Department of Mechanical Engineering
ME 2027 – Process planning and Cost estimation
Final Year Mechanical Engineering
Question Bank
Part A ( 2 Marks)
1. Define method study 2. Mention the objectives of method study 3. What are the applications of method study 4. Define work measurement 5. Mention the types of process chart 6. What is outline process chart? 7. What is a two handed process chart 8. What is travel chart? 9. What is multi activity chart 10. Differentiate template and models 11. Distinguish flow diagram and string diagram 12. Define flow diagram 13. Define string diagram 14. What is cyclegraph 15. What is chronocycle graph 16. What is therblig? 17. What is SIMO chart? 18. What is ergonomics 19. Briefly explain ergonomic display design. 20. Briefly explain ergonomic design of control. 21. What are the factors involved in designing working environment? 22. What are the rules concerning principles of motion economy 23. Mention the techniques in time study 24. Mention the tools used in time study. 25. Define standard time 26. Mention the allowances in arriving standard time 27. What is process allowance? 28. What is contingency allowance? 29. What is fatigue allowance 30. What is personal allowance 31. What is interference allowance? 32. What is special allowance? 33. What is process planning? 34. What are the objectives of process planning? 35. Mention the activities involved in process planning 36. Mention the documents involved in process planning 37. What are the approaches to process planning? 38. What is manual process planning 39. What is CAPP? 40. What are the benefits of CAPP? 41. Define retrieval CAPP. 42. Define generative CAPP. 43. What are the components of generative CAPP? 44. What are the merits of retrieval CAPP? 45. What are the demerits of retrieval CAPP