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. 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. 6. Which of the following statements about takt time and cycle time is true? a. Takt time only depends on demand, not capacity. Cycle time does depend on capacity. b. Takt time only depends on capacity, not demand. Cycle time depends on demand. c. Takt time and cycle time only depend on capacity. d. Takt time and cycle time only depend on demand. 11. Which of the following actions does not relate to off-loading the bottleneck? a. Reassigning activities to other, nonbottleneck resources b. Automating some of the activities at the bottleneck c. Increasing wages for production workers d. Outsourcing some of the bottleneck activities