2024 – Question 1 1 TCO 8 In an overview of the major operations planning activities in

 

Question 1.1. (TCO 8) In an overview of the major operations planning activities in a typical service organization, which of the following activities follows aggregate sales and operations planning? (Points : 3)

       Process planning

       Workforce scheduling

       Master scheduling

       Materials requirements planning

       Order scheduling

 

 

Question 2.2. (TCO 8) In conducting aggregate operations planning, there are a number of required inputs. Which of the following are inputs considered external to the firm? (Points : 3)

       Inventory levels and market demand

       Raw material availability and competitor’s behavior

       Current workforce and economic conditions

       Current physical capacity and market demand

       Subcontractor capacity and inventory levels

 

 

Question 3.3. (TCO 8) In conducting aggregate operations planning, there are a number of required inputs. Which of the following are considered inputs internal to the firm? (Points : 3)

       Inventory levels and economic conditions

       Market demand and subcontractor capacity

       Current physical capacity and current workforce

       Competitor behavior and current workforce

       Current physical capacity and raw material availability

 

 

Question 4.4. (TCO 8) From an operational perspective, yield management is least effective under which of the following circumstances? (Points : 3)

       Demand can be segmented by customer.

       The product can be sold in advance.

       Demand is highly variable.

       Fixed costs are high and variable costs are low.

       Demand is stable and close to capacity. 

 

 

Question 5.5. (TCO 8) A BOM file is also called which of the following? (Points : 3)

       Product tree

       Stocking plan

       Inventory usage record

       Production parts plan

       Time bucket schedule

 

 

Question 6.6. (TCO 8) Which of the following is an input to the master production schedule (MPS)? (Points : 3)

       Inventory records file

       The aggregate plan

       The bill of materials

       The exception report

       Planned order schedules

 

 

Question 7.7. (TCO 8) Which of the following is most closely related to the reason a firm might implement MRP? (Points : 3)

       So they can order the right parts per a specified schedule

       So they can order parts sufficient for immediate use

       So they can ensure that parts to arrive prior to when they are needed

       To ensure appropriate quality levels

       To keep process costs between the LCL and the UCL

 

 

Question 8.8. (TCO 8) Which of the following is an input to the master production schedule? (Points : 3)

       Bill of materials (BOM) file

       Inventory records file

       Exception reports

       Planned-order schedules

       None of the above  

 

 

Question 9.9. (TCO 8) Which of the following is an input file necessary to run an MRP system? (Points : 3)

       Exception report

       Computer-aided-design files

       Inventory records file

       Personnel files

       Planned order schedule

 

 

Question 10.10. (TCO 8) Which of the following files allows us to retrace a material requirement upward in the product structure through each level, identifying each parent item that created the demand? (Points : 3)

       Planning bill of materials file

       Modular bill of materials file

       Super bill of materials file

       Exception report file

 

       Peg record file