1781. Which one of the following is not an objective of maintenance management ?

A. To reduce breakdown of machineries
B. To keep the machines and other facilities in a bad condition *
C. To keep the plant in good working condition
D. All of these

1782. Which of the following is not a characteristic of intermittent production system?

A. The flow of production is intermittent .
B. The volume of production is generally small
C. A single product is manufacturred in bulk *
D. None of these

1783. Which of the following is an input in manufacturing systme?

A. Capital
B. Material
C. Human resource
D. All of these *

1784. Which of the following is not a part of production system?

A. Input
B. Output
C. Transformation process
D. Politics *

1785. Which of the following is not a part of product life cycle stage?

A. Introduction phase
B. Competition phase *
C. Maturity and saturation phase
D. None of these

1786. Which of the following is not an objective of quality assurance ?

A. To reduce the quality *
B. To reduce cost
C. To increase productivity
D. All of these

1787. Which of the following is not a function of purchasing department ?

A. Recieve purchase requisition
B. Supplier selection
C. Order placement
D. Employee selection *

1788. Which of the following is not the objective of plant layout?

A. Streamline the flow of materials through the plant
B. Facilitate the manufacturing process
C. Enhance materials handling cost *
D. None of these

1789. Which of the following is not an objective of operation management ?

A. To reduce product quality *
B. To reduce cost of production
C. Material cost control
D. None of these

1790. Which of the following is not an objective of quality control?

A. To produce qualitative items
B . Quality variation to be enhanced among same product category *
C. None of these