CPIM Certification An Interactive Approach

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CPIM Certification An Interactive Approach
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CPIM Exam Practice Questions
TOPIC Basics of Supply Chain Management
1. Which of the following is generally a
function of the physical distribution
system? A. production activity control B.
production planning C. packaging D. bill of
material
2. A forecast is typically more accurate
for A. groups of items rather than for
individual items B. daily rather than monthly
periods of time C. physical units rather than
monetary units D. far out in the future rather
than nearer time periods
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TOPIC Master Planning of Resources
3. The removal of outliers from demand data to
provide a reasonable historical base from which
to forecast is called... A. regression B.
time series decomposition C. filtering D.
smoothing
4. Which of the following is used to convert the
master production schedule into detail
requirements? A. production planning B.
rough-cut capacity planning C. production
activity control D. material requirements
planning
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TOPIC Detailed Scheduling and Planning
5. End-of-line inspection often fails to improve
quality for which of the following reasons? A.
It requires extensive personnel. B. It lacks
source accountability. C. It excludes quality
circles. D. Its costs are significant 6.
Materials should be moved from point of
manufacture to point of use when A. production
is completed at point of manufacture B. the
materials are needed at point of use C.
material handling equipment is available D.
material at point of use is zero
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TOPIC Execution and Control of Operations
7. Which of the following would be manufactured
in a continuous-production process? A. combines
B. clothing C. vitamins D. gasoline 8.
Which of the following statements is true about
obtaining a high level of accuracy for inventory
records? A. It would usually lead to a
reduction of inventory levels. B. It is not
necessary to achieve because of safety stocks and
safety lead time. C. It would result in savings
that are likely to be small and difficult to
determine. D. It is probably impossible to
achieve and will be costly to obtain
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TOPIC Strategic Management of Resources
9. When a company is pursuing a program to
achieve manufacturing excellence, which of the
following objectives should receive the highest
priority? A. delivery reliability B. quality
improvement C. cost reduction D. volume
flexibility 10. Which of the following is most
likely to be the order winner in the early stages
of a product's life cycle? A. quality B.
design C. support D. price
These practice questions, along with other
valuable study materials, can be found
_at_ http//www.apics.org/Certification/CPIM/practice
.asp (A link will be provided from our APICS _at_
WWU website)
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