APICS APICS Certifications CPIM-MPR Questions & Answers

• Question 131:

  Are the means by which operations management reaches their desired objectives.

  A. Products

  B. Processes

  C. People

  D. Projects

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 132:

  Who is responsible for producing the products and services the customer wants, when wanted, with required quality, at minimum cost and maximum effectiveness and productivity?

  A. Operations management

  B. Marketing management

  C. Production management

  D. Product-review management

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 133:

  The group works together to develop the product design so it meets the needs of the customer and can be made and delivered to the customer at low cost in a process called:

  A. Workgroup engineering

  B. Concurrent engineering

  C. Manufactured engineering

  D. Time-to-market engineering

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 134:

  What uses standardization parts for flexibility and variety?

  A. Manufacturing

  B. Modularization

  C. Specialization

  D. All of the above

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 135:

  What can be based on characteristics such as customer grouping, demand characteristics, or degree of customization?

  A. Process focus

  B. Focused factory

  C. Functional focus

  D. Product and market focus

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 136:

  To design products for low-cost manufacture requires close coordination between product design and process design, which is called:

  A. Product engineering

  B. Low-cost engineering

  C. Simultaneous engineering

  D. Marketplace engineering

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 137:

  The devices that move material (or people) horizontally or vertically between two fixed points are usually known as:

  A. Industrial trucks

  B. Conveyors

  C. Cranes

  D. Hoists

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 138:

  Price competition is often severe and profits start to decline, in which phase of the life cycle of a product?

  A. Introduction phase

  B. Growth phase

  C. Maturity phase

  D. Decline phase

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 139:

  The needs of sales and the economics of production must be balanced, and this balance is usually obtained with:

  A. Product simplication

  B. Product Standardization

  C. Product Specialization

  D. All of the above

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 140:

  In a product design, a is carefully established specification covering the product's material, configuration, measurement, and so on.

  A. Standard

  B. Technique

  C. Machinery

  D. Routine of process

  Correct Answer: A