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BA 14 Chapters 13-14 ~ Qucik Quiz Study Guide



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Concurrent control is action taken to ensure that standards are met as inputs and are transformed into outputs.
 

 2. 

Damage control is action taken to fix an output.
 

 3. 

Damage control with the customer is primarily the function of the human resources department.
 

 4. 

A budget is a planned quantitative allocation of resources for specific activities.
 

 5. 

The operating budgets include all planned major asset investments.
 

 6. 

The four primary financial statements are the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and debt-to-equity ratio statement.
 

 7. 

Coaching is the process of giving motivational feedback to maintain and improve performance.
 

 8. 

Operations is the function that monitors and controls the financial part of producing a product or service.
 

 9. 

The tangibility of products refers to whether the products are tangible, intangible, or mixed.
 

 10. 

Repetitive process operations are primarily used for made-to-stock or assembled-to-order goods.
 

 11. 

In labor-intensive operations, machines do most of the work.
 

 12. 

“Quality is a virtue of design” means that since design is so important, it should be done solely by the department responsible for design to ensure fewer problems in the process.
 

 13. 

Cellular layout is associated with make-to-stock and assemble-to-order levels of customer involvement, relatively flexible batch process operations, and a balanced intensity.
 

 14. 

Inventory control is the process of managing raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, and in-transit goods.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 15. 

__________ control is action taken to minimize negative impacts on customers/stakeholders due to faulty outputs.
a.
Preliminary
b.
Concurrent
c.
Rework
d.
Damage
 

 16. 

The type of constant control that takes into consideration how much managers monitor how employees do the job is:
a.
self-control.
b.
clan control.
c.
standing plans.
d.
rules.
 

 17. 

The __________ include the revenue and expense budgets.
a.
master budgets
b.
operating budgets
c.
budget controllers
d.
financial budgets
 

 18. 

The three primary __________ are the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.
a.
control tools
b.
budget controllers
c.
accounting tools
d.
financial statements
 

 19. 

The __________ presents revenue and expenses and the profit or loss for the stated time period.
a.
income statement
b.
balance sheet
c.
cash flow statement
d.
operating budget
 

 20. 

__________ is the process of giving employees feedback to help them realize that a problem is affecting their job performance and referring employees with problems to the employee assistance program.
a.
Management by walking around (MBWA)
b.
Management counseling
c.
Coaching
d.
Discipline
 

 21. 

The major objective of discipline is to:
a.
change behavior.
b.
let employees know that action will be taken when standing plans or performance requirements are not met.
c.
maintain authority when challenged.
d.
punish.
 

 22. 

The progressive disciplinary steps, in order, are:
a.
oral warning, written warning, and dismissal.
b.
written warning, oral warning, suspension, and dismissal.
c.
oral warning, written warning, suspension, and dismissal.
d.
oral warning, suspension, and dismissal.
 

 23. 

Most goods in retail stores are from __________ operations.
a.
make-to-stock
b.
make-to-order
c.
assemble-to-order
d.
assemble-to-stock
 

 24. 

__________ process operations produce outputs in an assembly-line structure, where employees and equipment are quite specialized in function and location.
a.
Project
b.
Repetitive
c.
Batch
d.
Individual
 

 25. 

A capital-intensive, repetitive continuous process operation uses a __________ layout.
a.
product
b.
process
c.
cellular
d.
fixed-position
 

 26. 

Construction of office buildings and airplanes uses a __________ layout.
a.
product
b.
process
c.
cellular
d.
fixed-position
 

 27. 

__________ use bars to graphically illustrate a schedule and progress toward the objective over a period of time.
a.
Planning sheets
b.
Gantt charts
c.
PERT networks
d.
Pareto principles
 

 28. 

The final stage of supply chain management is:
a.
distributing the product.
b.
controlling inventory.
c.
customer service.
d.
delivering the product.
 

 29. 

__________ aids in determining whether quality is within an acceptable range.
a.
Statistical process control
b.
Quality control
c.
Statistical quality control
d.
Six Sigma
 

 30. 

The same amount of outputs produced with less inputs is a(n):
a.
increase in production with no change in productivity.
b.
increase in productivity.
c.
decrease in production with no change in productivity.
d.
decrease in productivity.
 



 
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