APICS APICS Certifications CPIM-MPR Questions & Answers

• Question 111:

  Over time, as the operator does the tasks repetitively, speed will increase and errors decrease, this process is known as:

  A. Maintenance

  B. Preserving curve

  C. Leaning curve

  D. Protection

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 112:

  When a job might be expanded to include a sequence of activities instead of only one activity, this is called

  A. Horizontal enlargement

  B. Vertical enlargement

  C. Parallel expansion

  D. Correspondence expansion

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 113:

  An attempt to provide more satisfying meaningful jobs and to use the worker's mental and interpersonal skills is called:

  A. Job assignment

  B. Job design

  C. Job enrichment

  D. Job accomplishment

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 114:

  In order to develop possible solutions, which approach to take to help develop a better method?

  A. Eliminate all unnecessary work

  B. Rearrange the sequence of operations for more effective results

  C. Simplify whenever possible by making the necessary operations less complex

  D. All of the above

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 115:

  _______________ provides a picture, in the form of a diagram, of what actually happens when a product is made or a service performed.

  A. Functional chart

  B. Process flow diagram

  C. Performance flow chart

  D. Pareto chart

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 116:

  What record in sequence only the main operation and inspection and are useful; for preliminary investigation and give a bird's-eye view of the process?

  A. Operations process chart

  B. Operations description chart

  C. Operations inspection chart

  D. Operations receiving chart

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 117:

  The resources used in changing inputs to outputs are usually known as:

  A. Processes

  B. Decisions

  C. Measurements

  D. Components

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 118:

  Which of the following is NOT the class of activity?

  A. Operation

  B. Inspection

  C. Storage

  D. Environment

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 119:

  Which of the following is NOT the possible root cause in generating some ideas about the main causes of the problem?

  A. Processes

  B. Materials

  C. Machines

  D. Environment

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 120:

  Identify the problem, generate ideas about main causes of problem, brainstorm all possible causes for each main cause and try to identify the most likely root cause are all the steps of:

  A. Pareto diagram

  B. Cause-and-effect diagram

  C. Component diagram

  D. Schematic of a process

  Correct Answer: B