APICS CPIM-MPR Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CPIM-MPR Online Questions & Answers

• Question 181:

  The step for preparing MPS is/are:

  A. Develop a preliminary MPS
  B. Check the preliminary MPS against available capacity
  C. Resolve differences between the preliminary MPS and capacity availability
  D. All of these
  D. All of these

• Question 182:

  Production activity control in intermittent manufacturing is complex Because of:

  A. The number of products made
  B. The variety of routing
  C. Scheduling problems
  D. All of the above
  D. All of the above

• Question 183:

  For a particular commodity, the line-haul cost is $2.50 per mile. For a trip of 500 miles and a shipment of 600 cwt., what is the cost of shipping cwt.? If this shipment is increased to 1000 cwt., what is the saving in cost per cwt.?

  A. $ 1.25 and $0.85
  B. $ 1.25 and $0.83
  C. $ 1.29 and $0.80
  D. $ $ 1.27 and $0.90
  B. $ 1.25 and $0.83

• Question 184:

  What must manage both the input of orders to the production process and the availability capacity to control queue and work-in process?

  A. Run time activity
  B. Production activity control
  C. Activity management
  D. Work center manufacturing activity
  B. Production activity control

• Question 185:

  If the efficiency of the work center in the above question is 115%. What is the rated capacity of the work center?

  A. 287 Standard hours per week
  B. 276 Standard hours per week
  C. 279 Standard hours per week
  D. None of these
  B. 276 Standard hours per week

• Question 186:

  is that portion of firm's inventory and planned production that is not already committed and is available to the customer.

  A. Available to promise
  B. Available to produce
  C. Safety stock
  D. None of these
  A. Available to promise

• Question 187:

  Functional specification can be described by a combination of:

  A. Brand
  B. Engineering drawings
  C. Miscellaneous
  D. All of the above
  D. All of the above

• Question 188:

  Once the preliminary production plan is established, it must be compared to the existing resources of the company. This step is called answered: Are the resources available to meet the production plans? If not, how will the difference be reconciled?

  A. Resource requirement planning
  B. MPS
  C. MRP II
  D. None of these
  D. None of these

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• Question 189:

  Order winning characteristics are defined primarily from:

  A. Competition
  B. customer needs
  C. Business sector
  D. Both A and B
  D. Both A and B

• Question 190:

  The major advantage of subcontracting is:

  A. Costs associated with excess capacity are avoided, and because production is leveled, there are no costs associated with changing production levels.
  B. Cost of purchasing (item cost, purchasing, and transportation and inspection costs) may be greater than if the item were made in the plant.
  C. Inventories can be kept to a minimum
  D. No need to hire and train workers.
  A. Costs associated with excess capacity are avoided, and because production is leveled, there are no costs associated with changing production levels.