WGU C720 LATEST EXAM 2023-2024
EXAM WITH OVER 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |A+
A company makes rulers that are designed to
... [Show More] be 20 cm in length with allowance
±0.1 cm.
If the actual length of a ruler is 20.2 cm, which factor will the company use to
judge the quality of the length of the rulers? –
ANSWER- Conformance
Which quality management philosophy uses cause-and-effect fishbone diagrams for
root-cause analysis, emphasizes a bottom-up approach to quality, and considers
standardization and quality control to move together in improvement? –
ANSWER- Ishikawa's quality circle
Which quality management philosophy assigns cost to quality, defines quality by
how well a product can be used for its intended purpose, and uses Pareto charts? -
ANSWER- Juran Institute's management theory
Which capacity planning strategy should the manager use to achieve this customer
demand? –
ANSWER- Match
A manager is planning staffing needs for a seasonal ice cream stand. The manager
expects to have the following number of customers per day each month:
January: 20
February: 23
March: 30
April: 60
May: 90
Jun: 120
July: 130
August: 150
September: 100
October: 80
November: 60
December: 30
A company makes garage door tracks for residential and commercial customers.
The production manager prefers to run all the footage for residential requirements
first each day and then change over for the commercial size after the residential
orders are completed. The tooling is changed back to the residential size before the
end of business each day.
Which process strategy is this company using? –
ANSWER- Batch processing with
some product variety on moderately flexible equipment
An oil refinery receives crude oil on a regular basis, which must be refined into
five different octane-rated gasoline formulas and diesel. Demand for these fuels is
easy to predict. The cost to refine the oil decreases rapidly depending on the size of
the refinery that refines the oil.
Based on this information, which process strategy should the oil refinery use in its
refining process? - ANSWER- Continuous flow
What is the time horizon for medium-range forecasting? –
ANSWER- 6 to 18 months
A computer company receives an order for 100 computers from a customer inside
of its lead time. The production planner agrees to support the order.
Which two outputs will the MRP system issue? –
ANSWER- Planned order receipts, Expedite notice.
A bicycle company receives an order to deliver 200 bicycles by the end of the
month.
Which planning process will help this company to decide the required quantity of
bicycle tires to meet the order? –
ANSWER- MRP
A large retail chain is developing an aggregate plan for its "holiday tree" product
line. It does not specify Douglas fir, pine, spruce tree, or artificial tree variations,
just overall quantity of trees to be offered throughout the holiday season.
What is the appropriate time fence for the aggregate plan? –
ANSWER- 6 to 18 months before the holiday season begins. [Show Less]