Question 1
Identify the Industry 4.0 version of transportation.
IC engine
Electric car
Hyperloop
Industry 4.0 Quiz 1: 26 February 2023, Set QPE3 (January 2023 term)
The IIT Madras BS Industry 4.0 (Industry 4.0) Quiz 1 paper sat on 26 Feb 2023, in the January 2023 term, set QPE3: 11 questions for 20 marks in 120 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.
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Hyperloop
Question 2
What brought the second industrial revolution?
Electric Power
Mechanization
Computer
Robotics
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Electric Power
Question 3
The Production rate of an assembly line is determined by its
Slowest station
Fastest station
Idle station
None of these
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Slowest station
Question 4
Which of the following is an advantage of Product Layout?
Small in-process inventory
It can accommodate high variety of products
High utilization of machines
Low investment
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Small in-process inventory
Question 5
A factory works for two 8-hour shifts each day and produces a total of 30,000 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).
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Correct answer: 1.85 (accepted within ±0.15)
Question 6
Select the correct example for fixed position layout from the following list:
A Fine-Dine restaurant
Buffet dinner in a wedding function
A Google doc shared among the team members of a project
Assembly line in an automobile company
Your local branch of State Bank of India
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A Fine-Dine restaurant
A Google doc shared among the team members of a project
Question 7
Select the correct statements from below:
Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method willresult in a region
Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method rarelymatches the center of gravity
Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method willresult in a point
Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean methodmatches the center of gravity in not of the cases
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Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method rarelymatches the center of gravity
Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method willresult in a point
Question 8
Identify the examples for Offshoring from the list below:
Shell, an oil company based in Netherlands, setting up a data science team inIndia.
Western Australia’s electricity network agency assigns Tata ConsultancyServices at Pune, to support it with an overhaul of its legacy IT systems, aimed at deliveringcheaper and more reliable power.
Target Corporation, a retail giant based in US, setting up Supply ChainOptimization team at Bengaluru.
Tata Motors assigns the manufacturing of its braking system to TACO group.
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Shell, an oil company based in Netherlands, setting up a data science team inIndia.
Target Corporation, a retail giant based in US, setting up Supply ChainOptimization team at Bengaluru.
Question 9
The ten activities specified below are to be performed to make a product. Then answer the given subquestions
The ten activities specified below are to be performed to make a product. Then answer the given subquestions
Which of the following is/are an allowable grouping of activities to produce the product if the target is to produce a product every 20 minutes?
(A3)-(A1,A4)-(A2,A5,A6)-(A8)-(A10,A9)-(A7)-Output
(A3,A2)-(A1,A4)-(A5,A6)-(A8)-(A10,A9)-(A7)-Output
(A2,A5,A6)-(A1,A4)-(A3)-(A8)-(A10,A9)-(A7)-Output
(A3)-(A1,A4,A2)-(A8)-(A10,A9)-(A7)-Output
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(A3)-(A1,A4)-(A2,A5,A6)-(A8)-(A10,A9)-(A7)-Output
Question 10
The ten activities specified below are to be performed to make a product. Then answer the given subquestions
The ten activities specified below are to be performed to make a product. Then answer the given subquestions
What is the balance delay for the line (or lines) identified in the main question? (Enter your answer in % rounded to two decimal places, without the percentage symbol. Eg. If you compute the answer as 0.10005, then enter 10.01 as your answer)
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Correct answer: 9.15 (accepted within ±0.05)
Question 11
A factory has three work centers as shown in the picture below. The time required at each centers are shown in the bracket. Calculate the efficiency of the system. (Enter your answer in % rounded to two decimal places, without the percentage symbol. Eg. If you compute the answer as 0.10005, then enter 10.01 as your answer)
A factory has three work centers as shown in the picture below. The time required at each centers are shown in the bracket. Calculate the efficiency of the system. (Enter your answer in % rounded to two decimal places, without the percentage symbol. Eg. If you compute the answer as 0.10005, then enter 10.01 as your answer)
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Correct answer: 87.5 (accepted within ±0.5)