APICS CPIM-MPR Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CPIM-MPR Online Questions & Answers

• Question 281:

  To provide the required level customer service, to minimize the costs of transportation and handling, and to be able to interact with the factory to minimize the scheduling problems are all objectives of:

  A. Central supply management
  B. Order completeness management
  C. Distribution inventory management
  D. None of the above
  C. Distribution inventory management

• Question 282:

  Extranet is an internet shared by two or more companies.

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

• Question 283:

  According to the Theory of Constraints, which of the following statements is true?

  A. A buffer of inventory should always be maintained after the bottleneck.
  B. Constraints always exist in a factory
  C. Work centers feeding bottlenecks should operate at peak utilization to ensure WIP availability at all times.
  D. Use of Drum-Buffer-Rope includes communication from the bottleneck to the Gateway
  D. Use of Drum-Buffer-Rope includes communication from the bottleneck to the Gateway

• Question 284:

  The art charged by a carrier will also vary with the commodity shipped and will depend upon the following:

  A. Value
  B. Density
  C. Perishability
  D. All of these
  D. All of these

• Question 285:

  The process of monitoring production output, comparing it with capacity plans and taking corrective action when needed is known as:

  A. Capacity Manipulation
  B. Capacity Inspection
  C. Capacity Control
  D. Capacity Management
  C. Capacity Control

• Question 286:

  Which one of the following should be the result of capacity requirements planning?

  A. A detailed workable plan that meets the priority objectives and provides the capacity to do so.
  B. Ideally it will satisfy the MRP and allow for adequate utilization of the work force machinery, and
  C. Both of these
  D. none of these
  C. Both of these

• Question 287:

  Which of the following plant is used in the production process, where few raw materials can be made into several end products?

  A. I-plant
  B. A-plant
  C. V-plant
  D. G-plant
  C. V-plant

• Question 288:

  The charts that are merely histograms that are recognized in such a way as to show the highest bar first and all others in descending order from high to low are known as:

  A. Cause-and-effect charts
  B. Process flowcharts
  C. Scatter-plots
  D. Pareto charts
  D. Pareto charts

• Question 289:

  Using the quantity on hand of a particular item is determined at specified, fixed-time intervals and an order is placed.

  A. Walkthroughs
  B. Formal technical reviews
  C. Periodic review system
  D. Quality control
  C. Periodic review system

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• Question 290:

  Planning bill does not represent

  A. Buildable products
  B. Average product
  C. Product structure looks
  D. None of the above
  A. Buildable products