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Key Facts: CMA Inter Paper 9: OMSM Exam

100

Marks (3-hour paper)

ICMAI CMA Syllabus 2022

60%

Operations Management Weight

ICMAI Paper 9 Syllabus

40%

Strategic Management Weight

ICMAI Paper 9 Syllabus

20%

Production Planning and OR Block

ICMAI Paper 9 Syllabus

Group II

CMA Intermediate Placement

ICMAI Syllabus 2022

40% / 50%

Paper / Group Pass Mark

ICMAI Examination Rules

CMA Inter Paper 9 (OMSM) is a 100-mark, 3-hour descriptive paper in Group II of the ICMAI CMA Intermediate Syllabus 2022. Section A, Operations Management, carries about 60% and includes a 20% block on production planning and control with operations research and a 15% block on project management. Section B, Strategic Management, carries about 40%, split across strategy introduction, strategic analysis and planning, formulation and implementation, and digital strategy. Passing requires at least 40% in the paper and 50% aggregate in the group. This free bank provides 100 MCQs distributed across the official modules.

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1In operations management, the transformation process converts inputs into outputs. Which of the following is the BEST example of a 'transformed resource' in a manufacturing system?
A.The factory building housing the process
B.The machinery used on the shop floor
C.The operations manager supervising the line
D.The raw materials and components being processed
Explanation: Transformed resources are the inputs that are changed or converted by the operation, primarily materials, information, and customers. Raw materials and components are physically transformed into finished goods, so they are transformed resources.
2Which characteristic MOST distinguishes a service operation from a goods-producing (manufacturing) operation?
A.Services are storable in inventory for later sale
B.Services never involve any physical materials
C.Services are intangible and typically produced and consumed simultaneously
D.Services always have lower labour content than manufacturing
Explanation: Services are characterised by intangibility, inseparability (simultaneous production and consumption), perishability, and heterogeneity. Because they cannot generally be stored, capacity management and demand matching are critical concerns.
3The 'five performance objectives' of operations are quality, speed, dependability, flexibility and cost. Improving which objective MOST directly reduces the time between a customer placing an order and receiving the product?
A.Quality
B.Flexibility
C.Speed
D.Cost
Explanation: Speed refers to the elapsed time between a customer requesting a product or service and receiving it. Reducing throughput time and lead time directly improves the speed objective and customer responsiveness.
4An operations strategy that emphasises a narrow product range, high volume, and standardised processes to drive down unit cost is BEST associated with which competitive priority?
A.Customisation for each client
B.Product differentiation through variety
C.Rapid new-product introduction
D.Cost leadership
Explanation: High volume, low variety, and standardised repetitive processes allow economies of scale and learning effects that minimise unit cost, supporting a cost-leadership competitive priority.
5In the product-process matrix, a 'jumbled flow' job shop with high product variety and low volume is MOST appropriately matched with which process type?
A.Continuous flow process
B.Mass / line flow process
C.Project process
D.Jobbing / job-shop process
Explanation: A job shop handles low-volume, high-variety work with a flexible, functional layout where items follow varied (jumbled) routings. This matches the jobbing/job-shop process at the high-variety, low-volume corner of the matrix.
6A plant-location decision uses the factor-rating method. Site X scores 8, 6 and 9 on three factors weighted 0.5, 0.3 and 0.2 respectively. What is Site X's weighted score?
A.6.9
B.7.0
C.8.0
D.7.6
Explanation: Weighted score = (8 x 0.5) + (6 x 0.3) + (9 x 0.2) = 4.0 + 1.8 + 1.8 = 7.6. The factor-rating method multiplies each factor score by its weight and sums the products.
7Which plant layout is characterised by grouping all machines of the same function together (e.g., all lathes in one area, all drills in another) and is best suited to job-shop production?
A.Product layout
B.Fixed-position layout
C.Process (functional) layout
D.Cellular layout
Explanation: A process or functional layout groups similar machines and operations together. It offers flexibility for varied, low-volume work, making it well suited to job-shop and intermittent production.
8Group technology and the formation of manufacturing cells primarily aim to capture the benefits of product layout while retaining the flexibility of process layout. This is achieved by:
A.Producing one identical product continuously
B.Locating the product in a fixed position throughout production
C.Grouping parts into families processed by dedicated cells of dissimilar machines
D.Eliminating all material-handling equipment
Explanation: Cellular manufacturing uses group technology to organise dissimilar machines into cells, each dedicated to a family of parts with similar processing requirements. This shortens flow, reduces setups, and balances flexibility with efficiency.
9Design capacity, effective capacity and actual output are related to two key ratios. If effective capacity is 80% of design capacity and actual output equals 90% of effective capacity, what is the system's efficiency?
A.72%
B.80%
C.90%
D.88%
Explanation: Efficiency = actual output / effective capacity = 90%. Utilisation = actual output / design capacity = 0.90 x 0.80 = 72%. The question asks for efficiency, which is measured against effective capacity.
10Which forecasting technique is a QUALITATIVE method that gathers and refines expert opinion through successive rounds of anonymous questionnaires?
A.Moving average
B.Exponential smoothing
C.Delphi method
D.Linear regression
Explanation: The Delphi method is a qualitative, judgemental technique that uses iterative rounds of anonymous expert input with controlled feedback to converge on a forecast, useful when historical data is scarce.

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