Integrated Business Processes With ERP Systems 1st Edition by Simha R.Magal – Test Bank

Integrated Business Processes With ERP Systems 1st Edition by Simha R.Magal – Test Bank

Package Title: Test bank

Course Title: The Production Process

Question type: Multiple Answers

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

1. 1. Company code
   2. Credit control area
   3. Client
   4. Storage location
   5. Plant

Answer: a, c, d, e

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Introduction

2. The master data relevant to the production process are

1. 1. Work centers
   2. Material master
   3. Bills of material
   4. Client
   5. Company code

Answer: a, b, c

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Master Data

3. Which of the following are statuses that can apply to a BOM?
   1. On
   2. Off
   3. Active
   4. Inactive
   5. Open

Answer: c, d

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Master Data – Bill of Material

4. What are the basic time elements in the production process?
   1. Setup time
   2. Alternate time
   3. Build time
   4. Teardown time
   5. Processing time

Answer: a, d, e

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing

5. Which of the following can be included in processing time?
   1. Machine time
   2. Configuring work center
   3. Configuring equipment
   4. Labor time
   5. Setup time

Answer: a, d

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Work Center

6. Which of the following are the general classifications of time elements in production?
   1. Floating
   2. Volatile
   3. Fixed
   4. Explosive
   5. Variable

Answer: c, e

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing

7. The material master is grouped into different views or segments based on which factors?
   1. Processes that use the materials
   2. Material type
   3. Organizational level
   4. Material composition
   5. Material description

Answer: a, b, c

Difficulty: Hard

Section Reference: Master Data – Material Master

8. Examples of production resource tools are
   1. Raw materials
   2. Fixtures
   3. Engineering drawings
   4. Calibration instruments
   5. Warehouse building

Answer: b, c, d

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Production Resource Tools

9. A planned order is a formal request that indicates
   1. How many units of a product are needed
   2. Where the finished goods are to be shipped
   3. What materials are needed
   4. Where the raw materials are stored
   5. When the materials are needed

Answer: a, c, e

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Process – Request Production

10. What are the organizational data that are included in a planned order?
    1. Client
    2. Company code
    3. Plant
    4. Storage location
    5. Bill of materials

Answer: a, b, c, d

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Request Production

11. Which are the following are options when a production manager receives a planned order?
    1. Create an alternate planned order
    2. Reject the planned order
    3. Combine the planned order with other orders
    4. Authorize the production
    5. Return the order to purchasing

Answer: b, c. d

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Request Production

12. A production order typically includes references to which of the following?
    1. BOM
    2. Routing
    3. Work centers
    4. Sales order
    5. PRT

Answer: a, b. c, e

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Authorize Production

13. Which of the following are included in the header information of a production order?
    1. Status
    2. Work center
    3. Plant
    4. Validity
    5. Material number

Answer: a, c, d

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Authorize Production

14. What data are included in a confirmation?
    1. Where the work was completed
    2. How much raw material was used
    3. Who the material is to be shipped to
    4. How much work was completed
    5. Who completed the work

Answer: a, d, e

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Confirmations

15. Which user inputs are included in a goods receipt?
    1. Plant
    2. Material master
    3. Quantities
    4. Dates
    5. Production order number

Answer: c, d, e

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Goods Receipt

16. SAP ERP systems can communicate with
    1. Shop floor control systems
    2. PDC systems
    3. Systems that automate tasks in work centers
    4. Storage facilities
    5. None of the above

Answer: a, b, c

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Order Release

17. What does a stock requirement list contain?
    1. Material
    2. BOM
    3. Plant
    4. MRP type
    5. All of the above

Answer: a, c, d

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Reporting

Question type: Multiple Choice

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

1. 1. Company code
   2. Credit control area
   3. Client
   4. Storage location
   5. Plant

Answer: b

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Introduction

1. In process industries like chemicals and beverages, the bill of materials is also known as a(n)

1. 1. Formula
   2. List of chemicals
   3. Bill of chemicals
   4. Equation
   5. Material list

Answer: a

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Bill of Material

20. Which one of the following best describes a work center?
    1. A location where materials are placed right before they are shipped
    2. Another term used to describe an office building
    3. A location where value-added work needed to produce a material is carried out
    4. A shipping dock
    5. A storage shelf in a warehouse

Answer: c

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Master Data – Work Center

21. All of the following can serve as a work center except
    1. A group of machines
    2. A group of people responsible for completing operations
    3. A production line
    4. A work area
    5. A shipping dock

Answer: e

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Work Center

22. What term describes two simultaneous series of operations needed to build components for a finished product?
    1. Parallel sequences
    2. Alternate sequences
    3. Same sequence
    4. Line sequence
    5. Production sequence

Answer: a

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing

23. Which one of the following best defines material staging?
    1. Component materials are moved into storage
    2. Component materials are received from the vendor
    3. Component materials are moved from storage and prepared for use
    4. Defective returned goods are broken down into several components for refurbishment
    5. Finished materials are moved back into a storage area

Answer: c

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing

24. What term identifies the list of materials needed to produce one or more units of a finished good?
    1. Routing
    2. Source materials
    3. Component listing
    4. Bill of components
    5. Bill of materials

Answer: e

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Bill of Materials

25. At what level are material requirements planning (MRP) and work scheduling data defined?
    1. Client level
    2. Plant level
    3. Company code level
    4. Sales area level
    5. Production level

Answer: b

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Material Master

26. Which of the following is not a step in the production process?
    1. Production authorization
    2. Goods issue
    3. Request production
    4. Billing
    5. Order release

Answer: d

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Process

27. If a company has adopted the make-to-stock strategy, what is the trigger for the production of goods?
    1. Need to increase inventory
    2. Customer order
    3. Request for quotation
    4. Customer inquiry
    5. Billing document

Answer: a

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Introduction

28. Which of the following does a routing identify on a production order?
    1. The materials or components to be used in production
    2. The location where operations are to be performed
    3. The capacity requirements of the production order
    4. The location of raw materials in the warehouse
    5. The operations needed to produce a material

Answer: e

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Authorization Production

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?
    1. Production note
    2. Confirmation
    3. Order complete
    4. Production record
    5. Production outcome

Answer: b

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Confirmations

30. The creation of a production order results in several outcomes including all of the following except
    1. Scheduling
    2. Availability checks
    3. Purchase requisitions
    4. Preliminary costing
    5. Confirmation

Answer: e

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Process – Moderate

31. What operation in the routing is sometimes necessary to prepare materials for use in production?
    1. Backflushing
    2. Confirmation
    3. Material staging
    4. Recall
    5. Reservation

Answer: c

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing

32. Which of the following is not an outcome of a goods issue to a production order?
    1. The material master is updated to reflect the reduction in the quantity and value of the materials issued
    2. Actual costs associated with material consumption are calculated
    3. Material reservations are updated
    4. A goods receipt is automatically recorded
    5. An FI document is created to record financial accounting data

Answer: d

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Process – Goods Issue

33. When the finished goods have been produced the SAP ERP system allows a user to record which of the following?
    1. Confirmation
    2. Goods issue
    3. Order release
    4. Goods receipt
    5. Authorize production

Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference: Process

34. Which of the following is an important report in the production process?
    1. Work list
    2. Stock requirement list
    3. Online list
    4. BOM
    5. None of the above

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference: Reporting

Question type: True or False

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

Answer: False

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference: Master Data – Bill of Material

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

Answer: True

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference: Master Data – Bill of Material

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

Answer: False

Difficulty: Easy

Section Reference: Master Data – Work Center

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

Answer: True

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing

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

Answer: False

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing

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

Answer: False

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing

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

Answer: True

Difficulty: Moderate

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing

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

Answer: True

Difficulty: Difficult

Section Reference: Master Data – Product Routing