List of top Production and Industrial Engineering Questions

Match the following group 1 (charts) with group 2 (use) and select the correct option.

Postman needs to visit all 5 geographically distributed post offices beginning and ending at the same post office and without visiting any other post office twice. We need to find the optimum path for the postman so that he covers the minimum possible distance. This is an example of:

Thermit welding is a form of:

When the total allocations of a transportation problem are less than the sum of the number of supply point and demand point values, the solution is called ....... solution.

Seam-welding is:

The solidification of an alloy from one phase to another phase without changes in chemical composition is called:

In slush casting, .......... is used.

An instrument which is designed to eliminate the personal element of feel when setting a measuring equipment for measurement is known as:

When using the SPC methodology, a system is said to be stable when:

Which of the following algorithms considers all pairs of shortest paths?

Details of activities of a project are given as

The time required, in days, to complete the project along the critical path is (in integer).

A system shown in figure has seven components with reliabilities \[ R_A = 0.96, \, R_B = 0.92, \, R_C = 0.94, \, R_D = 0.89, \, R_E = 0.95, \, R_F = 0.88, \, R_G = 0.90. \] The reliability of the system is ................. (round off to 2 decimal places).

The information of two products P and Q is given as

There are four locations (P, Q, R, S) and four factors to be considered for setting up a facility. The scores (on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the maximum) for the given locations and the weight assigned to each factor are given as

The best location for setting up the facility is

The dual of a LPP is
Minimize $w = 4w_1 + 6w_2 + 5w_3 - w_4$

Match the products to be manufactured with the given metal working processes.

Match the recording techniques used in method study with the most appropriate application areas.

Six jobs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) undergo drilling, followed by reaming operation. The time required for each operation is given as \[ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Job} & \text{Drilling (min)} & \text{Reaming (min)} \\ \hline 1 & 30 & 40 \\ 2 & 30 & 15 \\ 3 & 60 & 40 \\ 4 & 20 & 25 \\ 5 & 35 & 28 \\ 6 & 45 & 70 \\ \hline \end{array} \] The sequence of processing the jobs, using the Johnson’s rule, is

A massless beam is fixed at one end and supported on a roller at other end. A point force $P$ is applied at the midpoint of the beam as shown in figure. The reaction at the roller support is

Match the machine elements with their functions.

Given, $z(x, y) = e^{x - 2y}$, where $x(t) = e^t$ and $y(t) = e^{-t}$. All the variables are real. The total differential $\frac{dz}{dt}$ is

A wooden cubical block of side 0.1 m has specific gravity (SG) of 0.75. It is held submerged in a pool of oil and water by a massless rigid wire as shown in the figure. The density of water is 1000 kg/m$^3$ and acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s$^2$. The tension, in N, in the wire is ................. (round off to 2 decimal places).

Travel details of two persons P and Q travelling from city X to city Y are given as: \[ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Person} & \text{Mode of travel} & \text{Monetary worth of functions} & \text{Ticket cost} \\ & & \text{(travel time and comfort), in Rupees} & \text{in Rupees} \\ \hline P & \text{Aircraft} & 8000 & 4000 \\ Q & \text{Train} & 2000 & 2000 \\ \hline \end{array} \] The positive difference in value of travel between the two modes is ................. (in integer).

Transformation matrix to translate a point P from (10, 15) to (15, 25) is

A symbol for surface texture parameters is shown in the figure. The difference between maximum and minimum values of surface roughness ($R_a$) is