The Maker of the World-Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies Needs to Design

question 56

Multiple Choice

The maker of the world-famous Chocolate Chip Cookies needs to design a product layout for a new product, Mint Chocolate Chip. The company plans to use this new production line eight hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 1,440 cases per day. The following table describes the tasks involved in the production of a case of Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies.
For output to equal projected demand, what will be the efficiency of the production line that uses the theoretical minimum number of workstations?

• A) 93.33 percent
• B) 95 percent
• C) 97 percent
• D) 99 percent
• E) 100 percent

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, innate reaction to a stimulus that occurs without prior learning or conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, now elicits a conditioned response.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus, leading to learned responses.