APICS CPIM-MPR Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CPIM-MPR Online Questions & Answers

• Question 461:

  Which forecast performance measure detects bias?

  A. tracking signal
  B. MAPE
  C. standard deviation
  D. MAD
  A. tracking signal

• Question 462:

  Which one of the following is NOT done by PAC in control phase?

  A. Monitor and control work-in-process, lead times, and work center queues.
  B. Report work center efficiency, operation times, order quantities and scrap.
  C. Track the actual performance of work orders and compare it to planned schedules.
  D. Ensure that required materials, tooling, personnel and information are available.
  D. Ensure that required materials, tooling, personnel and information are available.

• Question 463:

  The annual cost and effort expended in orders placed, not on the quantity ordered.

  A. Capacity control
  B. Production control
  C. Purchase order cost
  D. Set-up control
  B. Production control

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• Question 464:

  In s distribution system, which activity affects customer service and the cost of providing it?

  A. Distribution inventory
  B. Warehouses
  C. Order processing and communication
  D. All of the above
  D. All of the above

• Question 465:

  is responsible for producing a set of specifications that manufacturing can use to make the product. Products must be designed to be:

  1.

  Functional

  2.

  Capable of low-cost processing

  A. Product Design
  B. Production Plan
  C. Marketing mix
  D. All of these
  A. Product Design

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• Question 466:

  Knowing the quantity beyond which the cost of using method B becomes less than for method A enables us to decide easily which process to use to minimize the total cost, this quantity is called:

  A. cost of quantity point
  B. total cost production
  C. fixed cost projected point
  D. cost equalization point
  D. cost equalization point

• Question 467:

  Which of the following is NOT the method accounting use to cost inventory?

  A. First in first out
  B. Last in first out
  C. Average cost
  D. Analysis cost
  D. Analysis cost

• Question 468:

  Which of the following details are true about time buckets EXCEPT:

  A. These are often a week
  B. Can be any length of time convenient to the company
  C. Companies can move to daily time buckets
  D. Needs to avoid future problems
  D. Needs to avoid future problems

• Question 469:

  A manufacturer has the alternative of making parts in-house or of buying them from an outside supplier. Reason/s to make In-house may be:

  A. Can produce for less cost than a supplier
  B. Uses specialized expertise of suppliers
  C. Provides known and competitive prices
  D. To utilize existing equipment to fullest extent
  A. Can produce for less cost than a supplier
  D. To utilize existing equipment to fullest extent

• Question 470:

  In some industries, is the only strategy that can be followed. Farmers, for instance, must produce in the growing season. The post office must process mail over the Christmas rush and in slack seasons. Restaurants have to serve meals when the customers want them. These industries cannot stockpile or inventory their products or services and must be capable of meeting demands as it occurs.

  A. Subcontracting
  B. Resource Planning
  C. Chase strategy
  D. Production leveling strategy
  C. Chase strategy