Practice Questions CPIM ECO
Management can show their support for small group improvement activities by:
A. Encouraging ownership of task by empowering group with authority
B. Highlighting groups success in annual report - answer A
An important transaction point in a push and pull environment is
A. Setup completion and start of production order
B. Cycle count adjustments on planned cycle
C. Out of stock condition on satisfying customer order
D. Order Completions at departmental boundaries - answerD
In order to better serve its customer needs, a manufacturer wants to change the design
of one of its products, while minimizing time to market. This could best be accomplished
by
A Six Sigma
B Concurrent Engineering
C New Product Design
D Research and Development - answerB
Rated Capacity is most useful for which of the following techniques:
A Master Production Scheduling
B Material Requirements Planning
C Capacity Requirements Planning
D RCCP - answerC
The input/output report is showing input queue at the work center. Most appropriate
action is
A Increase work center output
B re-run capacity requirements planning
C decrease work center input
D check cumulative input/output report - answerD. Check to see if it's a one time thing
or if there's a pattern
Closed Loop approach for measuring the success of problem solving
A Training and performance improvement
B Data gathering and Control charting
C Benchmarking and Implementation
D Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action - answerA Root cause analysis and
corrective action
, Critical Ratio = - answerTime remaining/work remaining or days remaining / days until
due date
Which of following goals of cycle counting is a benefit for production?
A Material count is accurate by location
B Material count is accurate within a tolerance - answerA
The purpose of using flow path lines on a process flow chart is
A The lines graphically differentiate among value and non value added processes
B The line weight represents the cost of non value added operations
C The lines ensure that no reverse flows or psuedo operations exist in the process
D Solid lines indicate primary path and dashed lines indicate alternate routings -
answerA
Producing consistently high-quality product requires which of following actions?
A Focusing on an error-free process
B Implementing preventive maintenance
C Using automated inspection equipment
D Increasing amount of sampling - answerA
Which of following performance areas is unaffected by data timeliness in an ATO using
backflushing?
A Customer order completion
B Inventory turns calculation
C Inventory accuracy level
D Notification of rejected receipt - answerB
Which of following actions should a dispatcher perform in an environment where there's
excess capacity, in order to meet a shortage at a downstream operation?
A Expedite
B Pay premium
C Split the lot
D Overtime - answerC - that's the only one of these a dispatcher can do
Which of following production methods is most likely used in ETO?
A Level
B Push
C Pull
D Chase - answerD. Chase
Authorizing work in a push system in a MTO environment assumes which
A Tooling
B Material
C Information
D Capacity - answerA Tooling
Management can show their support for small group improvement activities by:
A. Encouraging ownership of task by empowering group with authority
B. Highlighting groups success in annual report - answer A
An important transaction point in a push and pull environment is
A. Setup completion and start of production order
B. Cycle count adjustments on planned cycle
C. Out of stock condition on satisfying customer order
D. Order Completions at departmental boundaries - answerD
In order to better serve its customer needs, a manufacturer wants to change the design
of one of its products, while minimizing time to market. This could best be accomplished
by
A Six Sigma
B Concurrent Engineering
C New Product Design
D Research and Development - answerB
Rated Capacity is most useful for which of the following techniques:
A Master Production Scheduling
B Material Requirements Planning
C Capacity Requirements Planning
D RCCP - answerC
The input/output report is showing input queue at the work center. Most appropriate
action is
A Increase work center output
B re-run capacity requirements planning
C decrease work center input
D check cumulative input/output report - answerD. Check to see if it's a one time thing
or if there's a pattern
Closed Loop approach for measuring the success of problem solving
A Training and performance improvement
B Data gathering and Control charting
C Benchmarking and Implementation
D Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action - answerA Root cause analysis and
corrective action
, Critical Ratio = - answerTime remaining/work remaining or days remaining / days until
due date
Which of following goals of cycle counting is a benefit for production?
A Material count is accurate by location
B Material count is accurate within a tolerance - answerA
The purpose of using flow path lines on a process flow chart is
A The lines graphically differentiate among value and non value added processes
B The line weight represents the cost of non value added operations
C The lines ensure that no reverse flows or psuedo operations exist in the process
D Solid lines indicate primary path and dashed lines indicate alternate routings -
answerA
Producing consistently high-quality product requires which of following actions?
A Focusing on an error-free process
B Implementing preventive maintenance
C Using automated inspection equipment
D Increasing amount of sampling - answerA
Which of following performance areas is unaffected by data timeliness in an ATO using
backflushing?
A Customer order completion
B Inventory turns calculation
C Inventory accuracy level
D Notification of rejected receipt - answerB
Which of following actions should a dispatcher perform in an environment where there's
excess capacity, in order to meet a shortage at a downstream operation?
A Expedite
B Pay premium
C Split the lot
D Overtime - answerC - that's the only one of these a dispatcher can do
Which of following production methods is most likely used in ETO?
A Level
B Push
C Pull
D Chase - answerD. Chase
Authorizing work in a push system in a MTO environment assumes which
A Tooling
B Material
C Information
D Capacity - answerA Tooling
