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,Russell & Taylor / Operations & Supply Chain Management, 9th edition Test BankChapter 1:
Operations Management
True/False
1. Operations management is only concerned with the day-to-day operations of a firm’s
productive systems.
Ans: False, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
2. A warehouse operation is an example of a physical transformation process.
Ans: False, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
3. A supply chain is a series of activities from supplier to customer that adds value to a
product or service.
Ans: True, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
4. Human resources management provides product demand estimates that are used in
production decisions.
Ans: False, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
5. A retail operation is an example of an exchange transformation process.
Ans: True, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
6. The four primary functional areas of a firm are marketing, finance, operations, and
legal.
Ans: False, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
7. Operations management designs, operates, and improves marketing systems.
Ans: False, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
8. An operations manager benefits from an integrated view of business organizations.
Ans: True, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
9. The systematic analysis of work methods is known as operations research.
Ans: False, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
10. Lean production refers to high-volume production of a standardized product.
Ans: False, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
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,Russell & Taylor / Operations & Supply Chain Management, 9th edition Test Bank
11. The adaptation of mass production to emphasize quality and flexibility, rather than
efficiency, is known as lean production.
Ans: True, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
12.Because of a global recession in the late 2000s ,companies started focusing on the
most critical factors to sustain their business during the downturn.
Ans: True, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
13. The most current era in the evolution of operations and supply chain management is
sustainability.
Ans: True, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
14.The set of activities that creates and delivers products to the customer is known as the
supply chain.
Ans: True, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
15. Globalization requires that firms compete only on cost and not quality, speed or
flexibility.
Ans: False, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
16. Globalization of the supply chain has many pros and few, if any, cons.
Ans: False, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
17.The European Union requires that strict quality and environmental standards be met
before companies can do business with member countries.
Ans: True, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
18. A major challenge and opportunity for many firms is the globalization of the supply
chain.
Ans: True, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
19. Globalization has affected manufacturing but not service operations.
Ans: False, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
20. Two-thirds of today’s businesses operate globally.
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Ans: True, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
21. In 2010, the US surpassed China as the world’s largest manufacturer.
Ans: False, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
22. China has reshaped the way firms compete globally.
Ans: True, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
23. Increases in productivity enable a nation to raise its standard of living.
Ans: True, LO: 4, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
24. Productivity is the most common measure of competitiveness.
Ans: True, LO: 4, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
25. Single factor productivity measures compare output to an individual input.
Ans: True, LO: 4, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
26. Deployment is a step in strategy formulation that evaluates the alignment between
core competencies and order winners.
Ans: False, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
27. Positioning is a step in strategy formulation that defines how firms will compete in
the marketplace.
Ans: True, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Moderate, AACSB: None
28. Order qualifiers are the characteristics of a product that have to be satisfied just to be
considered for purchase by a customer.
Ans: True, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
29. An order qualifier is the characteristic of a product that wins orders in the
marketplace.
Ans: False, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, AACSB: None
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