GSCM330 All Weeks Quizzes (May 2019)

GSCM 330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 1 Quiz

Question 1 Which of the following statements is not true about forecasts?

Become more accurate with shorter time horizons

Can be 100% perfect

Are more accurate for groups of items than for individual items

None of the above

Question 2 A characteristic of time series data that it is not possible to forecast is which of the following?

Trends

Seasonality

Random variation

Cycles

Regression

Question 3 What is the approximate forecast for July using a 4-month moving average if the historical demand is as follows: January is 39, February is 36, March is 40, April is 42, May is 48, and June is 46?

38

44

42

43

39

Question 4 Monthly sales of sandwiches at the neighborhood bar and grill are in the table below. Based on this data, forecast month nine using a 4-week moving average.

415

420

425

430

417

Question 5 Forecasts used for planning purchasing, job scheduling, workforce levels, job assignments, and production levels typically utilize a

long-range forecast.

medium-range forecast.

naïve method.

short-range forecast.

None of the above

Question 6 Which of the following should be considered as very important when developing sales forecasts?

Product life cycles

Medium-range forecasts

The Delphi technique

Political stability

None of the above

 

GSCM 330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 3 Quiz

Question 1 (TCO 4) Disaggregation of the aggregate plan results in which of the following?

Short-term plans

Capacity plans

Strategic plans

Detailed schedule

Master production schedule

Question 2 (TCO 4) Aggregate planning is a term that can be defined as

plans that may extend up to a year but are usually less than 3 months.

planning of policy related issues such as research funding and investment.

medium-range capacity planning with a time horizon of 3 to 18 months.

planning that may extend up to a year but is usually less than 3 months.

None of the above

Question 3 (TCO 4) Which of the following is a disadvantage of the aggregate planning option of subcontracting?

May require skills and equipment outside the firm’s expertise

Hard to match demand to supply exactly

High turnover and training costs

Lost customer goodwill

None of the above

Question 4 (TCO 6) Which of the following is not a benefit of level scheduling?

Better quality

Less turn over and absenteeism

Easier scheduling

Lower inventory levels

None of the above

Question 5 (TCO 6) Inputs to the aggregate plan include

demand forecasts.

customer orders.

inventory on hand.

capacity plan.

All of the above

None of the above

Question 6 (TCO 6) In services, capacity management has a greater emphasis on

labor.

inventory.

demand.

level strategy.

mixed strategy.

 

GSCM 330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 5 Quiz

Question 1.(TCOs 9, 10, and 12) A key output of the MPS is

material requirements plan.

labor loading.

capacity requirements plan.

purchasing plan.

final assembly plan.

Question 2.(TCOs 9, 10, and 12) _____ is a timetable of what is to be made and when.

The production plan

The material requirements plan

Capacity requirements plan

The aggregate plan

The master production schedule

Question 3. (TCOs 9, 10, and 12) The tool that is used to ensure the MPS can be accomplished from a capacity standpoint is

rough cut capacity planning (RCCP).

detailed capacity planning (DCP).

aggregate capacity planning (ACP).

utilization expectation.

None of the above

Question 4. TCOs 9, 11, and 12) The near-term portion of the master production schedule is known as

fixed.

firm.

frozen.

All of the above

Question 5(TCOs 9, 11, and 12) An output of material requirements planning is

inventory data.

lead times.

MPS.

exception reports.

purchasing data.

Question 6. (TCOs 9, 11, and 12) The planning time fence states that

no new customer order may be booked inside this time fence unless there is sufficient available to promise (ATP) in that period,

does not allow any additional firm planned orders to be released.

any changes to forecast, booked orders, or planned order releases can be made outside of this time fence as long as it does not exceed capacity limitations.

None of the above

 

GSCM 330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 7 Quiz

Question 1 (TCOs 5 and 12) The feature that distinguishes JIT from lean and TPS is

a greater emphasis on forced problem solving.

a greater emphasis on respect for people.

a greater emphasis on getting to know the customer.

All of the above

None of the above

Question 2 (TCOs 5 and 12) A signal that is often used in pull systems to signal the production of small batches of components is

jidoka.

heijunka.

poka-yoke.

kaizen.

kanban.

Question 3 (TCOs 5 and 12) Leading organizations select approaches associated with JIT, TPS, and lean on the basis of

the latest practices in their industry.

the culture of their workforce.

that which has been adopted by the organizations thought leaders.

their customer base.

what makes sense for them.

Question 4 (TCOs 5 and 12) Having few vendors is a strategy that is associated with which of the following?

Batch processing

ERP systems

Finite capacity systems

JIT

None of the above

Question 5 (TCOs 5 and 12) Work cells are typically shaped in the form of

a U.

an X.

an O.

a C.

None of the above

Question 6 (TCOs 5 and 12) Which model can be modified to determine the desired setup time?

EOQ production order quantity model

Productivity measurement model

Level loading model

Kanban calculation model

None of the above