Quiz
Knowledge Assesment
Create a free account to finish this quiz
Save your progress and see your final score.
Already have an account? Sign in
Questions in this quiz (50)
1MRP works best if finished end-items have dependent demand.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Low-level coding represents items less than $18 per unit.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3The master production schedule states which end items are to be produced, in addition to when and how many.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4The master schedule needs to be for a period long enough to cover the stacked or cumulative lead time necessary to produce the end items.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5The bill of materials contains information on lead times and current inventory position every component required to produce the end item.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6The gross requirements at one level of an MRP plan determine the gross requirements at the next lower level continuing on down to the lowest levels shown on the bill of material.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Lot-for-lot ordering in MRP provides coverage for some predetermined number of periods (such as two or three) that extend beyond the orders already received for those periods.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8Aggregate planning is capacity planning that typically covers a time horizon of one to three months.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9The goal of aggregate planning is to achieve a production plan that attempts to balance the organization's resources and meet expected demand.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Aggregate planners are concerned with the quality and quantity of expected demand.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11Available-to-promise in the first week is equal to beginning inventory plus MPS quantity, if any, less committed customer orders before the next MPS quantity.
- ATrue
- BFalse
12After the first period of the planning horizon, available-to-promise is computed only for those periods in which there is an MPS quantity.
- ATrue
- BFalse
13In the master production schedule, production is planned for the next period whenever the available-to-promise quantity becomes negative.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14When shop-floor orders exceed our capacity, priority rules are used to select which orders will be accepted.
- ATrue
- BFalse
15Priority rules generally assume that job setup cost is independent of processing sequence jobs.
- ATrue
- BFalse
16In a single work center, makespan improvement can be accomplished by selecting the optimal sequencing rule.
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Bottlenecks may shift with the passage of time, so that different operations become bottleneck operations at different times.
- ATrue
- BFalse
18In the production planning and control hierarchy, detailed work center scheduling decisions are the final step in the MPC framework before actual production output occurs.
- ATrue
- BFalse
19Makespan is the total time needed to complete a group of jobes.
- ATrue
- BFalse
20The EDD priority rule usually does well in regard to:
- ACost
- BLateness
- COvertime
- DWaste
- EMakespan
21Which of the following is not an assumption of priority rules?
- AThe set of jobs is known: no new jobs arrive after processing begins.
- BSetup time is independent of processing sequence.
- CFinite loading is assumed.
- DProcessing times are deterministic .
- ENo machine breakdowns are assumed.
22Which of the following is not a measure for judging the effectiveness of a schedule sequence?
- Aaverage number of jobs at the work center
- Btotal number of jobs at the work center
- Caverage completion (flow) time
- Daverage job tardiness
23Which of the following is absolutely necessary for successful implementation and operation of MRP?
(I)accurate inventory records
(II)accurate demand forecasts
(III)accurate holding and backordering costs
(IV)accurate bills of materials- AI, II, and IV only
- BI, III, and IV only
- CI,II,III only
- DI and II only
- EI ,II, III, and IV
24Scheduled receipts differ from planned receipts in that scheduled receipts:
- Ahave longer lead times.
- Binvolve orders that have not yet been placed.
- Chave not been pegged with actual customer orders.
- Dinvolve orders that have already been placed (open orders).
- Einvolve exceptions to order quantity policies.
25Which of the following is a direct input into capacity requirements planning?
(I) the master production schedule
(II)routing information
(III)current shop loads
(IV)planned-order releases- AII, III, and IV only
- BI,II, and IV only
- CI,III, and IV only
- DI and II only
- EI, II, III, and IV
26Capacity requirements planning helps managers reconcile ___ with ____.
- Awhat is needed; what has been done
- Bwhat is needed; what is possible
- Cwhat has been done; who will be doing it
- Dwhat needs to be done; where it will be done
- Ewhat has been done; how much what needs to be done will cost
27In an MRP master schedule, the planning horizon is often separated into a series of time periods called:
- Apegging.
- Blead times.
- Cstacked lead times.
- Dtime buckets.
- Efirm, fixed, and frozen.
28The MRP input listing the assemblies, subassemblies, parts, and raw materials needed to produce one unit of finished product is the:
- Amaster production schedule.
- Bbill of materials.
- Cinventory records.
- Dassembly time chart.
- Enet requirements chart.
29A visual depiction of the subassemblies and components that are needed to produce and/or assemble a product is called a(n):
- Aassembly time chart.
- Bproduct structure tree.
- CMRP II.
- Dpegging.
- EGantt chart.
30The MRP input storing information on the status of each item by time period (e.g., scheduled receipts, lead time, lot size) is the:
- Amaster production schedule.
- Bbill of materials.
- Cinventory records.
- Dassembly time chart.
- Enet requirements chart.
31Under lot-for-lot, order sizes for component parts are essentially determined directly from which one of the following?
- Agross requirements
- Bnet requirements
- Ceconomic order quantity
- Dgross requirements and net requirements
- Enet requirements and amount on hand
32In MRP, the gross requirements of a given component part are calculated from:
- Anet requirements + amount on-hand.
- Bgross requirements of the immediate parent.
- Cplanned orders of the end item.
- Dnet requirements of end item.
- Eplanned orders of the immediate parent.
33When MRP II systems include feedback, they are known as:
- AMRP III.
- Benterprise resource planning.
- Ccircular MRP.
- Dfeasible MRP.
- Eclosed loop MRP.
34The multiplication process used by MRP to determine lower-level requirements is called:
- Atime-phasing.
- Bpegging.
- Cnetting.
- Dprojecting.
- Eexploding.
35Which of the following is not usually necessary in order to have an effective MRP system?
- Aa computer and software
- Ban accurate bill of materials
- Clot-for-lot ordering
- Dan up-to-date master schedule
- Eintegrity of file data
36Which of the following represents an attempt to balance the benefits of stability against the benefits of responding to new information?
- Asafety stock
- Bsafety time
- Cbills of material
- Dtime fences
- Efixed-period lot sizing
37Comparing known and expected capacity requirements with projected capacity availability is the job of:
- Aplanned releases.
- Bload reports.
- Clot sizing.
- Dwork loading.
- Etime fencing.
38Which of the following is an input to aggregate planning?
- Aending inventory
- Bdemand forecasts for each period
- Ccustomer levels
- Dsetup costs
- Equantity discounts
39In doing aggregate planning for a firm producing paint, the aggregate planners would most likely deal with:
- Ajust gallons of paint. without concern for the different colors and sizes.
- Bgallons of paint, but be concerned with the different colors to be produced.
- Cgallons, quarts, pints, and all the different sizes to be produced.
- Dall the different sizes and all the different colors by size.
- Eall of the different colors targeted for different markets.
40Which one of the following is not a basic option for altering demand?
- Apromotion
- Bbackordering
- Cpricing
- Dsubcontracting
- EAll are demand options.
41Which of the following would not be a strategy associated with adjusting aggregate capacity to meet expected demand?
- ASubcontract.
- BVary the size of the workforce.
- CVary the intensity of workforce utilization.
- DAllow inventory levels to vary.
- EUse back orders.
42In order to use the level capacity strategy, variations in demand are met by:
- Avarying output during regular time without changing employment levels.
- Bvarying output during regular time by changing employment levels.
- Cvarying output by changing overtime levels.
- Dusing combination of inventories, overtime, part time, and back orders.
- Eprice adjustments.
43Uncommitted finished goods inventory is called:
- Aavailable-to-promise inventory.
- Bfree inventory.
- Csafety stock.
- Dlead time inventory.
- Eobsolete inventory.
44Moving from the aggregate plan to a master production schedule requires:
- Arough-cut capacity planning.
- Bdisaggregation.
- Csuboptimization.
- Dstrategy formulation.
- Echase strategies.
45That portion of projected inventory which enables marketing to make realistic commitments about delivery dates for new orders is:
- Abeginning inventory.
- Bsafety stock inventory.
- Cavailable-to-promise inventory.
- Dhigh-margin inventory.
- Emaster production schedule arrivals.
46Which of the following steps is necessary to ensure that a master schedule is valid?
- Aworker scheduling
- Border promising
- Cinventory counting
- Dorder booking
- Erough-cut capacity planning
47Material requirements planning systems:
- ASchedule forward in time starting from the arrival date of the job
- BAssume infinite capacity while scheduling the jobs in a factory
- CSchedule backward in time starting with the due date of the job
- DAre finite capacity scheduling systems
- EB & C
48The gross requirements of a given component part in a MRP system are determined from:
- ANet requirements + on-hand
- BNet requirements of end item
- CGross requirements of the immediate part
- DPlanned order releases of the end item
- EPlanned order releases of the immediate parent
49Finite Capacity Scheduling assumes which of the following?
- AResources can be increased to meet due dates
- BDispatching is used to increase job flow
- CMore than one job can be scheduled on a machine at a time
- DCapacity is limited in each work center
50Within the available resources , detailed shop-floor work center scheduling seeks to satisfy the conflicting objective(s) of:
- ALow inventories
- BHigh efficiency
- CGood customer service
- DA and B
- EA, B, and C
Information
- Description
- Quiz on Knowledge Assesment, created by Michael M on 03/12/2017.
- Author
- Michael M
- Language
- English
- Views
- 27
- Rating
- No ratings yet Rate this quiz