CPIM QUESTIONS - SECTION 3
A customer contacts a manufacturer's salesperson and wants to purchase all production
supply and capacity for a given item. Which of the following values will the salesperson
need to obtain from his company to respond to his customer? - answer Capable-to-
promise
What is the term for the process of validating the master production schedule against
available demonstrated capacity? - answer Rough-cut capacity planning
The level of detail for the master production schedule is: - answer developed for
individual items.
Which of the following describes the process of order entry? - answer Accepting and
translating what a customer wants into terms used by the manufacturer or distributor
Which of the following is the term for the uncommitted portion of a company's inventory
and planned production maintained in the master schedule to support customer order
promising? - answerAvailable-to-promise
The portion of inventory and planned production that can be committed to customer
orders typically is referred to as the: - answeravailable-to-promise quantity.
In a bill of material, the path that adds up to the greatest number of lead time periods
defines the: - answercumulative lead time.
If there is insufficient capacity for the priority plan for a period of the master schedule
and this overload is based on actual customer orders, what solution might be most likely
to succeed and should be attempted first? - answerAdd an evening shift for equipment
that is fully staffed on the current shift
If the projected available balance would go negative in a period, what should be done? -
answerSchedule a master production schedule receipt for that period.
Which of the following uses a format that includes time periods, the forecast, customer
orders, projected available balance, and available-to-promise? - answermaster
schedule
What is the portion of inventory or production that has yet to be assigned to specific
customer orders? - answerAvailable-to-promise
Rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) checks which of the following data? -
answercritical resources
, When multiple products are produced using the same resources over the same time
horizon, what must an organization do prior to checking capacity? - answerAggregate
master schedules for all related items.
In relation to time fences, in which of the following zones can scheduling software make
automatic adjustments without the input of the master scheduler? - answerliquid zone
Item A is produced using the following components, and each has lead times as shown:
A (1 week), B (2 weeks), C (2 weeks), D (5 weeks), E (3 weeks), F (1 week), and G (5
weeks). If the following choices represent all of the possible paths through the product
tree, what is the longest cumulative lead time for use in calculating the planning
horizon? - answerA-C-G
The information needed to develop a master schedule will come from which source? -
answerForecast of individual end items
Which is an objective of a master production schedule? - answerMaintain the targeted
level of customer service.
Open shop orders and purchase orders are primary inputs to which of the following
activities? - answermaterial requirements planning
What document shows the component parts and number of components needed to
make one unit of the part? - answerbill of material
Determining what is required, how much is required, and when it is required is a key
function of what manufacturing planning and control process? - answermaterial
requirements planning
What type of material requirements planning (MRP) system lists the actual date for
actions/events and omits periods of inactivity? - answerbucketless
How do gross requirements differ from net requirements? - answerGross requirements
do not consider available inventory or scheduled receipts.
What is the name of the set of priority planning techniques for planning component
items below the end-item level? - answerMaterial requirements planning
When a customer orders a laptop online and selects from a variety of different options,
such as RAM, hard disk space, color, etc., an order entry system will produce a
modular: - answerbill of material
A product is made from two widgets, but the bill of material shows only one. Which of
the following results can be expected? - answerMaterial requirements will be
understated in the material requirements plan.
A customer contacts a manufacturer's salesperson and wants to purchase all production
supply and capacity for a given item. Which of the following values will the salesperson
need to obtain from his company to respond to his customer? - answer Capable-to-
promise
What is the term for the process of validating the master production schedule against
available demonstrated capacity? - answer Rough-cut capacity planning
The level of detail for the master production schedule is: - answer developed for
individual items.
Which of the following describes the process of order entry? - answer Accepting and
translating what a customer wants into terms used by the manufacturer or distributor
Which of the following is the term for the uncommitted portion of a company's inventory
and planned production maintained in the master schedule to support customer order
promising? - answerAvailable-to-promise
The portion of inventory and planned production that can be committed to customer
orders typically is referred to as the: - answeravailable-to-promise quantity.
In a bill of material, the path that adds up to the greatest number of lead time periods
defines the: - answercumulative lead time.
If there is insufficient capacity for the priority plan for a period of the master schedule
and this overload is based on actual customer orders, what solution might be most likely
to succeed and should be attempted first? - answerAdd an evening shift for equipment
that is fully staffed on the current shift
If the projected available balance would go negative in a period, what should be done? -
answerSchedule a master production schedule receipt for that period.
Which of the following uses a format that includes time periods, the forecast, customer
orders, projected available balance, and available-to-promise? - answermaster
schedule
What is the portion of inventory or production that has yet to be assigned to specific
customer orders? - answerAvailable-to-promise
Rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) checks which of the following data? -
answercritical resources
, When multiple products are produced using the same resources over the same time
horizon, what must an organization do prior to checking capacity? - answerAggregate
master schedules for all related items.
In relation to time fences, in which of the following zones can scheduling software make
automatic adjustments without the input of the master scheduler? - answerliquid zone
Item A is produced using the following components, and each has lead times as shown:
A (1 week), B (2 weeks), C (2 weeks), D (5 weeks), E (3 weeks), F (1 week), and G (5
weeks). If the following choices represent all of the possible paths through the product
tree, what is the longest cumulative lead time for use in calculating the planning
horizon? - answerA-C-G
The information needed to develop a master schedule will come from which source? -
answerForecast of individual end items
Which is an objective of a master production schedule? - answerMaintain the targeted
level of customer service.
Open shop orders and purchase orders are primary inputs to which of the following
activities? - answermaterial requirements planning
What document shows the component parts and number of components needed to
make one unit of the part? - answerbill of material
Determining what is required, how much is required, and when it is required is a key
function of what manufacturing planning and control process? - answermaterial
requirements planning
What type of material requirements planning (MRP) system lists the actual date for
actions/events and omits periods of inactivity? - answerbucketless
How do gross requirements differ from net requirements? - answerGross requirements
do not consider available inventory or scheduled receipts.
What is the name of the set of priority planning techniques for planning component
items below the end-item level? - answerMaterial requirements planning
When a customer orders a laptop online and selects from a variety of different options,
such as RAM, hard disk space, color, etc., an order entry system will produce a
modular: - answerbill of material
A product is made from two widgets, but the bill of material shows only one. Which of
the following results can be expected? - answerMaterial requirements will be
understated in the material requirements plan.
