APICS cpim-bsp practice test

The primary purpose of enterprise resources planning is to:

• A. focus on the manufacturing function within an organization.
• B. integrate an approach to business management.
• C. use external knowledge to seek an internal advantage.
• D. provide data protection along the supply chain.

Which of the following techniques typically eliminates common errors?

• A. Practical kaizen training
• B. Kaizen
• C. Poka-yoke
• D. Kanban

Which of the following characteristics is most distinctive of lean manufacturing?

• A. Teamwork
• B. Continuous improvement
• C. Qualitative measurements
• D. Bottom-line results

Which of the following manufacturing environments presents the greatest complexity in promising
completion dates for customer orders?

• A. Flow
• B. Repetitive
• C. Continuous
• D. Intermittent

Which of the following types of layouts is most efficient in a lean production environment?

• A. Islands
• B. Connected islands
• C. Functional layout
• D. Cells

The lean production concept works best in which of the following manufacturing environments?

• A. Make-to-order
• B. Intermittent
• C. Project
• D. Flow

The principal objective of total quality management in manufacturing is to:

• A. implement statistical process control.
• B. meet the expectations of the customer.
• C. reduce the costs of failure.
• D. eliminate inspections.

Which practice focuses on root cause analysis?

• A. Statistical process control
• B. Five whys
• C. Scatter diagram
• D. Pareto chart

Which of the following production environment strategies requires unique design or significant
customization?

• A. Make-to-order
• B. Assemble-to-order
• C. Make-to-stock
• D. Engineer-to-order

The theory of constraints is most effective when:

• A. demand environments are unstable.
• B. demand environments are stable.
• C. the constraint cannot be managed easily.
• D. the constraint cannot be identified easily.