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Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling and promoting the organization's goods or services.

FALSE

Operation managers are not responsible for promoting goods/services. It is the marketing functional area that is responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling and promoting the organization’s goods or services.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-06 Describe the operations function and the nature of the operations manager's job.
Topic: The Scope of Operations Management

2.	Often, the collective success or failure of companies' operations functions will impact the ability of a nation to compete with other nations. TRUE A nation is often only as competitive as its companies.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-03 Explain the importance of learning about operations management.
Topic: Why Learn about Operations Management?

Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that only one of the two types of operations management strategies are used.

FALSE

There are very few pure goods or pure services, so most companies sell product packages which combine goods and services. Therefore, most production systems involve a blend of goods and services.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify similarities and differences between production and service operations.
Topic: Introduction to Operations Management
Topic: Production of Goods versus Providing Services

4.	Operations, marketing, and finance function independently of each other in most organizations. FALSE Operations, marketing, and finance are naturally dependent upon one another.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-04 Identify the three major functional areas of organizations and describe how they interrelate.
Topic: Why Learn about Operations Management?

The greater the degree of customer involvement, the more challenging the design and management of operations.

TRUE

Greater customer involvement leads greater variation in the goods and services provided. This creates greater variation in production or service requirements and results in more complexity in the design and management of operations.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-05 Summarize the two major aspects of process management.
Topic: Process Management

6.	Goods-producing organizations are not involved in service activities. FALSE There are very few pure goods or pure services, so most companies sell product packages which combine goods and services. Therefore, most production systems involve a blend of goods and services.

7	Service operations require additional inventory because of the unpredictability of consumer demand. FALSE Service operations cannot use inventory as a hedge against unpredictable demand.

8.	In for-profit organizations, the value of outputs is measured by the prices customers are willing to pay for goods or services. TRUE Customers' willingness to pay for goods or services sets the value of these outputs.

9.	The use of models will guarantee the best possible decisions. FALSE Models are useful, but their use does not guarantee the best decisions.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-07 Explain the key aspects of operations management decision making.
Topic: Operations Management and Decision Making

10.	People who work in the field of operations should have skills that include both knowledge and people skills. TRUE Operations management requires a blend of knowledge and people skills.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-06 Describe the operations function and the nature of the operations manager's job.
Topic: Career Opportunities and Professional Societies

11.

Assembly lines improved productivity by using interchangeable parts and craft production.

FALSE

Rather than craft production, assembly lines used the concept of division of labor to divide the production operation into a series of small tasks which were so small that very little skill was required of the workers.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 01-08 Briefly describe the historical evolution of operations management.
Topic: The Historical Evolution of Operations Management

12.	The operations manager has primary responsibility for making operations system design decisions, such as system capacity and location of facilities. FALSE The operations manager plays a role in these decisions but is not primarily responsible for them.

13.	The word "technology" is used only to refer to "information technology." FALSE Technology also refers to the technology involved in new products and services and the technology involved in resource transformations.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-09 Describe current issues in business that impact operations management.
Topic: Operations Today

14.	"Value added" by definition is always a positive number since "added" implies increases. FALSE Some transformations result in the output being worth less than the inputs.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-06 Describe the operations function and the nature of the operations manager's job.
Topic: Introduction

15.	Service often requires relatively greater labor content when compared to manufacturing. TRUE Service operations tend to be more labor intensive than manufacturing.

16.

Measurement of productivity in service is more straightforward than in manufacturing since it is not necessary to take into account the cost of materials.

FALSE

Materials cost must be considered in services as well. Furthermore, the greater variation of inputs in services tends to make measurement of productivity more difficult in services than in manufacturing.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify similarities and differences between production and service operations.
Topic: Production of Goods versus Providing Services

17.	Specialized machinery or equipment is a common way of offering increased customization in manufacturing or services without taking on additional labor costs. FALSE Specialized machinery or equipment typically reduces costs through mass production of standardized goods.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-08 Briefly describe the historical evolution of operations management.
Topic: The Historical Evolution of Operations Management

18.	One concern in the design of production systems is the degree of standardization. TRUE How standardized outputs will be is a critical consideration in the system design question.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-07 Explain the key aspects of operations management decision making.
Topic: Operations Management and Decision Making

19.	Most people encounter operations only in profit-making organizations. FALSE Operations are also relevant to nonprofit organizations such as hospitals and police and fire departments.

20.	Service typically involves a much higher degree of customer contact than manufacturing. TRUE Customer contact tends to be much higher in services.

21.	A systems approach emphasizes interrelationships among subsystems, but its main theme is that the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts. TRUE Optimizing the performance of individual subsystems does not guarantee optimal performance from the overall system.

22.	The Pareto phenomenon is one of the most important and pervasive concepts that can be applied at all levels of management. TRUE Pareto phenomena can be observed in a wide variety of organizational situations.

23.	Operations managers, who usually use quantitative approaches, are not really concerned with ethical decision making. FALSE Ethics issues are touching on all areas of management, including operations.

AACSB: Ethics
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-09 Describe current issues in business that impact operations management.
Topic: Key Issues for Today's Business Operations

24.	The optimal solutions produced by quantitative techniques should always be evaluated in terms of the larger framework. TRUE Quantitative techniques have limitations that must be understood. Qualitative information must also be considered.

25.	Managers should most often rely on quantitative techniques for important decisions since quantitative approaches result in more accurate decisions. FALSE Just as other techniques do, quantitative techniques have limitations. Qualitative information must also be considered.

26.	Many operations management decisions can be described as trade-offs. TRUE Managing trade-offs is an essential element of operations management.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-07 Explain the key aspects of operations management decision making.
Topic: Operations Management and Decision Making

27.	A systems approach means that we concentrate on efficiency within a subsystem and thereby assure overall efficiency. FALSE Subsystem efficiency doesn't necessarily translate into overall efficiency.

28.	Prior to the Industrial Revolution, goods were produced primarily by craftsmen or their apprentices using custom-made parts. TRUE After the Industrial Revolution, more standardized approaches became common.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-08 Briefly describe the historical evolution of operations management.
Topic: The Historical Evolution of Operations Management

29.

Elton Mayo's Hawthorne experiments were significant contributions to the human relations movement, which emphasized the importance of the human element in job design.

TRUE

The Hawthorne experiments revealed that in addition to the physical and technical aspects of work, worker motivation is critical for improving productivity.

30.	Among Ford's many contributions was the introduction of mass production, using the concepts of interchangeable parts and division of labor. TRUE Ford made mass production a practical success.

31.

Operations and sales are the two functional areas that exist to support activities in other functions such as accounting, finance, IT, and human resources.

FALSE

Operations and sales are the two line functions in a business organization. All other functions including accounting, finance, IT, and human resources exist to support these two line functions.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-03 Explain the importance of learning about operations management.
Topic: Why Learn about Operations Management?

32.	Lean production systems incorporate the advantages of both mass production and craft production. TRUE Lean production blends the high volume and low unit cost of mass production with the variety and flexibility of craft production.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-08 Briefly describe the historical evolution of operations management.
Topic: Operations Today

33.	As an abstraction of reality, a model is a simplified version of a real phenomenon. TRUE Models are valuable abstractions and simplifications of real, complex phenomena.

34.

In addition to operations, which of the following is considered a "line" function?

A.	accounting
B.	finance
C.	IT
D.	procurement
E.	sales

Operations and sales are considered line functions.

35.

Marketing personnel and product designers must work closely with operations to successfully develop and produce new products because operations personnel can best judge how _____________ new product designs will be.

A.	marketable
B.	segmentable
C.	manufacturable
D.	profitable
E.	nameable

Greater understanding of operations helps marketing personnel and product designers better interact with operations personnel to ensure the manufacturability of their new product designs.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-03 Explain the importance of learning about operations management.
Topic: Why Learn about Operations Management?

36.

Managing the supply chain has become more important as a result of firms increasing their levels of:

A.	overtime.
B.	outsourcing.
C.	marketing.
D.	promotions.
E.	shipping.

By buying more goods and services rather than producing them themselves, firms are increasing their levels of outsourcing, thereby increasing the need to manage the supply chain.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-10 Explain the need to manage the supply chain.
Topic: Key Issues for Today's Business Operations

37.

Which of the following would tend to increase the importance of supply chain management?

A.	increased supply chain stability
B.	lower levels of outsourcing
C.	reduced competitive pressures
D.	increased globalization
E.	greater emphasis on local markets

Increased globalization leads to longer lead times, increased shipping distances, greater opportunities for disruption of deliveries, more heterogeneous markets and sources of supply, and greater sources of uncertainty.

38.

In their chief role of _________, operations managers exert considerable influence over the degree to which the goals and objectives of the organization are realized.

A.	promoter/salesman
B.	designer/builder
C.	planner/decision maker
D.	recruiter/trainer
E.	troubleshooter/problem-solver

Operations management professionals make a number of key decisions that affect the entire organization. Most of these decisions involve many possible alternatives that can have quite different impacts on costs or profits.

39.

A "product package" consists of:

A.	the exterior wrapping.
B.	the shipping container.
C.	a combination of goods and services.
D.	goods if a manufacturing organization.
E.	customer relations if a service organization.

Most firms are not pure service or manufacturing firms; they produce combinations of goods and services.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define the terms operations management and supply chain.
Topic: Introduction

40.

Business organizations consist of three major functional areas which, ideally:

A.	support one another.
B.	are mutually exclusive.
C.	exist independently of each other.
D.	function independently of each other.
E.	do not interface with each other.

Finance, marketing and operations are these major functional areas. In practice, there is significant interfacing and collaboration between these areas.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-04 Identify the three major functional areas of organizations and describe how they interrelate.
Topic: Why Learn about Operations Management?

41.

Which of the following is a type of transformation process used by operations to convert inputs into outputs?

A.	cutting
B.	storing
C.	entertaining
D.	analyzing
E.	all of the above are transformation processes

Cutting, storing, entertaining, and analyzing are all types of value-adding transformations that may be used to convert inputs into outputs.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define the terms operations management and supply chain.
Topic: Introduction to Operations Management

42.

Technology choices can have a major impact on:

A.	costs.
B.	productivity.
C.	customer satisfaction.
D.	quality.
E.	all of the above.

Technology choices can have a major impact on productivity, costs, flexibility, quality, customer satisfaction, and competitiveness.

43.

Measurements taken at various points in the transformation process for control purposes are called:

A.	plans.
B.	directions.
C.	controls.
D.	feedback.
E.	budgets.

Feedback is used to monitor and improve processes.

44.

Budgeting, analysis of investment proposals, and provision of funds are activities associated with the _______ function.

A.	operation
B.	marketing
C.	purchasing
D.	finance
E.	internal audit

These are the primary tasks for the finance function.

45.

Which one of the following would not generally be classified under the heading of transformation?

A.	assembling
B.	teaching
C.	staffing
D.	farming
E.	consulting

Staffing doesn't involve transforming resources so much as it involves acquiring them.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define the terms operations management and supply chain.
Topic: Introduction

46.

Buying goods or services instead of producing or providing them in-house is called:

A.	downsizing.
B.	outsourcing.
C.	internationalization.
D.	vertical integration.
E.	entrepreneurship.

Outsourcing is increasingly a part of operations management and is contributing to the increased attention on supply chain management.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-10 Explain the need to manage the supply chain.
Topic: Key Issues for Today's Business Operations

47.

Product design and process selection are examples of _______ decisions.

A.	financial
B.	tactical
C.	system design
D.	system operation
E.	forecasting

These major strategic decisions affect decisions made at lower levels.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 01-06 Describe the operations function and the nature of the operations manager's job.
Topic: The Scope of Operations Management

48.

The responsibilities of the operations manager include:

A.	allocating financial resources throughout the organization.
B.	the creation of goods or provision of services.
C.	promoting the organization’s goods or services.
D.	assessing consumer wants and needs.
E.	analyzing investment proposals.

The scope of operations management ranges across the organization. The operations manager is the key figure in the system with the ultimate responsibility for the creation of goods or provision of services.

49.

Knowledge skills usually don't include:

A.	process knowledge.
B.	accounting skills.
C.	communication skills.
D.	global knowledge.
E.	financial skills.

Communication skills generally are considered to be people skills.

50.

Which of the following is not true about the systems approach?

A.	A systems viewpoint is almost always beneficial in decision making.
B.	A systems approach emphasizes interrelationships among subsystems.
C.	A systems approach concentrates on efficiency within subsystems.
D.	A systems approach is essential whenever something is being redesigned or improved.
E.	All of the choices are true.

Subsystem efficiency doesn't necessarily translate into overall system efficiency; so an approach which concentrates on efficiency within subsystems is an alternative to the systems approach

51.

Which of the following is a system in which low-skilled workers use specialized equipment to produce high volumes of standardized goods?

A.	supply chain
B.	the Internet
C.	craft production
D.	mass production
E.	lean systems

Mass production has played a prominent role in increasing standards of living.

52.

Production systems with customized outputs typically have relatively:

A.	high volumes of output.
B.	low unit costs.
C.	high amounts of specialized equipment.
D.	fast work movement.
E.	skilled workers.

Skilled workers are necessary to accommodate the variation inherent in customized outputs.

53.

Which is not an area of significant difference between manufacturing and service operations?

A.	forecasting demand
B.	uniformity of input
C.	labor content of jobs
D.	customer contact
E.	measurement of productivity

Manufacturing and service operations both use forecasting and capacity planning to match supply and demand.

54.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of service operations?

A.	intangible output
B.	high customer contact
C.	high labor content
D.	easy measurement of productivity
E.	low uniformity of input

The productivity of service operations is often hard to measure.

55.

Which of the following most involves coordinating the activities among all the elements of the business including its suppliers and distributors?

A.	pollution control
B.	quality management
C.	supply chain management
D.	competition from foreign manufacturers
E.	technological change

Supply chain management involves a broader systemic view of operations.

56.

Farming is an example of:

A.	an obsolete activity.
B.	a virtual organization.
C.	nonmanufactured goods production.
D.	a growth industry.
E.	customized manufacturing.

Farm operations are not manufacturing operations.

57.

Dealing with the fact that certain aspects of any management situation are more important than others is called:

A.	analysis of trade-offs.
B.	sensitivity analysis.
C.	recognition of priorities.
D.	analysis of variance.
E.	decision table analysis.

Solutions tend to be targeted toward higher priority aspects of a situation.

58.

The fact that a few improvements in a few key areas of operations will have more impact than many improvements in many other areas is consistent with the:

A.	Irwin phenomenon.
B.	Pareto phenomenon.
C.	Stevenson phenomenon.
D.	Tellier phenomenon.
E.	Adam Smith phenomenon.

Pareto phenomena direct our attention to the difference between the "important few" and the "trivial many."

59.

The process of comparing outputs to previously established standards to determine if corrective action is needed is called:

A.	planning.
B.	directing.
C.	controlling.
D.	budgeting.
E.	disciplining.

Controls are used to maintain performance.

60.

Which of the following does not relate to system design?

A.	altering the system capacity
B.	location of facilities
C.	inventory management
D.	selection and acquisition of equipment
E.	physical arrangement of departments

Inventory management is a system operation decision area.

61.

Taking a systems viewpoint with regard to operations in today's environment increasingly leads decision makers to consider ______________ in response to the ___________.

A.	flexibility; pressure to be more efficient
B.	offshoring; need to promote domestic production
C.	sustainability; threat of global warming
D.	technology; impact of random variation
E.	forecasting; stabilization of demand

Sustainability is a relatively recent operations management consideration.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 01-07 Explain the key aspects of operations management decision making.
Topic: Operations Management and Decision Making

62.

Some companies attempt to maximize the revenue they receive from fixed operating capacity by influencing demands through price manipulation. This is an example of:

A.	illegal price discrimination.
B.	collusion.
C.	volume analysis.
D.	revenue management.
E.	outsourcing.

Revenue management is used to ensure that as much perishable capacity as possible is sold.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-09 Describe current issues in business that impact operations management.
Topic: Operations Today

63.

Which of the following is not an ongoing trend in manufacturing?

A.	globalization
B.	quality improvement
C.	flexibility and agility
D.	mass production for greater economies of scale
E.	technological advances

Manufacturers are moving away from mass production for economies of scale.

64.

Which of the following is not a benefit of using models in decision making?

A.	They provide a standardized format for analyzing a problem.
B.	They serve as a consistent tool for evaluation.
C.	They are easy to use and less expensive than dealing with the actual situation.
D.	They force the decision maker to take into account qualitative issues such as personalities and emotions.
E.	They offer insights into fundamental issues at play in a decision-making setting.

While models are useful tools for making decisions without confronting the actual situation with all of its complexity, there is the risk that important qualitative information may be overlooked.

65.

Modern firms increasingly rely on other firms to supply goods and services instead of doing these tasks themselves. This increased level of _____________ is leading to increased emphasis on ____________ management.

A.	outsourcing; supply chain
B.	offshoring; lean
C.	downsizing; total quality
D.	optimizing; inventory
E.	internationalization; intercultural

Supply chain management takes a more systemic view of the firm, its operations, and its suppliers.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-10 Explain the need to manage the supply chain.
Topic: Key Issues for Today's Business Operations

66.

Operations and sales are the two ________ functions in businesses.

A.	strategic
B.	tactical
C.	support
D.	value-adding
E.	line

Others are support functions.

67.

Marketing depends on operations for information regarding:

A.	productivity.
B.	lead time.
C.	cash flow.
D.	budgeting.
E.	corporate intelligence.

Marketing uses lead time information to make promises to customers.

68.

Two widely used metrics of variation are the __________ and the _________.

A.	mean; standard deviation
B.	productivity ratio; correlation
C.	standardized mean; assignable deviation
D.	randomized mean; standardized deviation
E.	normal distribution; random variation

The mean and standard deviation summarize important facts regarding the variation in a process.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-05 Summarize the two major aspects of process management.
Topic: Process Management

69.

Which of the following statements about variation is false?

A. Variation prevents a production process from being as efficient as it can be.
B. Some variation can be prevented.
C. Variation can either be assignable or random.
D.Any variation makes a production process less productive
E. Random variation generally cannot be influenced by managers.

The choice to offer customers greater variety might increase variation but increase productivity even more.

AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 01-05 Summarize the two major aspects of process management.
Topic: Process Management

70.

Which of the following is essential to consider with respect to managing a process to meet demand?

A.	advertising
B.	trends in fashion
C.	global economic trends
D.	financial reporting standards
E.	capacity

While all of these can play a role in determining the demands placed on a process, capacity is most directly associated with determining whether that process can actually meet demand.

71.

Which of the following refers to service and production processes that use resources in ways that do not harm ecological systems?

A.	sustainability
B.	supportability
C.	marketability
D.	perishability
E.	transportability

Sustainability refers to service and production processes that use resources in ways that do not harm those ecological systems that support both current and future human existence.

72.

Which of the following principles emphasizes that actions should make the community as a whole better off?

A.	The Rights Principle
B.	The Fairness Principle
C.	The Virtue Principle
D.	The Common Good Principle
E.	The Utilitarian Principle

The Common Good Principle is that actions should contribute to the common good of the community.

73.

If one organization is better able than most to respond to changes in demands or opportunities, we say that organization exhibits higher:

A.	sustainability.
B.	efficiency.
C.	productivity.
D.	agility.
E.	marketability.

Agility refers to the ability of an organization to respond quickly to demands or opportunities.

74.

Supplying operations with parts and materials, performing work on products, and/or performing services are part of the firm's:

A.	division of labor.
B.	market development.
C.	outsourcing.
D.	external process orientation.
E.	internal supply chain.

The internal parts of a supply chain are part of the operations function itself, supplying operations with parts and materials, performing work on products, and/or performing services.