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MNO3701 EXAM PACK 2023 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

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MNO3701
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,UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

November/December 2022

MNO3701

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

70 marks
Duration: 24 hours

EXAMINERS:

FIRST: PROF A TOLMAY
SECOND: DR A AMADI-ECHENDU

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Include the honesty declaration when you upload your portfolio exam.

Read through and adhere to all the instructions in this portfolio.

, MNO3701/Portfolio/November/December 2022

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protected or uploaded as “read only” files.)
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, MNO3701/Portfolio/November/December 2022

Question 1 [20]

Write only the answer to the following multiple-choice questions (Example: 1.1 = 3).

1.1 Which of the following is/are basic performance objective(s) for production/operations
management?

a Speed
b Dependability
c Flexibility
d Profit
e Cost

1 a, b only
2 c, d, e only
3 e only
4 a, b, c, d, e
5 None of the options

1.2 Which statement(s) is/are correct regarding the product/service life cycle?

a Laggards will only enter (accept) a product/service during the decline phase.
b During the introduction-into-the-market phase, competitors are usually few or none.
c Dominant operations performance objectives during the decline phase will be speed.
d During the maturity phase, competitor numbers will increase.
e During the growth-in-market phase, the likely qualifiers will be quality.

1 a
2 a, b
3 c
4 c, d
5 e

1.3 Identify the correct statement(s).

a During the design phase in production and operations management, individual
activities must be configured after the overall design of a process has been
finalised.
b Process mapping is needed to expose the reality of process behaviour.
c Mass processes refer to processes that produce items in low volume and a wide
variety.

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