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MCQs 1-50
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQS) GAT Subjective

1. Which of the following statements is correct?

(a) Marketing is the term used to refer only to the sales function within a firm
(b) Marketing managers usually don't get involved in production or distribution decisions
(c) Marketing is an activity that considers only the needs of the organization, not the needs of society as a whole
(d) Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and
exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large

2. Human Resource departments serve a strategic role in most organizations because?

(a) Today’s organizations are instituting HR practices aimed at gaining competitive advantage through their
employees (b) Human Resource departments handle downsizing and layoff processes
(c) Globalization has reduced competition (d) The workforce is becoming less diverse

3. The strategic decisions are long – term in nature and are concerned with _____________?
(a) Process design (b) Inventory (c) Reordering level (d) Production scheduling

4. The tactical decision is taken by an operation manager is followed by ______________?

(a) Strategic decision (b) Operational decision (c) Evaluation decision (d) Action decision

5. The evaluation of operations management started after industrial revolution by the identification of division of labor
in manufacturing, which was proposed by ___________?
(a) F.W.Taylor (b) Elton Mayo (c) Adam Smith (d) Henry Fayol

6. The computerization of operations began when the first computer was installed in ____________ organization?
(a) General Motors (b) General Electric (c) Ford Motors (d) Western House

7. ___________ always starts with the idea generation and have it sources from employee, customers, vendors etc.?
(a) New process development (b) New methodology development
(c) New Product development (d) Quality development program

8. In the element of operations strategy, after the production design and product / service development which of the
following components is to be planned?
(a) Allocation of resources (b) Facility planning
(c) Technology selection (d) Human resource planning

9. The forecasting methods that are based on the judgment and opinions are ______________?
(a) Causal models (b) Time Series (c) Delphi Method (d) Regression analysis

10. The selection of forecasting method is based on the long term decisions like product planning, facility location and
expansion is depend on the factor like ______________?
(a) Time span (b) Data availability (c) Cost (d) Accuracy

11. Which of the following is not used to measure the accuracy of the forecasting?
(a) Mean Absolute Deviation (b) Mean Forecast Error
(c) Mean Standard Error (d) Mean Square Error

12. The EOQ method is used to identify the order quantity that would minimize the total cost of ___________________
and ____________?
(a) Ordering cost and carrying cost (b) Purchase cost and carrying cost
(b) Ordering cost and stock out cost (d) Purchase cost and ordering cost

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13. Forecasting involves making calculated predictions that can be used in the planning and ______________ process?
(a) Decision making (b) Quality (c) Production (d) Controlling

14. ___________________ method can be used when there are three variables to which the decisions has to be taken in
Linear programming problems?
(a) Graphical method (b) Simplex Method (c) Least Cost method (d) VAM

15. In the transportation problem, a dummy variable is added either to the source or to the destination due to
__________________________?
(a) Balanced (b) Variation (c) Differentiation (d) Unbalanced

16. The stepping stone method is used in the transportation model to find out the ___________________?
(a) Initial cost (b) Initial basic solution (c) Optimal solution (d) Balanced or unbalanced one

17. ___________ forms the basis for designing factory buildings, facility layout and selecting production equipment?
(a) Product planning (b) Process planning (c) Tactical planning (d) Action planning

18. ____________ refers to the extent to which the production and the distribution chain is brought under the ownership
of the organization?
(a) Horizontal integration (b) Vertical integration (c) Forward integration (d) Backward integration

19. Which chart contains the symbols like:

(a) Assembly charts
(b) Process charts (c) Gantt charts (d) Simultaneous charts

20. The objective of an ________________________ is to minimize production costs, make appropriate changes in
production rates and work force level and to improve profits, customer service and utilization of resources?
(a) Business planning (b) Product planning (c) Aggregate planning (d) Action planning

21. The process of determining how much time an average worker takes to complete a job under standard work
condition is known as ____________________?
(a) Job Analysis (b) Work Measurement (c) Work Enrichment (d) Work Description

22. ____________________ is a technique of analyzing work by taking several observations, usually at random to see
the relative frequency with which various elemental activities takes place?
(a) Time Study (b) Standard Data (c) Work Sampling (d) Historical Analysis

23. The material management is given more importance in an organization, because materials normally account for
_____ percent of the total capital invested?
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 75

24. When the product is complex and the production process involves many components and sub-assemblies, to manage
the inventory __________________ systems was used?
(a) FMS (b) MRP (c) EOQ (d) EDI

25. The file containing information about when and how many units of finished products are required have the
information of purchasing, receiving fabrication and assembling is known as ______________________?
(a) Bill of Materials (b) Inventory Record File
(c) Master Production schedule (d) Material Resource Allocation

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26. In automation to counter the problem in handling day-to-day situations in the operations, a rule base system was
conceptualized, which employ human logic in evaluation of different situation. This system is known as _______?
(a) CIM (b) FMS (c) Expert system (d) Robotics

27. The Kanban system was developed by __________________ company?

(a) Toyota Motor (b) General Motor (c) Ford (d) Suzuki

28. The second step in the MRP system information processing is to develop a materials requirement plan for each item
in the BOM file for each time bucket is known as ________________?
(a) Explosion (b) Netting (c) Offsetting (d) Inventing

29. In the implementation of the ERP package which step is following after the mapping of business process onto the
package?
(a) Test Runs (b) Parallel Run (c) Customization (d) Gap Analysis

30. There are __________ number of supply chain management which represents business processes and practices?
(a) Five (b) Six (c) Seven (d) Eight

31. The approach in which employees are given the option of choosing their work, work timings, provided that a specific
number of hours are complete in a week is known as _________________?
(a) Flexi Time (b) Flex tour (c) Part Time (d) Staggered Times

32. The display of resources like machines, tanks, pipes, operators and products in graphical method to schedule the
operations process. This technique is known as ________________?
(a) Gantt Charts (b) Job sequencing Rules (c) Assembly Charts (d) Process Charts

33. Which of the following are not the characteristics of JIT system?
(a) Small Lot Size (b) Closer Supplier Ties
(c) Random Workstation Load (d) Continuous Improvement

34. The features of a product which indicates the operational life of a product or in other words, how long the product
can be used without replacements is known as ___________________?
(a) Reliability (b) Durability (c) Conformance (d) Aesthetics

35. If the maintenance activities are carried out based on time frame like once a week or one a month or based on the
usage of the machines like after every 40 hrs of operation is known as ____________________?
(a) Irregular Preventive Maintenance (b) Predictive maintenance
(c) Periodic maintenance (d) Remedial Maintenance

36. _______________________ is the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business process to achieve
dramatic improvements in critical, contemporary measures of performance such as costs, quality, service and speed?
(a) Reengineering (b) Outsourcing (c) Benchmarking (d) Strategic Process

37. The activity is a task or an item of work to be done in a project and is represented by _____________?
(a) Circle (b) Arrow (c) Square (d) Rectangle

38. What is LPG?

(a) Liquid Petroleum Gas (b) Liberty Prosperity Gratitude
(c) Liberalization Privatization Globalization (d) Longer Period Grievance

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39. The Critical Path Method is used to determine _______________________ path in a project?
(a) Longest (b) Shortest (c) Average (d) Negative

40. Economics of scales is achieved in the production process by when the _________________________?
(a) People experience with the work (b) Management introduce new technology
(c) Reengineering process is adopted (d) Customization of the product

41. The company A to Z, is following a master production schedule?

(a) Translate aggregate plan (b) Evaluate alternate schedules
(c) Cost analysis (d) Effective utilization capacity

42. The Mercedes Benz car was manufactured usually for the top level people those who want to show their status. What
type of product design the manufacturers follow?
(a) Standard product design (b) Customized product design
(c) Quality product design (d) Quantity product design

43. The Alpha engineering limited is having the annual production volume ranging between 2 to three lakhs. What type
of process design can be selected?
(a) Product – focused (b) Process – focused
(c) Cellular manufacturing (d) Group technology

44. The general manager of Kiran group of steel industries have decided to start a steel manufacturing company in
kerala, but his project manager opposes the plan, because of the _________________________ factor?
(a) Site cost (b) Available of Skilled worker
(c) Available of raw materials (d) Availability of services

45. A process that aims to improve the performance and interaction within a specific group of employees is?
(a) Teambuilding (b) Scanlon plan (c) Human factors engineering (d) Survey research

46. The Ajay industries in nagpur is planning a process design, which follows a linear path without backtracking or side
tracking. This process design is known as ___________________?
(a) Cellular manufacturing (b) Group technology (c) Process focused (d) Product focused

47. Systematically moving workers from one job to another is known as?
(a) Job enlargement (b) Job enrichment (c) Job rotation (d) dejobbing

48. Employee requirement and availability forecasts would be most helpful in?
(a) The recruiting process (b) The performance appraisal process
(c) The employee discipline process (d) The interviewing process

49. The P.V Industries allotted the work load for each worker within the reasonable limits of his skills, physical and
mental ability. This type of job design followed by the P.V industries is known as _____________?
(a) Technical feasibility (b) Economic feasibility
(c) Behavioral feasibility (d) Basic feasibility

50. The Helix Company is storing the glass plates in the ware house and when the product was to be transported to a
retailer, it was found some of them were damaged. Find out what type of cost is incurred?
(a) Purchase cost (b) Ordering cost (c) Stock out cost (d) Carrying cost

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