FACILIT Quiz 1 OT

Question 1

Facilities Planning is a complex and bropad subject that cuts across several specialized _____________.

Answer 1

Disciplines

Question 2

_________________ is a concept that states that things will expand to fill all available capacity sooner than you plan

Answer 2

Parkinson’s Law

Question 3

______________, or also known as Manhattan distance, is a method of measuring distance such that you obtain the shortest way/path

Answer 3

Rectilinear Distance

Question 4

A plan for preventive and predictive maintenance should be prepared for the equipment (including associated costs) and is a practice that follows the ______________ principle

Answer 4

Life Cycle Cost

Question 5

If a company has one facility where the inbounding and outbounding are located on adjacent sides, then it must deploy a _____________ shaped layout

Answer 5

L (idk if correct)

Question 6

_______________ is a document that you need to prepare when you follow the Reed’s Layout Procedure

Answer 6

Layout Planning Chart

Question 7

An auto repair shop should follow a ____________ department layout planning

Answer 7

Process-Oriented

Question 8

Using bin cards or stock cards to control and monitor inventory is an example of _____________ control of materials

Answer 8

Physical

Question 9

Vertical expansion of a facility is an application of _______________ principle.

Answer 9

Space Utilization

Question 10

A trailer return ratio of 6 means that you can dispatch ______________ number of trucks containing filled containers to a destination while only needing 1 truck to transport all the empty containers back to the origin

Answer 10

6

Question 11

The ___________ is a method in measuring the shortest distance between two facilities

Answer 11

Euclidean

Question 12

Graph based construction method follows the property of ________ which implies that arcs should not intersect

Answer 12

Planarity

Question 13

When material is to be moved frequently between specific points and over a fixed apth, ________ is the most common material handling equipment to be used

Answer 13

Conveyor

Question 14

The ______________ layout procedures use Layout Planning Chart

Answer 14

Reed’s Plant

Question 15

Facilities Planning aims to support organizations vision through improved ___________, _______, and _____________.

Answer 15

Material handling, control, good housekeeping

Question 16

____________ focuses on non- quantitative factors that influyence the location of departments within a facility

Answer 16

Activity Relationship Analysis

Question 17

If the flow process being considered is the flow of materials into a manufacturing facility, the flow process is referred to as a _____________.

Answer 17

Material Management System

Question 18

__________ consists of the mechanisms needed to satisfy the required facility interactions

Answer 18

Layout (GPT)

Question 19

___________ is a detailed list of a shipment of goods in the form of a receipt by the carrier to the person cosigning the goods.

Answer 19

Bill of Lading (GPT)

Question 20

A system must adopt _______ if the product has low variety and low product volume.

Answer 20

Fixed Position Layout (GPT)

Question 21

If the company has one warehouse where the receiving and shipping areas are located in opposite sides, then it must follow _______ shaped layout

Answer 21

S

Question 22

Providing separate storage locations for garment products according to size follows ___________ principle

Answer 22

Standardization

Question 23

Rearranging a layout that will make two workstations with strong interactions to be near, if not adjacent, each other follows __________ principle.

Answer 23

Work

Question 24

Three important considerations in determining the requirements of a facility

Answer 24

Flow of Activities
Activity Relationship
Space Requirement

Question 25

Four steps of Ideal Systems Approach (Sequential Order)

Answer 25

1. Aim for the Ultimate Ideal System 2. Conceptualize the theoretical system 3. Design the technologically workable system 4. Implement the Recommended system

Question 26

Five steps in the analysis process of Systematic Layout Planning (Sequential Order)

Answer 26

1. Flow of Materials 2. Activity Relationship 3. Relationship Diagram 4. Space Requirements 5. Space Availability

Question 27

Three types of flow within process departments

Answer 27

1. Parallel 2. Perpendicular 3. Diagonal

Question 28

________ is a term that is used to describe layout problems involving the height of the facility.

Answer 28

Multidimensional

Question 29

________ is a term that is used to describe layout problems that considers multiple planning horizons

Answer 29

Multiperiod

Question 30

If the material flow between two departments is voluminous, it is better to make two departments adjacent to one another. The material handling principle for this decision used is __________.

Answer 30

Work Principle

Question 31

The _________ is a method being used in measuring distance when obstructions are present between two points or facilities

Answer 31

Rectilinear

Question 32

Space is provided for the ________ to facilitate movement of materials, handling equipment, and people inside a manufacturing plant

Answer 32

Aisles

Question 33

___________ is a component facility planning that deals with the atmospheric, enclosure, lighting, electrical, and communication systems of a facility.

Answer 33

Facility System Design

Question 34

The problem of determining where to place a plant in relation to the company's suppliers is called a ____________ problem

Answer 34

Facility Location

Question 35

The manufacutre of shower enclosures (glass doors used to enclose shower area) should follow a _________ layout

Answer 35

Process

Question 36

The first step in facility planning process is to define _______ of the facility

Answer 36

Objectives

Question 37

__________ means that the shape of the containers permits an empty container to be inserted into another empty container

Answer 37

Nestability

Question 38

___________ is a piece of equipment that facilitates mechanical handling of stacked goods for fork-lift trucks

Answer 38

Pallets

Question 39

If the flow of products from manufacturing facility is to be the subject of the flow, the flow process is referred to as the __________

Answer 39

Physical Distribution System

Question 40

________ refers to the single item, number of items which is arranged and restrained so that the load can be stored; picked p and moved between two locations as a single mass

Answer 40

Unit Load

Question 41

If the company has separate warehouses for raw materials and finished goods located at opposite sides, it must follow a ______ shaped layout

Answer 41

S

Question 42

In the manufacture of a large and with a stable demand product like engine block, the appropriate planning department to use so that all workstations required to produce the product are combined is referred to as _____________.

Answer 42

Production Line Planning Department

Question 43

__________ consists of mechanisms needed to satisfy the required facility interactions

Answer 43

Handling System

Question 44

________ is an approach being used to develop a layout using qualitative factors such as closeness ratings

Answer 44

Activity Relationship Analysis

Question 45

Three components of Logistics System in relation to flow

Answer 45

Material Management System Material Flow System Physical Distribution System

Question 46

_______ are defined by material or personnel flow, environmental considerations and organizational structures

Answer 46

Activity Relationships

Question 47

Effective facilities planning can reduce costs by at least _________ %

Answer 47

10-30%

Question 48

__________ means that a full container can be stacked on top of another full container in the same spatial orientation

Answer 48

Stackability

Question 49

A systems designer decided to buy a hand pallet truck to help the workman in transporting sacks of rice from the container van to the warehouse. The material handling principle used is ________.

Answer 49

Ergonomic Principle

Question 50

The _______ is a unitizing process that is used in packaging tablet in the pharmaceutical industry

Answer 50

Blister Packaging

Question 51

The manufacture of a space shuttle should follow a _______ layout

Answer 51

Fixed Product

Question 52

___________ is the proponent of Systematic Layout Planning

Answer 52

Richard Muther

Question 53

__________ plant layout procedure provides flexibility since it allows jumping around among steps

Answer 53

Apple's

Question 54

True or False. Facilities planning involves planning for the number of personnel inside a facility; However,the minimum standard of workers that you should hire is a different topic

Answer 54

True (GPT)

Question 55

True or False. If you are opening a fast-food chain, you would want to locate your facility near suppliers and contract first mile logistics delivery to customers

Answer 55

False (GPT)

Question 56

True or False. While considering facility constraints and objectives, an I-shaped layout or a straight line flow is a must to improve facility performance.

Answer 56

False (GPT)

Question 57

True or False. Activity Relationships focus only on intensity or importance of closeness between two activities; diregarding flow and space.

Answer 57

True (GPT)

Question 58

True or False. Employing the smallest size of unit load is always preferable due to the amoutn of time and space that you can save.

Answer 58

False (GPT)

Question 59

True or False. Adding more processes to make the operations more extravagant is the essential principle of effective flow.

Answer 59

False (GPT)

Question 60

True or False. To design a good layout, you need to strictly follow the steps in Apple's layout proceudre in chronological order

Answer 60

False

Question 61

True or False. Planning principle aims to integrate material movement and storage activities into a coordinated operational system.

Answer 61

True (GPT)

Question 62

True or False. In the progressive perspective of material handling, you focus on the movement of materials within a facility, making an effort to develop an integrated plan

Answer 62

True (GPT)

Question 63

True or False. In a multi-period facility layout problem, the static nature of the layout, brough about by customer requirements, is being considered.

Answer 63

True (GPT)