50 Short Questions For Merchandisers

 

50 Short Questions for Merchandisers: Test Yourself where do You Stand   In last few days I have received mails from some of the OCS readers, who asked me for questions for merchandising interview preparation. This post is ust to guide them what kind of questions  pro!a!ly they would !e asked !y !y interviewers. "nd "nd to provide them an overview what all things th they ey need to know as a merchandiser. I have spent many hours to prepare this question set in past. #ost of these questions are related to merchandising o! profile and are set !ased on my personal work e$perience. Some of the questions are taken from question paper sets !y fashion institutes. %ollowing questions are not only for o! seekers !ut !eing an e$perienced merchandiser, you can also test your knowledge !y answering following questions. I will pu!lish answers of these question in ne$t week. So keep visiting or su!scri!e our post to get notification for the answer set. &. The si'e ratio of an order of ()) pieces is *S+S+#++*++&+-++-+&. "ccording to this ratio average fa!ric consumption for the style was &.- meters. /very si'e increase, increases the consumption !y &) cm. 0ue some reason !uyer dropped the Si'e *S and keeps the order quantity same. 1ew si'e ratio is S+#++*++-+++&. 2hat will !e the new average fa!ric consumption3 a. &.-4 meters  !. &.-) meters c. &.- meters d. &.) meters -. Suppose an order of 5))) pieces have four different si'e ratios as following. "rrange them in descending order average consumption3 a. S+#++*++ &+-+-+&  !. *S+S+#+++ &+&+-+c. *S+S+#+++ &+-+-+& d. S+#++*++ -+-+&+& .

" shipment is passed passed with -.4 "6 !y a !uyer 6". Suppose after receiving the shipment

 !uyer do re7inspection of the same shipment at their warehouse. 2hat 2hat will !e the 8defective in this inspection3 a. ess than -.48  !. #ore than -.48 c. /$actly -.48 d. Could !e more or less than -.48 9. Suppose the average ratio of %O: factors are %a!ric+;rint consumption increases increases when the AS# of the fa!ric increases. increases. a. True  !. %alse &4. If the fa!ric Gwoven> Gwoven> width increases increases from the planned width Gwhile ordering>, ordering>, we could  EEEEEEEEE actual fa!ric consumption a. Increase  !. 0ecrease c. 1ot !e affected &5. Color fastness to washing test is !eing done during EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEE  E  a. A;T  !. %;T c. In !oth stage d. 1one of the a!ove stages &B. "n Industrial /ngineering /ngineering 0epartment cannot cannot help in garment C# costing more accurately. accurately. a. True  !. %alse &. " !etter time and action calendar GT1"> can result a !etter control of processes a. True  !.

%alse

&(. 2hat is the full form of of S#H3 S#H3 a. Sewing #inute Halue  !. Standard #inute Halue Halue c. Sewing #inute Herified -). If you !ook orders more than the the factory capacity, capacity, then the the manufacturing costs are likely to+ a. Increase  !. 0ecrease c. =emain unaffected -&. %a!ric shrinkage testing gives equivalent results as as that of of garment shrinkage testing. a. True  !. %alse --. In which sample, does does the :uyer confirms the workmanship details+ a. ;roto Sample  !. %it Sample c. ;; Sample d. TO; Sample -. The grain line on the garment pattern denotes weft of the fa!ric a. True  !. %alse -9.

The average consumption of fa!ric in washed garment should !e EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEE as

compared to non7washed same garment3 a. @igher   !. ower  -4. 9 point system of inspection is used to inspect woven garments3

 

a.  !.

True %alse

-5. " !ar graph that organi'es data in descending order is called a. :ar Chart  !. ;areto Chart c. Trend Chart d. @istogram

EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEE Chart.

-B. The following wash care instruction, denotes EEEEEEEEE  a.  !. c.

0o not #achine 2ash 0o not 0ry7clean 0o not :leach

-. The following following wash care instruction denotes EEEEEEEEE  a.  !.

#achine 2ash Tum!le 0ry

c.

:leach

-(. If the /stimated "verage at the time of fa!ric ordering is greater than actual production average, which of the following would !e true+ a. /$tra fa!ric than required, would !e ordered  !. =elatively higher price would !e quoted to the :u :uyer  yer  c. :oth of the a!ove are true ). a.  !.

If a fa!ric lot is having -) penalty points in &)) square yds, yds, the fa!ric would would !e EEEEEEEEEEE  EEEEEEEEEEE  "ccepted =eected

&. 2hat is %a!ric 0ead Stock3 a. %a!ric waste in cutting department  !. Stock of fa!ric remaining after style completion c. Stock of defective and hold fa!ric in fa!ric department -. D!s? is unit of measurement for EEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE  EE  a. ength  !. 2eight c. Holume . 2hat do you understand !y 0.@.3 a. 0efective per @undred nit  !. 0efects ;er @undred nit c. 0efective per hundred users 9. @ow can we control the performance of our our vendors3 vendors3 a. #aintain data for quality and timeliness for vendors  !. 0e!iting vendors for defective units c. Telling them to improve

 

d. :y negotiating for the !est price e. #aintain data for quality, quality, timeliness and price for vendors, improving vendor performance, through data analysis 4. :uyers prefer e$tra shipping quantity as per original si'e ratio a. True  !. %alse 5. :lister packing can !e made with a. #i$ of color   !. #i$ of si'es c. #i$ of colors and si'es d. "ll of the a!ove options B. ;roductivity of a factory can !e e$pressed in terms of + a. ;iecesJmachine per day  !. ;iecesJhour per person c. ;iecesJman7hour  d. "ll of the a!ove . 2hen a light print is needed on a dark dark !ase color with smother smother hand feel. 2hich 2hich printing option is mostly used3 a.  !. c.

Fhadi print 0ischarge print ;igment print

(. In :urnt7out printing, which of the following following fi!er is !urnt !urnt in the the printing process3 process3 a. ;olyester   !. Cotton 9). & gross !utton !utton is equal equal to 77777777777777777777777 7777777777777777777 7777 !uttons !uttons a. &9)  !. 9) c. &99 9&. Aenerally shipping department calculates volumetric volumetric weight of of the packed goods goods Gcartons> for shipping agents. 2hat is the formula for calculating volumetric weight3 a. Total volume of cartons J Total weight  !. Total volume of cartons J 5))) c. Total volume of cartons J &))) 9-. If the fa!ric is having high width variation in the same shade lots, the production average is likely to+ a. Increase  !. 0ecrease c. =emain same 9. The unit of measure for the Dsi'e? of !utton is+ a. Cm  !. c.

Inch igne

99. /fficiency of of a sewing line is calculated as follows+ a. "ctual outputJ Target output

 

 !.

Target outputJ "ctual Output

94. The pro!lem pro!lem of pilling is normally in knit garments7 garments7 a. True  !. %alse

95. Aive the the full form of of the following terms+ a>  !> c> d> e> f> g>

%;TEEEEEEEEEEEEEE A;TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE A;TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CI% EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE  EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE  CEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE  SFEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 0T# stands for EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE C; stands for EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

9B. To Sew a Fnits Tee which among the following machine is not required a> %lat lock #achine  !> Over lock #achine c> %eed of the arm d> Single needle lock stitch 9. 2hich is not a summer color  a>  !> c> d>

;ink  2hite emon :lack 

9(. #ark the odd one out + a> Satin  !> Silk  c> Cotton d> 1ylon 4). The preferred preferred color for !a!y !a!y girl is + a> ;ink   !> :lack  c> :lue d> Orange

 

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5. Matching lef leftt and right han hand d column   a) – iv); b) – i); c) –v); d) – ii); e) – iii) 41. b. is most appropriate. Different agents used different calculation factors. It also depends on importing country country.. or more reading chec! here.. here 4". #ns$ers. a)  %&' abric %ac!age %ac!ag e & &esting esting b)  (%&' (arment %ac!age &esting c)  I' ost Insurance reight d)  * ' *etter of redit e)  +,-' +toc! ,eeping -nit f)  D&M ' Dye to Match g)  %*' ut panel *aundry

 

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