisions Determine customer waiting times Determine the number of customers waiting in queue Question 25 1/1 pts DBR stands for? Drum, Buffer, Regular Drum, Barrel, Roller Drum, Buffer, Rope Drum, Barrel, Rope
Question 26 1/1 pts CNC, in the context of manufacturing flexibility, refers to? Computer numerically controlled machines Computer nailing control Computer neutral complex machining Computer necessary controlled machines Question 27 1/1 pts Having manufacturing flexibility is desirable. Decreased Increased Neither increased nor decreased Both increased and decreased
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Question 28 1/1 pts Customers interact with employees at? Customer connection points Customer reflection points Customer engagement points Customer contact points Question 29 1/1 pts In a material flow map, a triangle represents? Process operation Delay/storage Start/end of process Decision
Question 30 1171 pts A kanban that is used to authorize movement is referred to as? Production kanban Processing kanban Withdrawal kanban Manufacturing kanban Question 31 1/1 pts Unexpected events that may lead to missed project completion times or cost overruns are referred to as? Project risk Project complexity Project adversity
Project danger Question 32 11/1 pts A quality philosophy that drives a firm to lower prices, higher quality, and fast response is referred to as? Critical path method Process capability Six Sigma Lean manufacturing Question 33 1171 pts The x-axis on a Gantt chart shows? Precedence relationships Activity name
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Time Activity duration Question 34 1171 pts A toy manufacturer produces a product for which there are 10 possible defect opportunities. If in the course of a week the company makes 1,000 units and discovers 17 total defects, what is the manufacturer's DPMO? 1700 1000 17000 17 Question 35 1171 pts The first step to crash a project is? Reduce the length of the crashed path and update the project cost
It is impossible to crash a project Calculate the crash cost per period for all activities Determine the desired completion time and the critical path Question 36 171 pts Which of the following is not likely to be an example of a project? Constructing a roadway tunnel Cleaning kitchen equipment at a restaurant Building a custom home Planning a wedding Question 37 1/1 pts The ISO standard associated with quality management is? ISO 9000
ISO 14000 1SO 12000 ISO 10000 Question 38 1171 pts A project has four activities. Activity A has no predecessors and a duration of 1 week. Activity B has Activity A as its predecessor and a duration of 4 weeks. Activity C has Aclivity A as its predecessor and a duration of 3 weeks. Activity D has activities B and C as its predecessors and a duration of 2 weeks. What is the critical path for this project? AaCabD AaBabD AaB Cannot be determined from the information given Question 39 1171 pts In the t = (a + 4m + b)/6 calculation for expected activity completion time, the a refers to?
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Pessimistic completion time Activity completion time variance Optimistic completion time Most likely completion time Question 40 1/1 pts The set of task descriptions for a project is known as a(n)? Work breakdown structure Activity diagram Task listing Bill of materials Question 41 171 pts A country’s productivity rate has a significant impact on a country’s
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Mean wage rate Role in climate change Ethical labor practices National competitiveness Question 42 1171 pts Seeking to reduce the amount of money spent by a firm when purchasing is referred to as spend management resource management cost management revenue management Question 43 11/1 pts The most important elements in the definition of logistics are the following EXCEPT this:
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Flow of goods Storage Meeting requirements Flow of capital Question 44 1/1 pts Purchasing goods and services for business purposes can alternatively be referred to as commercial buying service buying retail buying commercial selling Question 45 1/1 pts
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A company is considering Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Baltimore as candidate locations for a new facility. For the weighted-factor rating technique, the company is evaluating each location on three factors (distance to customers, labor costs, and utility costs). The factors are weighted 0.5, 0.3, and 0.2, respectively. Pittsburgh received scores of 90, 75, and 65 for the three factors. Philadelphia received scores of 85, 82, and 70. Baltimore received scores of 82, 85, and 75. Which of the three cities should be selected (ranked first by the weighted-factor rating technique? Cannot be determined from the information given Baltimore Pittsburgh Philadelphia Question 46 111 pts The second step in the purchasing cycle is Assessing the market Collecting supplier information Conducting an internal assessment Developing the sourcing strategy
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Question 47 1/1 pts During an internal assessment of purchases, the purchases are commonly divided into spend categories spend silos spend bins spend slots Question 48 1/1 pts The plan to manage the supply of purchased items is referred to as a sourcing strategy purchasing strategy sourcing plan purchasing plan
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Question 49 1171 pts In a competitive-bidding environment, the contract is usually awarded to The most qualified bidder The lowest priced bidder The highest priced bidder The least objectionable bidder Question 50 1/1 pts Interacting with customers to maintain customer satisfaction is associated with which of the key supply chain processes? Order fulfillment Customer relationship management Returns management
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Customer service management Quiz Score: 50 out of 50
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