MCQ on Materials Requirements Planning

1. MRP stands for

A.   Master Resources Production

B.   Management Reaction Planning

C.   Materials Requirements Planning

D.   Manufacturing Resource Planning

2. What does ERP stand for?

A.   Expanse Research Project

B.   Enterprise Research Planning

C.   Enterprise Resource Planning

D.   Expanse Resource Project

 

3. The objectives in developing an MRP include:

 

A. To maintain the desired level of customer service by maintaining finished goods inventory levels or by scheduling to meet customer delivery requirements

B.   To make the best use of material, labor , and equipment

C.   To maintain inventory investment at the required levels

D.   All of the above

4. Which of the following has the least integration of information systems?

A.   Enterprise Resource Planning

B.   Web-Integrated Enterprise Resource Planning

C.   Materials Requirements Planning

D.   Manufacturing Resource Planning

5. Which of the following is an output of materials requirements planning?

A.   Work Orders

B.   Master Production Schedule

C.   Bills Of Materials

D.   All of the above

6.  MRP – II  is accurately described by

           A.   MRP software designed for services

B. MRP with a new set of computer programs that execute on micro-computers

C.   MRP augmented by other resources variable

D. Usually employed to isolate manufacturing operations from other aspects of an organization.

 

7.  The information needed to develop an MPR includes

A.   The production plan

B.   Forecasts for individual end items

C.   Actual orders received from customers and for stock replenishments

D.   All of the above

8.  The list of quantities of components, ingredients, and materials required to produce a product is the

A.   Master Schedule.

B.   Engineering Change Notice.

C.   Bill-Of-Materials.

D.   Purchase order.

9.  Which of the following is an advantage of ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems?

 

A.  Need to change existing business practices

B.  Lengthy implementation processes

C.  Complex operating processes

D.  Organizational flexibility and agility

10.  The first step in preparing an MPS is:

A.   Develop a preliminary MRP

B.   Check the preliminary MRP against available capacity

C.    Resolve differences between the preliminary MPS and the capacity available

D.   Develop a rough-cut capacity plan

11.  Which is not the objectives of MRP -I ?

A.   Decrease efficiency

B.   Inventory reduction

C.   Realistic commitments

D.   Reduction in production and delivery lead times

12.  Identify terminology of MRP – I

A.   MRP logic

B.   Time bucket

C.   BOM

D.   Product

13.  The MRP forms a vital link between sales and production as follows:

 

A.   The MRP makes possible valid order promises

B.   The MRP is a plan of what is to be produced and when

C.   The MRP is a contract between marketing and manufacturing.

D.   All of the above

14.  In the _________ environment, many different end items are made from a small number of components.

 

A.   Make-to-Stock

B.   Make-to-Order

C.   Assembly-to-Order

D.   Engineer-to-Order

Answers-

1-C,2-C,3-D,4-C,5-A,6-C,7-D,8-C,9-D,10-A,11-A,12-B,13-D,14-B.