Process Selection Multiple-Choice Questions 1. A large office with a printing department, a drafting department with all of the engineers located together, and all of the managers located together in a large suite of offices is an example of A. an assembly line process. B. a batch process. C. a project process. C. a continuous process. 2. The throughput ratio (TR) is the ratio of the total processing time for the job divided by A. total waiting time. B. utilization. C. total waiting time plus total processing time. D. 100. 3. Process efficiency is usually highest in which type of process? A. Assembly line B. Batch C. Project D. Job shop  4. A company makes necklaces with attached letters. Department A manufactures the necklace chains and letters ahead of demand. Department B assembles the necklaces for specific names when orders are received. Departments A and B are, respectively, A. make-to-stock, make-to-stock. B. make-to-stock, assemble-to-order. C. make-to-order, make-to-stock. D. make-to-order, assemble-to-order. 5. A make-to-order operation would be primarily concerned with A. forecasting demand. B. production planning. C. balancing inventory and service. D. lead time. 6. An entrepreneur is planning to start a factory to produce high-tech plastic containers in high volumes. She will use either an assembly line or batch process and has selected two possible sites, one in a small town and one in a big city. She has discovered the following: Based on the information just presented, which of the following should be chosen? A. Assembly line in city. B. Assembly line in small town. C. Batch process in city. D. Batch process in small town. 7. Identify the correct statement from the following: A. A batch process is characterized by jumbled flow while an assembly line process is characterized by a sequential flow. B. A project process is characterized by difficult planning and scheduling. C. A job shop process is used to produce to customer order. D. All of the above are true. 8. Referring to the product-process matrix, if a company has a few major products with high demand and a jumbled flow (job shop) process, we know the company A. has a company strategy. B. is on the diagonal of the matrix. C. is further in its product life cycle than its process life cycle. D. is further in its process life cycle than its product life cycle. 9. An important lesson from the product-process matrix is A. give importance to product choice decisions over process choice decisions. B. give importance to process choice decisions over product choice decisions. C. give importance to aligning product choice decisions and process choice decisions. D. most firms should operate off the diagonal to achieve competitive status. 10. The type of processing system that is used for highly standardized products such as oil and gasoline is A. mass production. B. continuous process. C. project. D. batch.