CPIM Part 1 Exam Practice Questions with Correct Answers.
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Which of the following tools is considered an important quality management tool? -
Correct Answer Control Chart. The primary use of control charts is to detect assignable
causes of variation in a process.
In a bill of material, the path that ...
CPIM Part 1 Exam Practice Questions with Correct
Answers.
Which of the following tools is considered an important quality management tool? -
Correct Answer Control Chart. The primary use of control charts is to detect assignable
causes of variation in a process.
In a bill of material, the path that adds up to the greatest number of lead time periods
defines the: - Correct Answer Cumulative lead time; cumulative lead time for an items
consists of the longest lead time path for a given bill of material. Delivery and demand lead
times are subsets of cumulative lead time.
What is the primary difference between enterprise resources planning (ERP) and
manufacturing resource planning (MRP II)? - Correct Answer ERP provides more than
just manufacturing information; it integrates business functions like human resources,
research and development, and logistics. MRP II and ERP are both computer-based, and
both provide a balance between production, marketing, and information technology.
Which of the following manufacturing strategies has the longest customer lead time? -
Correct Answer Make-to-order; make-to-order manufacturing begins when a customer
order is received. The product must then be manufactured, assembled and shipped.
Which of the following describes the UN Global Compact Management Model? - Correct
Answer Framework for guiding companies through the process of formally committing to,
assessing, defining, implementing, measuring, ad communicating the UN Global
Compact and its principles. The UN Global Compact Management Model is a practical yet
comprehensive tool to help companies evolve their sustainability efforts.
Which of the following is true of preparing a forecast based on historical data? - Correct
Answer The data needs to be in the same terms as needed for the forecasts. It is
important that historical data match what is being forecasted. If the purpose is to forecast
demand on production, data based on demand - not, for example, shipments - is needed.
Which of these terms refers to activities that provide present benefit without compromising
the needs of future generations? - Correct Answer Sustainability; sustainability refers to
activities that provide present benefit without compromising the needs of future
generations.
Given the following, what is the work center backlog? Avg Input: 100 units/week. Avg
Output: 100 units/week. Current work in progress: 160 units - Correct Answer 1.6 weeks;
To calculate the load that is backlog at a work center, divide the current number of units (or
hours) currently at the work center by the average output, or 160 units/100 units of output
per week = 1.6 weeks of load
, Sales & Operations planning (S&OP) is typically performed at which of the following
levels? - Correct Answer Product family; S&OP is typically performed at the product family
level. End items are typically planned at the master schedule level, while raw material and
semi-finished goods are typically planned at the MRP level.
Which of the following is a voluntary initiative whereby companies embrace, support, and
enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights,
labor standards, the environment, and anti-corruption? - Correct Answer United Nations
Global Compact; the UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that
are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted
principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.
Engineering seeks to have complex designs that are difficult to modify. This approach to
manufacturing conflicts with which of the following concepts? - Correct Answer Product
flexibility; product flexibility is the ease with which current designs can be modified in
response to changing market demands. It conflicts with rigid, complex designs.
Companies typically make final purchasing decisions based on which of the following
supplier characteristics? - Correct Answer Delivery reliability; besides perfect quality, a
key final purchasing decision point is delivery reliability. Ensuring that purchase deliveries
arrive on time is an essential feature of supplier partnerships.
Which of the following objectives often conflicts with providing the best customer service?
- Correct Answer Reducing inventory to keep inventory carrying costs at a minimum.
Production's objective of keeping inventory investment to a minimum is in conflict with
marketing's objective of always having goods available for the customer.
A shipment of remote control components is delivered to a factory and immediately taken
to a workstation ready to being assembly. What is the name of this inventory management
technique? - Correct Answer Wall-to-wall; in wall-to-wall inventory management,
materials enter a plant and are processed right away, as opposed to being logged in an
inventory store until a later date.
Which of the following conditions is in conflict with maintaining low days of supply? -
Correct Answer Excess inventory; excess inventory increases the number of days of
inventory held.
In exponential smoothing, what is the term for the weighting factor that is applied to the
most recent demand, observation, or error? - Correct Answer Smoothing constant; the
smoothing constant in exponential smoothing is the weighting factor that is applied to the
most recent demand, observation, or error. In this case, the error is defined as the
difference between actual demand and the forecast for the most recent period.
Which of the following activities represents reverse logistics? - Correct Answer Returning
goods to the seller due to repair, remanufacture, or recycling activity; reverse logistics is
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