APICS CPIM-MPR Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CPIM-MPR Online Questions & Answers

• Question 441:

  A company wants to produce 10, 000 units of an item over the next three months at a level rate. The first month has 20 working days; the second, 21 working days; and the third, 12 working days because of an annual shutdown. On the average, how much should the company produce each day to level production?

  A. 118.8 units
  B. 188.7 units
  C. 189.7 units
  D. 180.00 units
  B. 188.7 units

• Question 442:

  Which one of the following is a basic strategy to achieve the level of shortest lead time?

  A. Engineer-to-order
  B. Assemble-to-order
  C. Make-to-stock
  D. None of these
  D. None of these

• Question 443:

  Each of the following actions would reduce safety stock levels EXCEPT:

  A. reduce forecast error
  B. increase lead times
  C. reduce the customer service target
  D. adopt a make-to-order strategy
  B. increase lead times

• Question 444:

  Following is an example of:

  

  A. Wait time schedule
  B. Lead time schedule
  C. Shop calendar
  D. Routing file
  C. Shop calendar

• Question 445:

  Backward scheduling is used to determine when an order must be started.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

• Question 446:

  A system that forecasts when the various demands will be made by the system on central supply is known as:

  A. Anticipated centralized system
  B. Predictive central system
  C. Distribution requirements planning
  D. Conjecture supply planning
  C. Distribution requirements planning

• Question 447:

  Annual cost of pacing orders and annual cost of carrying inventory, together forms:

  A. Annual cost
  B. Determined cost
  C. Permanent cost
  D. Relevant cost
  D. Relevant cost

• Question 448:

  If the units are discrete, such as automobiles, flow manufacturing is called:

  A. Continuous manufacturing
  B. Fixed manufacturing
  C. Repetitive manufacturing
  D. None of the above
  C. Repetitive manufacturing

• Question 449:

  The MPS is a plan for manufacturing; it reflects the needs of the marketplace and the capacity of manufacturing and forms a priority plan for manufacturing to follows: The MPS forms a vital link between sales and production as follows:

  A. It makes possible valid order promises. The MPS is a plan of what is to be produced and when. As such, it tells sales and manufacturing when goods will be available for delivery.
  B. It is contract between marketing and manufacturing. It is an agreed- upon plan
  C. Both of these
  D. None of these
  C. Both of these

• Question 450:

  Engineering drawings and specifications and bill of material are the methods of:

  A. Product Description
  B. Process specifications
  C. Quantities required
  D. None of these
  A. Product Description