APICS APICS Certifications CPIM-MPR Questions & Answers

• Question 391:

  Which one of the following statements is about capacity requirements planning?

  A. It is directly liked to the material requirements plan

  B. This type of planning focuses on components parts, grater detail is involved than in roughcut capacity planning.

  C. Involves translating monthly, quarterly or annual product priorities from the production plan into some total measure of capacity, such as gross labor house.

  D. Both AandB

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 392:

  The purpose/s of rough-out capacity planning is /are:

  A. to check the feasibility of the MPS

  B. provide warnings of any bottlenecks

  C. Ensure utilization of work centers and advice vendors of capacity requirements

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 393:

  It takes capacity planning to the next level of detail .The master production schedule is the primary information source. What is it?

  A. Resource planning

  B. Rough-out capacity planning

  C. Capacity requirement planning

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 394:

  Resource planning includes changes in all of the following EXCEPT:

  A. Staffing

  B. Capital equipment

  C. Product design or other facilities

  D. Factory premises

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 395:

  The capacity planning process occurs at each level in the priority planning process, varying only in:

  A. The level of detail

  B. The time spans involved

  C. The level of detail and the time spans involved

  D. Capacity requirements

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 396:

  Which of the following steps is NOT included in capacity planning?

  A. Determine the capacity available at each work center in each time period.

  B. Determine the load at each work center in each time period

  C. Resolve differences between available capacity to match the load. Otherwise, the priority plans must be changed to match the available capacity

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 397:

  "The function of establishing, measuring, monitoring and adjusting limits or levels of capacity in order to execute all manufacturing schedules". This definition is related to:

  A. Capacity planning

  B. Capacity control

  C. Capacity management

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 398:

  is the process of monitoring production output, comparing it with capacity plans, and taking corrective action when needed.

  A. Capacity control

  B. Capacity planning

  C. Capacity required

  D. Capacity management

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 399:

  Capacity planning links the various production priority schedules to :

  A. Manufacturing plans

  B. Manufacturing resources

  C. MRP

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 400:

  A term closely related to capacity required is __________.This is the amount of released and planned work assigned to a facility for a par.

  A. Capacity available

  B. Target capacity

  C. Load

  D. Output

  Correct Answer: C