Production and Operations Management Quiz

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What is the key to successful product design?

Understanding the end-user customer

What does R&D refer to in the context of product design?

Efforts directed toward increasing scientific knowledge or product innovation

What does the product design process involve?

Imagining and creating products to solve users' problems

What is the purpose of defining capacity in production and operations management?

To understand the maximum output a system can produce Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of product designers when attempting to solve real problems for real people?

Prospective customers' habits, behaviors, needs, and wants Signup and view all the answers

What is the key difference between PERT and CPM?

PERT is a probabilistic model with uncertainty in activity duration, while CPM is a deterministic model with well-known activity duration. Signup and view all the answers

How is the expected time (Te) of an activity calculated in PERT?

$Te = (To + 4Tm + Tp)/6$ Signup and view all the answers

Which approach is used to calculate the critical path in PERT and CPM?

PERT uses an event-oriented approach, while CPM uses an activity-oriented approach. Signup and view all the answers

What are the components of the time estimates used in PERT for an activity?

Optimistic time (To), most likely time (Tm), and pessimistic time (Tp) Signup and view all the answers

If the optimistic time (To) for an activity is 4, the most likely time (Tm) is 6, and the pessimistic time (Tp) is 8, what is the expected time (Te) for the activity?

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Production and Operations Management Quiz

Questions and Answers

What is the key to successful product design?

What does R&D refer to in the context of product design?

What does the product design process involve?

What is the purpose of defining capacity in production and operations management?

What is the focus of product designers when attempting to solve real problems for real people?

What is the key difference between PERT and CPM?

How is the expected time (Te) of an activity calculated in PERT?

Which approach is used to calculate the critical path in PERT and CPM?

What are the components of the time estimates used in PERT for an activity?

If the optimistic time (To) for an activity is 4, the most likely time (Tm) is 6, and the pessimistic time (Tp) is 8, what is the expected time (Te) for the activity?

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Production and Operations Management Quiz

Questions and Answers

What is the key to successful product design?

What does R&D refer to in the context of product design?

What does the product design process involve?

What is the purpose of defining capacity in production and operations management?

What is the focus of product designers when attempting to solve real problems for real people?

What is the key difference between PERT and CPM?

How is the expected time (Te) of an activity calculated in PERT?

Which approach is used to calculate the critical path in PERT and CPM?

What are the components of the time estimates used in PERT for an activity?

If the optimistic time (To) for an activity is 4, the most likely time (Tm) is 6, and the pessimistic time (Tp) is 8, what is the expected time (Te) for the activity?

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