EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Which of the following factors is used to determine safety stock?

Question2: The primary reason for tracing a component with scheduling problems to Its master production schedule (MPS) item is to:

Question3: If the total part failure rate of a machine is 0.00055 failures per hour, what would be the mean time between failures (MTBF) in hours?

Question4: Which of the following techniques would a group use to prioritize problems?

Question5: If fixed costs are §200,000 and 20,000 units are produced, a unit's fixed cost is §10. This is an example of:

Question6: Which of the following outcomes Is a benefit of mixed-model scheduling?

Question7: One advantage of adopting a supply network perspective Is that it:

Question8: Which of the following methods most likely Introduces a temporary variance between the inventory balance and the inventory record?

Question9: The production plan relates to a firm's financial planning because it is used to:

Question10: Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between the strategic plan and the business plan?

Question11: The most relevant measure of customer service performance Is:

Question12: In a make-to-stock (MTS) environment, the master production schedule (MPS) Is usually a schedule of which of the following types of items?

Question13: Reducing distribution network inventory days of supply will have which of the following Impacts?

Question14: A company assembles kits of hand tools after receipt of the order from distributors and uses two-level master scheduling. The appropriate levels of detail for the forecasts that are input to master scheduling would be total number of kits and:

Question15: A company that uses concurrent engineering is likely to experience which of the following outcomes in the first period of a product's life cycle?

Question16: A newer automotive supplier has not fully developed its information technology (IT) systems. The supplier has Just received a contract from a large automotive manufacturer which requires the supplier to use electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions for receiving orders, sending advance ship notices (ASNs), and receiving invoice payments. What strategy can the supplier adopt to immediately meet the EDI requirements?

Question17: A manufacturer has a forecasted annual demand of 1,000,000 units for a new product. They have to choose 1 of 4 new pieces of equipment to produce this product. Assume that revenue will be $10 per unit for all 4 options.
Which machine will maximize their profit if the manufacturer anticipates market demand will be steady for 3 years and there is no residual value for any of the equipment choices?
MachineFixed CostVariable Cost per UnitAnnual Capacity
AS100.000$6 00800,000 units
B$200,000$5 501.000,000 units
C$250,000$5 001,200,000 units
D$1 000.000$4 501 400.000 units

Question18: Which of the following tools is used to evaluate the impact that a production plan has on capacity?

Question19: Components of an organization's Immediate industry and competitive environment Include:

Question20: A company has a demand for 30 units of A, 40 units of B, and 50 units of C. These products are scheduled to run daily in batches of 10 as follows: ABC, ABC, ABC, CBC. What is this scheduling technique called?

Question21: Marketing has requested a significant change in the mix for a product family. The requested change falls between the demand and the planning time fences. The most appropriate action by the master scheduler is to:

Question22: Which of the following strategies is most appropriate for a business unit with a low relative market share in a high-growth market?

Question23: 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?

Question24: A house of quality (HOQ) chart aligns which pair of functions?

Question25: A life cycle assessment (LCA) would be used to determine:

Question26: Which of the following factors Is considered a carrying cost?

Question27: An example of a flexibility metric for an organization Is:

Question28: The production plan defines which of the following targets?

Question29: During the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, which of the following tasks is the primary responsibility of the functional representatives on the supply planning team?

Question30: Which of the following situations is most likely to occur when using a push system?

Question31: Given the following data, calculate the appropriate takt time:

Question32: Substituting capital equipment in place of direct labor can be economically Justified for which of the following scenarios?

Question33: A company's primary performance objective Is flexibility. Which of the following measurements is most important?

Question34: Which of the following circumstances would cause a move from acceptance sampling to 100% inspection?

Question35: In which of the following situations would you use an X-bar chart?

Question36: In a rapidly changing business environment, a primary advantage of an effective customer relationship management (CRM) program is:

Question37: Which of the following prioritization rules will have the greatest impact In reducing the number of orders In queue?

Question38: Which of the following conditions is most likely to result in planned production that is greater than the total demand over the sales and operations planning (S&OP) horizon for a product family that is made to stock?

Question39: Forecast error typically triggers forecast revision when it is:

Question40: Which of the following statements about demonstrated capacity Is true?

Question41: Management should support investments in new process technologies that:

Question42: It takes an average of 3 hours to set up a model and 1 hour to run, but depending on the complexity of the models, the setup time can be significantly different. Last week. 2 modelers were working on different projects. Each worked 40 hours. One modeler finished 5 models a day, and the other finished 1 model a day.
What was the demonstrated capacity last week?

Question43: A logistics manager Is faced with delivering an order via rail or truck. Shipping via rail costs S300 and takes
14 days. Shipping via truck costs $600 and takes 3 days. If the holding cost is $40 per day, what is the cost to deliver the order?

Question44: A company is having trouble with raw material deliveries and has decided to develop a supplier certification program. The certification process most appropriately would start with which of the following suppliers?

Question45: Long lead-time items with stable demand would best be supported by a supply chain:

Question46: An example of an assignable cause of variation in process performance is:

Question47: Which of the following statements best characterizes enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems?

Question48: Labor3 people
Work hours10 hours per day
Days4 days per week
Meetings with work area employees1/2 hour per day
Work area efficiency85%
Given the information above, what is the weekly theoretical capacity of this work area in hours?

Question49: The primary consideration In maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) supply systems typically is:

Question50: A statistical safety stock calculation would be appropriate for:

Question51: Which of the following statements is an assumption on which the economic order quantity (EOQ) model is based?

Question52: The planned channels of Inventory disbursement from one or more sources to field warehouses are known as:

Question53: A firm that currently produces all items to stock is implementing the concept of postponement in all new product designs. Which of the following outcomes is most likely to result?

Question54: Which of the following actions best supports a company's strategic focus on delivery speed to improve competitive advantage?

Question55: Which of the following attributes describes a company with a global strategy?

Question56: Typically, rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) in a job shop environment would review which of the following work centers to determine the ability to execute the plan?

Question57: Which of the following criteria is used to determine safety stock in a distribution center (DC)?

Question58: In choosing suppliers, a company wishes to maintain maximum leverage to reduce costs. Which of the following supply chain strategies would provide this opportunity?

Question59: Fishbone diagrams would help a service organization determine:

Question60: Check sheets can be used to:

Question61: One of the benefits of Integrating a poka-yoke into the production process is that it can be used to:

Question62: Which of the following product design approaches are likely to reduce time to market for a global supply chain?

Question63: Price negotiation is most appropriate when purchasing which of the following product categories?

Question64: A manufacturer has a primary assembly line supported by output from several subassembly lines. Which of the following scenarios would be the best argument for a multilevel master scheduling process?

Question65: An example of a cradle-to-cradle sustainability model would be:

Question66: In pyramid forecasting, the "roll up" process begins with:

Question67: The question below is based on the following standard and actual data of a production order

Which of the following statements about variances is true?

Question68: A disadvantage of a capacity-lagging strategy may be:

Question69: Global outsourcing and shared suppliers serving an industry are drivers of which category of risk?

Question70: A company selling seasonal products is preparing their sales and operations plan for the coming year. Their current labor staffing is at the maximum for their production facility and cannot meet the forecasted demand.
The business plan shows they do not have the financial capability to add to the production facility. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate?