Set No.

Code No.: 422004

IV B.Tech II-Semester Examinations April, 2003 1
WORK STUDY AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(Production Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Outline the basic steps to be followed in work study.

b) Write an explanatory note on Value Engineering.
2. a) What are the objectives of Method Study?
b) Define “Ergonomics” and discuss the ergonomics aspects of a two wheeler/four-
wheeler dash board design.
3. a) What do you mean by “Work Content”?
b) The elemental time recorded on a time study sheet by snap-back method for a
single manual work element indicates the following times in decimal minutes:
0.14, .15, .14, 20*, .15, .20, .18, .17, .19, 0.18, .14, .17, .19, .13, .15, .17, .17,
.19*, .14, 0.17, .18, .16, .14, .16, .13, .19, .14, .13, .14, 0.18*, .14.
(* indicates that the job got struck to fixture).
The rating was judged as 80 on a 60-normal scale.
(a) Determine the normal time for the said work element.
(b) Determine the number of observations required to give a desired precision of
± 5% with a confidence level of 90%.
4. What are the techniques of work measurement? Explain them briefly.

5. a) Describe “Factor Comparison Method” of job evaluation with its merits and
demerits.
b) What are occupational Hazards? Give two examples?
6. a) Describe the various methods of Wage Payments.
b) The standard time for the completion of a job is 8 hours and the worker is paid
Rs. 10 for it. If he completes it in 6 hours, calculate his earnings by cent percent
premium system for the whole day (i.e., for 8 hours of work)

7. a) What are the limitations of Learning Curve?

b) State the need of training workers. Name the various methods of training
workers.

8. a) What is Fatigue and what is Fatigue allowance with reference to work study in a
plant.
b) State the objectives of Safety programme and explain its importance.

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 Set No.
Code No.: 422004
IV B.Tech II-Semester Examinations April, 2003 2
WORK STUDY AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(Production Engineering)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80

Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) With neatly drawn charts explain the significant characteristics of “Man-

Machine” and “Multiple Activities” Charts.
b) Explain the basic steps involved in “Method Study”

2. a) What are the objectives of Method Study?

b) Describe the steps for taking a “Time Study”

3. What is the difference between Method Study and Work Measurement? State the
objectives of each.

4. a) Describe the functions of management in brief (any two).

b) Define the following giving suitable examples:
(i) Schedule (ii) Goals (iii) Value analysis.

5. a) Differentiate the Job Analysis and Job Evaluation.

b) How to prevent the Industrial accidents?

6. a) Discuss briefly the principle of Micromotion study and the basic “therbligs” as
advocated by Gilberth.
b) Explain briefly the various training methods.

7. a) Enumerate the principles of motion Economy with particular reference to work

place layout and Ergonomic design of a product.
b) What information is contained in an operation chart?

8. a) Explain the term Work-Study. State some of its applications in Industries.

b) Explain the following:
(i) Design of Equipment (ii) Designing and Evaluation of Training
Programme.

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 Set No.
Code No.: 422004
IV B.Tech II-Semester Examinations April, 2003 3
WORK STUDY AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(Production Engineering)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80

Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Explain the concept of work study and list out the benefits.
b) What are the various recording techniques?

2. a) What is Job Evaluation and Job Rating?

b) List the factors that affect the Job evaluation.

3. a) Explain the functions of Industrial Engineering.

b) Describe the principle of motion Economy.

4. a) What are the objectives of work measurement?

b) Explain the various training methods?

5. a) Write the procedure for carrying out Time Study.

b) In estimating the standard time of a job, what different elements of time are
considered? Explain.

6. a) Show how the flow process chart is used.

b) Explain the procedure for Method Study.

7. a) Define Rating. What is its necessity?

b) Explain the various Rating Techniques in detail.

8. Write explanatory notes on any three of the following:

(i) M.T.M
(ii) Value Engineering
(iii) Safety Inspection
(iv) Brain Storming.

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 Set No.
Code No.: 422004
IV B.Tech II-Semester Examinations April, 2003 4
WORK STUDY AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(Production Engineering)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80

Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Describe the suitable chart when the following situations have to be analyzed by
“Method Study”:
(i) Movement of a petrol engine cylinder head through all machining operations.
(ii) Operators carrying out short cycle repetition work.
b) Bring out the importance of “Critical Examination” phase in method study with
the help of a suitable example.

2. a) Explain the principles of motion economy as applied to human body?

b) What is a Simo-Chart? Explain with an example.

3. a) Explain the procedure for making work sampling study?

b) What is a therblig? How do we use them?

4. a) Compare the Rowan Plan with Emerson’s efficiency Plan.

b) Standard time for a given job is 15 hours and hourly rate of wages is 50 paise. If
a worker completes the job in 10 hours calculate the total earnings of the worker
by the Rowan Premium Plan.

5. a) Describe the procedure of job analysis.

b) What is the “Work Content” of a job?

6. a) What are the various allowances considered in “Time Study”?

b) The normal cycle time for an operation is 1.14 minutes. It is estimated that 405
minutes of 480 minutes day are available to the operator for production purposes.
Determine the standard time and the number of pieces for a standard hour.

7. a) What are the different functions of Industrial Engineering?

b) Write an explanatory note on Value Engineering.

8. a) What are the different steps taken by safety organization to control accidents?
b) Define Fatigue and mention a few methods of eliminate Fatigue of an Industrial
Workers.

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