WGU D550 TASK 1 PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Independent demand.
Answer: Items usually include finished products, such as the completed
tricycle or replacement parts sold to customers.
◍ Total Cost Formula.
Answer: TC = VC(x) + FCo VC = variable costo x = number of unitso FC =
fixed costs. Total Cost = variable cost * number of units plus fixed costs.
◍ Sustainability.
Answer: Defined broadly in operations and supply chain management as the
ethical issues an organization faces to balance financial performance while
maintaining social responsibility standards and a responsible environmental
profile.
◍ Juran.
Answer: Focus was on the customer's perception of qualityQuality must be
built on three elements: o Quality planning o Quality control o Quality
improvement.Focused on Fitness for use and Pareto Principle
◍ Match.
Answer: Adds capacity in small incremental amounts in response to
changing demands in the market
◍ Employee Empowerment.
Answer: Defined as involving employees in every step--from product
design, to process design, and system design. Creating a workforce of
empowered employees can improve employee morale, organizational
efficiency, product and service quality, and ultimately lead to higher
, customer satisfaction.
◍ Inputs.
Answer: People, capital, material, money
◍ Seasonal Demand.
Answer: Demand as shoppers adjust their purchase velocity in line with
holidays, especially Christmas. But Halloween, Thanksgiving and even St.
Patrick's Day also create seasonal demand for certain kinds of merchandise.
◍ Dependent demand.
Answer: Usually demand for an item that is generated by a company's
production process.
◍ Supply Chain Management.
Answer: Taking actions to have all members of the supply chain work
together to coordinate their activities and share information
◍ Constraint.
Answer: Any resource whose capacity is less than or equal to demand for
that resource
◍ Work-in-process (WIP).
Answer: These are partly finished parts, components, sub-assemblies, or
modules.
◍ Six Sigma: Define.
Answer: In this stage you _____ the problem or improvement opportunity.
This stage includes: Project Charter, Voice of the customer, Value Stream
Mapping.
◍ The Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle.
Answer: Also referred to as the Deming Wheel or Shewhart Cycle. o Plan -
Make sure everything is documented and make a plan of actiono Do -
Implement the plan and document changeso Check - Analyze to see if goals
have been achievedo Act - Standardize the changes and communicate the
results. This is a cycle, back to the beginning.
, ◍ Outputs.
Answer: Services and goods
◍ Variable costs.
Answer: Are those which change and can be adjusted as business conditions
change
◍ Assurance.
Answer: Knowledge and courtesy of employees and their ability to convey
trust and confidence.
◍ Product facility strategy.
Answer: Means that one facility is responsible for producing one product or
product line and shipping that product throughout the country and the world.
This approach is appropriate when the production process is complex and
hard to control, such as making ceramic heat shields for spacecraft.
◍ ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).
Answer: More robust data driven system that stems from MRP II. Used
when all corporate data needs to be accessible to all employees.
◍ Cause-and-effect diagrams or fishbone diagrams or Ishikawa diagrams.
Answer: Show the impact of various inputs into the result of a process. They
help organizations isolate the root causes of problems such as bottlenecks in
their processes.
◍ Transportation discounts.
Answer: A discount offered on shipping cost for ordering above a specified
amount
◍ MRP II - Manufacturing Resource Planning.
Answer: Often called manufacturing resource planning, builds on the
foundation of MRP. Also includes production planning, machine capacity
scheduling, demand forecasting and analysis and quality tracking tools into
the mix.Also features tools for tracking employee attendance, labor
contribution and productivity, project management, inventory management,
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Independent demand.
Answer: Items usually include finished products, such as the completed
tricycle or replacement parts sold to customers.
◍ Total Cost Formula.
Answer: TC = VC(x) + FCo VC = variable costo x = number of unitso FC =
fixed costs. Total Cost = variable cost * number of units plus fixed costs.
◍ Sustainability.
Answer: Defined broadly in operations and supply chain management as the
ethical issues an organization faces to balance financial performance while
maintaining social responsibility standards and a responsible environmental
profile.
◍ Juran.
Answer: Focus was on the customer's perception of qualityQuality must be
built on three elements: o Quality planning o Quality control o Quality
improvement.Focused on Fitness for use and Pareto Principle
◍ Match.
Answer: Adds capacity in small incremental amounts in response to
changing demands in the market
◍ Employee Empowerment.
Answer: Defined as involving employees in every step--from product
design, to process design, and system design. Creating a workforce of
empowered employees can improve employee morale, organizational
efficiency, product and service quality, and ultimately lead to higher
, customer satisfaction.
◍ Inputs.
Answer: People, capital, material, money
◍ Seasonal Demand.
Answer: Demand as shoppers adjust their purchase velocity in line with
holidays, especially Christmas. But Halloween, Thanksgiving and even St.
Patrick's Day also create seasonal demand for certain kinds of merchandise.
◍ Dependent demand.
Answer: Usually demand for an item that is generated by a company's
production process.
◍ Supply Chain Management.
Answer: Taking actions to have all members of the supply chain work
together to coordinate their activities and share information
◍ Constraint.
Answer: Any resource whose capacity is less than or equal to demand for
that resource
◍ Work-in-process (WIP).
Answer: These are partly finished parts, components, sub-assemblies, or
modules.
◍ Six Sigma: Define.
Answer: In this stage you _____ the problem or improvement opportunity.
This stage includes: Project Charter, Voice of the customer, Value Stream
Mapping.
◍ The Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle.
Answer: Also referred to as the Deming Wheel or Shewhart Cycle. o Plan -
Make sure everything is documented and make a plan of actiono Do -
Implement the plan and document changeso Check - Analyze to see if goals
have been achievedo Act - Standardize the changes and communicate the
results. This is a cycle, back to the beginning.
, ◍ Outputs.
Answer: Services and goods
◍ Variable costs.
Answer: Are those which change and can be adjusted as business conditions
change
◍ Assurance.
Answer: Knowledge and courtesy of employees and their ability to convey
trust and confidence.
◍ Product facility strategy.
Answer: Means that one facility is responsible for producing one product or
product line and shipping that product throughout the country and the world.
This approach is appropriate when the production process is complex and
hard to control, such as making ceramic heat shields for spacecraft.
◍ ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).
Answer: More robust data driven system that stems from MRP II. Used
when all corporate data needs to be accessible to all employees.
◍ Cause-and-effect diagrams or fishbone diagrams or Ishikawa diagrams.
Answer: Show the impact of various inputs into the result of a process. They
help organizations isolate the root causes of problems such as bottlenecks in
their processes.
◍ Transportation discounts.
Answer: A discount offered on shipping cost for ordering above a specified
amount
◍ MRP II - Manufacturing Resource Planning.
Answer: Often called manufacturing resource planning, builds on the
foundation of MRP. Also includes production planning, machine capacity
scheduling, demand forecasting and analysis and quality tracking tools into
the mix.Also features tools for tracking employee attendance, labor
contribution and productivity, project management, inventory management,
