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September 2023 term · Industry 4.0 · BSMS4001

Industry 4.0 End Term: 24 December 2023, Set ADB3 (September 2023 term)

The IIT Madras BS Industry 4.0 (Industry 4.0) End Term paper sat on 24 Dec 2023, in the September 2023 term, set ADB3: 34 questions for 45 marks in 180 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.

Questions
34
Marks
45
Duration
180 min
MCQ
13
MSQ
6
Numerical
15

Updated

Official paper: IIT M DEGREE FN EXAM FDB1 24 Dec 2023 · No negative marking.

Question 1

+1 markOne correct option

Which of the following is not a form of internet?

  1. A

    Industrial

  2. B

    Commercial

  3. C

    Philanthropic

  4. D

    Consumer

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Correct answer

  • C

    Philanthropic

Question 2

+1 markOne correct option

What is First Mile in a supply chain?

  1. A

    Movements from Vendor to Distribution centres

  2. B

    Movements from Distribution centres to stores

  3. C

    Movements from stores to customers

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Correct answer

  • A

    Movements from Vendor to Distribution centres

Question 3

+1 markOne correct option

Which of the following facility layout is best suited for manufacturing several different products of similar types using the same production line?

  1. A

    Product layout

  2. B

    Process layout

  3. C

    Fixed position layout

  4. D

    Group layout

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Correct answer

  • D

    Group layout

Question 4

+1 markOne correct option

Which type of layout is preferred for building construction?

  1. A

    Process layout

  2. B

    Product layout

  3. C

    Fixed product layout

  4. D

    None of these

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Correct answer

  • C

    Fixed product layout

Question 5

+1 markOne correct option

Which layout is apt for low volume production of highly customized products?

  1. A

    Product layout

  2. B

    Process layout

  3. C

    Fixed product layout

  4. D

    None of these

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Correct answer

  • B

    Process layout

Question 6

+1 markOne correct option

Identify the Industry 4.0 version of transportation.

  1. A

    IC engine

  2. B

    Electric car

  3. C

    Hyperloop

  4. D

    Steam locomotive

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Correct answer

  • C

    Hyperloop

Question 7

+2 marksOne or more correct options

What are the inputs for an order-upto-level calculation?

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Sales forecast

  2. B

    Lead time

  3. C

    On-hand inventory

  4. D

    Safety stock

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Correct answers

  • A

    Sales forecast

  • B

    Lead time

  • C

    On-hand inventory

Question 8

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following is/are considered in the Vehicle Routing Problem but not considered in TSP?

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Subtour elimination

  2. B

    Any capacity restrictions

  3. C

    A specific starting point

  4. D

    Distance travelled restriction

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Correct answers

  • B

    Any capacity restrictions

  • C

    A specific starting point

Question 9

+2 marksOne or more correct options

Which of the following supply chain costs is/are affected by distribution network structure?

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Inventory

  2. B

    Transportation

  3. C

    Facilities and handling

  4. D

    Information

  5. E

    Price

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Correct answers

  • A

    Inventory

  • B

    Transportation

  • C

    Facilities and handling

  • D

    Information

Question 10

+1 markNumerical answer

Calculate the Metropolitan distance between two machines located at the coordinates A(5,10) and B (2,6) in a shop floor.

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Correct answer: 7 (accepted within ±0.2)

Question 11

+1.5 marksNumerical answer

Suppose a company wants to expand its logistics network and locate a new warehouse within a network of three existing facilities. The coordinates of the existing warehouses are: A(200,50), B(300,100), C(100,150) and the respective outbound goods volumes are 2500 units, 1300 units, 5000 units. Determine the location of the new warehouse (round off the answer to the nearest integer)
What is the x-coordinate of new warehouse?

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Correct answer: 158

Question 12

+1.5 marksNumerical answer

A factory works for two 8 hour shifts each day and produces a total of 24,000 electric bulbs using a set of workstations. There are 8 activities required to manufacture the bulb, such that the sum of all activity times is equal to 12 seconds. What is the cycle time (in seconds) at any workstations (round your answer to one decimal place)?

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Correct answer: 2.4 (accepted within ±0.1)

Question 13

+1 markOne or more correct options

Select the correct statements from below:

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method will result in a region

  2. B

    Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method rarely matches the center of gravity

  3. C

    Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method will result in a point

  4. D

    Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method matches the centre of gravity in not of the cases

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Correct answers

  • B

    Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method rarely matches the center of gravity

  • C

    Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method will result in a point

Question 14

+1 markOne or more correct options

Which are the two primary tasks of time series forecasting?

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Identifying pattern

  2. B

    Identify variables of interest

  3. C

    Discovering relationships amongst variables of interest

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Correct answers

  • A

    Identifying pattern

  • C

    Discovering relationships amongst variables of interest

Question 15

+1 markOne or more correct options

Which of the following example(s) can be referred as seasonal pattern?

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Economic recission

  2. B

    Increases Ceiling Fan sales during winters

  3. C

    Increased tourist footfall towards the end of the year

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Correct answers

  • B

    Increases Ceiling Fan sales during winters

  • C

    Increased tourist footfall towards the end of the year

Question 16

+1 markNumerical answer

Bluescope company estimates its ordering cost at Rs 400 and carrying cost to be Rs. 2/year/unit. The estimated annual requirement is 10,000 units at a unit price of Rs. 10. Calculate the given subquestions:

What is the economic order quantity (EOQ)?

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Correct answer: 2000

Question 17

+1 markNumerical answer

Bluescope company estimates its ordering cost at Rs 400 and carrying cost to be Rs. 2/year/unit. The estimated annual requirement is 10,000 units at a unit price of Rs. 10. Calculate the given subquestions:

Calculate the number of orders per year.

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Correct answer: 5

Question 18

+1 markNumerical answer

Bluescope company estimates its ordering cost at Rs 400 and carrying cost to be Rs. 2/year/unit. The estimated annual requirement is 10,000 units at a unit price of Rs. 10. Calculate the given subquestions:

Calculate the annual inventory carrying cost.

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Correct answer: 2000

Question 19

+1 markNumerical answer

Bluescope company estimates its ordering cost at Rs 400 and carrying cost to be Rs. 2/year/unit. The estimated annual requirement is 10,000 units at a unit price of Rs. 10. Calculate the given subquestions:

While rechecked, Bluescope company finds that the order cost should have been 20% more than the currently estimated value. What should be the percentage increase in the EOQ in this case? Enter your answer without the ‘%’ symbol.

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Correct answer: 9.5 (accepted within ±0.1)

Question 20

+1 markNumerical answer

Consider the following precedence diagram. It has 12 activities. The numbers in blue and within the braces denote the respective activity times in minute.

Answer the given subquestions based on the above diagram.

What is the minimum cycle time of the system? (in minutes)

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Correct answer: 12

Question 21

+1 markNumerical answer

Consider the following precedence diagram. It has 12 activities. The numbers in blue and within the braces denote the respective activity times in minute.

Answer the given subquestions based on the above diagram.

What is the maximum cycle time of the system? (in minutes)

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Correct answer: 85

Question 22

+1 markOne correct option

Consider the following precedence diagram. It has 12 activities. The numbers in blue and within the braces denote the respective activity times in minute.

Answer the given subquestions based on the above diagram.

The factory works for one 8 hour shifts each day. Is it possible to achieve an output of 32 units/day,

  1. A

    Yes

  2. B

    No

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Correct answer

  • A

    Yes

Question 23

+2 marksOne correct option

Select the correct form of internet from column B corresponding to the example in Column A.

  1. A

    A1: B3, A2: B2, A3:B4

  2. B

    A1: B2, A2: B3, A3:B1

  3. C

    A1: B3, A2: B2, A3:B1

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Correct answer

  • C

    A1: B3, A2: B2, A3:B1

Question 24

+2 marksOne correct option
  1. A

    Exponential smoothing

  2. B

    Winter’s model for seasonality

  3. C

    Holt’s method for trend

  4. D

    None of these

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Correct answer

  • C

    Holt’s method for trend

Question 25

+2 marksOne correct option

Which of the following is not an example of digitization?

  1. A

    Creating the e -copy of a book using Google-Lens

  2. B

    Generating an automated daily sales report across the retail outlets in a state.

  3. C

    Converting a physical 2D sheet to CAD drawing

  4. D

    Converting physical invoice to e-copy

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Correct answer

  • B

    Generating an automated daily sales report across the retail outlets in a state.

Question 26

+1 markOne correct option

What does the state variable represent?

  1. A

    The city Ramu should visit next in a stage

  2. B

    The beginning city in every stages

  3. C

    Distance covered upto a given stage

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Correct answer

  • B

    The beginning city in every stages

Question 27

+1 markOne correct option

What does the action set represents?

  1. A

    The city Ramu should visit next in a stage

  2. B

    The beginning city in every stages

  3. C

    Distance covered upto a given stage

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Correct answer

  • A

    The city Ramu should visit next in a stage

Question 28

+2 marksNumerical answer

What is the objective function value in Stage-2?

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Correct answer: 16

Question 29

+1.5 marksOne correct option

What is the optimal route?

  1. A

    1 -> 4 -> 6 -> 7

  2. B

    1 -> 4 -> 5 -> 7

  3. C

    1 -> 3 -> 6 -> 7

  4. D

    1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7

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Correct answer

  • B

    1 -> 4 -> 5 -> 7

Question 30

+1.5 marksNumerical answer

Suppose you need to accept reservation for a flight. There are total 100 seats in the aircraft. You have two classes of passengers-economy and business. One economy seat gets you 2,500 Rs of revenue while a business seat gets 7,500 Rs. From your experience, you know the demand for business travellers follows a uniform distribution in [10,20]. Then answer the given subquestions:

What is the Booking limit?

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Correct answer: 17

Question 31

+2 marksNumerical answer

Suppose you need to accept reservation for a flight. There are total 100 seats in the aircraft. You have two classes of passengers-economy and business. One economy seat gets you 2,500 Rs of revenue while a business seat gets 7,500 Rs. From your experience, you know the demand for business travellers follows a uniform distribution in [10,20]. Then answer the given subquestions:

What is the protection level?

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Correct answer: 83

Question 32

+1 markNumerical answer

Ramu puts up a stall for Diwali Light (Diya) every year. He builds a Diya at a cost of Rs. 2 and sells for Rs. 4. Any Diya not sold by Diwali will be discounted to 50 Paisa. From his experience, Ramu knows that the demand is Uniformly Distributed within [800, 1000] units. Then answer the given sub questions

What is the Critical Ratio? Round off your answer to two decimal places.

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Correct answer: 0.55 (accepted within ±0.05)

Question 33

+1 markNumerical answer

Ramu puts up a stall for Diwali Light (Diya) every year. He builds a Diya at a cost of Rs. 2 and sells for Rs. 4. Any Diya not sold by Diwali will be discounted to 50 Paisa. From his experience, Ramu knows that the demand is Uniformly Distributed within [800, 1000] units. Then answer the given sub questions

What is the optimal order quantity that minimizes Ramu’s total cost?

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Correct answer: 914 (accepted within ±2)

Question 34

+2 marksNumerical answer

Ramu puts up a stall for Diwali Light (Diya) every year. He builds a Diya at a cost of Rs. 2 and sells for Rs. 4. Any Diya not sold by Diwali will be discounted to 50 Paisa. From his experience, Ramu knows that the demand is Uniformly Distributed within [800, 1000] units. Then answer the given sub questions

Percentage change in the order quantity if the demand support changes to [500,700]? Percentage change = (Q new Qold )/Qold
Enter your answer in percentage without ‘%’ symbol and rounded off to zero decimal. E.g. if your answer is 0.1234 then enter your answer as 12

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Correct answer: -33 (accepted within ±3)