Operations Management 6Th Canadian Edition By William – Test Bank

Operations Management 6Th Canadian Edition By William – Test Bank

Chapter 06
Process Design and Facility Layout

True / False Questions

1. Process design is required only when new products or services are planned.
FALSE

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Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-01 Introduction and Production Process Types

2. The first step in process design is to decide whether to make or buy a product or service.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-01 Introduction and Production Process Types

3. The use of operational processes is intermittent in the case of batch processing.
TRUE

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Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-03 Batch

4. Repetitive process systems are typically used to produce goods for specific customer orders rather than goods to be held as finished product inventory in anticipation of demand.
FALSE

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Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-04 Repetitive

5. Continuous processing is employed when a customized output is required.
FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-05 Continuous

6. As a general rule, continuous processing systems produce products for a high volume of standardized output.
TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-05 Continuous

7. Repetitive production processes produce a high volume of standardized products or services.
TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-04 Repetitive

8. A job shop processing system generally requires less skilled workers than a continuous processing system.
FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-02 Job Shop

9. A job shop processing system tends to utilize highly flexible general-purpose equipment.
TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-02 Job Shop

10. In general, batch process systems require a more skilled and flexible workforce than job shops because batch processes produce more varied goods and services.
FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 06-01 Introduce processes and process design; and describe the four basic production process types; compare them; and discuss how to select one.
Topic: 06-03 Batch