CPSM1 Online Practice Questions and Answers

The process of developing information systems through investigation, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance is known as .

Downtime during testing, losses in productivity, resistance to change and new manuals are all description of:

A. Project participants

B. Logical assets

C. External suppliers

D. Internal organization

The demand forecast for all products and services then is used to create a ,which breaks down all labor and material requirements, usually by quarter.

A. aggregate plan

B. aggregate forecast

C. scheduling forecast

D. Top-down strategy

The re-employment, reuse, recycling or regeneration of something of value that is no longer necessary for the original intent is called:

A. Asset recovery

B. Inventory recovery

C. Financing recovery

D. Supply chain recovery

A value that allows data to be measured over time in terms of some base period is known as:

A. Implicit indicator

B. Deflator

C. Adjusted indexing

D. Balance of inflation

The implementation of a measurement-based strategy aimed at reducing variances and improving processes is the objective of:

A. Quality model

B. Six sigma

C. Performance specification

D. Performance life cycle

An appraisal process developed to measure and improve an organization's critical core capabilities is called:

A. Capability Maturity Model

B. Capability Maturity Model Integration

C. Supply Management Performance

D. Acquisition Validation Model

Which system was designed to align individual, unit and organizational efforts with the strategic goals set for the organization?

A. Performance evaluation system

B. Interrelationship of Measurements systems

C. Performance effectiveness management system

D. Internal business systems

What usually refers to a particular type of computer software package that integrates various functions within an organization?

A. Materials resource planning

B. Process resource planning

C. Enterprise resource planning

D. Information resource planning

What involves creating a visual depiction of a process, is the starting point to help understand each process and identify the sequencing of each process?

A. Process flowcharting

B. Process Equipment

C. Process Planning

D. Process mapping