Unit: 6 Plant Location and Plant Layout Short Questions
Unit: 6 Plant Location and Plant Layout
Multiple Choice Questions 1.0
1. Which of the following is NOT a primary factor affecting plant location decisions?
- a) Availability of raw materials
- b) Nearness to the market
- c) Availability of basic facilities
- d) Government policies
Answer: c) Availability of basic facilities
2. Which factor plays a crucial role in minimizing transportation costs and providing quick services to customers?
- a) Availability of raw materials
- b) Nearness to the market
- c) Availability of labour
- d) Transport facilities
Answer: b) Nearness to the market
3. What is the main purpose of plant layout?
- a) Maximizing transportation costs
- b) Minimizing material handling
- c) Increasing production delays
- d) Reducing employee satisfaction
Answer: b) Minimizing material handling
4. Which principle of plant layout emphasizes the effective utilization of all available space?
- a) Minimum Movement
- b) Space Utilization
- c) Flexibility
- d) Overall Integration
Answer: b) Space Utilization
5. Which type of plant layout arranges machines in the sequence required to produce a specific product?
- a) Product Layout
- b) Process Layout
- c) Fixed Position Layout
- d) Combination Layout
Answer: a) Product Layout
6. Which type of material handling equipment moves in a fixed path?
- a) Industrial trucks
- b) Cranes and hoists
- c) Conveyors
- d) Robots
Answer: c) Conveyors
7. Which material handling device is most suitable for handling heavy materials through overhead space?
- a) Industrial trucks
- b) Cranes and hoists
- c) Conveyors
- d) Robots
Answer: b) Cranes and hoists
8. What is the main advantage of using industrial trucks for material handling?
- a) They are permanently fixed in one place.
- b) They can move heavy materials through overhead space.
- c) They are less flexible than conveyors.
- d) They can move between various points and handle various sizes and shapes of material.
Answer: d) They can move between various points and handle various sizes and shapes of material.
9. Which material handling device is capable of performing tasks such as welding or spray painting?
- a) Containers
- b) Robots
- c) Conveyors
- d) Cranes and hoists
Answer: b) Robots
Fill in the blanks Questions 1.0
1. Plant location decisions are influenced by factors such as availability of __________.
Answer: raw materials
2. Plant layout aims to minimize __________ by maintaining balance in processes.
Answer: material handling
3. In a product layout, machines are arranged in the sequence required to produce a specific __________.
Answer: product
4. Job-shop production involves the production of __________ products.
Answer: unique
5. __________ equipment moves in a fixed path and includes conveyors and monorail devices.
Answer: Fixed path
6. __________ layout arranges machines based on similar types of operations.
Answer: Process
7. Cranes and hoists are used to move heavy materials through __________ space.
Answer: overhead
8. Industrial trucks are more flexible than conveyors as they can move between various points and handle various sizes and shapes of __________.
Answer: material
9. __________ production involves the continuous production of standardized products on a large scale.
Answer: Mass
10. Material handling devices such as robots are capable of performing tasks such as __________ or spray painting.
Answer: welding