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  • A. $5,000
  • B. $14,000
  • C. $4,000
  • D. $9,000

Explanation: Under throughput accounting, throughput contribution equals total revenue minus direct material cost, because direct materials are treated…

Correct answer: $4,000
  • A. customer measures
  • B. financial measures
  • C. measures of growth and learning
  • D. measures of internal business processes

Explanation: On-time performance and customer-response time show how well the organisation serves its customers, so they are customer measures.

Correct answer: customer measures
  • A. costs of quality
  • B. costs of learning
  • C. costs of reengineering
  • D. costs of spoilage inventory

Explanation: Costs incurred to prevent defective or low-quality output belong to the quality-cost category, specifically prevention costs within that…

Correct answer: costs of quality
  • A. manufacturing cycle efficiency
  • B. value added manufacturing time
  • C. responding time
  • D. delivery time

Explanation: Manufacturing cycle efficiency equals value-added manufacturing time divided by total manufacturing time, so multiplying total…

Correct answer: value added manufacturing time
  • A. relevant costing diagram
  • B. cause and effect diagram
  • C. control chart
  • D. pareto diagram

Explanation: A control chart plots successive observations of a process at regular intervals and compares them with control limits to detect unusual…

Correct answer: control chart
  • A. measures of growth and learning
  • B. measures of internal business processes
  • C. customer measures
  • D. financial measures

Explanation: Setup time, manufacturing cycle efficiency, and manufacturing time measure how effectively the organisation converts inputs into products…

Correct answer: measures of internal business processes
  • A. manufacturing lead time
  • B. manufacturing cycle time
  • C. customer response time
  • D. system process time

Explanation: Customer response time covers the complete period from placing an order to receiving delivery.

Correct answer: customer response time
  • A. employee satisfaction
  • B. employee turnover
  • C. employee training
  • D. employee failures

Explanation: Employee satisfaction is measured by dividing employees reporting high satisfaction by the total number surveyed.

Correct answer: employee satisfaction
  • A. throughput costs
  • B. investments
  • C. operating costs
  • D. marginal costsSearch Public Records

Explanation: These costs are classified as investments because they represent resources committed to production capability and future benefits…

Correct answer: investments
  • A. statistical process control
  • B. statistical failure control
  • C. statistical control of prevention cost
  • D. statistical control of sunk cost

Explanation: Statistical quality control uses statistical techniques to monitor and control a production process, so it is also called statistical…

Correct answer: statistical process control
  • A. manufacturing efficiency time
  • B. manufacturing cycle time
  • C. responding time
  • D. value chain time

Explanation: Manufacturing cycle time includes the time spent manufacturing plus the time an order waits within the production process.

Correct answer: manufacturing cycle time
  • A. measures of growth and learning
  • B. measures of internal business processes
  • C. customer measures
  • D. financial measuresGet Quality Software

Explanation: Inventory carrying costs and discounts granted because of delayed deliveries affect revenue, costs, and profitability, making them…

Correct answer: financial measuresGet Quality Software
  • A. employee turnover ratio
  • B. employee empowerment ratio
  • C. employee satisfaction ratio
  • D. employee training percentage

Explanation: Employee turnover ratio measures the rate at which employees leave and is calculated as employees who left divided by average employees.

Correct answer: employee turnover ratio
  • A. 0.6
  • B. 0.5
  • C. 0.2
  • D. 0.7

Explanation: The ratio is calculated as 40 divided by 200, giving 0.20, or 20%. This measures the proportion of the workforce that left during the…

Correct answer: 0.2
  • A. throughput costs
  • B. investments
  • C. operating costs
  • D. marginal costs

Explanation: Operating costs are the ongoing costs of running production and business operations, including wages, depreciation, utilities and rent.

Correct answer: operating costs
  • A. statistical process control
  • B. statistical failure control
  • C. statistical control of prevention cost
  • D. statistical control of sunk costGet Quality Software

Explanation: Statistical process control uses statistical techniques to distinguish natural random variation from unusual, assignable variation in a…

Correct answer: statistical process control
  • A. 42.625
  • B. 36.724
  • C. 32.625
  • D. 41.625

Explanation: Manufacturing cycle efficiency equals value-added manufacturing time divided by total manufacturing time.

Correct answer: 32.625
  • A. relevant costing diagram
  • B. cause and effect diagram
  • C. control chart
  • D. Pareto chart

Explanation: A Pareto chart displays the frequency or relative importance of defects, helping identify which defects occur most often.

Correct answer: Pareto chart
  • A. effective performance
  • B. efficient performance
  • C. in-time performance
  • D. on-time performance

Explanation: On-time performance measures whether goods or services are delivered by the date promised in the contract or order.

Correct answer: on-time performance
  • A. manufacturing lead time
  • B. manufacturing cycle efficiency
  • C. customer response time
  • D. system process time

Explanation: Manufacturing lead time is the elapsed time from placing an order until the product is completed.

Correct answer: manufacturing lead time