MQM 227 Ch.21 Questions and Answers 100% Correct
Product demand for end items comes primarily from two main sources. What are they? Check
both.
Back orders
The aggregate production plan
Firm customer orders
Customer orders of specific parts and components either as spares or for service and repair —
Answer: The aggregate production plan
Firm customer orders
n industry, materials requirements planning also goes by the acronym: —Answer: MRP
Finished goods purchased by individuals external to the organization are considered what? —
Answer: Independent demand items
In which industry type does MRP provide the highest expected benefits? Check all that apply.
Engineer-to-order
Assemble-to-stock
Process
Make-to-stock
Make-to-order
Assemble-to-order —Answer: Engineer-to-order
Assemble-to-stock
Assemble-to-order
Includes industries such as foundries, rubber and plastics, specialty paper, chemicals, paint,
drug, food processors. —Answer: Process
Select all that apply
Which of the following are sources of demand for products in a material requirements planning
system?
Customer orders from sales personnel
Customer back orders from the previous period
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, Inter-department transactions
Orders for specific components needed in repair —Answer: Customer orders from sales
personnel
Inter-department transactions
Orders for specific components needed in repair
Which of the following statements best characterizes an MRP system? —Answer: A system-
driven logic that allows a company to tie the production functions together from a material
planning and control view.
The master production schedule is a major input to the ___ process. —Answer: MRP
The requirements of dependent demand items tend to become more and more ___ as we go
farther down into the product creation sequence. —Answer: bumpy
MRP systems tend to work best in companies where products are made in ___ using the same
productive equipment. —Answer: batches
A final assembly is made from standard options that the customer chooses. —Answer:
Assemble-to-order
Why might the master scheduler modify the master production schedule? Check all that apply.
Raw materials inventory is too high
Vendors want the firm to make different products
Master schedule requires excessive resources
Work-in-process levels are too high
One or more work centers lacks adequate capacity —Answer: Master schedule requires
excessive resources
One or more work centers lacks adequate capacity
Generally, the master production schedule deals with ___ ___. —Answer: Blank 1: end
Blank 2: items
In which of the following product manufacturing scenarios, would MRP provide high benefit?
Check all that apply.
appliances
motors
trucks
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Product demand for end items comes primarily from two main sources. What are they? Check
both.
Back orders
The aggregate production plan
Firm customer orders
Customer orders of specific parts and components either as spares or for service and repair —
Answer: The aggregate production plan
Firm customer orders
n industry, materials requirements planning also goes by the acronym: —Answer: MRP
Finished goods purchased by individuals external to the organization are considered what? —
Answer: Independent demand items
In which industry type does MRP provide the highest expected benefits? Check all that apply.
Engineer-to-order
Assemble-to-stock
Process
Make-to-stock
Make-to-order
Assemble-to-order —Answer: Engineer-to-order
Assemble-to-stock
Assemble-to-order
Includes industries such as foundries, rubber and plastics, specialty paper, chemicals, paint,
drug, food processors. —Answer: Process
Select all that apply
Which of the following are sources of demand for products in a material requirements planning
system?
Customer orders from sales personnel
Customer back orders from the previous period
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, Inter-department transactions
Orders for specific components needed in repair —Answer: Customer orders from sales
personnel
Inter-department transactions
Orders for specific components needed in repair
Which of the following statements best characterizes an MRP system? —Answer: A system-
driven logic that allows a company to tie the production functions together from a material
planning and control view.
The master production schedule is a major input to the ___ process. —Answer: MRP
The requirements of dependent demand items tend to become more and more ___ as we go
farther down into the product creation sequence. —Answer: bumpy
MRP systems tend to work best in companies where products are made in ___ using the same
productive equipment. —Answer: batches
A final assembly is made from standard options that the customer chooses. —Answer:
Assemble-to-order
Why might the master scheduler modify the master production schedule? Check all that apply.
Raw materials inventory is too high
Vendors want the firm to make different products
Master schedule requires excessive resources
Work-in-process levels are too high
One or more work centers lacks adequate capacity —Answer: Master schedule requires
excessive resources
One or more work centers lacks adequate capacity
Generally, the master production schedule deals with ___ ___. —Answer: Blank 1: end
Blank 2: items
In which of the following product manufacturing scenarios, would MRP provide high benefit?
Check all that apply.
appliances
motors
trucks
© 2025 All rights reserved
