Reference no: EM132864660

1. Production control includes any _______ involved in handling materials,

parts, assemblies, and subassemblies from their initial stage of production to the finished product stage in an organized and efficient manner.
a. Cost
b. Activity
c. Paperwork
d. Equipment

2. What type of scheduling system assigns work to the earliest unassigned time slots in work centers?
a. Backward
b. Infinite
c. Finite
d. Forward

3. What part of an MRP record represents the time period when an item and its required quantity need to be available?
a. Planned order receipt
b. Planned order release
c. Projected available balance
d. Gross requirements

4. What part of an MRP record represents the item quantity that will be built every time a projected available balance falls below the next period's gross requirement?
a. Projected available balance
b. Safety stock quantity
c. Gross requirement
d. Lot size

5. What planning system involves the breakdown of a company's product mix and aggregates the capacity requirements of these more detailed plans at a work center level?
a. Projected available balance
b. Safety stock quantity
c. Capacity requirements planning
d. Lot size

6. Which type of manufacturing plan is used to produce a relatively constant amount of product in each planning period?
a. Level production plan
b. Split production plan
c. Chase Production plan
d. Hybrid production plan

7. What process is used to develop a prediction or estimate of product requirements?
a. Time-phased releases
b. Workstation evaluation
c. Demand estimation
d. Customer surveys

8. A time-phased schedule system for individual product requirements that are not components, subsystems, or assemblies is called a:
a. Master production schedule
b. Materials requirement plan
c. Final assembly schedule
d. Demand forecast

9. Which of the following is NOT typically part of a demand estimate?
a. Historical demand
b. Service and spare parts requirements
c. Actual orders
d. Inventory level adjustments

10. MRP records rely on which three critical inputs?
a. Time-phased demand data from the master production schedule, expected customer returns, and the current inventory status of the item
b. Time-phased demand data from the MPS, an updated bill of materials, and the current inventory status of the item
c. Statement of final assembly quantities, time-phased demand data from the master production schedule, and updated bill of materials
d. Statement of final assembly quantities, updated bill of materials, and the current inventory status of the item