Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Twelfth Edition

Self Test

• Before taking the self-test, refer to the learning objectives listed at the beginning of the chapter and the key terms listed at the end of the chapter.

1. LO 8.1 The factors involved in location decisions include

   1. foreign exchange.

   2. attitudes.

   3. labor productivity.

   4. all of the above.

2. LO 8.2 If Fender Guitar pays $30 per day to a worker in its Ensenada, Mexico, plant, and the employee completes four instruments per 8-hour day, the labor cost/unit is

   1. $30.00.

   2. $3.75.

   3. $7.50.

   4. $4.00.

   5. $8.00.

3. LO 8.3 Evaluating location alternatives by comparing their composite (weighted-average) scores involves

   1. factor-rating analysis.

   2. cost–volume analysis.

   3. transportation model analysis.

   4. linear regression analysis.

   5. crossover analysis.

4. LO 8.4 On ...