APICS CPIM-MPR Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CPIM-MPR Online Questions & Answers

• Question 481:

  The concept in which to preplan and generate schedules but instead to react to the final customer order and produce only what is needed to satisfy demand and then only when it is needed, is known as:

  A. Put system
  B. Buffer system
  C. Pull system
  D. Defensive system
  C. Pull system

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• Question 482:

  A structured approach to organize the operation for more effectiveness and less waste that is the overall goal of a lean production system includes which 5S?

  A. Species, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain
  B. Sort, strong, shower, standardize, sustain
  C. Sort, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain
  D. Sort, straighten, shine, standardize, suspect
  C. Sort, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain

• Question 483:

  Using non-cumulative methods, what is the ATP in period 1?

  

  A. 88
  B. 100
  C. 261
  D. 300
  A. 88

• Question 484:

  What was/were the conflict/s in traditional system before the growth of supply chain concept?

  A. Supply, production and distribution system were organized into separate functions that reported to different departments of a company.
  B. Often departmental objectives were maximized without considering the effect they would have on other parts of the system.
  C. Costly distribution systems were these
  D. Strategy of high inventory pile up was following
  A. Supply, production and distribution system were organized into separate functions that reported to different departments of a company.
  B. Often departmental objectives were maximized without considering the effect they would have on other parts of the system.

• Question 485:

  This is the situation of lead time strategy in case of:

  

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

• Question 486:

  When items required from stock must be selected from storage and brought to a marshalling area, this activity is called:

  A. Collect goods
  B. Accept goods
  C. Select goods
  D. Pick goods
  D. Pick goods

• Question 487:

  Which of the following is generally a function of the physical distribution system?

  A. Production activity control
  B. Production planning
  C. packaging
  D. bill of material
  C. packaging

• Question 488:

  What exist because of the time needed to move goods from one location to another such as from a plant to a distribution center or a customer?

  A. Stable inventories
  B. Operating inventories
  C. Pipeline inventories
  D. Cyclic inventories
  C. Pipeline inventories

• Question 489:

  Which of the following is NOT the source of waste in the operation and management of the manufacturing system?

  A. Waiting time
  B. Overproduction
  C. Inventory
  D. Product defects
  D. Product defects

• Question 490:

  The files contained in the database are of two types which are:

  A. planning and control
  B. planning and procedural
  C. fixed and variable
  D. absolute and relative
  A. planning and control