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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WARANGAL

Program: BTech, Mechanical Class: III-year 5th Sem Section: A & B

Course Name: OPC Course Code:

Instructions:
• All questions are compulsory.
• Before the start of the examination, write your name and roll number in the space provided using a black/blue ink ballpoint
pen.
• This Question paper contains blank pages for rough work. Do not write anything in main question paper pages.
• There are a total of 15 questions, each carrying 3 marks, making a total of 45 marks. All these questions are of objective
type. Each question has only one correct answer. Queston mast be answered by marking(🗸) the appropriate bubble (marked
a, b, c, d) using only a black/blue ink ballpoint pen. More than once answer ticked against a question will be treated as an
incorrect answer.
• Since ticks by the black/blue ink ballpoint pen cannot be erased, candidates should tick very carefully.
• Questions not attempted will result in zero mark and wrong answers will result in negative marks. For all 3 marks questions,
1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Calculator is allowed whereas charts, graph sheets or tables are NOT allowed in the examination hall.
Questions
1. What is the time period after which it is considered long range forecasting?
(a) 2 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 4 years
(d) 10 years
2. If N is the period of moving average the number of demand data to be
stored for calculating the moving average for a period is the demand of
last:
(a) (N +1) periods
(b) (N –1) periods
(c) (N) periods
(d) (N –2) periods
3. Which of the following are the benefits of inventory control?
1. Improvement in customers relationship
2. Economy in purchasing.
3. Elimination of the possibility of duplicate ordering.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
4. The inventory carrying cost includes
(a) Expenditure incurred for payment of bills
(b) Placing an order
(c) Receiving and inspecting
(d) Obsolescence and depreciation

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5. In computing Wilson's economic lot size for an item, by mistake the demand rate estimate used was 40%
higher than the true demand rate. Due to this error in the lot size computation, the total cost of setups plus
inventory holding per unit time would rise above the true optimum by approximately.
(a) 1.4 %
(b) 6.3%
(c) 18.3%
(d) 8.7%
6. What is the relationship between JIT and TQM (Total Quality Management)?
(a) They are unrelated concepts
(b) TQM is a subset of JIT
(c) JIT is a subset of TQM
(d) They are complementary concepts
7. Which of the following is NOT a principle of JIT?
(a) Continuous improvement
(b) Minimizing waste
(c) Maximizing inventory
(d) Pull production system
8. In JIT manufacturing, what does 'Heijunka' refer to?
(a) Elimination of waste
(b) Production leveling
(c) Continuous improvement
(d) Pull production
9. What is the primary input to the Material Requirements?
Planning (MRP) process?
(a) Sales Forecast
(b) Bill of Materials (BOM)
(c) Master Production Schedule (MPS)
(d) Inventory Records
10. A product has a demand of 200 units per week, a lead time of 2 weeks, and a safety stock of 50 units.
What is the reorder point?
a) 200 units
b) 350 units
c) 450 units
d) 500 units
11. Consider a single machine scheduling problem with 5 jobs. The processing times of the jobs are 2, 4, 6,
8, and 10 units respectively. If the jobs are scheduled in the order they arrived, what is the average
completion time?
a) 10 units
b) 12 units
c) 14 units
d) 16 units
12. 3. Calculated the weighted 3-months moving average for August, given that weight is 0.5 for demand data
and 0.2 for oldest demand data.
Months Jan Feb March April May June July
Demand (Units) 560 440 620 730 760 420 565
a) 580
b) 562
c) 560
d) 565

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 13. In value engineering, the term value refers to manufacturing cost of the product selling price of the product
total cost of the product utility of the product
a) manufacturing cost of the product
b) selling price of the product
c) total cost of the product
d) utility of the product
14. The demand and forecast for February are 12000 and 10275, respectively. Using single exponential
smoothening method (smoothening coefficient =0.25), forecast for the month of March is:
(a) 431
(b) 9587
(c) 10706
(d) 11000
15. In MRP, what is meant by 'dependent demand'?
(a) Demand that is influenced by the price of the product
(b) Demand that is based on the demand for other products
(c) Demand that is determined by customer orders
(d) Demand that is influenced by market trends

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