This set of Flexible Manufacturing System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Production Facilities”.
1. Which is termed as number of given products produced annually by the plant?
a) Annual Quality
b) Production Quantity
c) Annual Quantity
d) Production Quality
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Explanation: The total number of given parts or products typically produced by the industry annually is known as Production Quantity. It has significant impact on the number of products manufactured by the industry and arranging the layout for production facilities.
2. Which type of production manufactures quantities in the range of 100-10,000 units?
a) Medium Production
b) Low Production
c) High Production
d) Unit Production
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Explanation: Medium Production produces quantities in the range of 100 to 10,000 units. In this type of production, same equipment can be used for multiple products. It focuses on moderate product quantity with limited variety.
3. Which is termed as the time required to change tooling or to reprogram the machinery?
a) Handling Time
b) Storage Time
c) Setup Time
d) Processing Time
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Explanation: The time taken to change to tool or to reprogram the machinery is known as Setup Time. It is also known as Changeover Time. This is the time where the production equipment remains idle and hence it is not usually desired.
4. Which of the following type of production manufactures quantities in the range 1-100 units?
a) Medium production
b) Idle Production
c) High Production
d) Low production
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Explanation: In Low Production, Products are manufactured in quantities of range 1-100 units. It focuses on providing variety of products to the customers rather than achieving more number of products. It enhances user flexibility.
5. Which is included in the category of producing different designs or variety produced in a plant?
a) Product Variety
b) Product Quantity
c) Process Variety
d) Process Quantity
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Explanation: The ability to produce different types or designs of products in a manufacturing plant is known as Product Variety. Flexible Manufacturing is necessary for a manufacturing plant to achieve product variety.
6. Which type of production manufacture production quantities greater than 10,000?
a) Hetero Production
b) Bi-Production
c) High Production
d) Low Production
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Explanation: High Production technique manufactures product quantities in the range of greater than 10,000. The Production Quantities range from 10,000 to millions of units. This technique lays importance to product quantity.
7. Which technique is used in applications when the products differ substantially?
a) Hard Product Variety
b) Soft Quantity Production
c) Soft Product Variety
d) Soft Process Quantity
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Explanation: In manufacturing applications where the products differ substantially, hard product variety is used. It is used when different products are to be manufactured but extent of production quantity is low.
8. Which technique is used different products with only small difference between parts?
a) Soft Process Quantity
b) Hard Product Variety
c) Hard Process Variety
d) Soft Product Variety
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Explanation: When different products to be manufactured with only a small difference between the products, Soft product variety technique is used. In this technique, the proportion of common parts is large.
9. Which of the following layout arranges the workers and processing equipments close to the product?
a) Fixed Position
b) Process
c) Product
d) Mixed
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Explanation: The workers and processing equipments are brought close to the product rather than moving the product close to the workers is done in Fixed Position Layout. In this arrangement, product remains stationary during its entire fabrication.
10. Which of the following layout arranges equipments according to its function or type?
a) Circular Layout
b) Product Layout
c) Process Layout
d) Fixed Position Layout
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Explanation: The equipments are arranged according to its function or type in Process Layout. It is generally noted for its flexibility and its ability for alternative operation sequences for customized design configurations.
11. What are the two categories in high production?
a) Slow and Medium Production
b) Quantity and Flow Line Production
c) Quality and Slow Production
d) Medium and Fast Production
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Explanation: Quantity Production and Flow Line Production are the two categories involved in high Production. It is characterized by the high demand rate and providing flexible support for the manufacturing of the product.
12. Which type of production makes a set of product and production facility is changed for another product?
a) Batch Production
b) Patch Production
c) Scratch Production
d) Hatch Production
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Explanation: In Batch production, a batch of product is made and the production facility is changed to support the product flexibility. It is a traditional manufacturing technique and is applied when the product variety is hard.
13. Which layout is associated with a cell in which each cell is designed to produce a limited variety of part configurations?
a) Product Layout
b) Process Layout
c) Cellular Layout
d) Fixed Position Layout
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Explanation: Cellular Layout is associated with a cell in which each cell is designed to produce a limited variety of part configurations. The cell is designed in such a way that it is specialized in the production of given set of similar products.
14. Which of the following production involves use of multiple workstations in which products are physically moved in sequence to complete the product?
a) Flow Line Production
b) Idle Production
c) Crossed Production
d) Relay Production
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Explanation: In Flow Line Production, multiple workstations are arranged in sequence in which the parts are physically moved between the stations to complete the final product. A small amount of unit work is done in each station.
15. Which of the following is not an example of fixed position layout?
a) Heavy Machinery
b) Railway Locomotives
c) Ships
d) Manufacturing of bolts
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Explanation: Heavy Machinery, Railway locomotives and ships are usually built using fixed position layout. Manufacturing of bolts is not done using fixed position layout. In fixed position layout, large scale components are usually manufactured.
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