As Part of Its Quality-Improvement Program a Company Is Conducting

question 10

Multiple Choice

As part of its quality-improvement program a company is conducting a time study for a particular job. The time study encompassed 10 job cycles, and the results include the following cumulative times and performance rating factors for each element. The standard time for this job using an allowance factor of 16% is

• A) 1.809 minutes.
• B) 2.098 minutes.
• C) 1.530 minutes.
• D) 2.233 minutes.

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