1.Scenario :
Suppose you have a four-activity sequential process. Throughput capacities in units per minute are shown in parentheses:
Task 1 (3) —> Task 2 (4) —> Task 3 (2) —> Task 4 (10).
No buffers exist between tasks, so an upstream task must wait if the downstream task is busy.
i. What is the actual throughput rate out of task 4 in units per minute?
- Less than 1
- Greater than or equal to 1 but less than 2
- Greater than or equal to 2 but less than 3
- Greater than or equal to 3 but less than 4
- Greater than or equal to 4 but less than 5
- Greater than or equal to 5
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ii. What is the utilization for task 1?
- 0%
- Greater than 0% but less than 10%
- Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 25%
- Greater than or equal to 25% but less than 50%
- Greater than or equal to 50% but less than 75%
- Greater than or equal to 75% but less than 100%
- 100%
Suppose you have a two-activity sequential process: Task 1 —> Task 2.
Task 1 has a throughput capacity of 10 units per hour; task 2 has a throughput capacity of 15 units per hour. There are no inventory buffers between tasks.
iii. Which of the following would be true?
- Task 1 would encounter blocking
- Task 2 would encounter blocking
- Task 1 would encounter starvation
- Task 2 would encounter starvation