Exam 7: Work Design and Measurement

Suppose the first unit of output required 900 labor hours, and the second unit required only 810. At this rate, how many more units must be produced before labor requirements are less than 700 hours?

The owner of Kat Motel wants to develop a time standard for the task of cleaning a cat cage. In a preliminary study, she observed one of her workers perform this task six times, with the following results: What is the standard time for this task if the employee worked at a 50 percent faster pace than average, and an allowance of 20 percent of job time is used?

Many lower-level jobs are monotonous and boring.

A manager is trying to estimate the appropriate learning curve for a certain job. The manager notes that the first four units had a total time of 30 minutes. Which learning curve would yield approximately this result if the first unit took 10 minutes?

Which of the following is not an improvement that can be traced to preproduction factors?

Learning curves are used primarily for mass production applications.

A methods and measurements analyst for Digital Devices needs to develop a time standard for the task of assembling a computer mouse. In a preliminary study, she observed one of her workers perform this task six times with the following results: What is the observed time for this task?

Ergonomics is an important part of job design to consider for factory work but not for office work.

Specialization is a term that describes job that have a very wide scope.

In a stopwatch time study, adjusting the normal time by an allowance factor for normal delays and interruptions results in the:

If there is a good chance that one or a few employees could wind up in monotonous jobs, job _____ can be a good idea.

The owner of Kat Motel wants to develop a time standard for the task of cleaning a cat cage. In a preliminary study, she observed one of her workers perform this task six times, with the following results: What is the observed time for this task?

The chart used to review the overall sequence of an operation by focusing on the movements of either the operator or materials is called a:

Output-based systems compensate employees according to the amount of output they produce, thereby tying pay directly to performance.

Measured daywork systems are output-based compensation systems.

In work sampling, observations should be taken:

A learning curve for an overqualified worker is higher than that for an average worker.

A major advantage of job specialization in business is increased:

A job with a 70 percent learning curve required 20 hours for the initial unit. The fourth unit should require approximately how many hours?

Ergonomics is important for preventing common workplace injuries such as back injuries and repetitive-motion injuries.