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Benchmarking

Practice Exam Questions - Bank 2

1. Which of the following is not one of the five types of benchmarking? (Mears, 155)
a. Internal
a. External
c. Competitive
d. World-class
2. Which of the following is not one of the five types of benchmarking? (Mears, 155)
a. Internal
b. Shadow
c. Department
d. World-class
3. Which of the following is not one of the five types of benchmarking? (Mears, 155)
a. Annual
b. Shadow
c. Industrial
d. World-class
4. This type of benchmarking occurs when a company looks at its own divisions and compares operational functions: (Mears, 155)
a. Internal
b. Shadow
c. Industrial
d. World-class
5. This type of benchmarking identifies and compares key competitive characteristics of a product or service: (Mears, 155)
a. Internal
b. Shadow
c. Industrial
d. Competitive
6. This type of benchmarking monitoring key product and service attributes of a successful competitor and meeting changes they occur: (Mears, 155)
a. Internal
b. Shadow
c. Industrial
d. Competitive
7. This type of benchmarking is also called functional benchmarking: (Mears, 156)
a. Internal
b. Shadow
c. Industrial
d. Competitive
8. This type of benchmarking may be conducted through the use of shared information among industrial associations: (Mears, 156)
a. Internal
b. Shadow
c. Industrial
d. Competitive
9. This type of benchmarking, also called general-process benchmarking, compares processes across diverse industrial groups: (Mears, 156)
a. World-class
b. Cross-functional
c. Industrial
d. Competitive
10. The beginner in the benchmarking process should concentrate on: (Mears, 156)
a. investment results
b. cycle time reduction
c. product innovation
d. resource utilization

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