Please just choose the answer without explanation and even if you are not sure just choose the answer that you think is correct

1. The transfer of some of what are traditional internal activities and resources of a firm to outside vendors is

a. a standard use of the make or buy decision

b. not allowed by the ethics code of the Supply Management Institute

c. offshoring

d. outsourcing

2. East Texas Seasonings is preparing to build one processing center to serve its four sources of seasonings. The four source locations are at coordinates shown below. Also, the volume from each source is provided. What is the center of gravity?

Location	X-coordinate	Y-coordinate	Volume
Athens, Texas	1	8	10
Beaumont, Texas	6	7	35
Carthage, Texas	6	2	25
Denton, Texas	4	7	50

a. X =4.75, Y =6.04

b. X =17, Y =24

c. X =33.5, Y =135.4

d. X =6, Y =4.25

3. A Three Sigma program has how many defects per million?

a. 34

b. 3

c. 3 times the standard deviation

d. 2700

4. A product-focused process is commonly used to produce

a. high-volume, high-variety products

b. low-volume, high-variety products

c. high-volume, low-variety products

d. low-variety products at either high or low-volume

5. What is the approximate forecast for May using a four-month moving average?

Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	April
39	36	40	42	48	46

a.38

b.42

c.44

d.43

6. Which of the following is not one of the four main types of inventory?

a. raw material inventory

b. work-in-process inventory

c. maintenance/repair/operating supply inventory

d. safety stock inventory

7. Gibson Valves produces cast bronze valves on an assembly line. If 1600 valves are produced in an 8-hour shift, the productivity of the line is

a. 2 valves/hour

b. 40 valves/ hour

c. 80 valves/ hour

d. 200 valves/ hour

8. Which of these aggregate planning strategies adjusts capacity to match demand?

a. back ordering

b. using part-time workers

c. counterseasonal product mixing

d. changing price

9. Five jobs are waiting for processing through two work centers. Their processing time (in minutes) at each work center is contained in the table below. Each job requires work center Sigma before work center Delta. According to Johnson's rule, what sequence of jobs will minimize the completion time for all jobs?

Job	Sigma	Delta
R	40	10
S	25	30
T	50	20
U	35	35
V	55	15

a. R-S-T-U-V

b. S-V-T-R-U

c. S-U-T-V-R

d. V-R-U-S-T

10. A product's life cycle is divided into four stages, which are

a. introduction, growth, saturation, and maturity

b. introduction, growth, stability, and decline

c. introduction, maturity, saturation, and decline

d. introduction, growth, maturity, and decline