PRODUCTION AND

PRODUCTIVITY
 SELF TEST
1. Productivity increases when :
a. Inputs increase while outputs remains the same
b. Inputs decrease while outputs remains the same
c. Output decrease while inputs remains the same
d. Inputs and outputs increase proportionately
e. Inputs increase at the same rate as outputs

2. Productivity increases each year in the US are the result

of three factors :
a.Labor, capital, management
b.Engineering, labor, capital
c.Engineering, capital, quality control
d.Engineering, labor, data processing
e.Engineering, capital, data processing
 SELF TEST
3. Which appears to provide the best opportunity for
increases in productivity?
a. Labor
b. Capital
c. Management
d. Engineering

4. When returns to labor, capital, or management are

increased without increased productivity, prices :
a. Rise
b. Fall
c. Stay the same
d. Unable to determine
 PROBLEMS
5. Problem in the measurement of productivity include :
a. The unknown effect of external elements
b. The absence of precise units of measure
c. The effects of quality over time
d. All of the above

6. The Person wjo introduced standardized, interchangeable

parts was :
a. Eli Whitney
b. Henry Ford
c. Adam Smith
d. W. Edwards Deming
e. Frederick W. Taylor
 SELF TEST
1. Productivity increases when :
a. Inputs increase while outputs remains the same
b. Inputs decrease while outputs remains the same
c. Output decrease while inpus remains the same
d. Inputs and outputs increase proportionately
e. Inputs increase at the same rate as outputs

2. Productivity increases each year in the US are the result

of three factors :
a.Labor, capital, management
b.Engineering, labor, capital
c.Engineering, capital, quality control
d.Engineering, labor, data processing
e.Engineering, capital, data processing
 SELF TEST
3. Which appears to provide the best opportunity for
increases in productivity?
a. Labor
b. Capital
c. Management
d. Engineering

4. When returns to labor, capital, or management are

increased without increased productivity, prices :
a. Rise
b. Fall
c. Stay the same
d. Unable to determine
 PROBLEMS
5. Problem in the measurement of productivity include :
a. The unknown effect of external elements
b. The absence of precise units of measure
c. The effects of quality over time
d. All of the above

6. The Person who introduced standardized,

interchangeable parts was :
a. Eli Whitney
b. Henry Ford
c. Adam Smith
d. W. Edwards Deming
e. Frederick W. Taylor