APICS APICS Certifications CPIM-MPR Questions & Answers

• Question 401:

  _____ is a rate of doing work, not the quantity of work done.

  A. Capacity

  B. Capacity Planning

  C. Capacity Control

  D. Capacity required

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 402:

  1.

  Wrong product or specification

  2.

  Wrong amount (too little or too much)

  3.

  Wrong shipping date (too early or too late)

  These are common errors in that occur all the time and require constant attention.

  A. Customer Expectations

  B. Customer orders

  C. MPS

  D. MRP

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 403:

  Frozen zone, slushy zone and liquid zone are the part of

  A. MPS

  B. Planning time fence

  C. Projected available balance

  D. Scheduled receipts

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 404:

  Any changes can be made to the MPS as long as it is within the limits set by the production plan. Changes are routine and are often made by the computer program. This is the scenario in zone of time fence.

  A. Slushy Zone

  B. Frozen Zone

  C. Liquid Zone

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 405:

  A company wants to minimize the cost of manufacture and also be flexible enough to adapt to changing needs. Changes to production schedules can result in the following EXCEPT:

  A. Cost increases due to rerouting, rescheduling, extra setups, expediting, and buildup of work-in- process inventory

  B. Decreased customer service. A change in quantity of delivery can disrupt the schedule of other orders

  C. Loss of credibility for the MPS and the planning process

  D. Process create more scraps than needed than needed

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 406:

  Projected available balance is calculated in which one of the following ways?

  A. PAB=prior period PAB or on-hand balance + MPS ?customer orders

  B. PAB=prior period PAB + MPS ?greater of customer orders or forecast

  C. Both of these depending on whether the period is before or after the period is before or after the demand time fence

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 407:

  Checking is a two step process. First the order must be scheduled to see when the capacity is needed, and second, the load on work centers must be checked in that period.

  A. Capacity availability

  B. Capacity utilized

  C. Capacity required

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 408:

  is the number of periods 1, in which changes are not expected due to excessive cost caused by schedule disruption.

  A. Projected available balance

  B. Demand time fence

  C. Scheduled receipt

  D. ATP (available o promise)

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 409:

  If the beginning projected available balance is 100 units, the forecast is 40 units, and customer orders are 50 units, the ending projected available balance is:

  A. 60

  B. 50

  C. 40

  D. 30

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 410:

  A scheduled receipt is an order that has been issued:

  A. To manufacturing

  B. To supplier

  C. Either to manufacturing or to supplier

  D. It depends on situation

  Correct Answer: C