Chapter 6 · MCQ Read Mode

Industrial Management

The principle that an employee should receive orders from only one superior is:

The Hawthorne experiments are associated with:

Therbligs, the basic elements of hand motions, were developed by:

Conceptual skill is most important for:

The idea that managers make satisfactory rather than optimal decisions because of limited information is called:

In the Delphi technique of group decision making, the experts:

Referent power of a leader arises from:

The informal communication network in an organisation is called the:

Segmentation, targeting and positioning are steps in:

In the BCG matrix, a product with high market share in a low-growth market is a:

Entering existing markets with new products is which Ansoff strategy?

According to Herzberg, which of the following is a motivator?

Adding planning and controlling responsibilities to a worker's job is called:

The entrepreneur as an innovator who carries out 'new combinations' was described by:

According to Frank Knight, entrepreneurial profit is the reward for:

The need for achievement (n-Ach) as the driving force of entrepreneurs was proposed by:

A person who behaves like an entrepreneur inside an existing organisation is called an:

Which study examines demand, competition, price and distribution for a proposed venture?

In Nepal, industries are classified as micro, cottage, small, medium and large under the:

Which of the following is the most commonly reported constraint of SMEs in Nepal?

FWEAN in Nepal is an organisation of:

Environmental assessment of projects in Nepal is currently governed by the:

A public hearing in the affected area is a mandatory step in:

The step of an EIA in which the boundaries and the main issues of the study are determined is:

A project requiring an approved EIA may be implemented:

Checking whether a project's actual environmental performance matches its approved management plan, after operation begins, is called:

Registration and facilities of industries in Nepal are governed mainly by the:

A private or public limited company in Nepal is incorporated at the:

Investment in land, buildings and machinery of an industry is called:

Under the Labour Act, 2074, normal working hours are:

Overtime work under the Labour Act, 2074 must be paid at:

The maximum probation period for a worker under the Labour Act, 2074 is:

The forum for final settlement of labour disputes in Nepal is the:

The ILO was established in:

The structure of the ILO is unique because it is:

Nepal became a member of the World Trade Organization in:

Patents, industrial designs and trade marks in Nepal are registered at the:

Under Nepal's Patent, Design and Trade Mark Act, a patent is initially granted for:

Copyright in Nepal generally lasts for:

The three flows in a supply chain are:

Deciding the location and capacity of plants and warehouses belongs to which supply-chain decision phase?

A process executed in response to an actual customer order is a:

For a product with high implied demand uncertainty, the supply chain should be designed to be:

Which of the following is a cross-functional driver of supply-chain performance?

Transfer of goods from inbound to outbound vehicles at a facility without storing them is called:

A delivery route on which one vehicle serves several customers or picks up from several suppliers is called a:

The centre-of-gravity method is used to:

Air transport is most appropriate for goods that are:

The amplification of demand variability as orders move upstream in a supply chain is called the:

Which practice best reduces the bullwhip effect?

In vendor-managed inventory (VMI), replenishment decisions are made by the:

In the supply-chain IT framework, order management and the call centre belong to:

The economic order quantity for D = 3 600 units/year, S = Rs 50 per order and H = Rs 4 per unit per year is:

At the economic order quantity, the annual ordering cost is:

If the annual demand doubles, the EOQ becomes:

The demand for components and sub-assemblies of a product is:

The three basic inputs to an MRP system are:

In MRP, net requirement is obtained by subtracting from gross requirement the:

Safety stock is calculated as z times the:

If demand variability and lead time both increase, the safety stock required:

In a fixed-order-quantity (Q) system, an order is placed:

In a JIT system, inventory is regarded as:

Kanban in a JIT system is used to:

Under the FIFO method of inventory valuation, materials issued are priced at:

Counting a few items every day throughout the year according to a schedule is called:

Designing a product and its manufacturing process simultaneously with a cross-functional team is called:

QFD (quality function deployment) is used to:

A characteristic that a company must have merely to be considered by customers is an:

A production system with high variety, low volume and a functional layout is a:

In lean manufacturing, the most serious form of waste is considered to be:

Takt time in a lean system is:

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is the product of:

A six sigma process corresponds to a defect level of about:

The improvement methodology used in Six Sigma for existing processes is:

The Pareto principle applied to quality problems states that:

Variation due to chance causes inherent in a process is called:

For a process with USL − LSL = 0.6 mm and σ = 0.1 mm, the process capability index Cp is:

An ISO 9001 certificate is normally valid for: