Free Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (Part 2) Exam CPIM-Part-2 Exam Practice Test

Which of the following environments would benefit most from full pegging?

• Distribute-to-order
• Assemble-to-order (ATO)
• Make-to-order (MTO)
• Make-to-stock (MTS)

What is the main negative effect of changing the due dates of open orders?

• The schedule information becomes inaccurate.
• The customer service level decreases.
• It leads to "nervousness" in the schedule.
• The schedule does not support demand.

In a make-to-order (MTO) environment, inputs to sales and operations planning (S&0P) should include the:

• projected backlog of customer orders.
• work-in-process (WIP) inventory.
• finished goods inventory.
• available-to-promise (ATP) data.

When procuring for innovative products, the focus should be on:

• unit cost.
• total landed cost.
• lead times.
• lot sizes.

An organization has seen inventory increase every month for the past year and financial performance has net met expectations. Which of the following processes would most appropriately address correcting the problem?

• Business planning
• Sales and operations planning (S&OP)
• Detailed material planning
• Master scheduling

The cost accountant has discovered a consistent overage in actual run time for one operation. This information should be sent first to the:

• product manager to increase the selling price of the product.
• quality manager to add a new quality measurement to the operation.
• production supervisor to review and explain the overage.
• the engineering manager to evaluate the run time for the routing.

In the design and development of a manufacturing process, process engineers would most likely be responsible for decisions relating to:

• lead times.
• production capacity.
• product reliability.
• routing sequences.

A company can easily change its workforce, but inventory carrying costs are high. Which of the following strategies would be most appropriate during times of highly fluctuating demand?

• Produce to backorders
• Produce at a constant level
• Produce to the sales forecast
• Produce to demand

Ergonomic workstation design should incorporate:

• an andon board.
• reduction of repetitive motion.
• bending so as to reduce monotony of work.
• visual systems.

An outlier has been identified in the demand data for an item. The most appropriate next step would be to:

• set the forecast value to the outlier limit.
• screen the outlier for manual review.
• advance the forecast model in time, without smoothing.
• increase the length of the forecast time period.