PART-A: Multiple Choice Questions

(10x2=20 Marks)

1. Identifying and selecting suppliers is important responsibility of:

(a)marketing department ( b) purchasing department (c) production
department
2. Supplier's technical ability means:
(a) a supplier have a program of product development
(b) a supplier assist in improving the product.
(c) all of the above.
3. Use of more than one supplier for an item is:
(a) Multiple sourcing (b) sole sourcing (c) single sourcing
4. The total acquisition cost of an item includes:
(a) The price paid (b) the handling and delivery costs
above

(c) all of the

5. The implementation and control phase of the production planning and control
system, is:
(a) Purchasing and production activity control
(b) Master production schedule
(c) Material requirement plan.
6. A major input to an material requirements plan MRP system is:
The production plan (b) the capacity plan (a)
The master production Schedule (c)
7. The time span for which plans are made is called the:
(a) time fence( b) planning horizon (c) time bucket
8. Basic concept in TQM:
(a)Focus in the customer (b) supplier partnering (c) all are right
9. Which of the following is a factor is selecting suppliers.
(a) Technical ability ( b) measurement (c) purchasing
10. -------------------is responsible for planning and controlling materials flow :
(a)Materials management (b) marketing management
(c) Production management

PARTB-B: True or False Questions

(15X1=15 Marks)

1. [

] Purchasing function has tremendous potential to increase profit.

2. [

] A good supplier is one that satisfy the buyer's demand of quality,

quantity, delivery ,and price

3. [

] Buyers- suppliers relationship must be close and cooperative.

4. [

] Purchasing departments are in position to take the lead role in reducing

company's environmental impact.

5. [

] Purchasing is solely the responsibility of the purchasing department.

6. [

] A set of priority planning techniques for planning component items

below the end item level is called material requirements planning

7. [

] A major input to an material requirements planning MRP system is

the master schedule

8. [

] The time span for which plans are made is called the planning horizon

9. [

] Requesting quotation is a sales order.

10. [

] There is no cost associated with changing production level in chase

strategy.
] In make to stock strategy, manufacturers wait until an order is
received from a customer before starting to make the goods.

11. [
12. [

] 100% inspection means making sample of batch of product and using

it to estimate overall quality.

13. [

] Sampling inspection produce result with 100% accuracy.

14. [

] In the long and short run, manufacturing must devise plans to balance
the demand of the market place with its resources and capacity.

15. [

] Priority relates to what products are needed, how many are needed
and when they are needed.

PART-C: Short Answer Questions

(2x5=10 Marks)

ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS ONLY

1. What are the five categories of the purchasing objectives?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. What are the major levels in the manufacturing planning and control system?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. Defne the material reguirements plan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. What is the planning horizon?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PART-D: Fill in the Blank Questions as per the WORDS given below
(10x1=10 Marks):
1/.is the process of buying.
2/ ..a written inquiry that send to enough
suppliers to be sure competitive and reliable quotations are received.
3/.is a legal offer to purchase.
4/...the process of having suppliers provide
goods and services that are previously provided internally.
5/ not having the products the customer wants
when they are wanted.
CHOOSE THE WORDS BELOW
1/ Benchmarking 2/ capacity 3/ purchase order
4/ Total quality management5/ purchasing
6/quality function deployment7/ outsourcing
8/ requesting quotation 9/competitive bidding10/ Stocking out
Best wishes
ANSWERS TO MATERIALS MANAGEMENT(3HOURS)
PART-A: Multiple Choice Questions
1.B
2.C
3.A

(10x2=20 Marks)

4.C
5.A
6.C
7.B
8.C
9.A
10.C
PARTB-B: True or False Questions

(15X1=15 Marks)

1.T
2.T
3.T
4.T
5.F
6.T
7.T
8.T
9.F
10.F
11.F
12.F
13.F
14.T
15.T
PART-C: Short Answer Questions

(2x5=10 Marks)

1/ answer page(216)
2/ answer page ( 79)
3/ answer page( 81)
4/ answer page (79)
PART-D: Fill in the Blank Questions as per the WORDS given below
Purchasing
Requesting quotation
Purchase order
Outsourcing
Stocking out