OPMA 3306 CHAPTER 9 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UTA OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & MRP REVIEW

OPMA 3306 CHAPTER 9 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UTA OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & MRP REVIEW



Which of the following industry types have high expected benefits from the application of MRP?
- ANS ✔✔Assemble-to-Stock

Assemble-to-order

Manufacture-to-order



Which of the following industry types will not benefit greatly from the application of MRP? -
ANS ✔✔Fabricate-to-order

Fabricate-to-stock



Which of the following is considered a secondary report in an MRP system? - ANS ✔✔-
Exceptions reports

-Planning reports

-Reports for performance control



In an MRP program, the program accesses the status segment of an inventory record according
to specific periods called which of the following? - ANS ✔✔Time buckets



A BOM file is also called which of the following? - ANS ✔✔Product tree



In an MRP problem, A is an MPS item. Every A requires 2 B's and 3 C's. Every B requires 5 C's. All
lead times are two periods. Initial inventory values for A is 100, B is 200 and C is 0. Use lot-for-
lot method for order quantities for all items. If gross requirement for A is 800 in period 9, what
will be the planned order release for B in period 5?



1,600