9. Which of the following statements about 14. All of the following may contribute to an unrealistic master production schedule EXCEPT planning BOM is not true? a. the major challenge in constructing planning b. common parts have to remain uncommitted c. sufficient safety stock has to be carried for d. planning BOM reduces the number of items BOM is to separate the common parts from a. inaccurate lead time b. inaccurate sales forecasts c. incorrect yield estimates d. incorrect bills of material parts unique to particular options. to an exact end item until final assembly common parts. to be master scheduled related to MRP and the production plan in that 15. In a master scheduling environment with products that have many low-level components, a few subassemblies, and a large number of final configurations, good practices would include which of the following? 10. The master production schedule (MPS) is 1. Setting the MPS at the subassembly level Il. Using the planning bill technique III. Setting the final assembly schedule from the production plan I. The MPS drives the production plan Il. The MPS disaggregates the production plan to individual products III. The MPS is the starting point for MRP a. I and1 only b. , 1, and III c. I only d. Il and IlI only a. I only b. I1 only c. I and II only d. 1, I1, and III 16. Typical uses of a master schedule activity 11. A master production schedule should be include which of the following? I. Driving a material requirements planning loaded to a level that is a. equal to the sales forecast b. equal to sales orders c. capable of fully utilizing available II. Planning future production. III. Employing rough-cut capacity planning IV. Establishing the production plan. d. no greater than can be realistically a. 1 only b. II and III only c. I, II, and III only d.I,1,I1, and IV 12. Which of the following is used to convert the master production schedule into detail requirements? a. production planning b. rough-cut capacity planning c. production activity control d. material requirements planning 17. Which of the following is characteristic of the JIT/lean philosophy? 1. Inventories are an asset. II. Workers are an asset. 111. Vendors are co-workers, essentially other 13. The selection of capacity planning technique is environmental dependent. Which of the following is true in JIT environment? departments of our organization. IV. Technologies and automation are more important than people. a. capacity bill is better than CPOF b. resource profiles is very useful c. capacity requirement planning (CRP) is a. 1 and II only b. II and Il only c. I, 11, and IlI only d. I, II, II, and IV most desirable d. Input Output control is essential