mechanical engineering MCQs – Page 192

Practise multiple-choice questions from mechanical engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

3821. The process layout is best suited where______________?
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A. few number of non-standardised units are to be produced

B. specialisation exists

C. machines are arranged according to sequence of operation

D. bought out items are more

E. mass production is envisaged

3822. ABC analysis deals with_________________?
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A. ordering schedule of job

B. all of the above

C. flow of material

D. controlling inventory costs money

E. analysis of process chart

3823. Which of the following organisations is best suited for steel plants__________________?
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A. line organisation

B. functional organisation

C. line, staff and functional organisations

D. staff organisation

E. scalar organisation

3824. Which one of the following represents a group incentive plan ?
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A. Halsey Premium Plan

B. Bedaux Plan

C. Rowan Plan

D. Taylor Differential Piece Rate System

E. Scanlon Plan
3825. In steel plant the most important system for materials handling is_____________________?
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A. trucks

B. cranes and hoists

C. none of the above

D. conveyors

E. locos
3826. Value for value engineering and analysis purposes is defined as_____________________?
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A. depreciated value

B. purchase value

C. present worth

D. function/cost

E. saleable value

3827. Which of the following organisation is preferred in automobile industry________________?
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A. line and staff organisations

B. staff organisation

C. scalar organisation

D. line organisation

E. functional organisation

3828. The term value in value engineering refers to_______________?
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A. manufactured cost of the product

B. utility of the product

C. total cost of the product

D. selling price of the product

E. depreciation value

3829. The most popular type of organisation used for Civil Engineering Constructions is_________________?
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A. effective organisation

B. none of the above

C. line organisation

D. functional organisation

E. line and staff organisation

3830. The main disadvantage of line organisation is_________________?
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A. communication delays occur

B. structure is rigid

C. all of the above

D. top level executives have to do excessive work

E. none of the above

3831. Material handling and plant location is analysed by________________?
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A. Gnatt chart

B. activity chart

C. travel chart

D. bin chart

E. Emerson chart

3832. Tick the odd man out_______________?
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A. McGregor

B. Parkinson

C. Galileo

D. Drucker

E. Taylor

3833. Works cost implies________________?
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A. primary cost

B. none of the above

C. primary cost + factory expenses

D. factory cost

E. factory expenses

3834. In which of the following layouts, the lines need to the balanced_______________?
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A. functional layout

B. product layout

C. fixed position layout

D. plant layout

E. process layout

3835. Work study is most useful_______________?
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A. where men are biggest contributor to success of a project

B. in judging the rating of machines

C. in judging the output of a man and improving it

D. in improving industrial relations

E. where production activities are involved
3836. Product layout is employed for____________________?
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A. continuous production

B. effective utilization of machine

C. none of the above

D. batch production

E. all of the above

3838. The most important objective behind plant layout is_____________________?
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A. to avoid any bottlenecks

B. to provide conveniently located shops

C. economy in space

D. maximum travel time in plant

E. overall simplification, safety of integration
3839. In micromotion study, therblig is described by_______________?
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A. an activity

B. micro motions

C. standard symbol and colour

D. an event

E. a symbol

3840. Time study is__________________?
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A. method of determining the personnel Requirement

B. machine setting time

C. time taken by workers to do a job

D. method of fixing time for workers

E. the appraisal, in terms of time, of the value of work involving human effort