Question 1

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 100 minutes, and the fourth time they do the task it takes 81 minutes.You should use a 90 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

You have just timed a person doing a job a few times.The first time it took the person 25 minutes, the second time it took 20 minutes, and the third time it took 17.55 minutes.Which learning curve unit improvement factor should you use?

Accepted Answer

A) 25 percent 
B) 75 percent 
C) 80 percent 
D) 85 percent 
E) 90 percent

Question 3

You are a consultant specializing in estimating the costs after the employees learn how to do a job more efficiently by repetition.Your client can produce a product the first time at a cost of $2,500.If their 65 percent learning curve allows them to reduce their costs on each product, what is the total cost of producing 400 units of the new product?

Accepted Answer

A) $100,000 
B) $78,900 
C) $58,600 
D) $45,765 
E) $37,850

Question 4

An assumption of learning curves is that the time required to complete a unit will increase at an increasing rate as the cumulative number of units completed increases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The unit improvement factor for a 60 percent learning curve at 25 units is 0.0933.The first and second timings of a person doing a job are 5 minutes and 3 minutes respectively.Which of the following is the learning-adjusted time estimate for unit number 25?

Accepted Answer

A) 0.4665 minute 
B) 0.0933 minute 
C) 4.665 minutes 
D) 9.33 minutes 
E) 3 minutes

Question 6

If a person performing a task has been achieving an 80 percent learning curve and it took 10 minutes to produce the first unit, the total time to produce 100 units will be 326.5 minutes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Learning curves have a wide range of business applications.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A company can produce a small lot of products the first time at a cost of $3,000.If their 65 percent learning curve allows them to reduce their costs on each lot, what is the cost of producing the 20th lot?

Accepted Answer

A) $60,000 
B) $18,585 
C) $1,950 
D) $466.20 
E) $155.40

Question 9

The 10th repetition of job is timed at 100 minutes.If the learning curve for this job is 80 percent, what is the estimated time for the 100th repetition of this job?

Accepted Answer

A) 47.66 minutes 
B) 62.50 minutes 
C) 80 minutes 
D) 92.50 minutes 
E) 100 minutes

Question 10

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 100 minutes, and the second time they do the task it takes 90 minutes.You should use a 90 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The unit improvement factor is not as useful as arithmetic tabulation of learning curve statistics in adjusting time estimates for learning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The general guidelines provided in the textbook on improving individual learning based on learning curves do not include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Proper training 
B) Work specialization 
C) Early removal of workers who do not improve 
D) Motivation 
E) Doing one or very few jobs at a time

Question 13

A learning curve shows the decrease in time required for each successive unit completed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 10 minutes, and the second time they do the task it takes 9 minutes.You should use an 80 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A learning curve shows the increase in time required for each successive unit completed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Learning Curves

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 100 minutes, and the fourth time they do the task it takes 81 minutes.You should use a 90 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

You have just timed a person doing a job a few times.The first time it took the person 25 minutes, the second time it took 20 minutes, and the third time it took 17.55 minutes.Which learning curve unit improvement factor should you use?

An assumption of learning curves is that the time required to complete a unit will increase at an increasing rate as the cumulative number of units completed increases.

The unit improvement factor for a 60 percent learning curve at 25 units is 0.0933.The first and second timings of a person doing a job are 5 minutes and 3 minutes respectively.Which of the following is the learning-adjusted time estimate for unit number 25?

If a person performing a task has been achieving an 80 percent learning curve and it took 10 minutes to produce the first unit, the total time to produce 100 units will be 326.5 minutes.

Learning curves have a wide range of business applications.

A company can produce a small lot of products the first time at a cost of $3,000.If their 65 percent learning curve allows them to reduce their costs on each lot, what is the cost of producing the 20^th lot?

The 10^th repetition of job is timed at 100 minutes.If the learning curve for this job is 80 percent, what is the estimated time for the 100^th repetition of this job?

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 100 minutes, and the second time they do the task it takes 90 minutes.You should use a 90 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

The unit improvement factor is not as useful as arithmetic tabulation of learning curve statistics in adjusting time estimates for learning.

The general guidelines provided in the textbook on improving individual learning based on learning curves do not include which of the following?

A learning curve shows the decrease in time required for each successive unit completed.

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 10 minutes, and the second time they do the task it takes 9 minutes.You should use an 80 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

A learning curve shows the increase in time required for each successive unit completed.