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1.________ is a procedure for acquiring informed judgments and opinions from knowledgeable individuals to sue as subjective forecast.

a.Naïve forecasting method
b.Delphi method
c.Associative method
d.Judgmental forecasting

2.______ is an oscillating movement in demand that occurs periodically in the short run and is repetitive.

a.Trend
b.Seasonal pattern
c.Cyclic pattern
d.Irregular pattern

3.________ is an averaging method of forecasting which weights the most recent data more strongly than the distant data.

a.Linear regression
b.Moving average
c.Exponential smoothing
d.Adjusted exponential smoothing

4.Which of the following demand pattern does not define any underlying time pattern of demand of product / service

a.Horizontal demand
b.Systematic demand
c.Random variation
d.Repeatable pattern variation

5.Which of the following is forecasting method which relies on historical demand data and recognizes trends and seasonal patterns?

a.Judgmental methods
b.Regression methods
c.Time series methods
d.Averaging methods

6.______ are the characteristics of products and services that qualify it to be considered for purchase.

a.Order winner
b.Order qualifier
c.Order runner
d.Order competitor

7.In automotive industry, high quality has become an order ____ and innovative design is order ________ .

a.Winner, Qualifier
b.Winner, Runner
c.Qualifier, Winner
d.Qualifier, Runner

8.Which of the following includes the ability of organization to produce a wide variety of products, to introduce new products and modify existing ones quickly?

a.Organization’s standardization
b.Organization’s agility
c.Organization’s flexibility
d.None of the above

9.In decision trees, Circular nodes represent which of the following?

a.Decision points
b.Alternatives
c.Consequences
d.None of the above

10.In decision tree, ‘Branches’ should be read from:

a.Right to left
b.Left to right
c.Center to left
d.Center to right

11.Which of the following is the Second step in forecasting process?

a.Identification of forecasting purpose
b.Selecting a forecasting model
c.Collecting historic data
d.Identification of demand pattern

12.Which of the following is a schematic model of alternatives available to the decision maker along with possible consequences and alternatives?

a.Decision making model
b.Decision tree
c.Decision preference matrix
d.None of the above

13.A textile company is contemplating the future of one of its plants. Following payoff table describes the situation:

Decision State of Nature
Good conditions Poor conditions
To expand Rs. 800,000500,000
To maintain status quo1,300,000-150,000
To sell now 320,000320,000

Under Minimax-regret criteria, what would be the decision makers decision would be?
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a.To expand
b.To maintain status quo
c.To sell plant
d.Decision would be made using some other criterion

14.Mr. A determined that his service employees have used a total of 2400 hours of labor this week to process 560 insurance forms. Last week the same crew used only 2000 hours of labor to process 480 forms. Which productivity measure should be used?

a.Total productivity measure
b.Partial productivity measure
c.Both a and b
d.None of the above

15.An operations and supply strategy is concerned with which of the following?

a.Setting specific policies and plans
b.Short term competitive strategies
c.Coordination of operational goals
d.All of the above

16.A travel agency processed 240 customers on Day 1 with a staff of 12, and 360 customers the on Day 2 with a staff of 15. What can be said about the productivity shift from Day 1 to Day 2?

a.An increase in productivity from Day 1 to Day 2
b.A decrease in productivity from Day 1 to Day 2
c.The same productivity from Day 1 to Day 2
d.Can not be computed from data above

17.Which of the following behaviors is exhibited by a time series having an up-and-down movement in a variable that repeats itself over a long period of time?

a.Random variation
b.Trend
c.Seasonality
d.Cycle

18.Which one of the following reasons account for using moving average in forecasting?

a. It eliminates the trend
b.It smoothes the random fluctuations
c.It counteracts the seasonal variations
d.It approximates the period average

19.Which of the following statements corresponds to an order-winning characteristic?

a.A factor which may be significant in other parts of the organization
b.A factor which gives an organization a competitive edge
c.A factor which serves as a minimum standard for purchase
d.A factor which increases the profitability of the organization

20.Which of the following is a characteristic of linear regression?

a.It is superior to a moving average
b.It is a causal for