Facilities Exam 1
The machine fractions is determined by dividing the total time required to perform the operation by the time available to complete the operation. Given that it takes 0.5 hours to process a part, and if six parts are to be made in four hours, then how many machines are needed. 1.5 1.0 1.3 0.75
0.75
While rule of thumb may not always be appropriate, when sites are served by public transportation, a parking space should be required for every _________ employees. 1.25 1.5 0.5 1
1.25
The required inputs for manufacturing operations can be determined by Ik = Ok/(1-dk) where d is the defect rate. For a drilling operation that expects to produce 97,000 holes with 3% defects, what are the input requirements? 94,000 100,000 97,000 103,000
100,000
While local zoning regulations or ordinances may differ, a general guideline is that food services should be located within __________________ feet of permanent employee workstations. 1000 1200 2000 500
1000
The directed flow path below includes backtracking. What is the total length with backtracking A-B-A-C-D ? 18 16 14 10
18
A machined part has a standard machining time of 3.7 minutes on a milling machine. During an 8 hour shift Q = 200 units are produced. The milling machine will be operational 80% of the time and parts are produced at a rate equal to 95% of the standard rate. Calculate the number of machines. F = SQ/EHR. 1.2 2 2.2 1.5
2
Drinking fountains should be located within ___________ feet of any location where employees are regularly engaged in work. 150 200 100 500
200
While you should consider local zoning regulations and ordinances, as a general rule a restroom should be located within _____________ feet of every permanent workstation. 200 100 150 120
200
Given the close loop path below, what is the length of flow given backtracking if the parts have to travel in the direction of the loop? 30 24 18 26
30
The placement of telephones, towel racks, trash, cup disposers, switches, thermostat, fire alarm, emergency call box, door latches, elevator control panel, elevator call button and so on must be typically a maximum of _____________ inches above floor level to effectively accommodate both disabled and able-bodied persons. 36 42 48 40
40
Although minimum requirements for handicap parking may be two parking spaces for every 100 parking spaces, it is not uncommon to plan up to _________ spaces per 100 parking spaces. 6 3 4 5
5
Concurrent engineering provides a simultaneous consideration in the design factors such as product function, design, materials, manufacturing processes, testability, serviceability, quality and reliability and result in less expensive designs. It has been estimated that ___________ of a product's manufacturing cost is dictated by design decisions. 1. 70% 2. 40% 3. 60% 4. 50%
70%
Typical North American parking stall dimensions for standard cars are _______________. 5 x 15 7 x 18 10 x 20 8.5 x 18
8.5 x 18
A trend in facilities services is to provide a campus environment to high-tech, high-growth clients with all the services that will allow the client to concentrate on their core business. All of the following are advantages for the client except __________________. technical support scalability speed to market acquiring assets
acquiring assets
An ____________________________ is used to develop a work schedule for the facilities design effort. This tool is also used with the critical path method and could be replaced by a Gantt chare once durations are estimated. contingency diagram activity network diagram matrix diagram flow chart diagram
activity network diagram
One of the practical tools in facility design used to gather verbal data, such, as ideas and issues, and organize it into logical groupings is called the _________________. swot chart SIPOC chart affinity diagram requirements chart
affinity diagram
When materials flow from work station to work station it is also usefully to include red and yellow lights called _____________ to stop production whenever a workstation has a problem. andons kaizen gemba poka yoke
andons
Facilities planners must incorporate the intent and where applicable specific ordinances of the ________________________________ to ensure disabled persons will have the same right as the able bodied to full and free use of all facilities that serve the public. ADA ADM ANSI ASM
ADA
A _________________ is a physical object that impedes a disabled person's access to a facility, for example a door that is not wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair or stairs without ramp access to the facility. obstacle impediment blockade barrier
barrier
Useful information can also be used by identifying what the competition is doing to satisfy the needs of the customer, using a technique known as? 1. benchmarking 2. root cause analysis 3. quality control 4. Kanban
benchmarking
Although there are significant differences between able-bodied and physically disabled individuals in wheelchairs, there exists a reach zone where both groups can comfortably access objects placed in this zone. The upper and lower limits were defined by the reach limits of both groups. The upper limit is dictated by the height at which a physically disadvantaged person can easily reach an object, whereas the lower limit is defined by the reach of an average able-bodied person without ________________. bending sitting kneeling sitting in a wheelchair
bending
In the Expected profit calculation p(x) may be given historically or may be developed with what? analysis of variance normal distribution binomial distribution regression analysis
binomial distribution
Product family or group technology departments aggregate medium volume-variety parts into families based on similar manufacturing operations or design attributes. Group technology layouts are combined with just-in-time concepts in ______________________________. assembly lines kanbans cellular manufacturing arrangements process centers
cellular manufacturing arrangements
Typical flow within a process department may include the following configurations except ____________________________. circular diagonal perpendicular parallel
circular
____________ offices are recommended when the work is confidential, when noise from various sources cannot be masked, and when the tasks to be performed require undisturbed concentration. closed hybrid expansion open
closed
Companies that do not engage in facilities planning usually end up having uneven production flows, improper labor skills, to much or too little labor and outdated equipment that must be heavily maintained. This lack of facilities planning could cause a company to loose their ____________. operating license competitive edge iso accredidation return on investment
competitive edge
___________ is the process of creating and manipulating designs and prototypes on a computer to assist in the design process of the product. 1. product drawing management 2. computer aided design 3. drawing quality inspection 4. 3d printing
computer aided design
Flow systems for discrete parts processes can be categorized according to the stages of the supply, manufacture, and distribution cycles. The three categories include all of the following except ______________________. materials management system customer relationship management system materials flow system physical distribution system
customer relationship management system
In designing the schedule it is preferred to have a market forecast including information regarding the dynamic value of quantities with stochastic requirements. However often this stochastic forecast is not available so facility scheduling decisions are based on __________________. deterministic data independent data random data outside data
deterministic data
A methodology called ______________________, is a simple procedure used to group manufacturing parts together by forming part families. This procedure analyzes the operation sequences and the production routing of a part or component through the plant. regression grouping indirect cell grouping direct cluster analysis cell simulation
direct cluster analysis
The costs of design changes increases ______________ as a project moves beyond the planning and designing phases. linearly inversely quadratically exponentially
exponentially
The primary customer service consideration for a warehouse or distribution strategic plan is _______________ from receipt of an order to shipment to the customer. decreased quality checking faster turnover increased quality checking slower order fulfillment
faster turnover
Industrial engineers design processes and systems that improve quality and productivity and eliminate the waste of time, money, materials and energy. Most important of all, IEs save companies money. The most distinctive aspect of industrial engineering is the ____________ that it offers. vision financial control productiviy flexibility
flexibility
There are two types of Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) that can be used to automate the process design plans. In one method called variant CAPP, standard process plans for each part family are stored within the computer and called up whenever required. In the other method called _______________ CAPP, process plans are generated automatically for new components without requiring the existing plans. renewable iterative initialization generative
generative
Requiring workers to leave the facility for meals may result in the following disadvantages except _____________________________. longer meal break not returning to work return to work intoxicated greater interaction loss of concentration
greater interaction
Another methodology that has made an impact on product and process design is ______________ technology, which refers to a method of grouping parts into families and then making design decisions based on family characteristics. group aggregation process flow through precedence
group
A chart used to analyze multiple activity relationships when nonidentical machines are being tended by one or more operators is called a ______________________. process chart control chart pareto chart human-machine chart
human-machine chart
In a flow system it makes sense for the supplying work station not to produce parts until its consuming workstation requested parts. This pull production control is typically called ____________. poka yoke kanban genchi gembutsu kaizen
kanban
The __________________ flow structure is most effective for transfer or assembly type production, where there is minimal or no backtracking. u-flow line s-flow w-flow
line
In open environments, visual privacy is achieved by using screens or movable partitions and by locating workstations so that _________________ do not intersect. chairs line of sight vocal distance aisles
line of sight
The materials management, material flow, and physical distribution systems may be combined into one overall flow system called _____________________. customer relationship management system logistics system inventory management system quality control system
logistics system
The following factors contribute to increasing the importance of having food services available except ___________________. increase employee fringe benefits location of facility away from central business districts longer meal breaks OSHA forbidding food consumption where toxic substances exist
longer meal breaks
Schedule design decisions provide answers to questions involving how much to produce and when to products. Production quantity decisions are referred to as _________ size decisions; determining when to produce is referred to as production ________________. batch, schedule batch, timing lot, timing lot, schedule
lot, schedule
In determining process requirements for the facility schedule, the specification has three phases. The first phase determines the quantity of components that much be produced, including allowance for defective items. Then the second phase determines ____________ requirements for each operation, and the third phase combines the operation requirements to obtain overall machine requirements. machine floorspace storage labor
machine
Decisions concerning the level of vertical integration are often referred to as __________________ decisions. volume production make-of-buy process engineering quality level
make-of-buy
In facility design a useful tool for organizing information such as characteristics, functions and tasks into sets of items to be compared is called a _____________________. pareto diagram control chart matrix diagram SIPOC diagram
matrix diagram
A highly flexible facility design might be needed in which scenario? 1. addition of similar products to the family 2. change in mission with high uncertainty 3. minor changes to product design 4. stable production
minor changes to product design
New technologies, new products, different packaging methods, better storage methods, more advanced materials handling mean that the process of facilities planning is _________________for an enterprise. almost complete usually complete never completed mostly stable
never completed
One method to reduce noise in open office environments is to introduce electronic _________________ to mask the sound. noise lighting music discharge
noise
Entrance doorways into restrooms should be designed such that the interior of the restroom is _____________ from the outside when the door is open. not accessible clearly visible not visible not enterable
not visible
The Expected Profit from producing Q units is; E[P(Q)] = ∑�=0� P(Q, x) p(x) what is x? number of good units produced quantity of rejects allowance quantity quantity of units to be produced
number of good units produced
A __________________ office is one which the office area is free from temporary or permanent partition walls which increases flexibility for changes in office operations and easily accommodates expansion. sustainable modern technology open
open
A routing sheet provides information on production methods. An assembly chart indicates how components are combined. By superimposing the routing sheet on the assembly chart, a chart results that gives an overview of the flow within the facility called what? cause and effect chart operation process chart control chart run chart
operation process chart
The facility designer can use all of the following to visualize the product during the design process, except? 1. part numbers 2. part photograph 3. assembly drawing 4. component drawing
part numbers
Because of limitations of operations charts and assembly diagrams in showing multiple sequences, it is often recommended to use the more general graphical model, the _________________ diagram which is also used in project planning. precedence shortest path network critical path
precedence
The _________________________ can be used to judge the relative importance of each criterion as compared to the others. Often the criterion are labeled with weights added to quantify the importance of each criteria. prioritization matrix activity matrix regression matrix design matrix
prioritization matrix
The main difference between strategic planning and contingency planning is that strategic planning is ______________ . operational reactive contingent proactive
proactive
In the Expected profit calculation, p(x) means what? probability of x rejects probability of producing x good units probability of Q allowance expected value of the profit
probability of producing x good units
The ____________________ is responsible for determining how the product is to be produced. 1. product manager 2. facility planner 3. design engineer 4. process designer
process designer
The physical distribution system considers the flow of products and finished goods from a manufacturing facility and includes all the following resources except ________________________. transportation sales warehouse distributors purchasing customer
purchasing
In addition to volume, trend, and predictability of future demands for various products, it may be used to the the facility planner should try to gather ____________ data and insight as to why market trends are occuring. special cause deterministic random qualitative
qualitative
A flow process may be described in terms of all of the following except ___________________. subject or item to be processed resources communication quality of flow material
quality of flow material
Depending on product volume-variety, production planning departments can be classified in the following areas below except ______________________. product group repair process fixed materials location product
repair
In the equation E[P(Q)] = ∑�=0� P(Q, x) p(x) what is P? revenue minus cost of producing x units revenue minus cost of producing Q units profit from producing x units probability of producing x defects
revenue minus cost of producing Q units
Frequently organizations create teams with personnel from product design, process engineering, scheduling, facilities planners, marketing, purchasing and accounting to address the design . This teams are referred to as? 1. Research teams 2. Just in time teams 3. Concurrent engineering teams 4. Quality inspection teams
Concurrent engineering teams
When designing flow patterns within a workstation, the pattern should consider all of the following except ___________________________. motion studies egonomics rhythmical and habitual flow Coordinated use of hands and feet Continuous linear motion
Continuous linear motion
All of the following are examples of facilities except? football stadium Crane Production Plant Warehouse Hospital
Crane
In developing a facilities planning process for a bank the first phase of the process would be to what? Implement the plan Determine space requirements for all activities Define the objectives of the bank Generate alternative facility plans
Define the objectives of the bank
In developing a facilities planning process for a warehouse, which of the following activities comes before "Evaluate the alternatives" ? Determine interrelationships among activities Select a facilities plan Implement the facilities plan Generate alternative facilities plans
Determine interrelationships among activities
What does the product designer specify? -Production quantities and schedules. -Facility plan. -Customer requirements. -Dimensions, material, packaging.
Dimensions, material, packaging.
The communications industry treats the world as its facility and the networks are materials handling systems. Due to rapidly changing technologies these communications networks have to be continuously updated and improved or new ones need to be created. The equipment and personnel that run communications networks must be considered and the facilities required to house a communication hubs must be located and designed. What discipline would be most applicable to design communication hubs? Facility Planner Assembler Data Analyst Quality Assurance
Facility Planner
A winning facilities planning process illustrated in the "winning circle" and described in the text includes all of the following elements, except? Vision Mission Requirements of success Failure Analysis Guiding principles
Failure Analysis
In defining facilities, we look look at them as what type of structures that support operations? Variable Assets Fixed Liabilities Fixed Assets Variable liabilities
Fixed Assets
Facilities help achieve supply chain excellence in all of the following except? Increased Return on Assets Improved Customer Satisfaction Reduced costs Increased cost
Increased cost
Desirable characteristics of facilities include all of the following except Inefficiency Flexibility Modularity Upgradability
Inefficiency
A tool used in facility design to show logical links among related items and trying to identify which items impact others the most is called a ___________________. network diagram Interrelationship Diagraph flow chart Process diagram
Interrelationship Diagraph
In developing a facility planning process for the university all of the following steps should come before "Select a facilities plan" except? Generate alternative facilities plans Maintain and adapt the facilities plan Determine the space requirements for all activities Determine the interrelationships among facilities
Maintain and adapt the facilities plan
The extremes for a manufacturing facility may range from a vertically integrated firm that purchases raw materials and proceeds through a multitude of refining, processing, and assembly steps to obtain a finished product, to another firm that purchases components and assembles finished products. The ___________ of a manufacturing facility must be established by determining the processes that are to be included within the facility. 1. mission 2. quality 3. size 4. scope
scope
Unless restrooms are designed for single occupancy, _______________ restrooms should be provided for each sex. neutral combined family separate
separate
The material management system considers the flow of materials into a manufacturing facility required for production and includes all of the following resources except ______________________. receiving transportation production control purchasing shipping vendors
shipping
When there are many critical short-term problems that a company has to solve at once, it is generally due to a lack of good _______________. quality engineering strategic planning root cause analysis data analysis
strategic planning
Whereas an architect is usually more involved with the structure design and items such as plumbing, lighting, HVAC and electrical systems; the facility planner will likely be more involved with which of the following? (select all that apply) Materials Handling Storage Materials Flow Manufacturing Equipment
Materials Handling Storage Materials Flow Manufacturing Equipment
Activities associated with the materials management system and physical distribution system are often referred to as the _______________________. customer support system supply chain management system inventory system quality management system
supply chain management system
Facilities planning is concerned with the design, improvement, and installation of ____________ to achieve an organization or activity objectives. intangible assets tangible fixed assets fixed liability assets financial assets
tangible fixed assets
A tool used to map in increasing detail, the actions that need to be accomplished in order to achieve a general objective is called the __________________. SIPOC diagram tree diagram breakdown diagram pareeto diagram
tree diagram
Decisions regarding products to be produced are generally made by? 1. design engineer 2. facility planner 3. process engineer 4. upper management
upper management
Product, process, schedule and facilities design decisions are usually best made? 1. using an integrated approach 2. capriciously 3. independently 4. without coordination
using an integrated approach
Flow patterns within product departments include the following types except ____________________. v-shaped end-to-end circular front-to-front odd-angle back-to-back
v-shaped
The materials flow system considers the flow of materials, parts and supplies within a manufacturing facility and includes all the following resources except ____________________. assembly departments stores vendors material handling manufacturing departments
vendors
In many cases Pareto's law can be applied which indicates that 85% of production is attributed to 15% of the product, such a situation is also depicted as a _______________ chart. np chart volume-variety Shewhart p chart
volume-variety
The deterministic model we use for estimating the number of machines required is; F = SQ/EHR. What is F? Efficiency measure Number of machines F distribution value Integer number of machines
Number of machines
ANSI (The American National Standard Institute) provides a list of non-mandatory minimum requirements for workplace first aid kits. _________________ does not require specific first aid kits for general industry, but states in 29 CFR 1910.151(b), "Adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available" therefore all industries are required to comply. AMA ANSI OSHA ASTM
OSHA
The facility planner is usually provided with the product parts list which includes all of the following except? Pricing Part names and numbers Drawing references Parts quantity per product
Pricing
The facility planner must be award of the degree of uncertainty that exists concerning all of the following except? 1. Product performance 2. Specific activities to be performed in the facility 3. Mission of the facility being planned 4. Direction of activities
Product performance
The product design can be determined through an organized planning approach to identify customer needs and translate the needs to product characteristics, this is known as? 1. Quality Engineering 2. Quality Assurance 3. Quality Functional Deployment 4. Product Reliability
Quality Functional Deployment
Lack of strategic facilities planning means that excess inventory has to be carried due to inaccurate inventory control data, then a larger facility has to be built, more rack has to be installed, more labor has to be used to find the inventory in a larger building, capital is tied up in inventory rather than earning money or being used in more productive way, and more inventory will have to be scrapped because it is outdated. Facilities planning can reduce or eliminate all of these problems, thereby reducing a company's warehousing costs, which can result in product being shipped at a cheaper price to customers, which will result in more ______________. Defects Returns Service Issues Sales and Revenue
Sales and Revenue
Before alternative facility plans can be generated, the following questions need to be answered, except? -Who will produce the products? -How much of each product will be produced? -What is to be produced? -When are the products to be produced?
Who will produce the products?
What criterion should be used to determine the optimal facilities plan? (select all that apply) Is space utilization being minimized? Does the product from manufacturing operations flow smoothly through the facilit? Can the facility be expanded easily to accommodate growth? Is the facility centrally located for suppliers and customers if it is a manufacturing facility? Does the facility provide for the company's future storage requirements? Can the manufacturing or warehouse facility accommodate sales forecast?
Does the product from manufacturing operations flow smoothly through the facilit? Can the facility be expanded easily to accommodate growth? Is the facility centrally located for suppliers and customers if it is a manufacturing facility? Does the facility provide for the company's future storage requirements? Can the manufacturing or warehouse facility accommodate sales forecast? it only lets you select 1 on quiz
The principle of minimizing total flow represents a work simplification approach to material flow and includes all of the following except _____________________________________. Eliminating flow Combining flows Minimizing multiple flows Eliminate flow density
Eliminate flow density
The principle of minimizing the cost of flow may include all of the following except ________________. Eliminate manual handling by mechanizing Minimize travel distance and materials handling Eliminate quality control processes Eliminate unnecessary movement of materials Minimize materials handling by reducing the flow density through containerization
Eliminate quality control processes
