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Learning Curves of Operational Management MCQ

______ contracts are coming to reflect the impact of learning curves for repetitive operations.

Procurement

Negotiations

Manufacturing

Outsourcing

Answer

Correct Answer: Procurement

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Even though learning curves level off in the long run, changes to ______ design may alter the trajectory of learning curves.

Process layout

Production rate

Workers

Batch process

Answer

Correct Answer: Workers

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Although uses of learning curves were known as early as 1885, they were first applied in the ______ industry in 1936.

Aircraft

Automotive

Food

Electronics

Answer

Correct Answer: Aircraft

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It can be more challenging to apply learning curves in the service industry where the outputs are often ______.

Ignored

Tangible

Not measured

Intangible

Answer

Correct Answer: Intangible

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Understanding ______ effects can help managers to set appropriate prices for new products.

Procurement negotiations

Learning rate

Learning curve

Product growth

Answer

Correct Answer: Learning curve

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______ is the arithmetic approach which is based on the assumption that as production doubles, the per unit production time declines by a constant percentage.

Procurement negotiations

Learning rate

Learning curve

Product growth

Answer

Correct Answer: Learning rate

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______ can help operations managers to plan their workforce levels.

Learning curves

Exponential growth

Smoothing curve

Production rate

Answer

Correct Answer: Learning curves

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Learning curves have limited use in ______ production situations.

Critical

Limited

Mass

Low

Answer

Correct Answer: Mass

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The ______ approach uses the following formula to determine the number of direct labor hours required to produce the nth unit.

Arithmetic

Nonlinear

Logarithmic

Log-linear

Answer

Correct Answer: Logarithmic

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If a worker is not ______ by conducting repetitive tasks, then very little learning occurs.

Controlled

Motivated

Satisfied

Monitored

Answer

Correct Answer: Motivated

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Which of the following is not true about learning rates?

Cannot be computed for all companies

Remains constant from company to company

Differs from industry to industry

Can be compared across companies

Answer

Correct Answer: Differs from industry to industry

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Learning curve calculations provide only estimates of ______; as conditions change, estimates must be revised.

Actual times

Actual quantities

Learning rates

Production time

Answer

Correct Answer: Actual times

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Learning curves are mostly applicable to ______ and materials.

Indirect labor

Direct labor

Outsourced labor

Third-party labor

Answer

Correct Answer: Direct labor

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Unit time coefficient value the time required to complete a particular repetition of a task or produce a particular unit of an item

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The cumulative or total time required to complete a given number of repetitions of a task or produce a given number of units of an item is known as

Physical simulation

Unit time coefficient value

Total time coefficient value

Learning curves

Answer

Correct Answer: Total time coefficient value

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Learning rate the assumption that as production doubles, the per-unit production time declines by a constant percentage

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Which principle shows the production rate for an item doubles

Physical simulation

Random numbers

Simulation

Learning curves

Answer

Correct Answer: Learning curves

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