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Demand Management, Forecasting, and Aggregate Planning MCQ

Demand Management, Forecasting, and Aggregate Planning MCQ

1. Service providers invest large amounts of money in training employees because ____.

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Correct Answer: They lose business and revenue if they do not meet the service expectations of customers

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2. The _______ is an extension of the EOQ model when price discounts are allowe

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Correct Answer: Quantity discount model

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3. The _______ is theinventory on-hand needed to satisfy demand during the order lead time perio

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Correct Answer: Reorder point

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4. _______ are inventories created when a firm purchases a quantity large enough to last until the next purchase perio

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Correct Answer: Cycle inventories

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5. “Production is varied to meet demand” defines which type of production planning strategy?

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Correct Answer: Chase strategy

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6. Exception management is in which stage of the collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment process?

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Correct Answer: Analysis stage

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7. _______ provides a measure of forecast bias.

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Correct Answer: Running sum of forecast error

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8. The _______ is a measure of the variation in the dependent variable that can be explained by the independent variable.

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Correct Answer: Sample coefficient of determination (R2)

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9. In simple linear regression forecasts, the _______ is a predictor of deman

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Correct Answer: Causal variable

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10. Which of the following is a times series forecasting technique?

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Correct Answer: Exponential smoothing forecast

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11. Which of the following is an associative forecasting technique?

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Correct Answer: Linear trend forecast

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12. _______ is forecasting that uses mathematical models and historical dat

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Correct Answer: Quantitative forecasting

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13. _______ is forecasting that is based on guesswork, intuition, or opinions.

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Correct Answer: Qualitative forecasting

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14. _______ uses several rounds of questionnaires to establish a forecast consensus.

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Correct Answer: The Delphi method

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15. _______ is based on the assumption that historic demand can be used to predict future deman

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Correct Answer: A time series forecast

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16. The _______ department provides projections for the next year as an input to the forecasting process.

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Correct Answer: Field sales

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17. The _______ department’s responsibilities are new product introductions, promotion, and pricing.

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Correct Answer: Marketing

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18. The _______ department’s responsibility is to fill orders, monitor finished-goods inventories, and ensure on-time deliveries.

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Correct Answer: Distribution

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19. The _______ department oversees the procurement of materials, parts, and components for the organization.

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Correct Answer: Supply management

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20. Weighted Moving Average Forecast allows the user to weigh the more recent periods more heavily to take into consideration recent changes in the data .

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Correct Answer: True

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21. Trend Variations is a demand variation caused by gradually ______ movements over time.

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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22. Tracking Signal used as a running check on the ______ of a forecasting technique.

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Correct Answer: Accuracy

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23. Time Series Forecasts based on the assumption that the future is an extension of the past; thus, historical demand can be used to predict future demand .

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Correct Answer: True

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24. Smoothing Constant used in the exponential smoothing forecast. The weight must be between _______ .

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Correct Answer: 0 and 1

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25. Which technique used recent historical demand to generate a forecast and is fairly reliable when the demand is stable over time ?

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Correct Answer: Simple Moving Average Forecast

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26. Linear regression is used to identify the causal relationship and the forecast equation .

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Correct Answer: True

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27. Seasonal Variations is a demand patterns that repeat over a consistent interval such as ______ , or seasons

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Correct Answer: All of these

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28. Sample Correlation Coefficients range from _____ .

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Correct Answer: −1 to +1

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29. Measure of the variation in the dependent variable that can be explained by the independent variable is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Sample Coefficient of Determination

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30. Sales Force Estimates provide estimates of future customer demand.

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Correct Answer: True

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31. Running Sum of Forecast Error provides a measure of forecast bias .

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Correct Answer: True

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32. Random variations are what cause even the best forecasts to contain errors.

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Correct Answer: True

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33. Qualitative forecasting Techniques are based on guesswork, intuition, or opinions, and are generally used when data are unavailable or too old to be of much use .

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Correct Answer: True

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34. Production planning strategies is a sets of activities in operations management for meeting the aggregate plan .

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Correct Answer: Production Planning Strategies

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35. Product family consists of different products that share similar _______ .

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Correct Answer: All of these

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36. Multiple Regression Forecasting used when there are several independent variables used together, to predict the dependent variable .

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Correct Answer: True

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37. This method provides an estimate of the magnitude of forecast error is known as _____ .

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Correct Answer: Mean Absolute Percentage Error

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38. Which method provides an estimate of the magnitude of forecast error. The monthly absolute forecast error divided by actual demand is summed,

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Correct Answer: Mean Absolute Percentage Error

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39. Which method is used for comparing forecasting techniques; it averages the absolute value of the errors over a given period of time ?

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Correct Answer: Mean Absolute Deviation

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40. A linear regression forecast, where one variable is time and the other variable is the actual data is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Linear Trend Forecast

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41. Which technique uses a group of senior executives who are knowledgeable about the firm’s products ?

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Correct Answer: Jury of Executive Opinion

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42. Forecast error simply is the difference between the ______ and the forecast for that period.

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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43. A type of forecast error that occurs when a forecast has a tendency to be either consistently higher or lower than the actual demand is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Forecast Bias

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44. Which forecast approach requires fewer calculations than the weighted moving average forecast because only two data points are needed ?

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Correct Answer: Exponential Smoothing Forecast

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45. The process that balances customer requirements with supply chain capabilities is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Demand Management

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46. Cyclical Variation occurs every several years and is influenced by macroeconomic and political factors.

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Correct Answer: True

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47. Contingent Workers part-time and _______ .

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Correct Answer: Temporary workers

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48. Contingency Plans Insurance-type activities that are performed to _____ and its customers for times when actual demand varies significantly from the forecast

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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49. Consumer Surveys focus groups to gather consumer opinions of existing products and new product ideas to generate a forecast

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Correct Answer: True

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50. Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment allows for continuous _____ of inventory and upcoming requirements, resulting in less safety stock .

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Correct Answer: Updating

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51. A predictor of the dependent variable demand is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Causal Variable

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52. Business cycles in the United States have been affected by various global events.

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Correct Answer: True

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53. Which techniques assume that one or more factors (independent variables) are related to demand.

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Correct Answer: Associative Forecasts

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54. Aggregate Planning Planning that occurs when firms consider their _______ business plans

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Correct Answer: Long-term

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