Which Statement About Queue Structure Is Best

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which statement about queue structure is best?

• A) Customers are more likely to feel a sense of fairness when waiting in the multiple line system than in a single line system.
• B) When similarly skilled, multiple servers are available, a single line is best.
• C) Customers that are in the same line must be colocated.
• D) Machines needing repair are left in place and repair techs come to them; thus, the repair techs are technically the customers since they must travel to the machine.

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Definitions:

Equivalent Units

A concept used in cost accounting to express the amount of work done by various components of a manufacturing process in terms of fully completed units.

Weighted-Average Method

The weighted-average method is an inventory costing method that assigns the average cost of all similar items in inventory to the cost of goods sold and ending inventory, smoothing out price fluctuations.

Processing Department

A division within a manufacturing facility where a particular type of processing or production occurs.

Ending Inventory

The value of goods available for sale at the end of an accounting period, calculated by adjusting the beginning inventory for purchases and sales during the period.