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Industry 4.0 · End Term · Sep 2025 FN
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Question 2 NAT · 1.5 marks
Sunrise Foods Pvt. Ltd. is a packaged snacks manufacturer located in Pune. The company uses a
special type of corn starch as its key raw material for making chips. The production runs
throughout the year, and maintaining a steady supply of raw materials is critical.
After reviewing the last year’s consumption pattern, the Operations Manager found the following
data:
• The company uses 24,000 kg of corn starch annually.
• The ordering cost (includes transportation, paperwork, inspection) is ₹250 per order.
• The annual holding cost (storage, insurance, spoilage risk) is ₹4 per kg per year.
• Corn starch is highly stable and does not deteriorate quickly.[Assume 52 weeks in an year]
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
What is the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) in KG/order
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Question 3 NAT · 1.5 marks
Sunrise Foods Pvt. Ltd. is a packaged snacks manufacturer located in Pune. The company uses a
special type of corn starch as its key raw material for making chips. The production runs
throughout the year, and maintaining a steady supply of raw materials is critical.
After reviewing the last year’s consumption pattern, the Operations Manager found the following
data:
• The company uses 24,000 kg of corn starch annually.
• The ordering cost (includes transportation, paperwork, inspection) is ₹250 per order.
• The annual holding cost (storage, insurance, spoilage risk) is ₹4 per kg per year.
• Corn starch is highly stable and does not deteriorate quickly.[Assume 52 weeks in an year]
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
What is the total number of orders per year ?
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Question 4 NAT · 1.5 marks
Bluescope company estimates its ordering cost at Rs 400 and carrying cost to be Rs.2/year/unit.
The estimated annual requirement is 10,000 units at a unit price of Rs. 10.
Calculate the given subquestions:
Calculate the annual inventory carrying cost.
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Question 5 NAT · 1.5 marks
Bluescope company estimates its ordering cost at Rs 400 and carrying cost to be Rs.2/year/unit.
The estimated annual requirement is 10,000 units at a unit price of Rs. 10.
Calculate the given subquestions:
While rechecked, Bluescope company finds that the order cost should have been 20%more than
the currently estimated value. What should be the percentage increase in the EOQ inthis case?
Enter your answer without the ‘%’ symbol.
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Question 6 NAT · 1.5 marks
Suppose you need to accept reservation for a flight. There are total 100 seats in the aircraft. You
have two classes of passengers - economy and business. One economy seat gets you 2,500 Rs of
revenue while a business seat gets 7,500 Rs. From your experience, you know the demand for
business travelers follows a uniform distribution in [10,20]. Then answer the given subquestions:
What is the Booking limit?
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Question 7 NAT · 1.5 marks
Suppose you need to accept reservation for a flight. There are total 100 seats in the aircraft. You
have two classes of passengers - economy and business. One economy seat gets you 2,500 Rs of
revenue while a business seat gets 7,500 Rs. From your experience, you know the demand for
business travelers follows a uniform distribution in [10,20]. Then answer the given subquestions:
What is the protection level?
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Question 8 MCQ · 2.0 marks
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A1–B1, A2–B2, A3–B3, A4–B4
A1–B3, A2–B1, A3–B4, A4–B2
A1–B1, A2–B3, A3–B2, A4–B4
A1–B3, A2–B4, A3–B2, A4–B1
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Question 9 MCQ · 2.0 marks
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A1: B3, A2: B2, A3:B4
A1: B3, A2: B2, A3:B1
A1: B2, A2: B3, A3:B1
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Question 10 NAT · 1.5 marks
A factory works for two 8-hour shifts each day and produces a total of 24,000 electric bulbs using a
set of workstations. There are 8 activities required to manufacture the bulb, such that the sum of
all activity times is equal to 12 seconds. How many workstations are required to main the specified
level of production (assuming that activities can be combined into those workstations in any order)
(enter your answer in numeric value)?
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Question 11 NAT · 1.0 marks
Calculate the Euclidean distance between two machines located at the coordinates A(5,10) and
B(2,6) in a shop floor.
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Question 12 MSQ · 1.5 marks
There are four demand points at A(1,2), B(2,3), C(3,5), D(4,1). The respective demand at these
points are 7, 1, 3, 5. Select the optimal location based on cross-median approach
(2,2)
(3,2)
(2.5,2)
(2,3)
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Question 13 MSQ · 1.0 marks
Which of the following example(s)s can be referred as seasonal pattern?
Economic recission
Increases Ceiling Fan sales during winters
Increased tourist footfall towards the end of the year
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Question 14 MCQ · 2.0 marks
Which of the following functions, Logistics Management does not cover?
Supply Management
Materials Management
Customer Management
Distribution Management
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Question 15 MCQ · 2.0 marks
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If the vehicle travels node j from node i (binary)
Number of vehicles travelled between node i and node j (integer)
Weigh on the arc (i,j) e.g. the distance (integer)
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Question 16 MCQ · 2.0 marks
Which of the following model corresponds to Exponential Smoothing forecasting model?
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Question 17 MSQ · 2.0 marks
Which of the following supply chain costs is/are affected by distribution network structure?
Inventory
Transportation
Facilities and handling
Information
Price
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Question 18 MCQ · 2.0 marks
Which of the following is not an example of digitization?
Scanning a document to get the PDF document
Converting a physical 2D sheet to CAD drawing
Converting physical invoice to e-copy
Creating an automated report from the existing cost data
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Question 19 MCQ · 1.5 marks
The Egg Dropping Problem is a Dynamic Programming (DP) problem that helps determine the
minimum number of attempts needed to find the highest floor from which an egg can be dropped
without breaking.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
What is the state variable here?
Number of eggs on hand
Number of floors
Number of eggs that got broken
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Question 20 MCQ · 1.5 marks
The Egg Dropping Problem is a Dynamic Programming (DP) problem that helps determine the
minimum number of attempts needed to find the highest floor from which an egg can be dropped
without breaking.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
How a stage is defines?
Number of eggs on hand
Number of floors
Number of eggs that got broken
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Question 21 NAT · 2.0 marks
Ramu puts up a stall for Diwali Light (Diya) every year. He builds a Diya at a cost of Rs. 3 and earns
Rs.5 by selling each Diya. Any Diya not sold by Diwali will be discounted to Rs. 1. From his
experience, Ramu knows that the demand is Uniformly Distributed within [800, 1000] units. Then
answer the given sub-questions:
What is the Critical Ratio?
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Question 22 NAT · 2.0 marks
Ramu puts up a stall for Diwali Light (Diya) every year. He builds a Diya at a cost of Rs. 3 and earns
Rs.5 by selling each Diya. Any Diya not sold by Diwali will be discounted to Rs. 1. From his
experience, Ramu knows that the demand is Uniformly Distributed within [800, 1000] units. Then
answer the given sub-questions:
What is the optimal order quantity that minimizes Ramu’s total cost?
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Question 23 MCQ · 1.0 marks
Identify the Industry 4.0 version of transportation.
IC engine
Electric car
Hyperloop
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Question 24 MCQ · 2.0 marks
Match Column A with Column B (country of origin)
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A1:B1, A2:B2, A3:B3, A4:B4
A1:B2, A2:B1, A3:B3, A4:B4
A1:B3, A2:B1, A3:B4, A4:B2
A1:B3, A2:B1, A3: B2, A4:B4
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Question 25 MSQ · 1.0 marks
Select the correct statements from below:
Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method will
result in a region
Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method rarely
matches the center of gravity
Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method will
result in a point
Optimal solution in a facility location problem using Euclidean method
matches the centre of gravity in most of the cases
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Question 26 MSQ · 2.0 marks
Select the demerits of outsourcing from the following list.
Reduced customer/supplier contact.
Loss of supply chain visibility.
Leakage of sensitive data and information.
Loss of internal capability and growth in third-party power.
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Question 27 MCQ · 2.0 marks
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Exponential smoothing
Winter’s model for seasonality
Holte’s method for trend
None of these
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Question 28 MCQ · 2.0 marks
Pranjal is shopping in a departmental store. He has a list of items which he prepared at home
itself. He picked a few packets of tea as part of his list. He could see coffee packets and milk-
powder packets in the neighbouring shelves. He picked a few milk-powder packets, however these
are not part of his list. He was searching for Good-day biscuits. He could identify only one packet in
the shelf remaining. However, there were lot of Sun-fist biscuits lying in the next shelf. So he
picked ten Sun-fist packets. Now map the scenarios with the items below:
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P1-S1, P2-S3, P3-S4
P1-S2, P2-S1, P3-S3
P1-S2, P2-S1, P3-S4
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