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Chapter 1 Multiple choice questions
Introduction to Operations Management
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Operations Management is a ___________________ process.
translation
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transformation
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transaction
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transition
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Which of these Managers would be least likely to be considered in an operations management role within an organization?
Production Manager
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Supply Chain Manager
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Financial Risk Manager
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Quality Manager
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There are 6 basic organizational forms, simple, functional, divisional, conglomerate, hybrid and _______________?
complex
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virtual
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corporate
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hierarchical
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Organizing budget hotels within a chain by geographical location is an example of which type of organizational form?
Conglomerate
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Hybrid
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Simple
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Divisional
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Which of these would an operations manager
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Safety and maintenance
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Sales and marketing
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Selecting suppliers
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Recruiting employees
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Operations can be characterised by volume, variety, variation and ________________?
Validity
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Variability
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Value
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Variance
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The size of the product range or number of services offered is called _____________?
Variability
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Validity
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Variety
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Variation
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The extent to which a product or service may be customized is called _____________?
Variability
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Validity
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Variety
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Variation
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According to Sasser et al. (1978), services differ from manufactured products in four ways. Intangibility, inseparability, perishability and _______________?
Homogeneity
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Heterogeneity
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Intractability
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invisibility
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The Servuction model recognizes that operations can process customers through their infrastructure or through their ___________?
performance
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procedures
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staff
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systems
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