Deck 6: The Production Process

Question 1

Which of the following can be included in processing time?

A)Machine time
B)Configuring work center
C)Configuring equipment
D)Labor time
E)Setup time

Answer 1

A,D

Question 2

What does a stock requirement list contain?

A)Material
B)BOM
C)Plant
D)MRP type
E)All of the above

Answer 2

A,C,D

Question 3

A production order typically includes references to which of the following?

A)BOM
B)Routing
C)Work centers
D)Sales order
E)PRT

Answer 3

A,B.C,E

Question 4

Which of the following are included in the header information of a production order?

A)Status
B)Work center
C)Plant
D)Validity
E)Material number

Question 5

In process industries like chemicals and beverages,the bill of materials is also known as an)

A)Formula
B)List of chemicals
C)Bill of chemicals
D)Equation
E)Material list

Question 6

What are the basic time elements in the production process?

A)Setup time
B)Alternate time
C)Build time
D)Teardown time
E)Processing time

Question 7

A planned order is a formal request that indicates

A)How many units of a product are needed
B)Where the finished goods are to be shipped
C)What materials are needed
D)Where the raw materials are stored
E)When the materials are needed

Question 8

Which one of the following best describes a work center?

A)A location where materials are placed right before they are shipped
B)Another term used to describe an office building
C)A location where value-added work needed to produce a material is carried out
D)A shipping dock
E)A storage shelf in a warehouse

Question 9

Which are the following are options when a production manager receives a planned order?

A)Create an alternate planned order
B)Reject the planned order
C)Combine the planned order with other orders
D)Authorize the production
E)Return the order to purchasing

Question 10

Which one of the following is NOT a type of organizational data relevant to the production process?

A)Company code
B)Credit control area
C)Client
D)Storage location
E)Plant

Question 11

Which of the following are the general classifications of time elements in production?

A)Floating
B)Volatile
C)Fixed
D)Explosive
E)Variable

Question 12

The material master is grouped into different views or segments based on which factors?

A)Processes that use the materials
B)Material type
C)Organizational level
D)Material composition
E)Material description

Question 13

Which of the following are statuses that can apply to a BOM?

A)On
B)Off
C)Active
D)Inactive
E)Open

Question 14

What are the organizational data that are included in a planned order?

A)Client
B)Company code
C)Plant
D)Storage location
E)Bill of materials

Question 15

Which user inputs are included in a goods receipt?

A)Plant
B)Material master
C)Quantities
D)Dates
E)Production order number

Question 16

Examples of production resource tools are

A)Raw materials
B)Fixtures
C)Engineering drawings
D)Calibration instruments
E)Warehouse building

Question 17

The master data relevant to the production process are

A)Work centers
B)Material master
C)Bills of material
D)Client
E)Company code

Question 18

What data are included in a confirmation?

A)Where the work was completed
B)How much raw material was used
C)Who the material is to be shipped to
D)How much work was completed
E)Who completed the work

Question 19

SAP ERP systems can communicate with

A)Shop floor control systems
B)PDC systems
C)Systems that automate tasks in work centers
D)Storage facilities
E)None of the above

Question 20

Which one of the following are key organizational data relevant to the production process?

A)Company code
B)Credit control area
C)Client
D)Storage location
E)Plant

Question 21

Which of the following is not a step in the production process?

A)Production authorization
B)Goods issue
C)Request production
D)Billing
E)Order release

Question 22

The creation of a production order results in several outcomes including all of the following except

A)Scheduling
B)Availability checks
C)Purchase requisitions
D)Preliminary costing
E)Confirmation

Question 23

When the finished goods have been produced the SAP ERP system allows a user to record which of the following?

A)Confirmation
B)Goods issue
C)Order release
D)Goods receipt
E)Authorize production

Question 24

If a company has adopted the make-to-stock strategy,what is the trigger for the production of goods?

A)Need to increase inventory
B)Customer order
C)Request for quotation
D)Customer inquiry
E)Billing document

Question 25

Which of the following is not an outcome of a goods issue to a production order?

A)The material master is updated to reflect the reduction in the quantity and value of the materials issued
B)Actual costs associated with material consumption are calculated
C)Material reservations are updated
D)A goods receipt is automatically recorded
E)An FI document is created to record financial accounting data

Question 26

Variable time elements are independent of how many units of material are produced.

Question 27

All of the following can serve as a work center except

A)A group of machines
B)A group of people responsible for completing operations
C)A production line
D)A work area
E)A shipping dock

Question 28

Which of the following does a routing identify on a production order?

A)The materials or components to be used in production
B)The location where operations are to be performed
C)The capacity requirements of the production order
D)The location of raw materials in the warehouse
E)The operations needed to produce a material

Question 29

What step in the production process is used to enter data in to the SAP ERP system when the operations needed to produce a materials are completed?

A)Production note
B)Confirmation
C)Order complete
D)Production record
E)Production outcome

Question 30

A bill of materials identifies the finished goods that are to be shipped to a specific customer.

Question 31

Which of the following is an important report in the production process?

A)Work list
B)Stock requirement list
C)Online list
D)BOM
E)None of the above

Question 32

What term identifies the list of materials needed to produce one or more units of a finished good?

A)Routing
B)Source materials
C)Component listing
D)Bill of components
E)Bill of materials

Question 33

An active bill of materials can be used in the production of a material,but an inactive BOM cannot.

Question 34

A work center is a location where materials are placed immediately before they are shipped.

Question 35

Which one of the following best defines material staging?

A)Component materials are moved into storage
B)Component materials are received from the vendor
C)Component materials are moved from storage and prepared for use
D)Defective returned goods are broken down into several components for refurbishment
E)Finished materials are moved back into a storage area

Question 36

All operations must be performed in some type of sequence,and many operations can be completed in a variety of sequences.

Question 37

Fixed time elements represent the time needed to produce one unit of material.

Question 38

What operation in the routing is sometimes necessary to prepare materials for use in production?

A)Backflushing
B)Confirmation
C)Material staging
D)Recall
E)Reservation

Question 39

At what level are material requirements planning MRP)and work scheduling data defined?

A)Client level
B)Plant level
C)Company code level
D)Sales area level
E)Production level

Question 40

What term describes two simultaneous series of operations needed to build components for a finished product?

A)Parallel sequences
B)Alternate sequences
C)Same sequence
D)Line sequence
E)Production sequence

Question 41

Production resource tools are movable resources that are shared among different work centers.

Question 42

Material staging is a technique that is used to automatically record the goods issue when an order is confirmed

Question 43

Typically a production order does not include any references to the BOM,routing,or work centers.

Question 44

If the bill of materials and the routing data are changed after the production order has been created,the system must be manually instructed to reenter the data

Question 45

Periodic processing is also known as period-end closing

Question 46

Capacity split is a strategy that is used to determine how the production work is to be distributed among machines and/or people

Question 47

A time ticket is used to record the amount of time required to complete various operations

Question 48

Component assignment is a technique that assigns components in a BOM either to a routing or to a specific operation within the routing.

Question 49

Material staging is the process in which component materials are moved from storage and prepared for use.

Question 50

A technically complete status for a production order means that even though the main material is complete,other production processes may be needed to complete smaller components of the material

Question 51

Overhead allocation,work in process determination,and order settlement are all included in periodic processing

Question 52

After production has been completed,a goods receipt against the production order is used to pick the goods and ship them to the customer