$1.$A process is replicated in another country where wages are $50$ percent lower. Staffing and processing times are identical. What would be the effect on the costs of direct labor?

a$.$ Costs of direct labor would be $50$ percent lower.

b$.$ Costs of direct labor would be the same.

c$.$ Costs of direct labor would be $50$ percent higher.

d$.$ Cannot determine from the given information.

$2.$You and three of your friends run a car wash for a fund$-$raiser. Between interior and exterior cleaning, you spend about $40$ minutes per vehicle. You are so successful that the next day you invite four more friends to help. How does this impact the labor content?

a$.$ The labor content goes up$.$

b$.$ The labor content stays the same.

c$.$ The labor content goes down.

d$.$ Cannot determine from the given information.

$3.$A nonbottleneck worker currently has an idle time of $20$ seconds per unit. Because of the large demand, the company improves the process by adding more capacity to the bottleneck. How does this impact the idle time of the worker?

a$.$ The idle time would decrease.

b$.$ The idle time would stay the same.

c$.$ The idle time would increase.

d$.$ Cannot determine from the given information.

$4.$A group of workers works really hard. In fact, they work so hard that one of them claims to have an average labor utilization of $120$ percent. Is that possible?

a$.$ Yes

b$.$ No

$5.$The bottleneck resource in a process has the least idle time. True or false?

a$.$ True

b$.$ False