APICS Exam CPIM Topic 3 Question 86 Discussion

Actual exam question for APICS's CPIM exam

Question #: 86
Topic #: 3

The operation that controls the work feeding the bottleneck and must operate at a rate equal to the utput of the bottleneck so the time buffer queue is maintained is known as:

Agateway operation

Bbottleneck operation

Ctask operation

DControl buffer operation

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Suggested Answer: A

by Marti at Apr 30, 2024, 08:22 PM

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Leota

6 months ago

I thought it might be C) task operation, but Dave's reasoning makes sense for B).

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Scarlet

6 months ago

Dave, I agree with you. That seems the most logical to me as well.

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Dallas

6 months ago

I actually feel confident it's B) bottleneck operation. It directly mentions controlling the work feeding the bottleneck.

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Julianna

7 months ago

I'm not sure about that, Doesn't the answer sound more like D) Control buffer operation?

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Keena

7 months ago

Yeah, it's a bit tricky. I think the answer might be A) gateway operation.

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Kerry

7 months ago

Hmm, interesting question about the bottleneck. I find this tough.

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