CPIM Part 1 Exam Practice
Which of the following tools is considered an important quality management tool? -
answer 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: - answer 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)? – answer 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? -
answerMake-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? -
answerFramework 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? -
answerThe 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? - answerSustainability; 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 - answer1.6 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? - answerProduct 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? - answerUnited 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? - answerProduct 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? - answerDelivery 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? - answerReducing 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? - answerWall-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? -
answerExcess 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? - answerSmoothing 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 tools is considered an important quality management tool? -
answer 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: - answer 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)? – answer 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? -
answerMake-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? -
answerFramework 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? -
answerThe 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? - answerSustainability; 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 - answer1.6 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? - answerProduct 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? - answerUnited 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? - answerProduct 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? - answerDelivery 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? - answerReducing 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? - answerWall-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? -
answerExcess 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? - answerSmoothing 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.
