CPIM

CPIM practice questions, page 6 of 11, with answer review and explanations.

Question 26

A statistical safety stock calculation would be appropriate for:

  1. components used in multiple end items.
  2. new products at time of introduction.
  3. end items with stable demand.
  4. supply-constrained raw materials

Question 27

An example of a cradle-to-cradle sustainability model would be:

  1. a laundry service collects dirty baby clothes from families; cleans the clothes in large, efficient batches; and then sorts and delivers the clothes back to each family.
  2. a coffee shop collects paper waste in its restaurants, has a selected supplier collect the paper waste to be recycled, and then purchases paper products from that supplier.
  3. a company uses wood that has been gathered from multiple sources to construct items, such as beds and toys for babies and young children.
  4. a bank offers the lowest interest rates on loans to firms that are committed to using recycled materials and implementing zero-waste initiatives in their processes.

Question 28

Which of the following tools is used to evaluate the impact that a production plan has on capacity?

  1. Demand time fence (DTF)
  2. Bill of resources
  3. Product routing
  4. Safety capacity

Question 29

Capacity requirements planning (CRP) is applicable primarily in companies operating in an environment where:

  1. backlog is very low.
  2. the status of work orders is disregarded.
  3. lean principles are used.
  4. material requirements planning (MRP) is used.

Question 30

The planned channels of inventory disbursement from one or more sources to field warehouses are known as:

  1. a supply chain community.
  2. interplant demand.
  3. a bill of distribution.
  4. logistics data interchange (LDI).