APICS APICS Certifications CPIM-MPR Questions & Answers

• Question 501:

  Because of its labor contracts, a company must hire enough labor for 100 units of production per week on one shift or 200 units per week on two shifts, it cannot hire, layoff, or assign overtime. During the fourth week, workers will be available from another department to work part or all of an extra shift (up to 100 units). There is a planned shutdown for maintenance in the second week, which will cut production to half. Develop a production plan. The opening inventory is 200 units, and the desired ending inventory is 300 units.

  

  If the opening backlog is 500 units, forecast demand is 700 units. And production is 800 units, what will be the ending backlog?

  A. 400 units

  B. 500 units

  C. 600 units

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 502:

  A company wants to produce 500 units over the next 3 months at a level rate. The months have 19, 20 and 21 working days, respectively. On the average, how much should the company produce each day to level productions?

  A. 8.3 units

  B. 88.8 units

  C. 8.9 units

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 503:

  If the opening inventory is 400 units, demand is 900 units, and production is 800 units, what will be the ending inventory?

  A. 400 units

  B. 200 units

  C. 300 units

  D. 350 units

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 504:

  Once the preliminary production plan is established, it must be compared to the existing resources of the company. This step is called answered: Are the resources available to meet the production plans? If not, how will the difference be reconciled?

  A. Resource requirement planning

  B. MPS

  C. MRP II

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 505:

  Assemble- to-order is a subset of make-to-order. Which of the following is needed to make a production plan for make-to-order products?

  A. Forecasts by period for the planning horizon

  B. Opening backlogs of customer orders

  C. Desired ending backlog

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 506:

  Generally, firms make-to-order when:

  A. Goods are produced to customer specifications

  B. The customer is willing to wait while the order is being made

  C. The product is expensive to make and to store and several product options are offered

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 507:

  With reference to the above example; if the cost of carrying inventory is $5 per case based on ending inventory, what is the total cost of carrying inventory?

  A. $2900

  B. $2300

  C. $2200

  D. $3000

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 508:

  With reference to the above example; considering 116 cases produced during the period what is the ending inventory for each period?

  A. 102 cases

  B. 107 cases

  C. 110 cases

  D. 106 cases

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 509:

  With reference to the above example; how much should be produced each period?

  A. 120 cases

  B. 116 cases

  C. 122 cases

  D. None of these

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 510:

  The information needed to make a production plan is:

  A. Forecast by period for the planning horizon

  B. Opening inventory and desired ending inventory

  C. Any past-due customer orders. These are orders that are late for delivery and are sometimes back orders.

  D. All of these

  Correct Answer: D

  Example:

  Amalgamated Fish Sinkers makes a product group of fresh fish sinkers and want to develop a production plan for them. The expected opening inventory is 100 cases, and the company wants to reduce that to 80 cases by the end of the

  planning period. The number of working days is the same for each period. There are no back orders. The expected demand for the fish sinkers is as follows: