LATHAMATHAVAN POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, KIDARIPATI
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ONE MARK QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.
SUBJECT: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT.
SUBJECT CODE: 22061
UNIT – 1
1. What is meant by plant?
Plant is place where resources of production are brought together to manufacture
products.
2. What is meant by plant location?
Plant location means selection of suitable site or area.
3. What do you meant by plant layout?
Plant layout is the arrangement of buildings, machinery, equipments and other
facilities of production.
4. State the types of layout?
5. What is meant by process layout?
Process layout is one in which all machines (or) processes of the same type are
grouped together in the same area.
6. State any one advantage of a product layout?
Minimum material handling.
7. What is meant by material handling?
It is defined as art and science of moving, packing and storing of products in any
form.
8. State any one advantages of a process layout?
Less number of machines are required.
9. What are the types of maintenance?
10. What is a conveyor?
Conveyors are useful for moving material between two fixed locations.
11. What are uses of industrial trucks?
It is used to move between various points.
12. what for the cranes are used?
Cranes are used for lifting, transporting and lowering of bulky items and packages.
13. What is the use of containers?
They are used to hold material to be transported.
14. What is breakdown maintenance?
In this, a machine is allowed to run without any attention.
15. What is accident?
An accident is an unplanned and unexpected event that interferes with the work.
16. What is the cause of accidents?
88% - human causes
10% - unsafe conditions
2% - by nature
17. What is preventive maintenance?
Preventive maintenance aimed at avoiding (or) preventing breakdowns.
18. What is scheduled maintenance?
The routine maintenance for all purposes to prevent breakdown is called scheduled
maintenance.
19. What are the accident types?
20. How accident rates are measured?
verity rate.
21. What is meant by collective Bargaining?
It is a process of discussion and negotiation between representatives of laborers
and employer to solve labor disputes.
22. What is meant by Mediation?
Mediation is a process by which a third party attempts to mediate between the
workers and management to settle the dispute.
23. What is meant by Arbitration?
Here, the parties submit their claims to the arbitrator and support them with all
facts and arguments they can.
24. What is meant by accident proneness?
The quality of a person who meets with accidents often is known as accident
proneness.
25. What is meant by fixed layout?
Fixed layout is one in which the machine and man are brought to the material to
perform the required operation to make the products.
26. What is meant by plant maintenance?
Plant maintenance is system used to increase the life and performance of machines,
equipments, tools, Building etc.
UNIT-2
1. What is work study?
It is a productivity technique used to investigate all factors that affect productivity
and find ways to eliminate ineffective time.
2. State any one objective of work study?
To evaluate human work.
3. Define productivity?
It is the ratio between output of wealth and input of resources of production.
4. Define production?
It is a process by which goods and services are produced.
5. Define standard of living?
Standard of living of any man is the extent to which he is able to spend for living a
comfortable life with his family.
6. Define method study?
It is the systematic recording and critical examination of the present method of
doing a job and to develop easier and more effective methods to reduce costs.
7. State any one objective of method study?
To improve manufacturing processes.
8. State any two factors that affect the productivity?
9. What is operation process chart?
An operation process chart is a chart where sequence of only operations and
inspections involved in a process are recorded.
10. What are the different types of flow process chart?
11. What is flow diagram?
Flow diagram is a drawing drawn to scale showing the location of machines,
buildings etc.,
12. State flow process chart uses?
To study the sequence of events occurring to a single component, operator or
equipment.
13. What is material type flow process chart?
This is a chart which records what happens to material.
14. What is man type flow process chart?
This is a chart which records that what the operator does.
15. What are the uses of flow diagram?
It is used to visualize the movement of men and material from one shop to another
and to improve plant layout.
16. What is string diagram?
This is a scale model or plan on which a thread is used to trace and measure the
path of workers material or equipment during a process.
17. When string diagram is used?
When movements involved in a job are many a string diagram is used.
18. What is man-machine chart?
This is a chart on which the activities of one man and one – machine, or one man
and more machines are recorded on a common time scale.
19. What is two handed process chart?
It is a chart in which the activities of two hands of a worker during work are
recorded.
20. What is work measurement?
It is a technique to determine the time required for a qualified worker to do a job
at a definite level of performance.
21. Define standard time?
Standard time is the sum of basic time and all time allowances for fatigue,
delay,etc.,
22. Define the term rating as applied to stop watch time
study?
It is the process of comparing the performance of the operator with the observers
own concept of standard performance.
23. What are the classifications of elements?
Foreign element
24. What do you mean by standard performance?
This is the average rate at which a qualified worker will work at a job.
UNIT – 3
1. What do you mean by production planning and control?
Production planning is a decision making process about production procedures.
Production control means making necessary arrangements to carry out the plan.
2. What are the major functions of production planning and control?
hing
3. State the basic types of production?
4. What is economic batch quantity (EBQ)?
Economic batch quantity is the quantity of production at which the total expense
are minimum.
5. Write formula for economic batch quantity?
EBQ = √2AS/IC
6. What is setup cost?
It is the cost of time to make machine ready for production.
7. What is carry cost?
It is the cost involved in the maintenance of inventory or stock.
8. What is batch production?
In this type, products are made in batches of small quantity.
9. What is job order industry?
In this type, the products are manufactured only on receipt of orders.
10. Define forecasting?
Forecasting is defined as the estimation of future demand for products.
11. What is market research?
Market research is a method to collect the sales trend and sales potential, new uses
of product etc.,
12. What is process planning?
This is the determination of how the work is to be done.
13. What is product planning?
It is the determination of the production methods.
14. What is break even analysis?
It is a method for arriving at the cost of making a component and the cost of
buying it.
15. What is route sheet?
It is a sheet showing all the information necessary for performing operation on a
Component.
16. Define scheduling?
It is defined as the assignment of work to men and machines with the
specifications.
17. State any one objectives of scheduling?
To keep up delivery commitments.
18. What is grant chart?
It is a graphic representation of scheduling.
19. What are the different types of scheduling?
20. What is master schedule?
It provides information regarding the quantity and dates of manufacture with
reference to products as a whole.
21. What is part schedule?
The parts schedule shows the quantities of various parts to be produced per month
or work.
22. Define dispatching?
Dispatching is the action phase of PPC.
23. What is shop order?
Authority to produce is called shop order.
24. What is master requisition?
Master requisition is the authority for the stores to issue material to given shop
order.
25. What is move order?
Move order is an authority to move material.
26. Define quality?
Quality of a product is defined as its fitness for the use for which it has been made.
27. What is ‘P’ (percent) charts?
It is a quality control chart based on number of defective parts found in the total
parts inspected.
28. What is ‘C’ (control) charts?
It is a quality control chart based on number of defects found per unit inspected.
29. What is sampling plan?
It can give the required degree of quality, only if the procedure is scientifically
planned.
UNIT-4
1. Define management?
Management is an art and science of achieving organizational goals through
people.
2. Define administration?
It is the determination of goals and policies of an enterprise.
3. Define organization?
It is a system of structural interpersonal relations.
4. What is specialization?
Division of work between management and labor is necessary to achieve higher
industrial efficiency.
5. Define managerial function "Organizing"?
It is defined as the process of identifying and grouping of activities to be
performed to achieve objectives.
6. What do you mean by staffing?
It is a process of determining the number of employees required, selection, training
and placing of qualified people in various jobs.
7. Define managerial function" Directing"?
It is the process of guiding and supervising the works of subordinates towards the
achievement of organizational goals.
8. What is communication?
It is exchange of information passing on instructions and transmission of meaning.
9. Name the different elements of communications?
10. Name the types of communication?
11. What is motivation?
Motivation means inspiring people to work willingly using their capabilities.
12. Define organization chart?
Controlling means compelling works to take place as per plans.
13. What is leadership?
It is defined as the capacity of the individual to make others to work together
willingly to attain the goals as desired by the leader.
14. Define organization chart?
It is a graphical representation of organizational data.
15. Define committee?
It is a group of competent and interested persons who work collectively, discuss
and recommend solutions to the problems which cannot be solved by an individual.
16. What is personal policy?
It is a written document to help the personnel department to achieve the objectives
or functions.
17. What is job evaluation?
It is a process to determine the value of every job in an organization and to
determine the fair basic wage for every job.
18. What is merit rating?
It is a process to assess the relative worth of an employee in terms of his job
performance, initiative etc.
19. What are the types of job evolution system?
Non-Quantitative
Ranking system
Rating system
Quantitative
Point system
Factor system
20. What is salary?
If the quantum of work is difficult to measure, them the payment of wages.
21. What is wage board?
It is a group of competent persons controlling payment of wages.
22. What are the two systems of wage payment?
UNIT – 5
1. What is capital?
"Capital" in the business sense means the actual wealth or assets of a business in
money.
2. What is fixed capital?
The fixed capital fulfills the long term financial requirements of a concern for
periods usually up to ten years.
3. What is working capital?
Every industry needs some funds of meet day-today financial requirements. This is
called working capital.
4. What is equity share?
Shares which are not preference shares are called equity shares.
5. What are debentures?
A debenture is an acknowledgement of a debt by a company.
6. What is preference share?
Preference share are those which have preference in respect of
capital in the event of winding up of the company.
7. Describe" Factory over heads"?
Indirect expenses incurred by the factory on production floor are called factory
overheads.
8. Describe" General over heads"?
Sometimes the administrative and selling overhead is grouped together under the
name overheads.
9. What is Breakeven point?
It is that point at which a business neither makes a profit nor incurs a loss.
10. What is depreciation?
It can be defined as the reduction in value of an asset due to passage of time, use or
abuse, wear and tear or lack of demand for use.
11. State any one functions of material management?
Bulk purchase reduces transportation costs.
12. State any one advantages of good stock control system?
Materials are made available as and when required.
13. Give the examples of inventory carrying cost?
The salaries and wages of the stores personnel.
14. Give the examples of ordering cost?
15. What is lead time?
It is the total time from the time of preparation of purchase requisition to the time
of receipt of material in to stock.
16. What is stock control?
It is the scientific method of finding out how much stock to be maintained in order
to meet the production demands.
17. What is safety stock?
This is the predetermined level of stock which should be maintained always.
18. What are ordering costs?
This is the money spent in the process of placing purchase order.
19. Define inventory?
Inventory means material held in stock for later use.
20. What is a comparative statement?
After receiving the quotations from different supplies, they are studied and a
comparative statement of rates and other terms and conditions is prepared.