Lesson 2.4.1

2.4.1 Production methods, productivity and efficiency Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Business, Unit 2

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. Which production method involves producing a single, unique item tailored to customer requirements?

    • Job production
    • Cell production
    • Flow production
    • Batch production

  2. Which method of production is most suited to producing identical products in large volumes on a continuous line?

    • Job production
    • Batch production
    • Flow production
    • Cell production

  3. Which method of production involves making a group of identical products that move through the process together?

    • Flow production
    • Batch production
    • Job production
    • Cell production

  4. Which production method organises workers into multi-skilled teams completing whole units of work?

    • Job production
    • Cell production
    • Batch production
    • Flow production

  5. Which method is most likely to be used by a business making custom-built yachts?

    • Job production
    • Mass production
    • Flow production
    • Batch production

  6. What is the standard formula for calculating business productivity?

    • Output per input
    • Profit per output
    • Cost per unit
    • Sales per employee

  7. A factory produces 1,200 units in a week with 40 workers. What is labour productivity per worker per week?

    • 48,000 units
    • 1,160 units
    • 0.033 units
    • 30 units

  8. Which strategy is most likely to directly increase labour productivity in a factory?

    • Increasing buffer stock
    • Reducing capacity utilisation
    • Staff training
    • Lowering selling prices

  9. How does higher productivity directly improve a firm's market competitiveness?

    • Lowers unit costs
    • Reduces product quality
    • Raises break-even output
    • Increases fixed costs

  10. In operations management, efficiency is achieved when a business produces at what?

    • Maximum stock level
    • Highest selling price
    • Maximum workforce size
    • Minimum average cost

  11. Which operational change directly improves productive efficiency within a factory?

    • Waste minimisation
    • Raising product prices
    • Increasing buffer stock
    • Extending credit terms

  12. Which feature characterises a labour-intensive production process?

    • High workforce reliance
    • Heavy machinery usage
    • High automation levels
    • High capital investment

  13. Which feature characterises a capital-intensive production process?

    • High workforce size
    • High craft reliance
    • Manual assembly reliance
    • High automation levels

  14. Switching from labour-intensive to capital-intensive production typically causes what?

    • Lower startup costs
    • Lower capital depreciation
    • Higher variable costs
    • Higher fixed costs

  15. Which production method is best suited for producing unique, customised goods in small quantities?

    • Flow production
    • Mass customisation
    • Job production
    • Line production

  16. What business concept is demonstrated when average cost falls as output increases?

    • Margin of safety
    • Break-even point
    • Diseconomies of scale
    • Economies of scale

  17. What is a primary advantage of using flow production for mass-produced goods?

    • Low unit costs
    • High worker motivation
    • High product flexibility
    • Low capital investment

  18. What is a key benefit of cell production compared to flow production?

    • Higher worker motivation
    • Lower unit costs
    • Lower capital costs
    • Higher output volume

  19. Output per worker in a firm is 80 units daily compared to a rival's 60. What does this show?

    • Higher capacity utilisation
    • Higher average costs
    • Lower total output
    • Higher labour productivity

  20. A business employs 25 workers and produces 3,000 units a week. Its productivity improves to 3,600 units with the same workers. What is the percentage increase in productivity?

    • 3,600%
    • 600%
    • 20%
    • 10%

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