Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

INTRO TO IE > Midterms > Flashcards

Midterms Flashcards

1
Q

Scientific study and body of knowledge of human abilities, limitations, and characteristics for the appropriate design of the living

A

Ergonomics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Study of problems of people to their environment

A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Science that seeks to adapt work or working conditions to suit the worker

A

Ergonomics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Focuses on safety and comfort of workers

A

Ergonomics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Concentrates on human performance

A

Human factors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Emerged from a military background

A

Human factors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Aspect of ergonomics to ensure safe working environments

A

Safety

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Aspect of ergonomics that focuses on the human body’s physical structure

A

Anatomical factors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Study on human body movement

A

Anthropometry

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Study on exertion of forces by the body

A

Biomechanics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Study on the body’s ability to produce energy and use it for performance of work

A

Physiology of effort

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Study on the influence of work environment on the body

A

Industrial physiology

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Uses techniques like method study and work measurement to understand human work potential

A

Work study

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Scientific process to better job design

A

Method study

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Born in Fairfield Maine on 1868

A

Frank Bunker Gilbreth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Studied fastest workers to teach maximum efficiency

A

Frank Gilbreth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Technique which involved attaching flashing lights to a workers fingers

A

Cylograph technique

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Book written by the Gilbreth children

A

Cheaper by the dozen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Father of scientific management

A

Frederick Winslow Taylor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Made sure that employees were putting in fair days work

A

Frederick Taylor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Used to directly observe tasks and record the time to complete them

A

Time study technique

22
Q

Combination of time study technique and motion and fatigue study

A

Time and motion study technique

23
Q

Remained a fundamental practice for modern lean organizations

A

Time and motion study technique

24
Q

Used to determine the best methods for completing actions within the required time

A

Time and motion studies

25
Q

Scientific approach to measuring recording and analyzing the time It takes to perform actions

A

Time study

26
Q

Understanding the movement that take place when actions are performed

A

Motion study

27
Q

Affects the machine operation maintenance, quality and efficiency

A

Physical process

28
Q

Required a compact comfortable work environment

A

Dexterity

29
Q

Combines a sequence of operations

A

Manufacturing process

30
Q

Study of the properties of solid msterials

A

Industrial materials and processes

31
Q

Subject of professional safety studies

A

Basic occupational safety and health

32
Q

Leading factor for building a good OSH

A

Industrial engineering

33
Q

Hierarchy: to eliminate hazard from a process

A

Elimination of hazard

34
Q

Hierarchy: substitute risk with safer slternative

A

Substitution of hazard

35
Q

Hierarchy: put control on the hazard

A

Engineering control

36
Q

Hierarchy: enforcing workforce to comply with safety standards

A

Administrative control

37
Q

Hierarchy: involves wearing safeguards

A

Ensuring personal protective equipment

38
Q

Design to serve the target customers needs

A

Supply chain

39
Q

Area that deals with the production of goods and services

A

Operations management

40
Q

Concerned with managing the process that converts inputs into output

A

Operations management

41
Q

About the technical method for achieving success in quality control

A

Quality control

42
Q

Supply chain strategy that is Appropriate for change that are focused on execution efficiencies and cost performance

A

Stable

43
Q

Supply chain strategy that works well when the chain acts to fulfill demand from trade partners

A

Reactive

44
Q

Supply chain strategy that focuses on the efficiency in cost management and on the total delivered cost of finished goods

A

Efficient reactive

45
Q

Arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company

A

Vertical supply chain management

46
Q

Expanding a business by acquiring a similar company in the same industry

A

Horizontal integration management

47
Q

Stages of supply chain where organization lacks internal definition and goals

A

Multiple dysfunction

48
Q

Stage of supply chain management where there is an improvement and effectiveness efficiency and quality within function areas

A

Semi functional enterprise

49
Q

A stage of supply chain management where it is fully integrated between departments using enterprise resource planning

A

Integrated entrprise

50
Q

Stage of supply chain management for there is a complete sharing of information across integrated networks

A

Extended enterprise

INTRO TO IE (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions