Additional Multiple-Choice QuestionsWhat Is Manufacturing?1.1The term plant capacity refers to the maximum rate of production that a factory canachieve under assumed levels of labor manning, hours of operation per week, and otheroperating conditions: (a) True or (b) false?Answer. (a).Materials in Manufacturing1.2A metal alloy is composed of two or more elements, all of which are metallic: (a) True or(b) false?Answer. (b). A metal alloy is composed of two or more elements, at least one of which ismetallic. An example is steel which is an iron-carbon alloy.1.3Which one of the following ceramics is not crystalline: (a) alumina, (b) clay, (c) glass, (d)titanium nitride, or (e) tungsten carbide?Answer. (c).Manufacturing Processes1.4Which two of the following are referred to as thin film deposition processes: (a) chemicalvapor deposition, (b) electroplating, (c) extrusion, (d) painting, and (e) physical vapordeposition?Answer. (a) and (e).1.5Which one of the following is a property-enhancing operation: (a) drilling, (b) extrusion,(c) forging, (d) grinding, (e) heat treatment, or (f) painting?Answer. (e).1.6Which two of the following processes provide a permanent joint: (a) expansion fits, (b)nuts and bolts, (c) screws, (d)threaded fasteners, and (e) welding?Answer. (a) and (e).1.7Fixtures are commonly used as work-holding devices in which two of the followingprocesses: (a) casting, (b) extrusion, (c) machining, (d) rolling, (e) stamping, and (f)welding?Answer. (c) and (f).Production Systems1.8Low-quantity production of large complex products is most closely associated with whichone of the following layout types: (a) cellular layout, (b) fixed-position layout, (c) processlayout, or (d) product layout?Answer. (b).1.9Batch production is traditionally associated with which one of the following layout types:(a) cellular layout, (b) fixed-position layout, (c) process layout, or (d) product layout?Preview Mode
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