Industrial engineering - Quiz
Industrial engineering
  • 1. What does industrial engineering primarily focus on?
A) Developing new chemical compounds
B) Designing structural bridges
C) Repairing electronic circuit boards
D) Optimizing complex processes, systems, and organizations
  • 2. Which of the following is an example of an industry where industrial engineers work?
A) Culinary arts
B) Marine biology research
C) Aerospace
D) Political campaigning
  • 3. Who is widely credited as the 'father of industrial engineering'?
A) James Gunn
B) Frederick Taylor
C) Eli Whitney
D) Adam Smith
  • 4. Which principle do industrial engineers use to improve quality and productivity while cutting waste?
A) Financial speculation
B) Manual labor reduction
C) Market advertising
D) Lean manufacturing
  • 5. In what year was the American Institute of Industrial Engineering (AIIE) founded?
A) 1911
B) 1885
C) 1901
D) 1948
  • 6. Who is credited with proposing the need for an industrial engineer in 1901?
A) Frank Gilbreth
B) Frederick Taylor
C) James Gunn
D) Eli Whitney
  • 7. What did Frank and Lillian Gilbreth develop for analyzing manual labor?
A) Therbligs
B) Division of labor
C) Interchangeable parts
D) Scientific management
  • 8. Which sciences does industrial engineering draw upon?
A) Political, musical, and culinary sciences
B) Biological, chemical, and earth sciences
C) Historical, linguistic, and artistic sciences
D) Mathematical, physical, and social sciences
  • 9. What was the name of the first department dedicated to industrial engineering established by Frederick Taylor?
A) Elementary Rate Fixing
B) Efficiency and Standards Office
C) Industrial Systems Department
D) Mass Production Bureau
  • 10. Which early concept contributed to the foundations of industrial engineering?
A) The invention of the steam engine
B) Adam Smith's division of labor
C) The creation of digital computing
D) The development of the internet
  • 11. What is a core objective of industrial engineering regarding waste?
A) To reduce waste
B) To increase waste generation for testing
C) To ignore waste
D) To manage hazardous waste disposal
  • 12. Industrial engineering combines principles from engineering, mathematics, and what other field?
A) Business
B) Philosophy
C) Fine arts
D) Literature
  • 13. Which field is listed as a potential subspecialty or related field of industrial engineering?
A) Ergonomics
B) Journalism
C) Botany
D) Architecture
  • 14. The roots of industrial engineering are generally traced back to which period?
A) Renaissance
B) Industrial Revolution
C) Middle Ages
D) Information Age
  • 15. What specific system-related goal did Taylor have for the 'Elementary Rate Fixing' department?
A) Process improvement and productivity increase
B) Reducing the workforce
C) Automating all manual tasks
D) Increasing machinery cost
  • 16. Which historical period saw the emergence of systems engineering principles?
A) World War I
B) The Cold War
C) World War II
D) The Great Depression
  • 17. Which military command's C2 system is cited as an early example of systems engineering?
A) Naval Sea Systems Command
B) Army Signal Corps
C) RAF Fighter Command
D) US Air Force Command
  • 18. Who first publicly used the term 'systems engineering' in March 1950?
A) Kenneth Schlager
B) Arthur Hall
C) Mervin J. Kelly
D) E.W. Engstrom
  • 19. Where did Mervin J. Kelly work when he first used the term 'systems engineering'?
A) Bell Telephone Laboratories
B) NASA
C) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
D) IBM
  • 20. Who published the first paper specifically on systems engineering in 1956?
A) Arthur Hall
B) E.W. Engstrom
C) Goode and Mahol
D) Kenneth Schlager
  • 21. What major 1969 achievement relied on systems engineering?
A) Deployment of the first satellite
B) Apollo moon landing
C) Construction of the Panama Canal
D) First transcontinental flight
  • 22. What was the first formal systems engineering process introduced in 1969?
A) MIL-STD-499
B) INCOSE Standard 1
C) AS9100
D) ISO 9000
  • 23. Which organization introduced MIL-STD-499?
A) U.S. Army
B) U.S. Air Force
C) U.S. Navy
D) NASA
  • 24. What organization did NCOSE evolve into?
A) ASME
B) ISO
C) IEEE
D) INCOSE
  • 25. When was the first edition of the 'Systems Engineering Handbook' published?
A) 1987
B) 1997
C) 1994
D) 2005
  • 26. When did the International Standards Organization publish its first standard for systems engineering?
A) 1969
B) 1994
C) 2005
D) 1997
  • 27. Who defined the traits of a systems engineer and viewed it as a comprehensive process during the 1960s and 1970s?
A) E.W. Engstrom
B) Kenneth Schlager
C) Mervin J. Kelly
D) Arthur Hall
  • 28. What tool did Frederick Taylor develop for time study?
A) Motion camera
B) Stopwatch time study
C) Assembly line
D) Gantt chart
  • 29. Where is the work of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth housed?
A) Stevens Institute of Technology
B) Purdue University
C) Pennsylvania State University
D) Cornell University
  • 30. Who offered the first industrial engineering elective course in 1908?
A) Joseph Juran
B) Frederick Taylor
C) Henry Gantt
D) Hugo Diemer
  • 31. Which university awarded the first doctoral degree in industrial engineering?
A) Cornell University
B) Stevens Institute of Technology
C) Purdue University
D) Pennsylvania State University
  • 32. What management tool is Henry Gantt best known for creating?
A) Gantt chart
B) Stopwatch time study
C) Therbligs
D) Moving assembly line
  • 33. What workweek change is Henry Ford credited with creating?
A) 50-hour workweek
B) 60-hour workweek
C) 30-hour workweek
D) 40-hour workweek
  • 34. Who is credited as a pioneer of TQM for teaching quality control and managerial breakthrough?
A) Joseph Juran
B) Frank Gilbreth
C) Henry R. Towne
D) Frederick Taylor
  • 35. Who presented the paper titled 'The Engineer as An Economist' in 1886?
A) Henry Gantt
B) Henry R. Towne
C) Frederick Taylor
D) Hugo Diemer
  • 36. What Japanese management theory introduced in the 1970s focused on continuous improvement?
A) Kaizen
B) Six Sigma
C) Agile manufacturing
D) Lean construction
  • 37. Which scientist made significant contributions to the minimization of variance starting in the 1950s?
A) Henry Ford
B) Frederick Taylor
C) W. Edwards Deming
D) Eliyahu M. Goldratt
  • 38. What was the main emphasis in industrial engineering during the 1990s?
A) Automation of assembly lines
B) Workplace standardization
C) Minimization of inventory
D) Supply chain management
  • 39. Who developed the theory of constraints in 1985?
A) Eliyahu M. Goldratt
B) Kaizen practitioners
C) The IISE board
D) W. Edwards Deming
  • 40. Which accreditation body ensures that graduates have met the necessary educational requirements to enter the profession?
A) Washington Accord
B) IISE
C) ISO
D) ABET
  • 41. Which of the following is listed as a subject studied by industrial engineering students?
A) Psychology of consumer behavior
B) Marketing research
C) Financial accounting
D) Human factors
  • 42. Which branch of physics is specifically mentioned as part of the IE curriculum?
A) Nuclear physics
B) Statics
C) Optics
D) Quantum mechanics
  • 43. What is one of the core mathematics requirements listed for the IE curriculum?
A) Trigonometry
B) Geometry
C) Topology
D) Linear algebra
  • 44. What distinguishes engineering IE programs from similar business school programs?
A) Focus on management theory
B) Focus on marketing strategies
C) Lower tuition costs
D) Intensely quantitative focus
  • 45. Which of these is listed as a specialized IE course area?
A) Organizational behavior
B) Corporate finance
C) Business law
D) Stochastic modeling
  • 46. Which organization is associated with industrial and systems engineers?
A) ACM
B) ASME
C) IISE
D) IEEE
  • 47. What society is focused on manufacturing engineers?
A) IISE
B) ASQ
C) SME
D) INFORMS
  • 48. Which conference is explicitly mentioned in the text?
A) Global Engineering Summit
B) Systems Engineering Congress
C) IISE Annual Conference
D) World Manufacturing Forum
  • 49. What professional organization is associated with operations research?
A) ASQ
B) HFES
C) INFORMS
D) SME
  • 50. Which of these is a required foundation course for IE?
A) Chemistry
B) Entrepreneurship
C) Business Ethics
D) Accounting
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