SCMA 331 FINAL CH 13 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Plans for new product development generally fall within the scope of aggregate planning. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
The aggregate planning process usually includes dispatching of individual jobs. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔False
Frito-Lay uses aggregate planning to match capacity with demand because of the ________
associated with its specialized processes.
A) high variable cost and high fixed cost
B) high variable cost and low fixed cost
C) low variable cost and high fixed cost
D) low variable cost and low fixed cost
E) none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
Under which of the following do planning tasks associated with job assignments, ordering,
job scheduling, and dispatching typically fall?
A) short-range plans
B) intermediate-range plans
C) long-range plans
D) mission-related planning
E) strategic planning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A
Under which of the following do planning tasks associated with production planning and
budgeting, as well as setting employment, inventory, and subcontracting levels, typically fall?
A) short-range plans
B) intermediate-range plans
C) long-range plans
D) demand options
E) strategic planning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
,Top executives tend to focus their attention on which type of forecasts?
A) short-range
B) intermediate-range
C) long-range
D) weather
E) the forecast for the next day's absentee levels - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
Which of the following would most likely fall under the scope of only an operations
manager?
A) research and development
B) new product plans
C) capital investments
D) facility location/capacity
E) setting inventory levels - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔E
Aggregate planning occurs over the medium or intermediate future of 3 to 18 months. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Aggregate planning in manufacturing ties organizational strategic goals to a production plan.
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
One of the four things needed for aggregate planning is a logical overall unit for measuring
sales and output. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
What is the typical time horizon for aggregate planning?
A) less than a month
B) up to 3 months
C) 3 to 18 months
D) over one year
E) over 5 years - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
, Which of the following is the term used for intermediate-range capacity planning with a time
horizon of three to eighteen months?
A) material requirements planning
B) enterprise resource planning
C) strategic planning
D) aggregate planning
E) job scheduling - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D
Which of the following is NOT one of the four things needed for aggregate planning?
A) a logical overall unit for measuring sales and output
B) a method to determine the relevant costs
C) a mathematical model that will minimize costs over the intermediate planning period
D) an aggregate demand forecast for an intermediate planning period
E) All of these are needed for aggregate planning. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
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
Which of the following is NOT an input to S&OP?
A) capacity decisions
B) supply-chain support
C) workforce
D) inventory on hand
E) master production schedule - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔E
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Plans for new product development generally fall within the scope of aggregate planning. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
The aggregate planning process usually includes dispatching of individual jobs. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔False
Frito-Lay uses aggregate planning to match capacity with demand because of the ________
associated with its specialized processes.
A) high variable cost and high fixed cost
B) high variable cost and low fixed cost
C) low variable cost and high fixed cost
D) low variable cost and low fixed cost
E) none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
Under which of the following do planning tasks associated with job assignments, ordering,
job scheduling, and dispatching typically fall?
A) short-range plans
B) intermediate-range plans
C) long-range plans
D) mission-related planning
E) strategic planning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A
Under which of the following do planning tasks associated with production planning and
budgeting, as well as setting employment, inventory, and subcontracting levels, typically fall?
A) short-range plans
B) intermediate-range plans
C) long-range plans
D) demand options
E) strategic planning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
,Top executives tend to focus their attention on which type of forecasts?
A) short-range
B) intermediate-range
C) long-range
D) weather
E) the forecast for the next day's absentee levels - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
Which of the following would most likely fall under the scope of only an operations
manager?
A) research and development
B) new product plans
C) capital investments
D) facility location/capacity
E) setting inventory levels - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔E
Aggregate planning occurs over the medium or intermediate future of 3 to 18 months. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Aggregate planning in manufacturing ties organizational strategic goals to a production plan.
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
One of the four things needed for aggregate planning is a logical overall unit for measuring
sales and output. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
What is the typical time horizon for aggregate planning?
A) less than a month
B) up to 3 months
C) 3 to 18 months
D) over one year
E) over 5 years - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
, Which of the following is the term used for intermediate-range capacity planning with a time
horizon of three to eighteen months?
A) material requirements planning
B) enterprise resource planning
C) strategic planning
D) aggregate planning
E) job scheduling - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D
Which of the following is NOT one of the four things needed for aggregate planning?
A) a logical overall unit for measuring sales and output
B) a method to determine the relevant costs
C) a mathematical model that will minimize costs over the intermediate planning period
D) an aggregate demand forecast for an intermediate planning period
E) All of these are needed for aggregate planning. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
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
Which of the following is NOT an input to S&OP?
A) capacity decisions
B) supply-chain support
C) workforce
D) inventory on hand
E) master production schedule - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔E
