BPI Final
What is the effort to plan the coordination of demand forecasts with functional
areas of the firm and its supply chain?
A. enterprise resource planning
B. material requirements planning
C. capacity planning
D. sales and operations planning
E. new product development - correct answer ✔D. sales and operations
planning
Which of the following best describes aggregate planning?
A. the link between intermediate term planning and short-term operating
decisions
B. a collection of objective planning tools
C. make or buy decisions
D. an attempt to respond to predicted demand within the constraints set by
product, process, and location decisions
E. manpower planning - correct answer ✔D. an attempt to respond to
predicted demand within the constraints set by product, process, and location
decisions
Which of the following is one of the main purposes of an MRP system?
A. Educate personnel in basic work rules.
B. Determine the amount of materials needed to produce each end item.
C. Stimulate the work force.
D. Decrease labor requirements.
,E. Increase inventory accuracy. - correct answer ✔B. Determine the amount
of materials needed to produce each end item.
Demand for a given item is said to be dependent if:
A. it originates from the external customer.
B. there is a deep bill of material.
C. the finished products are mostly services (rather than goods).
D. it is a component of a clearly identifiable parent.
E. the item has several children. - correct answer ✔D. it is a component of a
clearly identifiable parent.
One of the main purposes of an MRP system is which of the following?
A. Track inventory levels.
B. Create productive capacity.
C. Decrease layers of management.
D. Develop schedules specifying when each component should be ordered or
produced.
E. Upgrade manufacturing's professionalism. - correct answer ✔
Effective use of MRP and other dependent demand models does NOT require
which of the following?
A. master production schedule
B. bill of materials
C. inventory availability
D. lead times
E. cost of individual components - correct answer ✔E. cost of individual
components
, The MRP input listing the assemblies, subassemblies, parts, and raw
materials needed to produce one unit of finished product is the:
A. master production schedule
B. bill-of-materials
C. inventory-records
D. assembly-time chart
E. net-requirements chart - correct answer ✔B. bill-of-materials
Which one of the following is NOT a type of organizational data relevant to the
production process?
A. Company code
B. Credit control area
C. Client
D. Storage location
E. Plant - correct answer ✔B. Credit control area
In process industries like chemicals and beverages, the bill of materials is also
known as a(n)
A. Formula
B. List of chemicals
C. Bill of chemicals
D. Equation
E. Material list - correct answer ✔A. Formula
Which one of the following best describes a work center?
A. A location where materials are placed right before they are shipped
B. Another term used to describe an office building
What is the effort to plan the coordination of demand forecasts with functional
areas of the firm and its supply chain?
A. enterprise resource planning
B. material requirements planning
C. capacity planning
D. sales and operations planning
E. new product development - correct answer ✔D. sales and operations
planning
Which of the following best describes aggregate planning?
A. the link between intermediate term planning and short-term operating
decisions
B. a collection of objective planning tools
C. make or buy decisions
D. an attempt to respond to predicted demand within the constraints set by
product, process, and location decisions
E. manpower planning - correct answer ✔D. an attempt to respond to
predicted demand within the constraints set by product, process, and location
decisions
Which of the following is one of the main purposes of an MRP system?
A. Educate personnel in basic work rules.
B. Determine the amount of materials needed to produce each end item.
C. Stimulate the work force.
D. Decrease labor requirements.
,E. Increase inventory accuracy. - correct answer ✔B. Determine the amount
of materials needed to produce each end item.
Demand for a given item is said to be dependent if:
A. it originates from the external customer.
B. there is a deep bill of material.
C. the finished products are mostly services (rather than goods).
D. it is a component of a clearly identifiable parent.
E. the item has several children. - correct answer ✔D. it is a component of a
clearly identifiable parent.
One of the main purposes of an MRP system is which of the following?
A. Track inventory levels.
B. Create productive capacity.
C. Decrease layers of management.
D. Develop schedules specifying when each component should be ordered or
produced.
E. Upgrade manufacturing's professionalism. - correct answer ✔
Effective use of MRP and other dependent demand models does NOT require
which of the following?
A. master production schedule
B. bill of materials
C. inventory availability
D. lead times
E. cost of individual components - correct answer ✔E. cost of individual
components
, The MRP input listing the assemblies, subassemblies, parts, and raw
materials needed to produce one unit of finished product is the:
A. master production schedule
B. bill-of-materials
C. inventory-records
D. assembly-time chart
E. net-requirements chart - correct answer ✔B. bill-of-materials
Which one of the following is NOT a type of organizational data relevant to the
production process?
A. Company code
B. Credit control area
C. Client
D. Storage location
E. Plant - correct answer ✔B. Credit control area
In process industries like chemicals and beverages, the bill of materials is also
known as a(n)
A. Formula
B. List of chemicals
C. Bill of chemicals
D. Equation
E. Material list - correct answer ✔A. Formula
Which one of the following best describes a work center?
A. A location where materials are placed right before they are shipped
B. Another term used to describe an office building
