ISCOM471 Week 3 Quiz

ISCOM471 Week 3 Quiz

Fundamental MRP II questions include all of the following except

a.      What are we going to make?

b.     What does it take to make it?

c.      What do we have?

d.     What do we have to get?

e.      Who needs it?

2.     A bottleneck is defined as any resource whose capacity limits throughput in the production line.

a.      True

b.     False

3.     Disadvantages of capacity simulation include all of the following except

a.      Simulation can be used as a game for training experience.

b.     A significant amount of computer time may be needed to run complex models.

c.      A great deal of time and effort typically is spent to develop a model for the simulation.

d.     The technique of the simulation, while making progress, still lacks a standardized approach.

e.      None of the above.

4.     JIT drawbacks include all of the following except

a.      limited to repetitive manufacturing

b.     stable production level

c.      limited flexibility in products produced

d.     vendors do not need to be located nearby

e.      still require work in process when used with Kanban

5.     A _________ approach actually schedules in detail each resource using the setup and runtime required for each order.

a.      infinite loading

b.     finite loading

c.      forward scheduling

d.     backward scheduling

e.      none of the above

6.     Johnson’s rule is a sequencing rule used for scheduling any number of jobs on two machines.

a.      True

b.     False

7.     If there is no bottleneck, then excess capacity exists and the system should be changed to create a bottleneck.

a.      True

b.     False