Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 990 original practice questions covering the full scope of an operations management course, organized chapter by chapter — and it opens soon. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s Operations Management program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking an operations management course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The bank holds 990 original questions across 10 chapters plus three Operations Management in Depth sets spanning the course’s methods and models, plus an applied analysis set and a synthesis and integration set, covering introduction to operations management, competitiveness, strategy, and productivity, product and service design, process selection and facility layout, capacity planning and break-even analysis, forecasting, inventory management, quality management, statistical process control and process capability, and supply chain management and logistics. There is no licensing exam at the end of an operations management course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s Operations Management program is a chapter-simulation program for the undergraduate operations management course: 990 original practice questions across 10 chapters plus three Operations Management in Depth sets, an applied analysis set, and a synthesis and integration set, organized by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams match the chapter your instructor is teaching. It rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals — there is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of an operations management course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
990 questions, organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 10-chapter structure that mirrors the standard operations management course, from introduction to operations management through supply chain management and logistics, plus three Operations Management in Depth sets spanning the course’s methods and models, plus an applied analysis set and a synthesis and integration set. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the forecasting lectures? Drill that chapter until choosing and computing a method feels automatic. Inventory test in ten days? Work the inventory chapter in sequence, the way your course presents it.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, inventory models, or control-chart interpretation — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
Operations Management has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what an operations management course covers and how to study it, see our Operations Management study guide.
| Undergraduate operations management — the course this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course (the standard operations management course; commonly required for business majors and often taken in the junior year after statistics and introductory management) |
| Standard scope | Introduction to operations management; competitiveness, strategy, and productivity; product and service design; process selection and facility layout; capacity planning and break-even analysis; forecasting; inventory management; quality management; statistical process control and process capability; supply chain management and logistics |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | 990 original questions across 10 chapters + Operations Management in Depth, applied analysis, and synthesis sets |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
Every question in the bank carries the chapter it belongs to. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered file — they sum to 990.
| Chapter | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| Ch 1 — Introduction to Operations Management | 49 |
| Ch 2 — Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity | 49 |
| Ch 3 — Product and Service Design | 47 |
| Ch 4 — Process Selection and Facility Layout | 49 |
| Ch 5 — Capacity Planning and Break-Even Analysis | 48 |
| Ch 6 — Forecasting | 51 |
| Ch 7 — Inventory Management | 51 |
| Ch 8 — Quality Management | 48 |
| Ch 9 — Statistical Process Control and Process Capability | 50 |
| Ch 10 — Supply Chain Management and Logistics | 51 |
| Operations Management in Depth I | 102 |
| Operations Management in Depth II | 101 |
| Operations Management in Depth III | 101 |
| Applied Analysis | 91 |
| Synthesis and Integration | 102 |
| Total | 990 |
Depth follows the bank’s own structure: the Operations Management in Depth I set (102 questions) and the synthesis set (102 questions) tie as the bank’s largest single sets, and the three depth sets together revisit every core chapter at second-pass difficulty — this course is graded on choosing and computing the right model, and the bank’s weight sits where that double skill is practiced.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select Operations Management, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — operations management builds model on model — capacity, forecasting, and inventory share one language of demand, variability, and cost trade-offs, and the quality and control chapters spend the statistical habits the middle chapters install, so an early gap resurfaces wherever the course turns.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. Operations management is a college course, not a licensed credential, and there is no official operations management exam at the end of it. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the undergraduate course.
How many practice questions are in the program? The bank holds 990 original questions: the 10 chapters of the standard course, three Operations Management in Depth sets, an applied analysis set, and a synthesis and integration set. Every question is tagged to its chapter, so drills and simulations can be built over exactly the chapters your test covers.
Which textbook does the program follow? The program is organized around the standard chapter structure of the operations management course, and the textbook-and-edition selector maps the bank onto your book’s chapter order when you set up your course. No textbook is named, branded, or reproduced — the selector only aligns chapter numbering.
How much of the program is calculation? The share the course itself carries: capacity and break-even, forecasting, inventory, and capability chapters are worked quantitatively, with model selection tested alongside computation, while the design, quality-management, and supply chain chapters are more conceptual. Drills present numbers in the same forms graded problem sets use.
Does the program cover services, or only manufacturing? Both, as the course does. Services run through the design chapter’s customer-in-the-process material, capacity timing in perishable services, and the supply chain chapter’s service networks — the transformation model the opening chapter installs is deliberately written to cover a clinic or a hotel as directly as a plant.
What are the Operations Management in Depth, applied analysis, and synthesis sets? Second-pass material. The depth sets revisit the course’s methods in three layered sets at finer distinction; the applied analysis set presents compact operating scenarios; the synthesis set combines chapters the way cumulative finals do — a forecast error becoming an inventory cost, a capability limit dictating a supply promise.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a unit exam, or a cumulative final.
My course is called production and operations management. Is it the same course? Yes, in most programs — the older and newer titles name the same core course, with emphasis varying by instructor: some sections weight the quantitative models more heavily, others lean toward strategy and services. The bank’s chapter structure covers the shared core both titles describe.
What background does the program assume? The background the course assumes: introductory statistics — means, standard deviation, the normal distribution in outline — and comfort with percentages and simple algebra. The control and capability chapters spend the statistics directly, and the drills work at exactly that level.
When can I start using the Operations Management program? Soon — the 990-question bank is complete and quality-checked, and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of an operations management course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.