APICS CPIM-MPR Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CPIM-MPR Online Questions & Answers

• Question 531:

  The computer software program that organizes and maintains the bills of material structures and their linkage is called:

  A. Inventory record
  B. Purchasing record
  C. Bills of material processor
  D. Procurement of material and supplies
  C. Bills of material processor

• Question 532:

  If there are 20 as in stock, only 30 needs to be made, then the requirements for components parts would be:

  A. Reduced accordingly
  B. Increased accordingly
  C. Added accordingly
  D. Both B and C
  A. Reduced accordingly

• Question 533:

  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
  D. All of these

• Question 534:

  Who is responsible for meeting the minimum specifications of the product design?

  A. Policy
  B. Scope
  C. Manufacturing
  D. Standardization
  C. Manufacturing

• Question 535:

  If the beginning projected available balance is 100 units, the forecast is 40 units, and customer orders are 50 units, the ending projected available balance is:

  A. 60
  B. 50
  C. 40
  D. 30
  B. 50

• Question 536:

  The safety stock required depends on which of the following:

  A. Variability of demand during the lead time
  B. Frequency of reorder
  C. Service level desired
  D. All of the above
  D. All of the above

• Question 537:

  The formula to calculate the rated capacity is:

  A. Rated capacity = actual time * utilization * efficiency
  B. Rated capacity = available time * utilization * efficiency
  C. Rated capacity = available time * performance * efficiency
  D. Rated capacity = expected time * number of workers * efficiency
  C. Rated capacity = available time * performance * efficiency

• Question 538:

  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
  D. All of these

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  Explanation/Reference:

  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:

  

• Question 539:

  Qualitative techniques are productions based on judgment, intuition, and informed opinions.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

• Question 540:

  Price competition is often severe and profits start to decline, in which phase of the life cycle of a product?

  A. Introduction phase
  B. Growth phase
  C. Maturity phase
  D. Decline phase
  C. Maturity phase