Sample Interview Questions
Sample Interview Questions
01. How can you limit the number of master data objects to be created
when the manufacturing process is the same for many different products?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) By creating routings with alternative sequences
b) By assigning the same production version to different materials
c) By assigning different materials to the same routing
d) By creating routings with parallel sequences
02. Which elements are included in the structure of the batch where-used
list?
There are 3 correct answers to this question.
a) Purchase orders
b) Planned orders
c) Transfers from batch to batch
d) Stock transfers
e) Collective orders
03. You want to procure your material components based on a forecast for
the finished material derived from historical sales. When customers order,
you produce the finished product and reserve it for that particular order.
Which is the appropriate planning strategy to use?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Production by lot size (30)
b) Planning without final assembly (50)
c) Planning with final assembly (40)
d) Make-to-order production (20)
04. In which ways can you implement confirmations for production orders?
There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) Through a SAP Manufacturing Intelligence and Integration (SAP MII) server
b) Through the Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) component
c) Through the SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) cloud solution
d) Through automatic process messages using SAP NetWeaver Process Integration
(PI)
05. Which of the following are prerequisites for running MRP in a plant?
There are 3 correct answers to this question.
a) Assign a valid planning strategy
b) Set up the planning file
c) Activate requirements planning
d) Configure MRP groups
e) Maintain plant parameters
06. Which of the following options can you use for automatic line loading of
planned orders on available production lines?
There are 3 correct answers to this question.
a) Planning table
b) Quota arrangement
c) Sequencing
d) Selection method
e) PP/DS heuristics
07. Which object in customizing controls the determination of planned total
overhead process costs for production orders?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Cost log
b) Accounting type
c) Costing variant
d) Settlement profile
08. For which planning strategy does the reduction of planned independent
requirements always occur with the goods receipt?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Planning with final assembly (40)
b) Gross requirements planning (11)
c) Planning without final assembly (50)
d) Net requirements planning (10)
09. What happens when a repetitive manufacturing planned order is
assigned to a production line in the planning table?
There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) The planned order generates capacity requirements.
b) The planned order is converted to a production order.
c) The system status of the planned order changes.
d) The planned order type changes.
10. The settings for MRP can be maintained at different levels. If settings
have been maintained in different places, in which sequence does the
system search for the MRP settings?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Plant Settings → MRP Group → Material Master
b) Material Master → Plant Settings → MRP Group
c) Material Master → MRP Group → Plant Settings
d) MRP Group → Material Master → Plant Settings
01. What sequence do you follow in master data maintenance to define the
production of a material?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Create BOM -> Create work centers -> Create routing -> Carry out component
assignment in BOM or routing
b) Create BOM -> Create work centers -> Create routing -> Carry out component
assignment in work center
c) Create routing -> Create work centers -> Create BOM -> Carry out component
assignment in BOM or routing
d) Create work centers -> Create routing -> Create BOM -> Carry out component
assignment in work center
02. Which BOM selection possibilities are available for opening a production
order?
There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) Selection by BOM number in the material master of the material to be produced
b) Selection using a production version
c) Manual selection
d) Automatic selection controlled by Customizing settings
e) Selection using the production scheduling profile
03. Which of the following functions does SAP Supply Chain Management
(SCM) offer?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Planning and optimization of supply chains across company boundaries.
b) Optimization of the procurement strategy with the supplier pool.
c) Product development, safety, quality, and maintenance.
d) Communication to customers through different interaction channels.
04. Which of the following organizational units can be used for planning
and manufacturing in an SAP ECC system?
There are 3 correct answers to this question.
a) Distribution channel
b) MRP area
c) Sales Location
d) Sales area
e) Storage location
05. When analyzing the SAP ECC order report for a planned order for a
finished product, you discover that one of the assemblies will not be
available in time for the scheduled final assembly because of automatic
forward scheduling.
Which planning procedure do you use to create a feasible production plan
from a requirements planning perspective?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Interactive single-item planning for the delayed assembly
b) Multi-level single-item planning with the "simulation mode" option
c) Total planning online
d) Multi-level single-item planning with the "display material list" option
08. Where can you maintain available capacities in an SAP ECC system?
There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) Routing
b) Production supply area
c) Pooled capacity
d) Work center
09. You set a rolling planning time fence (firming type = 1) for a material in
an SAP ECC system. When an unforeseen production failure occurs, firmed
planned orders might fall into the past.
How can these firmed planned orders be deleted automatically?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Activate demand adjustment in Customizing.
b) Use an MRP type in which the roll-forward.
c) Use reorganization.
d) Use an MRP type in which the roll-backwards mechanism is activated.
03. Which of the following scheduling types can only be used in capacity
planning?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Midpoint
b) Forward
c) Only capacity requirements
d) Backward
04. The company you are advising uses a plant data collection system from
company XYZ and would like to distribute production orders to the
terminals on this system and enter feedback using these terminals.
Which integration possibilities would you recommend so that as little work
as possible is required for the customer to implement this?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII)
b) The plant data collection interface (PP-PDC)
c) Execution Steps (XSteps)
d) The process control system interface PI-PCS
05. The final assembly of a finished product should only be triggered when
a customer order arrives. Which planning strategy for the finished product
do you use?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Planning with make-to-stock (strategy 10)
b) Planning at the assembly level (strategy 70)
c) Planning without final assembly (strategy 50)
d) Planning with final assembly (strategy 40)
06. Which options can you use to convert planned orders into production
orders in the SAP ECC system?
There are 3 correct answers to this question.
a) Mass processing
b) Automatically in the planning run (MRP)
c) Background processing in a program
d) Customizing for the planned order
e) Order progress report
07. You want to use the function "Read PP master data" in the production
order. However, while calling the function you receive an error message.
What could be the reason?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) The material availability check has been performed.
b) Goods movements have been posted.
c) The production order has been released.
d) Order papers have been printed.
10. Which BOM selection possibilities are available for opening a production
order?
There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) Manual selection
b) Automatic selection controlled with Customizing settings
c) Selection by BOM number in the material master of the material to be produced
d) Selection using the production scheduling profile
e) Selection using a production version
02. What features related to process orders can be used to fulfill Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) requirements?
There are 3 correct answers to this question.
a) Availability check
b) Digital signature
c) Resource selection
d) Electronic batch record
e) Approved master recipes
03. When scheduling a routing in the SAP ECC system, which of the
following time elements is a interoperation time?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Safety time
b) Float before production
c) Processing time
d) Setup time
06. How can you convert planned orders into production orders in an SAP
ECC system?
There are 3 correct answers to this question.
a) Automatically, in the planning run (MRP)
b) Set the conversion indicator in Customizing for the planned order.
c) Use mass processing.
d) Use the order progress report.
e) Use background processing.
08. You are using MRP controllers in an SAP ECC system. Which of the
following statements concerning MRP controllers are correct?
There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) The MRP controller is maintained in production versions.
b) In multilevel single-item planning, materials are selected using
the MRP controller.
c) An employee responsible for the planning of materials can be assigned to
multiple MRP controllers.
d) The MRP controller is a central selection criterion for evaluating material
requirements planning.
09. Where can you define the valid receivers for production order costs?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) In the valuation variant
b) In the production scheduling profile
c) In the settlement profile
d) In the costing variant
10. For which of the following objects can you enter a confirmation?
There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) Production order
b) Production order operation
c) Trigger Point
d) Work Center