Part III - Objective Questions (17 points) 1. (3 points) Consider the two processes shown below. Which one will have on average the higher total production outcome (i.e., total number of products produced in a given time period)? a) Process A b) Process B c) On average, they will have the same total production outcome. 2. (2 points) What happens in Process B above if the buffer size increases from 2 to 10 ? a) Throughput time increases b) Throughput time decreases c) Starving increases d) Throughput rate decreases e) Nothing changes 3. ( 2 points) Assume that there are on average 45 students in my undergraduate class for every quiz. It took me 90 minutes to grade all responses to Quiz 1. After several Grande Americanos from Starbucks, it took me 50 minutes to grade all responses to Quiz 2. What was the percent change in my productivity? a) 88.89% b) 80% c) 80% d) 44.4% e) 44.4% 4. (2 points) On a typical weekday in January, 4200 customers visit the local Wal-Mart. It is estimated that, on average, there are 350 customers in the store. Assuming that the store is open 14 hours a day, how much time does the average customer spend in the store? a) 7min b) 20min c) 14 hours d) 1.167 hours e) None of these