CPIM PART 1 EXAM PRACTICE 2022 100 TRIAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following tools is considered an important quality management tool? -
Control Chart. The primary use of control charts is to detect assignable causes of
variation in a process.
In a bill of material, the path that adds up to the greatest number of lead time periods
defines the: - Cumulative lead time; cumulative lead time for an items consists of the
longest lead time path for a given bill of material. Delivery and demand lead times are
subsets of cumulative lead time.
What is the primary difference between enterprise resources planning (ERP) and
manufacturing resource planning (MRP II)? - ERP provides more than just
manufacturing information; it integrates business functions like human resources,
research and development, and logistics. MRP II and ERP are both computer-based,
and both provide a balance between production, marketing, and information technology.
Which of the following manufacturing strategies has the longest customer lead time? -
Make-to-order; make-to-order manufacturing begins when a customer order is received.
The product must then be manufactured, assembled and shipped.
Which of the following describes the UN Global Compact Management Model? -
Framework for guiding companies through the process of formally committing to,
assessing, defining, implementing, measuring, ad communicating the UN Global
Compact and its principles. The UN Global Compact Management Model is a practical
yet comprehensive tool to help companies evolve their sustainability efforts.
Which of the following is true of preparing a forecast based on historical data? - The
data needs to be in the same terms as needed for the forecasts. It is important that
historical data match what is being forecasted. If the purpose is to forecast demand on
production, data based on demand - not, for example, shipments - is needed.
Which of these terms refers to activities that provide present benefit without
compromising the needs of future generations? - Sustainability; sustainability refers to
activities that provide present benefit without compromising the needs of future
generations.
Given the following, what is the work center backlog? Avg Input: 100 units/week. Avg
Output: 100 units/week. Current work in progress: 160 units - 1.6 weeks; To calculate
the load that is backlog at a work center, divide the current number of units (or hours)
currently at the work center by the average output, or 160 units/100 units of output per
week = 1.6 weeks of load
Sales & Operations planning (S&OP) is typically performed at which of the following
levels? - Product family; S&OP is typically performed at the product family level. End
, items are typically planned at the master schedule level, while raw material and semi-
finished goods are typically planned at the MRP level.
Which of the following is a voluntary initiative whereby companies embrace, support,
and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human
rights, labor standards, the environment, and anti-corruption? - United Nations Global
Compact; the UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are
committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted
principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.
Engineering seeks to have complex designs that are difficult to modify. This approach to
manufacturing conflicts with which of the following concepts? - Product flexibility;
product flexibility is the ease with which current designs can be modified in response to
changing market demands. It conflicts with rigid, complex designs.
Companies typically make final purchasing decisions based on which of the following
supplier characteristics? - Delivery reliability; besides perfect quality, a key final
purchasing decision point is delivery reliability. Ensuring that purchase deliveries arrive
on time is an essential feature of supplier partnerships.
Which of the following objectives often conflicts with providing the best customer
service? - Reducing inventory to keep inventory carrying costs at a minimum.
Production's objective of keeping inventory investment to a minimum is in conflict with
marketing's objective of always having goods available for the customer.
A shipment of remote control components is delivered to a factory and immediately
taken to a workstation ready to being assembly. What is the name of this inventory
management technique? - Wall-to-wall; in wall-to-wall inventory management, materials
enter a plant and are processed right away, as opposed to being logged in an inventory
store until a later date.
Which of the following conditions is in conflict with maintaining low days of supply? -
Excess inventory; excess inventory increases the number of days of inventory held.
In exponential smoothing, what is the term for the weighting factor that is applied to the
most recent demand, observation, or error? - Smoothing constant; the smoothing
constant in exponential smoothing is the weighting factor that is applied to the most
recent demand, observation, or error. In this case, the error is defined as the difference
between actual demand and the forecast for the most recent period.
Which of the following activities represents reverse logistics? - Returning goods to the
seller due to repair, remanufacture, or recycling activity; reverse logistics is concerned
with the management of the flow of products and materials from the customer back
through the supply chain to the originating source.
Which of the following tools is considered an important quality management tool? -
Control Chart. The primary use of control charts is to detect assignable causes of
variation in a process.
In a bill of material, the path that adds up to the greatest number of lead time periods
defines the: - Cumulative lead time; cumulative lead time for an items consists of the
longest lead time path for a given bill of material. Delivery and demand lead times are
subsets of cumulative lead time.
What is the primary difference between enterprise resources planning (ERP) and
manufacturing resource planning (MRP II)? - ERP provides more than just
manufacturing information; it integrates business functions like human resources,
research and development, and logistics. MRP II and ERP are both computer-based,
and both provide a balance between production, marketing, and information technology.
Which of the following manufacturing strategies has the longest customer lead time? -
Make-to-order; make-to-order manufacturing begins when a customer order is received.
The product must then be manufactured, assembled and shipped.
Which of the following describes the UN Global Compact Management Model? -
Framework for guiding companies through the process of formally committing to,
assessing, defining, implementing, measuring, ad communicating the UN Global
Compact and its principles. The UN Global Compact Management Model is a practical
yet comprehensive tool to help companies evolve their sustainability efforts.
Which of the following is true of preparing a forecast based on historical data? - The
data needs to be in the same terms as needed for the forecasts. It is important that
historical data match what is being forecasted. If the purpose is to forecast demand on
production, data based on demand - not, for example, shipments - is needed.
Which of these terms refers to activities that provide present benefit without
compromising the needs of future generations? - Sustainability; sustainability refers to
activities that provide present benefit without compromising the needs of future
generations.
Given the following, what is the work center backlog? Avg Input: 100 units/week. Avg
Output: 100 units/week. Current work in progress: 160 units - 1.6 weeks; To calculate
the load that is backlog at a work center, divide the current number of units (or hours)
currently at the work center by the average output, or 160 units/100 units of output per
week = 1.6 weeks of load
Sales & Operations planning (S&OP) is typically performed at which of the following
levels? - Product family; S&OP is typically performed at the product family level. End
, items are typically planned at the master schedule level, while raw material and semi-
finished goods are typically planned at the MRP level.
Which of the following is a voluntary initiative whereby companies embrace, support,
and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human
rights, labor standards, the environment, and anti-corruption? - United Nations Global
Compact; the UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are
committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted
principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.
Engineering seeks to have complex designs that are difficult to modify. This approach to
manufacturing conflicts with which of the following concepts? - Product flexibility;
product flexibility is the ease with which current designs can be modified in response to
changing market demands. It conflicts with rigid, complex designs.
Companies typically make final purchasing decisions based on which of the following
supplier characteristics? - Delivery reliability; besides perfect quality, a key final
purchasing decision point is delivery reliability. Ensuring that purchase deliveries arrive
on time is an essential feature of supplier partnerships.
Which of the following objectives often conflicts with providing the best customer
service? - Reducing inventory to keep inventory carrying costs at a minimum.
Production's objective of keeping inventory investment to a minimum is in conflict with
marketing's objective of always having goods available for the customer.
A shipment of remote control components is delivered to a factory and immediately
taken to a workstation ready to being assembly. What is the name of this inventory
management technique? - Wall-to-wall; in wall-to-wall inventory management, materials
enter a plant and are processed right away, as opposed to being logged in an inventory
store until a later date.
Which of the following conditions is in conflict with maintaining low days of supply? -
Excess inventory; excess inventory increases the number of days of inventory held.
In exponential smoothing, what is the term for the weighting factor that is applied to the
most recent demand, observation, or error? - Smoothing constant; the smoothing
constant in exponential smoothing is the weighting factor that is applied to the most
recent demand, observation, or error. In this case, the error is defined as the difference
between actual demand and the forecast for the most recent period.
Which of the following activities represents reverse logistics? - Returning goods to the
seller due to repair, remanufacture, or recycling activity; reverse logistics is concerned
with the management of the flow of products and materials from the customer back
through the supply chain to the originating source.
