Question Bank for CIM MTE543

Lec. 1 to lec. 3

1- What are the production system facilities?

2- Describe (with drawing if available) the four different types of plant
layouts.
3- Determine the three ranges of production quantity and draw its relation
with product variety.
4- Mention in details the four activities of manufacturing support systems
5- What is meant by automation in production systems? And describe in
detail its different classifications (explain your answer with examples).
6- What are the reasons of automating?
7- What are the components of a manufacturing system?
8- Explain the material handling system components.
9- What are the functions of computer control system.
10- What are the different types of manufacturing systems?

11- What are the types of feature model?

12- What are the different techniques of feature modeling?
13- Mention the main stages of feature creation?
14- What are the main CAD data exchange standards?

15- What are the inputs for process planning?

16- What are the outputs of process planning?
17- Define CAPP and what are its benefits?
18- What are the different approaches of CAPP?
19- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the variant approach of
CAPP?
20- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the generative approach of
CAPP?
21- Mention the main steps of CAPP systems.