CPIM certification questions and answers
with solutions
Customer requirements - ANSWER The APICS Dictionary, 16th Edition
defines House of Quality as "structured process that relates customer-
defined attributes to the product's technical features needed to support
and generate these attributes." What is the starting point in House of
Quality?
Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) - ANSWER Companies who
embrace Kaizen and encourage ongoing identification and elimination of
problem root causes are practicing which of the following?
Responsible economic growth for the company while providing minimal
impact on the environment - ANSWER Sustainability is a basic element of
corporate social responsibility. What is sustainability?
Pricing - ANSWER Warehouses can impact supply chains in each of the
following ways except:
Manufacturing - ANSWER Which department is responsible for satisfying
marketplace demands?
, Purchasing - ANSWER In the manufacturing planning and control (MPC)
hierarchy, execution begins when planning ends. Execution level
activities include production activity control (PAC) and:
Revenue - ANSWER What is the term used to refer to a company's sales?
Engineer-to-order - ANSWER Which manufacturing environment is least
dependent on near-term forecasting?
Dock-to-stock - ANSWER As part of your organization's lean production
system, it depends on a few long-term relationships with dependable
suppliers to get perfect quality materials delivered just in time. This is
an example of which of the following?
Flow manufacturing - ANSWER In what manufacturing environment are
routings fixed and work centers arranged in the order of the routings?
(Note that production at each work center is carefully level -loaded.)
intermittent manufacturing - ANSWER The manufacturing of products in
lots or batches (ex. sports jerseys)
project manufacturing - ANSWER A type of manufacturing process used
for large, often unique, items of structures that require a custom design
capability (engineer-to-order).
specialty manufacturing - ANSWER companies produce a limited range of
products in which they specialize.
with solutions
Customer requirements - ANSWER The APICS Dictionary, 16th Edition
defines House of Quality as "structured process that relates customer-
defined attributes to the product's technical features needed to support
and generate these attributes." What is the starting point in House of
Quality?
Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) - ANSWER Companies who
embrace Kaizen and encourage ongoing identification and elimination of
problem root causes are practicing which of the following?
Responsible economic growth for the company while providing minimal
impact on the environment - ANSWER Sustainability is a basic element of
corporate social responsibility. What is sustainability?
Pricing - ANSWER Warehouses can impact supply chains in each of the
following ways except:
Manufacturing - ANSWER Which department is responsible for satisfying
marketplace demands?
, Purchasing - ANSWER In the manufacturing planning and control (MPC)
hierarchy, execution begins when planning ends. Execution level
activities include production activity control (PAC) and:
Revenue - ANSWER What is the term used to refer to a company's sales?
Engineer-to-order - ANSWER Which manufacturing environment is least
dependent on near-term forecasting?
Dock-to-stock - ANSWER As part of your organization's lean production
system, it depends on a few long-term relationships with dependable
suppliers to get perfect quality materials delivered just in time. This is
an example of which of the following?
Flow manufacturing - ANSWER In what manufacturing environment are
routings fixed and work centers arranged in the order of the routings?
(Note that production at each work center is carefully level -loaded.)
intermittent manufacturing - ANSWER The manufacturing of products in
lots or batches (ex. sports jerseys)
project manufacturing - ANSWER A type of manufacturing process used
for large, often unique, items of structures that require a custom design
capability (engineer-to-order).
specialty manufacturing - ANSWER companies produce a limited range of
products in which they specialize.
