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SAP Certified Associate - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Production Planning and Manufacturing (2021)
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1. What steps are possible in PP/DS Production Planning Run? 3 correct answers to this question.
a) Detailed Scheduling Functions
b) Optimization
c) Demand consumption
d) Backorder processing
e) Heuristics
A, B, E
1. When working with both cross-plant and plant-specific material statuses in the material master, which status has the highest priority?
a) The least restrictive status
b) The most restrictive status
c) The cross-plant status
d) The plant-specific status
B
1. You are transferring data from s/4hana to embedded pp/ds. What master data objects are mapped to a location? Three correct answers to this question.
a) Work center
b) Supplier
c) Plant
d) Warehouse number
e) Customer
B, C, E
1. In make-to-order production, which field controls whether the components will be planned as sales order specific stock?
a) The MRP type of the component
b) The item category of the component
c) The planning strategy of the finished product
d) The individual/collective indicator of the component
D
1. You have maintained the parameters for simple discontinuation in the material master of a component. Which business process will be affected if the available stock is zero and the discontinuation date is in the past?
a) Material requirements planning
b) Production order release
c) Kanban
d) Backflushing
A
1. What are prerequisites of using batch derivation? Two correct answers to this question.
a) Process instructions
b) Batch where-used list
c) Receiver-sender relationships
d) Batch determination selection conditions
B, C
1. The method in which a production order is credited or debited depends on the variant of cost object controlling (COC). What basis can be used to carry this out? Two correct answers.
a) Milestone related
b) Product related
c) Cost related
d) Order related
B, D
1. What times are used for Basic Date Scheduling of manufacturing planned orders in MRP? Two correct answers.
a) Float before and float after production
b) Opening period
c) Setup time
d) Goods receipt processing time
A, C
1. What is the first step in the MRP run?
a) Source determination
b) BOM explosion
c) Lot size calculation
d) Net Requirements calculation
D
1. What must be used in the system to plan the requirements for different subcontractors separately?
a) Production versions
b) Planning Plant
c) Storage locations
d) MRP areas
D
1. What are pillars of SAP Activate? Two correct answers.
a) Premium engagement
b) SAP Best Practices
c) Guided Configuration
d) SAP MaxAttention
B, C
1. What are drawbacks of the separation of OLTP and OLAP? There are 4 correct answers.
a) The OLAP system needs to write back data to the OLTP system
b) Only the OLAP system has a predefined subset of data
c) Batch process are required to keep OLTP and OLAP in sync
d) Only the OLAP system has the latest data
e) Multiple copies of the data exist
A, B, C, E
1. Which of the following is used by MRP Live Planning Run in SAP S/4HANA?
a) Planning horizon
b) MRP List
c) Parallel processing across servers
d) Net change planning
D
1. How can you avoid order proposals for planned independent requirements with dates in the past? Two correct answers.
a) Use a planning strategy with requirements consumption
b) Reorganize planned independent requirements
c) Maintain adjustment parameter in the MRP group
d) Set the requirements reduction indicator in the requirement class
B, C
1. On which of the following levels can you influence the availability check for the components of production orders? Two correct answers.
a) Material master
b) Production order type
c) Production controller
d) MRP controller
A, B
1. You have a quality control check to avoid using a high-value component in faulty materials in subsequent assembly operations. How do you account for potential scrap of the high-value material?
a) Enter the assembly scrap in the material master of the assembly and set the net indicator in the routing operation where the component is used
b) Enter the component scrap in the component bill of material of the assembly and leave the net indicator initial in the bill of material
c) Enter the assembly scrap in the material master of the component and set the net indicator in the component of the bill of material of the assembly
d) Enter the operation scrap and set the net indicator in the component of the bill of material of the assembly
e) Enter the component scrap in the material
A
1. For which planning-relevant data objects do you set just one indicator to include them in PP/DS? Two correct answers.
a) Production version
b) Plant
c) Work Center
d) Material
C, D
1. In demand driven replenishment, materials are classified according to several criteria. What criteria can you use? Three correct answers.
a) Goods issue value
b) Average daily usage
c) Usage in bill of materials
d) Minimum order quantity
e) Demand variation
A, C, E
1. Which SAP solutions support the supplier area in the portfolio of the Digital Value Network? Three correct answers.
a) SAP SuccessFactors
b) SAP Concur
c) SAP S/4HANA
d) SAP Field Glass
e) SAP Ariba
B, D, E
1. How can SAP S/4HANA support a GMP compliant production process? Three correct answers.
a) Predefined GMP compliant process order types to meet audit requirements
b) Documentation of quality data with QM
c) Use of the digital signature function to check and run business processes
d) Use of the GMP compliant flag in the relevant master data applications
e) Recipe approval with Engineering Change Management.
B, C, E
1. Which task list types can have parallel sequences? 2 correct answers.
a) Reference operation sets (S)
b) Routings (N)
c) Master recipes (2)
d) Rate Routings (R)
B, D
1. What is the difference between co-products and by-products?
a) Only co-products are identified by a special item category in the bill of material
b) Only by-products have a zero inventory valuation
c) Only co-products appear in the process or production order settlement rule
d) Only co-products can be manufactured in isolation from the main product
C
1. Which of the following elements does MRP take into account during net requirement calculation? Two correct answers.
a) Lot size
b) Purchase orders
c) Safety stock
d) Maximum stock level
B, C
1. In a first step you have created master recipes. In which sequence are the additional object created?
a) Process order – Control recipe – PI sheet – Process message
b) Control recipe – Process order – PI sheet – Process message
c) Control recipe – Process order – Process message – PI sheet
d) Process order – Control recipe – Process message – PI sheet
A
1. The setup time on the production line to produce a material is extensive. You would like to avoid multiple setups and limit the production of the material based on a planning calendar. Which type of lot size procedure should you use to accomplish this?
a) Minimum lot sizing
b) Fixed lot sizing
c) Periodic lot sizing
d) Exact lot sizing
C
1. What are possible configuration steps when setting up the alert monitor in Advanced Planning? Three correct answers.
a) Create object selection variant for transportation lane-related alerts
b) Assign the overall profile to the authorization profile
c) Create object selection variant for product-related alerts
d) Assign the alert profile to the overall profile
e) Create object selection variant for resource-related alerts
C, D, E
1. The production plan is being disrupted by last minute demands that are entered in the system. Which is the most efficient way to handle last minute demands and protect the current production plan? Two correct answers.
a) In the material master record, set MRP type to P1 and a planning time fence on the replenishment lead time of the material
b) In the material master record, set the MRP type to P4 and a planning time fence on the replenishment lead time of the material
c) Manually firm all planned orders for materials within the replenishment lead time of the material
d) In the stock requirements list, set a manual firming fence for a date based on the replenishment lead time of the material
C, D
1. For which data objects do you have to set up CIF integration models in S/4HANA to use them in advanced planning? Two correct answers.
a) Work center
b) Material master
c) Contract
d) Production plant
C, D
1. Your project uses process orders for the production of liquid chemicals. What can you define to ensure that production flow happens only in physically connected tanks?
a) Resource network
b) Work center hierarchy
c) Setup matrix
d) Operation network
A
1. Which time elements can be reduced by a reduction strategy? Three correct answers.
a) Move time
b) Queue time
c) Goods receipt processing time
d) Float after production
e) Wait time
A, B, E
1. How can Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) enhance the standard planning functionality?
a) By providing multilevel material requirements planning
b) By providing future demands from demand figures in the past
c) By providing cross-plant planning and deployment
d) By providing replenishment proposals with exact times
D
1. What is the valid sequence of key activities in production order processing?
a) Creation, staging, release, material withdrawal, confirmation
b) Creation, scheduling, release, variance calculation, confirmation
c) Creation, scheduling, release, material withdrawal, confirmation
d) Creation, release, scheduling, material withdrawal, confirmation
C
1. Which -specific functionality is embedded in SAP S/4HANA? Three correct answers.
a) Packaging logistics
b) Enhanced Kanban Processing
c) Enhanced characteristics based processes
d) Parts interchangeability
e) Equipment and Tools management
A, B, D
1. You produce your material based on a forecast derived from historical sales and expect it to be in inventory when your customer orders. If customers order more than the forecast quantity, you want to increase production to try to meet the extra demand. Which is the appropriate planning strategy?
a) 40; Planning with final-assembly
b) 50; Planning without final assembly
c) 20; Make-to-order production
d) 10; Anonymous make-to-stock
A
1. In your plant, MRP is activated. Which options do you have to exclude a material from the MRP run? Two correct answers.
a) Use a specific material status
b) Use a specific MRP controller
c) Use a specific MRP type
d) Use a specific material group
A, B
1. Which of the following options can you release so that the business transactions for process order execution and process management can be executed? Two correct answers.
a) Individual phases
b) Individual process instructions
c) Individual operations
d) Individual control recipes
A, C
1. With which SAP Fiori app can you access the Guided Configuration environment for an SAP S/4HANA Cloud implementation?
a) Configure you solution
b) Manage your solution
c) Manage licenses
d) Maintain business catalogs
B
1. What are the advantages of the new MRP Live in SAP S/4HANA compared to the classic MRP from SAP ECC? Two correct answers.
a) MRP live writes MRP lists during the run.
b) MRP live optimizes multi-level make-to-order planning
c) The MRP-live planning scope is more flexible
d) MRP live reads and writes data in parallel threads
C, D
1. Which transaction code can you use in SAP S/4HANA to enter and display goods movements?
a) MB02
b) MBNL
c) MMBE
d) MIGO
D
1. Which master data object governs the relationship between supply source and demand source in the Kanban process?
a) Rate routing
b) Production supply area
c) Control cycle
d) Replenishment strategy
C
1. You are creating a production order manually, what activities are involved in this process? Three correct answers.
a) Actual cost calculation
b) Planning selection
c) Order type determination
d) Master data selection
e) Capacity requirements determination
C, D, E
1. Which data model changes have been implemented in Sales and Distribution? Three correct answers.
a) Elimination of customer master tables
b) Elimination of output condition tables
c) Elimination of document index tables
d) Elimination of status tables
e) Elimination of LIS tables for rebates
A, C, D
1. What is the sequence of the five steps of demand-driven replenishment in SAP S/4HANA?
a) Analytics, buffer positioning, buffer sizing, replenishment planning, replenishment execution
b) Analytics, buffer positioning, replenishment planning, buffer sizing, replenishment execution
c) Analytics, buffer positioning, replenishment planning, replenishment execution, buffer sizing
d) Analytics, replenishment planning, replenishment execution, buffer positioning, buffer sizing
A
1. Which SAP solutions are part of the Digital Value Network portfolio? Three correct answers.
a) SAP Fieldglass
b) SAP Human Capital Management
c) SAP Visual Enterprise
d) SAP Hybris
e) Concur
A, D, E
1. Which of the following time elements does MRP use during backward scheduling for in-house production? Two correct answers.
a) Planned delivery time
b) Planning time fence
c) Opening period
d) Goods receipt processing time
C, D
1. 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?
a) 20; Make-to-order production
b) 40; Planning with final assembly
c) 30; Production by lot size
d) 50; Planning without final assembly
D
1. What is a typical transportation process in SAP Transportation Management?
a) Transportation planning, Transportation execution, Order Management, Freight costing and settlement, Analytics and reporting
b) Order Management, Transportation planning, Transportation execution, Freight costing and settlement, Analytics and reporting
c) Order management, Transportation planning, Freight costing and settlement, Transportation execution, analytics and reporting
d) Transportation planning, order management, transportation execution, freight costing and settlement, analytics and reporting
B
1. What are examples of assignment objects you can maintain in the Engineering workbench? Three correct answers.
a) Routing to sequence assignment
b) Material to bill of material assignment
c) Component assignment
d) Material to routing assignment
e) Material to production version assignment
B, C, D
1. In which data object is the production line (repetitive manufacturing relevant work center) maintained?
a) Repetitive manufacturing profile
b) Cost collector
c) Production version
d) Bill of material
C
1. Your quality department detects a deviation in a raw material batch. Unfortunately, this batch has already been used in production. How can you identify all affected finished goods stocks?
a) Use the batch information cockpit
b) Use the material where-used report
c) Use the material staging report
d) Use batch determination
A
1. Which materials have a negative quantity in a bill of material or in a recipe? Three correct answers.
a) Waste products
b) Continuous flow materials
c) Co-products
d) By-products
e) Bulk materials
A, C, D
1. You run MRP for a material that was planned using Demand-Driven Replenishment. Towards which buffer level does MRP run create a replenishment proposal?
a) Top of Red Base
b) Top of Red
c) Top of Yellow
d) Top of Green
D
1. What are the key aspects of SAP S/4HANA? Two correct answers.
a) SAP S/4HANA is build on HANA
b) SAP S/4HANA can be deployed, on-premise, in the cloud, or a combination of both
c) SAP S/4HANA increases the data footprint
d) SAP S/4HANA has minor changes on data model
A, B
1. You want to perform capacity availability checks on your production orders. What must be set for this to occur? Two correct answers.
a) Indicator relevant for finite scheduling must be set
b) PRT Availability check must be set
c) Checking control must have an overall profile assigned in customizing
d) Checking rule and group must be assigned
A, C
1. You are using heuristic SAP_ERP_001. Which of the following criteria are included in the automatic source determination logic when a planned order is created?
a) Costs
b) Delivery date
c) Component availability
d) Vendor rating
e) Quota arrangement
E
1. To ensure that the warehouse operator only stages large components in the exact required quality for each production order, which warehouse material staging method would you recommend?
a) Crate parts
b) Pick parts
c) Kanban
d) Release order parts
B
1. Which capabilities does the Alert Monitor have? Three correct answers.
a) Nominate time-dependent substitutes for a planner
b) Automatically reschedule in case of overload alerts
c) Automatically predict alerts in future planning cycles
d) Generate alerts based on defined threshold values
e) Automatically send alerts with Alert Notification Engine
A, D, E
1. You want to integrate an existing planned order into Advanced Production Planning. Which report do you use?
a) /SAPAPO/UPD_LOC_SP_PL
b) /SAPAPO/CURTO_CREATE
c) /SAPAPO/CREATE_LOCATION
d) /SAPAPO/PPDS_DELTA_ORD_TRANS
D
1. How can you limit the number of master data objects to be created when the manufacturing process is the same for many different products?
a) By assigning the same production version to different materials
b) By creating routings with parallel sequences
c) By assigning different materials to the same routing
d) By creating routings with alternative sequences
C
1. Where can you find the latest version of the SAP Simplification List for SAP S/4HANA?
a) SAP Support Portal
b) SAP Help Portal
c) SAP Best Practice Explorer
d) SAP Solution Manager 7.2
B
1. What are benefits of the Engineering Workbench? Two correct answers.
a) Undo/redo functionality for planned changes
b) Simulation of planned changes for costing and material requirements planning
c) Detailed selection of bill of materials items and operations
d) Simultaneous processing of different bill of materials items and operations
C, D
1. Which functional capabilities does the Detailed Scheduling Board have? Two correct answers.
a) Enter time-ticket confirmation for production orders
b) Change planned order quantities
c) Undo for drag and drop activities
d) Change sales order quantities
B, C
1. In which master data objects do you maintain the production in as the work center for repetitive manufacturing? Two correct answers.
a) Routing
b) Production Version
c) Production cost collector
d) Repetitive manufacturing profile
A, B
1. In which material master views can you select the batch management checkbox? Two correct answers.
a) Basic data 1
b) MRP 4
c) Work Scheduling
d) Purchasing
C, D
1. What are attributes of the SAP S/4HANA Simplification List? Three correct answers.
a) It contains references to the relevant training material
b) It details transaction and solution capabilities at a functional level
c) It is only a grouping of related technical simplifications
d) It was created for better planning and estimation of your way to S/4HANA
e) It can have a business and technical impact
B, D, E
1. What is SAP’s strategic solution to perform Sales and Operations planning when you use SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing?
a) Integrated Business Planning
b) Flexible planning
c) PP Standard sales and operations planning
d) APO Demand Planning
A
1. Why would you use Phantom assemblies? Three correct answers.
a) To reduce the number of changes required in bills of materials
b) To reduce the number of material masters
c) To simplify the structure of bills of materials
d) To increase the number of planning levels
e) To make the assignment of components easier
A, C, E
1. What does a line hierarchy in repetitive manufacturing represent?
a) A production line with prioritized alternative work centers
b) A production line with an alternative sequence in the routing
c) A production line with a parallel sequence in the routing
d) A production line with more than one work center
D
1. Which of the following functions can be performed when the production order has the status Created (CRTD)?
a) A user can schedule a background job to release production orders (transaction COOIS)
b) A user can trigger material staging via mass processing (transaction COHV)
c) A user trigger material availability check via mass processing (transaction COHV)
d) A user trigger printing of shop floor paper manually (transaction CO02)
B
1. When do you use variant bills of materials?
a) When multiple materials also have the same BOM
b) When a material has multiple BOMs
c) When a material has a configurable BOM
d) When multiple materials also have similar BOMs
A
1. You need to model goods receipt processing time in de Detailed Scheduling. Which modelling options do you have? Two correct answers.
a) Model a handling resource in the location master and goods receipt time in the material master.
b) Model a separate resource in the production data structure
c) Model a resource inbound in the location master
d) Model a transportation resource in the location master
A, D
1. Which warehouse management functions are available in SAP EWM but not in SAP WM? Three correct answers.
a) Handling Unit Management
b) Expected goods receipt
c) Labor management
d) Yard management
e) Slotting
B, C, E
1. A resource was created in SAP S/4HANA PP/DS through the internal CIF integration and named “W1904_1000_001”. What does the suffix 001 in the resource name represent?
a) Number of individual capacities
b) Capacity category
c) Work center category
d) Available capacity version
B
1. A customer is considering switching from order-related settlement to product-related settlement. What are capabilities of cost collectors? Two correct answers.
a) They can be created automatically during month-end process
b) They can be used for manufacturing with collective orders
c) They can be applied to make-to-stock production order
d) They can be used for repetitive manufacturing
C, D
1. You want to represent setup time as a graphical object in the Detailed Scheduling Planning Board. Which actions are needed? Two correct answers.
a) Create and assign a new graphical object for setup time in the planning board.
b) Create and assign setup group/setup keys in the production data structure
c) Create and assign a setup matrix with setup transition time to the resource
d) Run setup minimization heuristics or optimizer
A, C
1. Which elements are included in the structure of the batch where-used list? Three correct answers.
a) Transfers from batch to batch
b) Stock transfers
c) Collective orders
d) Purchase orders
e) Planned orders
A, B, D
1. You want to schedule an operation finitely, without moving other operations. Which scheduling strategy do you select?
a) Find slot
b) Insert operation
c) Scheduling work time only
d) Squeezing
A
1. A planner updated a production order status from partially confirmed ‘PCNF’ to technically completed ‘TECO’ by mistake. What impact would this have to other users for this specific production order?
a) The buyer can still see component reservations
b) The production operator cannot enter additional confirmations
c) The warehouse clerk can still carry out goods issue transactions
d) The production manager can still see the capacity requirements
B
1. What are uses of the low-level code assigned to each material? Two correct answers.
a) It is used by MRP to determine the sequence in which materials are planned
b) It is used by ATP to determine the priority of alternative components
c) It is used by engineering to identify sub items in engineering bill of materials
d) It is used by product costing to determine how costs are rolled up
A, D
1. To trigger a goods receipt posting, which Kanban status do you have to set?
a) Empty
b) Wait
c) In use
d) Full
D
1. What are the main processes of the embedded PP/DS in SAP S/4HANA? Two correct answers.
a) Source determination for external procurement
b) Calculation of inventory buffer size
c) Optimization of the production plan
d) Long-term production planning
A, C
1. In a production process, you need a certain amount of liquid as input material. The source tank is directly connected to the reactor. How can you process consumption postings?
a) Backflushing
b) Kanban
c) Transfer order
d) Picking list
A
1. The settings for MPR can be maintained at different levels. If settings have been maintained in different places, in which sequence does the system search for MRP settings?
a) Plant settings -> MRP Group -> Material master
b) Material master -> MRP Group -> Plant settings
c) MRP group -> Material master -> Plant settings
d) Material Master -> plant settings -> MRP group
B
1. Which alternative item strategies are available in bills of materials in SAP S/4HANA? Two correct answers.
a) By usage probability
b) Simultaneous
c) 100% check
d) First in First out (FIFO)
A, C
1. Which of the following data objects are updated when a user confirms an operation?
a) Warehouse transfer order status
b) Production order total order quantity
c) Shop floor information system
d) Production order header status
C
1. How can you setup the supply source for the SAP Kanban Process? Three correct answers.
a) Using purchasing costs for automated source prioritization
b) Using purchase orders for external procurement
c) Using quotations for internal and external procurement
d) Using stock transfer reservations for stock transfer
e) Using run schedule quantities for in-house production
B, D, E
1. Which of the following is an advantage of MRP live and not available in classical MRP?
a) MRP Live can create production orders automatically
b) MRP Live can plan materials with recursive BOMs
c) MRP Live can prioritize demand from sales orders
d) MRP Live can propose alternative solutions
D
1. You want to set-up a make-to-order scenario for a finished material. Some components from the BOM should be procured per sales order, other component should be procured for various requirements. Forecasting is not possible. Which settings should be set to achieve this?
a) Planning strategy 20 (make-to-order) and the corresponding Mixed MRP indicator.
b) Planning strategy 50 (planning without final assembly) and the corresponding Individual Collective indicator
c) Planning strategy 50 (planning without final assembly) and the corresponding Mixed MRP indicator
d) Planning strategy 20 (make-to-order) and the corresponding Individual/Collective Indicator.
D
1. Before a user can add multiple production versions in a material master, what information should be collected? Three correct answers.
a) Work center hierarchy
b) Validity dates
c) BOM status
d) Lot sizes
e) Task list group number
B, C, D
1. What are the options for transferring data to SAP S/4HANA with the SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit? Two correct answers.
a) Temporary tables
b) Staging tables
c) XML files
d) CSV files
B, C
1. Where can you maintain consumption mode and consumption periods for planning strategies? Two correct answers.
a) Material master
b) Requirement Class
c) Plant parameters
d) MRP group
A, D
1. What capabilities does SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics provide? Two correct answers.
a) Real time decision support
b) Strategic analysis
c) Automatic update of story boards
d) Comparison of current data with historical data to identify trends
A, B
1. Your company produces a finished good based on a forecast and expects it to being stock when customers order it. If customers order more than the forecasted quantity, the production quantity should be increased to try to meet the extra demand. Which planning strategy do you use?
a) Planning without final assembly (50)
b) Planning with final assembly (40)
c) Make-to-stock production (10)
d) Make-to-order production (20)
B
1. How can you limit the validity of a bill of material? Two correct answers.
a) By material type
b) By period
c) By plant
d) By industry
B, C
1. In the Manage Shortage view of the new SAP Fiori app ‘monitor material coverage’, what do the stars indicate?
a) The presence of production orders
b) He presence of firmed planned orders
c) The priority of the proposed solution
d) The viability of the proposed solution
D
1. During planning you are facing an overload situation on a resource. Which activities do you consider to create feasible production plan? Three correct answers.
a) Use a bucket-oriented capacity check
b) Use optimization with respect to set-up times
c) Use multilevel MRP-run for the products on the resource
d) Use rescheduling with an alternative mode
e) Use DS heuristic “schedule sequence”
B, D, E
1. Which data processing steps are obsolete if you use SAP S/4HANA analytics? Two correct answers.
a) Online analytical processing (OLAP)
b) Extract on, transformation and loading (ETL)
c) Online transactional processing (OLTP)
d) Pre computed aggregation views
B, D
1. The procurement type of your material is set to ‘E’ for in-house production. Which of the following is valid to determine a source of supply in SAP S/4HANA?
a) Selection Method
b) Purchasing info record
c) Production version
d) Contract
C
1. Which methods can you use to achieve a feasible production planning in case of capacity constraints? Three correct answers.
a) Execute a new production planning run
b) Adjust the available capacity
c) Select an alternative mode on a resource
d) Form optimal sequences to reduce setup times
e) Reduce the planning window
B, C, D
1. Your customer wants to include restricted-use stock as a potential receipt in the existing ATP check for component availability. Which information is required to implement this change request in the scope of check? Two correct answers.
a) The checking group of the material master
b) The checking control for the order type
c) The checking rule from the business application
d) The ATP category for restricted-use stock
A, C