Facility Design - Industrial Engineering - Production & Industrial Engineering Previous Year Questions

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2007 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2007

Based on the general characteristics of the different types of layout, which of the following are true?
P – Work-in-process and throughput time are high in process layout
Q – Production cost per unit is high in product layout
R – Work-in-process and throughput time are high in product layout

A

P and Q

B

Q and R

C

Only P

D

Only R

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2007 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2007

What is the capacity (in parts/minute) of the above assembly line?

A

0.1

B

0.4

C

0.5

D

0.6

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2008 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2008

The REL chart is used for

A

designing the layout of plants

B

estimating the valuation of stock

C

analyzing the movement of an item in a store

D

maintaining the issue and receipt record

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2008 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2008

Match the following:

Group 1	Group 2
P - SLP	1 - Intellectual property system
Q - Margin of Safety	2 - Assembly line balancing
R - LOB	3 - Facility design
S - TRIPS	4 - Break even analysis

A

P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3

B

P-3, Q-1, R-2, S-4

C

P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2

D

P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1

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2009 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2009

Match the following:

Group I (Layout types)	Group II (Layout characteristics)
P. Process layout	1. Inflexible to significant changes in product design
Q. Product flow layout	2. Distinct part families and expanded worker training
R. Fixed position layout	3. Low equipment utilization and high skill requirement
S. Cellular layout	4. Large work-in-process and increased material handling

A

P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-2

B

P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1

C

P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3

D

P-1, Q-4, R-3, S-2

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2010 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2010

Among the given four computerized layout techniques, which one is an improvement routine technique requiring a user specified initial layout?

A

ALDEP (Automated Layout Design Program)

B

CORELAP (Computerized Relationship Layout Planning)

C

PLANET (Plant Layout Analysis and Evaluation Technique)

D

COFAD (Computerized Facilities Design)

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2013 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2013 [Session 4]

A firm produces 120 units of product in every 8 hour shift. Four operations as given below are needed to manufacture each unit of product.

Operation	Precedence	Processing time (in min)
P	none	1
Q	P	2
R	P	4
S	Q, R	3

The above operations are to be assigned to workstations, such that one or more operations are performed in each workstation. Only one unit of product will be processed in each workstation at a time. The minimum number of workstations that will achieve the production target, without violating the precedence constraints, is

A

1

B

2

C

3

D

4

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2016 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2016

The facility layout technique that uses relationship (REL) chart is

A

CRAFT.

B

Travel chart.

C

Partial Set Covering.

D

ALDEP.

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2019 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2019

In an oil reservoir, the residual oil saturation in the volume flooded with polymer solution is 20%. The initial water saturation is 20%. The volumetric sweep efficiency is 50%. The maximum possible recovery factor for the reservoir is ________ % (round off to 1 decimal place).

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2021 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2021

Which one of the following is an improvement type heuristic algorithm for computerized layout design technique?

A

Systematic layout planning (SLP)

B

Computerized relative allocation of facilities technique (CRAFT)

C

Computerized relationship layout planning (CORELAP)

D

Plant layout analysis and evaluation technique (PLANET)

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2021 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2021

A retail chain company has identified four sites A, B, C and D to open a new retail store. The company has selected four factors as the basis for evaluation of these sites. The factors, their weights, and the score for each site are given in the following table.

Factor	Factor weight	Score for site (out of 100)
		A	B	C	D
Average community income	0.4	60	70	80	50
Demand growth potential	0.1	30	80	50	40
Proximity to existing store	0.3	50	10	40	60
Availability of public transport	0.2	40	30	40	20

The site that should be selected to open the new retail store is

A

Site A

B

Site B

C

Site C

D

Site D

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2022 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2022

Match the types of layout with the types of production.

Type of layout	Type of production
P	Process layout	1	Job production
Q	Product layout	2	Batch production
R	Fixed position layout	3	Mass production

A

P-2, Q-3, R-1

B

P-3, Q-1, R-2

C

P-2, Q-1, R-3

D

P-3, Q-2, R-1

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2023 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2023

There are four locations (P, Q, R, S) and four factors to be considered for setting up a facility. The scores (on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the maximum) for the given locations and the weight assigned to each factor are given as

Factor	Weight	P	Q	R	S
Availability of raw material	0.4	6	8	5	4
Availability of skilled labor	0.3	7	4	10	6
Infrastructure	0.2	8	3	10	8
Proximity to market	0.1	10	8	7	5

The best location for setting up the facility is

A

P

B

Q

C

R

D

S

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2024 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2024

The following layout of four departments P, Q, R and S is provided as input to CRAFT (Computerized Relative Allocation of Facilities Technique). Which one of the following department pairs cannot be considered for exchange in CRAFT?

A

P and Q

B

R and S

C

P and R

D

Q and R

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2025 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Facility Design

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2025

A product has to be manufactured in a single-line layout by carrying out the six tasks in a sequence. The time (in minute) of the six sequential tasks are 37, 8, 19, 34, 36 and 17. These tasks cannot be further sub-divided. For minimizing the cycle time, the number of stations to be used is______. (Answer in integer)

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