PPC 2020

MCQ:
1- ……is reconciliation between what the market requires and
what the operation's resources can deliver.
a) Planning and control
b) Capacity planning
c) Scheduling
d) All of the above
2- ……is the first step in PPC system.
a) Production planning
b) Production control
c) Inventory management
d) Dispatching of the materials
3- …..is the process of coping with changes in operations.
a) Forecasting
b) Planning
c) Routing
d) Controlling
4- Loading may be defined as:
a) Sending the raw materials to the machine
b) Sending the finished goods to store
c) Assigning the work to the facilities
d) Uploading a software in machine control panel
5- Loading is concerned with:
a) How much to do
b) What order to do things
c) When to do things
d) Assessment of activities
6- Sequencing is concerned with:
a) How much to do
b) What order to do things
c) When to do things
d) Assessment of activities
7- Process concerned with assignment of standing and
completion times of various operations to be performed. This
process is known as:
a) Routing
b) Scheduling
c) Loading
d) Planning
8- Identifying the path of how a product is manufactured right
from input and raw material into finished product. This
process is known as:
a) Routing " sequencing"
b) Scheduling
c) Loading
d) Planning
9- The correct sequence of operations in production planning is:
a) Scheduling – routing – loading – planning
b) Routing – scheduling – planning – loading
c) Scheduling – loading – routing – planning
d) Planning – routing – scheduling – loading
10- Operations may produce goods and services ahead of firm
orders. This is called:
a) Provision stocking
b) Make – to – order
c) Make – to – stock
d) Lead –driven supply
11- Which scheduling technique should be employed when due
dates are important for a job order?
a) Forward scheduling
b) Loading
c) Dispatching
d) Backward scheduling
12- Which of the following are the characteristics of good
scheduling?
a) Clear
b) Flexible
c) Simple
d) All of the above
13- ……is the demand for finished products.
a) Dependent demand
b) Forecasting
c) Independent demand
d) Assemble to order
14- ….helps minimize the waste of excess inventory.
a) Scheduling
b) Make – to – order
c) Make – to – stock
d) JIT
15- ….allows an important customers to be processed prior to
others.
a) Sequencing
b) Due date
c) LOT
d) Customer priority
16- The work is sequenced when it is due for delivery in which
rule of sequencing?
a) FIFO
b) SOT
c) Due date
d) None of the above
17- For sequencing rules to be effective, they should achieve
performance objectives which are;…….. .
a) Cost
b) Speed
c) Dependability
d) All of the above
18- Ensuring that sufficient numbers of workers work at any
point of time is the……. .
a) Forward scheduling
b) Gantt chart
c) Staff rostering
d) None of the above
19- In…… system of control, activities are scheduled by means
of a central system and completed in line with central
instructions.
a) Pull
b) Drum
c) Buffer
d) Push
20- The customer acts as the only trigger for movement in
which control activities?
a) Rope
b) Drum
c) Pull
d) None of the above
21- The bottleneck in the processes is called
a) Drum
b) Rope
c) SOT
d) Buffer
22- ……is a communication between the bottleneck and the
input to the process to ensure that activities before the
bottleneck don't overproduce.
a) Rope
b) Drum
c) Buffer
d) LOT
23- Which of the following is used for scheduling?
a) Line diagram
b) Gantt chart
c) Pie chart
d) Line graph
24- …..is the capability of the manufacturing to produce goods
and services.
a) Capacity
b) Priority
c) Planning
d) Control
25- Which of the following methods is used for identifying the
total resources requirements for meeting market demand?
a) Capacity planning
b) MRP-1
c) MRP-2
d) Inventory management
26- Individual components which make the working
organization are:
a) Staff
b) Technology
c) Facilities
d) All of the above
27- An organization should always plan to:
a) Exceed expected demand
b) Keep capacity below demand
c) Match capacity to demand exactly
d) Adopt the level of capacity which seems to best fit the
situation
28- Which mean absolute deviation shows the most accurate
forecast?
a) The lowest mean absolute deviation
b) The highest mean absolute deviation
29- All of the following making queuing more positive
experience except:
a) Entertainment
b) Information the queue of the duration of waiting time
c) Allowing queue jumping
d) Avoiding solo waiting
30- Long-term is the time horizon used for which of the
following decisions:
a) Facility location
b) Master production planning
c) Inventory management
d) Staff planning
31- If the actual demand for a period is 100 units but
forecasted demand was 90 units. The forecast error is
a) -10
b) +10
c) -5
d) +5
32- Point out the correct statement:
a) Capacity planning seeks to match demand to available
resources.
b) Capacity planning examines what systems are in place,
measures their performance, and determines patterns in
usage that enables the planner to predict demand.
c) Resources are provisioned and allocated to meet demand.
d) All of the mentioned.
33- An organization that aims to transfer customer demand
from peak periods to quiet periods is likely to adopt:
a) A chase demand plan
b) Demand management
c) A level demand plan
d) None of the above
34- An organization which aims to produce stable employment
patterns and high process utilization is more likely to adopt:
a) A chase demand plan
b) Demand management
c) A level capacity plan
d) None of the above
35- Capacity planning is concerned with
a) How many machines required
b) How much labor required
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
36- Dependent demand and independent demand items differ
in that:
a) For any product, all components are dependent demand
items.
b) The need for independent demand items is forecasted
c) The need for dependent demand items is calculated
d) All of the above are true
37- Independent demand planning and control attempts to put
resources in place which can satisfy demand and attempts to
respond quickly if actual demand doesn't match the forecast.
a) True
b) False
38- Which of the following operations is more likely to be a
pull rather than a push operation:
a) A company that builds computers to order
b) A brewery
c) A food manufacturer
d) A farmer
39- In condition of dependent demand, the planning and
control necessary for the operation is called:
a) Running stock provision
b) Make to stock
c) Make to order
d) Resource to order
40- What type of capacity plan focuses on the demand side
rather than the supply side of the capacity equation?
a) Aggregated capacity plan
b) Level capacity plan
c) Demand management
d) Chase demand plan
41- Where one process supplies another process. This is a
situation of independent demand?
a) True
b) False
42- Which of the following is not an objective of scheduling?
a) Providing excess capacity
b) Ensuring on-time delivery
c) Providing optimum efficiencies
d) Balancing cash flow
43- Level capacity means:
a) Adjusting capacity to follow demand
b) Keeping capacity fixed
c) Always having too much capacity
d) All of the mentioned
44- Modifying the output has little to offer as a way of
managing capacity better.
a) True
b) False
45- Forward scheduling brings the following advantages
except:
a) High utilization
b) Preserving future capacity
c) Committing resources until absolutely necessary
d) None of the mentioned
46- Which of the following is not an aspect of control?
a) To evaluate actual performance
b) To compare actual performance with goals
c) To define objectives
d) To take corrective actions

True or False:
1- In the long & short run, manufacturing must devise plans to
balance the demands of the marketplace with its resources
and capacity. T
2- Plans are focused on facts which means that an event will
actually happen. F
3- Production planning is dynamic in nature. T
4- Routing means deciding the start and end time of objectives.
F
5- Plans are long-term only. F
6- Forecasting is not necessary for production planning. F
7- In forward scheduling, jobs are scheduled as late as possible
within the time allowed by the customer due date. F
8- Make to order is a push-type of production, while make to
stock is a pull-type of production. F
9- The physical nature of materials being processed doesn't
determine the priority. F
10- LIFO is a method of sequencing usually selected for
practical reasons. T
11- SOT is tackling short jobs first in the system. T
12- FIFO is serving customers in exactly the sequence they
arrive in. T
13- The scheduling is the easiest task in operations
management. F
14- The drum, buffer, rope concept come from the theory of
constraints. T
15- Resources will be utilized efficiently when capacity is less
than needs. F
16- The general direction of the demand pattern is called
"trend". T
17- Seasonality may only occur at quarterly periods. F
18- The capacity of an organization may be defined as its
ability to undertake the work demanded by its users. T
19- Seasonality may occur at half a year period. T
20- A chase strategy means producing exactly what is
demanded in the market by the customers at a given time. T
21- Resources will be utilized efficiently when capacity is less
than needs. F
22- Maximizing costs and time of operations are one of the
objective of production planning. F