Institute of Aeronautical Engineering
Institute of Aeronautical Engineering
Institute of Aeronautical Engineering
(Autonomous)
Dundigal, Hyderabad - 500 043, Telangana
MID-1 EXAM
UNIT-I
Introduction, Classification of Layout, Advantages and Limitations of different layouts, Layout design
procedures, overview of the plant layout.
Process layout & Product layout. Selection, Specification, Implementation and follow up, comparison
of product and process layout.
S Question
Answer
No.
Which of the following is a strategic decision?
a) Facilitates location
b) Plant location
1 B
c) Plant layout
d) Resources location.
e) None of the above
Which is an advantage for product layout?
a) Huge capital outlay
b) Little flexibility
2 D
c) Discontinuity in production
d) Lower cost of material handling
e) None of the above
Objective of plant layout is
a) Minimum material handling
b) Minimum equipment utilization
3 A
c) Minimum manpower utilization
d) Minimum utilization of floor area
e) None of the above
“O” type flow pattern used in ______________ industry
a) Bottling plant
4 c) Steel plant D
d) Cement plant
e) Paper plant
Which of the following processes most likely uses batch production?
a) Sugar refinery
b) Plastic part manufacturer
5 D
c) Consumer electronics
d) Oil refinery
e) None of the above
6 Which of the following processes most likely uses repetitive or mass assembly B
lines production?
a) Commercial printer
b) Plastic part manufacturer
c) Consumer electronics
d) Sugar refinery
The pattern of plant layout is basically divided by the relationship between the
---------- and -----
a) Commercial printer
7 b) Plastic part manufacturer D
c) Consumer electronics
d) Number of products
e) Production quantity
All of the following will increase the capacity of process except:
a) The purchase of additional equipment
b) scheduled machine maintenance
8 C
c) Larger production lot sizes
d) increasing the backlog before each machine
e) None of the above
The pattern of plant layout is basically divided by the relationship between the
----------and --
a) Commercial Printer
9 b) Plastic Part Manufacturer D
c) Consumer Electronics
d) Number of products, Production quantity
e) None of the above
The location of plant should be in such a place where the -----------are available
a) Larger production cycle
b) Higher material handling costs
10 c) Interesting to workers D
d) Large scale economics
e) None of the above
UNIT-II
Heuristics for Plant layout – ALDEP, CORELAP, CRAFT, Group Layout, Fixed position Layout.
Quadratic assignment model, Branch and bound method.
S Question
Answer
No.
Expand CRAFT
a) Computerized Relative Allocation of Facilities Technique.
b) Computerised Relation facilities Technique
1 A
c) Computer relation Facilities allocation Technique
d) Computer Aided Relation Technique
e) None of the above
Expand ALDEP
a) Automatic layout Development of Product
b) Automated Line Development of Process
2 c) Automated design layout design program C
d) Automatic layout Design Process
e) None of the above
Expand CORELAP
a) Computerized Relative Process
b) Computer Relationship Layout Process
3 c) Computer Related Layout Planning C
d) Computerized Relationship Layout Planning
e) None of the above
Expand QAP
a) Quality Analysis of Parts.
5 b) Quadratic Assignment Problem B
c) Quality Assurance Programme.
d) None
The method used for arriving at an optimal solution of quadratic Assignment.
a) Assignment method
b) Transportation method
6 C
c) Branch and bound method
d) Hungarian method
e) None of the above
Which of the following is used for planning layout?
a) Template
b) Process chart
7 A
c) Operation chart.
d) Two handed process chart
e) None
Product Layout is Suitable for which type of production?
a) Job Shop Production
b) Mass production
8 A
c) Low production
d) Cellular production
e) None of the above
Which of the following is considered more a corporate decision?
a) Plant layout
b) Facilitates layout
9 D
c) Resources layout
d) Plant location
e) None of the above
The chart used for identifying the most active departments?
a) Flow chart
b) Travel Chart
10 B
c) Two handed chart
d) Analysis diagram
e) None of the above
Work study is done with the help of ……..
a) Process chart
b) material handling
11 C
c) stop watch
d) all of the above
e) None of the above
The ----- are three dimensional representation of objects which are made by
cardboard, plastic, paper or sheet metal.
a) Model
23 b) Sample A
c) Isometric projection drawings
d) Isometric Views.
e) None of the above
Detailed drawing consists of an individual machinery, material handling
equipment, position of operators, temporary work in process storage, etc
a) Plot plan
24 b) Block plan C
c) Detailed Drawing
d) Sketch
e) None of the above
This plan represents as the master drawing for locating various individual
detailed drawings.
a) Plot plan
25 b) Block plan A
c) Top view
d) Detailed drawing
e) Master drawing
Which layout is most suitable for production of Air craft?
UNIT-III-A
UNIT-III B
Classification of Material handling equipment, Relationship of Material handling
to plant layout.
In which of the following layout less inspection supervision is needed
a) Product layout
b) Fixed layout
1 A
c) Process layout
d) Combined layout
e) None of the above
For ship vessel industry the following layout is best suited:
a) Process layout
b) Product layout
2 C
c) Fixed position layout
d) Plant layout
e) Combined Layout
Fixed position layout is also called as …
a) Stationary layout.
b) Hybrid layout
3 A
c) Combination layout
d) Product layout
e) None of the above
A compact estimate of the handling which must be done between various work
stations is obtained from------
a) TRVELING CHART
4 b) CNC A
c) CAD
d) AGVs
e) None of the above
5 To increase the effective usage capacity of a warehouse, the warehouse has to A
utilized in ------ way .
a) Both horizontal and vertical capacities of a warehouse needs to be
utilized in an efficient manner
b) Using horizontal capacities of ware house only
c) Using vertical capacities of ware house only
d) None
Unit load should be sized and arranged in a manner, which completes the
objectives of material flow and inventory at each stage of supply chain. This
refers to ----- principle
a) Systems principle
6 B
b) Unit load principle
c) Ergonomic principle
d) Work principle
e) None of the above
----- Principle refers To ensure safe and effective operations for the human
worker, the capabilities and limitations should be adapted, designed at the time of
material handling task and equipment.
a) Unit load principle
7 B
b) Ergonomic principle
c) Work principle
d) Planning principle
e) None of the above
The material handling system should be automated or mechanized to improve
operational efficiency, reduce manual labour and operating cost. This refers to
which of the following principle?
a) Unit load principle
8 D
b) Ergonomic principle
c) Work principle
d) Automation principle
e) None of the above
An industrial truck, cranes, conveyors refers to which of the following category
of handling equipment?
a) Transporting equipment
9 b) Positioning equipment A
c) Unit load formation equipment.
d) Storage equipment
e) None of the above
Hoists, lifts, parts feeder, levellers etc. refers which category of handling
equipment.
a) transporting equipment
10 b) Positioning equipment B
c) Unit load formation equipment.
d) storage equipment
e) e) none of the above
11 Pallets, bags, crates, tote pans, cartoons etc. refers to which category of handling C
equipment?
a) transporting equipment
b) Positioning equipment
c) Unit load formation equipment.
d) storage equipment
e) none of the above
Storage carousel, sliding racks, pallet racks, mezzanine etc.
a) transporting equipment
b) Positioning equipment
12 D
c) Unit load formation equipment.
d) storage equipment
e) none of the above
Magnetic stripe, bar codes, radio frequency tag, machine vision etc.
a) Transporting equipment
b) Positioning equipment
13 E
c) Unit load formation equipment.
d) storage equipment
e) Identification and control equipment
Equipments such as trucks, tractors, carts etc., refers to which of the following
category.
a) Unrestricted area equipment
14 b) Restricted area equipment A
c) transporting equipment
d) Positioning equipment
e) Unit load formation equipment
Equipments such as gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and stacker cranes,
which are confined to working area.
a) Unrestricted area equipment
15 b) Restricted area equipment B
c) transporting equipment
d) Positioning equipment
e) Unit load formation equipment
UNIT-IV
_____________ are used for transferring powder from top floor to down
floor.
a) Elevators
16 b) Gravity chutes B
c) Pipes
d) Trucks
e) None of the above
________ is concerned with the orderly storage and issuing of finished goods.
a) Tool room
b) Receiving area
17 C
c) Shipping area
d) Warehousing area
e) None of the above
______are used for horizontal movement of loads
a) trucks
b) Primary cost method
18 A
c) Current value method
d) Fixed price method
e) None of the above
Equipments such as lifts and elevators, conveyors, AGV's etc .. Which follows a
continuous specified path for transportation of materials?
a) Unrestricted area equipment
19 b) Restricted area equipment C
c) Line restricted equipment
d) transporting equipment
e) Positioning equipment
Equipments such as job cranes and other industrial robots which are fixed units
and works in specified areas from its position.
a) Unrestricted area equipment
20 b) Restricted area equipment D
c) Line restricted equipment
d) Position restricted equipment
e) transporting equipment
In case of Power Roller conveyors, how roller are driven?
a) Rollers are driven by means of chain or belts.
b) Rollers are driven by rope
21 A
c) Rollers are driven with motors directly
d) Combination of a) and b)
e) None
In case of Non-powered Roller Conveyors how the driven?
a) these are driven by chain
22 b) driven by belts C
c) These are driven by gravity
d) None of the above
Skate wheel conveyor contains which type of wheels?
a) Pulley wheel
b ) Skate wheel
23 B
b) Rollers
c) Rod type
d) None of the above
Which type of conveyor is made of rubber?
a) Rope made of conveyor
b) belt made of rubber
24 B
c) Plastic made of conveyor
d) Metal made of conveyor
e) None of the above
Which of conveyor is e used for Bulk materials like gravel, coal, grain
a) Belt conveyor
b) Troughed belt conveyor
25 B
c) Metal belt conveyor
d) Plastic belt conveyor
e) None of the above
Where the Overhead Trolley Conveyor is fixed?
a) On the ground
26 b) On the work table C
c) Over hanging above the height of workers on fixed rail support
d) None of the above
Equipment’s used in material handling to transfer the bulk quantity of materials
from lower heights to upper heights.
a) Elevators
27 b) Conveyors A
c) Fork lifts
d) Pulleys
e) None of the above
28 ------------ are used for filling the bulk material into metal buckets. A
a) Hoppers
b) Collectors
c) Reservoir
d) Roller conveyor
e) None of the above
Cranes, hoists, Industrial truck etc. are used in which type of layouts
a) Fixed position layout
29 b) Product layout A
c) Process layout
d) None of the above
. Hand trucks, forklift trucks. Automated trucks etc are used in which type of
layout?
a) Fixed position layout
b) Product layout
30 C
c) Process layout
d) Hybrid layou
e) None of the above
UNIT-V
Methods to minimize cost of material handling- Maintenance of Material
Handling Equipment’s, Safety in handling Ergonomics of Material Handling
equipment. Design, Miscellaneous equipments.
Respirators used for
1 A)Lung protection B)eye protection C)hand protection D)liver protection B
In which of the material handling equipment, operator can alone lift and carry ,
load and unload the materials
a) Trucks
8 b) Hoists C
c) Fork lift trucks
d) Crane trucks
Which type of conveyor is used for transferring heavy oil barrels and boiler
accessories.
a) Elevator
10 b) Belt conveyor C
c) Chain conveyor
d) Chutes
e) None of the above
Which of conveyors are used for transporting the materials which are in the form
of powders and pastes.
a) roller conveyors
b) belt conveyors
11 C
c) Screw conveyors
d) lifts
e) None of the above
12 For narrow aisles, long loads (like pipes, angles) _______ truck is used. C
a) Crane truck
b) platform truck
c) side load truck
d) hand lift truck
e) None of the above
The available space needs to be optimally utilized is refers to which of the
following principle?
a) Principle of minimum investment
13 b) Principle of flexibility B
c) Principle of usage
d) Principle of compactness
e) None of the above
Where the Overhead Trolley Conveyor is fixed?
a) On the ground
b) On the work table
14 C
c) Over hanging above the height of workers on fixed rail support.
d) On the wheels
e) None of the above
Equipments such as job cranes and other industrial robots which are fixed units
and works in specified areas from its position.
a) Unrestricted area equipments
15 b) Restricted area equipments D
c) Line restricted equipments
d) Position restricted equipments
e) transporting equipments
Which of following layout is used for Rail Engine Production?
a) Process layout
b) Product layout
16 c) Fixed position layout C
d) Hybrid layout
e) None of the above
Magnetic stripe, bar codes, radio frequency tag, machine vision etc. are used in
which category of equipment.
a) transporting equipments
17 b) Positioning equipments C
c) storage equipments
d) Unit load formation equipments.
e) None of the above
Material handling and plant location is analysed by
a) Gantt chart
b) Bin chart
18 D
c) emersion chart
d) Travel chart
e) None of the above
A common goal in process layouts is to
a) Minimize transportation distance
b) Maximize distance between departments
19 A
c) Standardize processes
d) Convert to cellular layout as often as possible
e) None of the above
20 Arranging Machines & operations sequentially refers to which principle. D
a) Principle of space
b) Principle of space
c) Principle of minimum travel
d) Principle of usage
e) None of the above
Wooden pallets makes easy to transfer material in which of the equipment?
a) Trucks
b) Fork lift
21 B
c) Trolley
d) Conveyor
e) None of the above
Which of the following is considered more a corporate decision?
a) Plant layout
b) Facilitates layout
22 c) Resources layout D
d) Plant location
e) None of the above
f)
Product type layout is used in ______________ industry
a) Bottling plant
b) Steel plant
23 c) Cement plant A
d) Paper plant
e) None of the above
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