APICS APICS Certifications CPIM-MPR Questions & Answers

• Question 421:

  There are following reasons of using sample inspections:

  A. Testing the product is destructive

  B. There is not enough to give 100% inspection to a batch of product

  C. It is too expensive to test the entire batch and human errors is to be estimated as high as 20%

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 422:

  1.

  Pareto charts

  2.

  Check sheets

  3.

  Process flowcharts

  4.

  Sactterplots

  5.

  Cause and effect diagram These are the:

  A. Quality control tools

  B. Control charts

  C. demand measurements

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 423:

  1.

  High quality level

  2.

  High flexibility to change such things as volume, specifications, and delivery

  3.

  High service level

  4.

  Short lead times

  5.

  Low variability in meeting targets

  6.

  Low cost

  These are general requirements of:

  A. Suppliers

  B. Customers

  C. All the supply chain agents

  D. Sub-contractors

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 424:

  Basic concepts in TQM:

  A. A committed and involved management

  B. Focus on the customer

  C. Involvement of the total workforce

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 425:

  Poke-Yoke (Fail Safe) tries to change either the process or its resources, thus eliminating the need to rely on human experience and knowledge. Examples include:

  A. Use color-coded parts

  B. Put a template over an assembled component to show operators where specific parts go

  C. Both of these

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 426:

  Toyota has designed seven important sources of waste in manufacturing. The first four relate to the design of the manufacturing system and the last there to the operation and management of the system. Which one of the following is NOT out of those sources of waste?

  A. Overproductions

  B. Bottlenecks

  C. Movement

  D. Product Defects

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 427:

  If the range and variety of product are large:

  A. Production runs will be short

  B. Machines must be changed over frequently

  C. Little opportunity to use the specialized machinery and fixtures

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 428:

  A process costs $200 to set up. The run time is 5 minutes per piece and the run cost is $30 per hour. Determine total cost and unit cost for a lot of 500.

  A. Total Cost: $1450.00 and Unit cost: $2.90

  B. Total Cost: $1400.00 and Unit cost: $2.80

  C. Total Cost: $1455.00 and Unit cost: $2.90

  D. Total Cost: $1440.00 and Unit cost: $2.60

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 429:

  A process costs $200 to set up. The run time is 5 minutes per piece and the run cost is $30 per hour. Determine the fixed cost?

  A. $250.00

  B. $200.00

  C. $340.00

  D. $300.00

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 430:

  Pareto analysis can be used:

  A. to select problems with the greatest economic impact

  B. to identify process bottleneck

  C. To manage excessive overtime

  D. To locate employee grievances with true assignable causes

  Correct Answer: A