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  1. The aim of value engineering is to

  2. A.
    find the depreciation value of a machine
    B.
    determine the selling price of a product
    C.
    minimise the cost without change in quality of the product
    D.
    all of the above

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  3. In time study, the rating factor is applied to determine

  4. A.
    standard time of a job
    B.
    merit rating of the worker
    C.
    fixation of incentive rate
    D.
    normal time of a worker

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  5. Gantt chart is used for

  6. A.
    inventory control
    B.
    material handling
    C.
    production schedule
    D.
    machine repair schedules

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  7. The main object of scientific layout is

  8. A.
    to produce better quality of product
    B.
    to utilise maximum floor area
    C.
    to minimise production delays
    D.
    all of these

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  9. The probabilistic time is given by (where to = Optimistic time, tp = Pessimistic time, and tn = Most likely time)

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  11. In value engineering, the term value refers to

  12. A.
    manufacturing cost of the product
    B.
    selling price of the product
    C.
    total cost of the product
    D.
    utility of the product

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  13. In inventory control theory, the economic order quantity is

  14. A.
    average level of inventory
    B.
    optimum lot size
    C.
    capacity of a warehouse
    D.
    lot size corresponding to break-even analysis

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  15. Production cost refers to prime cost plus

  16. A.
    factory overheads
    B.
    factory and administration overheads
    C.
    factory, administration and sales overheads
    D.
    factory, administration, sales overheads and profit

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  17. A systematic job improvement sequence will consist of

  18. A.
    motion study
    B.
    time study
    C.
    job enrichment
    D.
    all of these

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  19. Work sampling is applied for

  20. A.
    estimation of the percentage utilisation of machine tools
    B.
    estimating the percentage of the time consumed by various job activities
    C.
    finding out time standards, specially where the job is not repetitive and where time study by stop watch method is not possible
    D.
    all of the above

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