MB-320: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Manufacturing Sample Questions
Question 1 – During your time as a production supervisor at a chemical processing plant, you must keep track of each batch’s attributes. Whenever a batch order for these chemicals is completed, automated quality orders need to be generated, and attributes must be updated and tracked. What three actions will you perform?
- A. Assigning the attributes to the chemicals
- B. Assigning the attributes to the appropriate test on the test group
- C. Creating attribute types
- D. Setting up batch attributes
- E. Creating a test instrument for each attribute
Correct Answer: ADE
Question 2 – A manufacturer produces HDMI cables. The manufacturer will occasionally buy unbranded HDMI cables from a vendor in order to keep up with demand. The company must make use of the same item number irrespective of whether they make them or buy the item. What should you do?
- A. Selecting route type as vendor on the route operation when the item is to be purchased.
- B. In default order settings, selecting Production for the default order type
- C. Creating a new vendor resource when the item is to be purchased
- D. In default order settings, selecting Purchase for the default order type
Correct Answer: A
Question 3 – A company is producing paints and assembles bicycle frames. Assembly operations must take queue times into account and paint drying time must be taken into account before assembly operations can begin. Which two of the following options can you use?
- A. Entering a value in the queue time after field for the painting operation
- B. Making a resource group for each size and color and assigning that group to the operation
- C. Entering a value in the transit time on the painting operation
- D. Entering a value in the queue time before field for the assembly operation
- E. Building capabilities for each resource related to color
Correct Answer: AD
Question 4 – Production orders and resource calendars are maintained by you for a manufacturing company, and all production resources use the same production calendar. Your facility has a defective machine that must be closed for repairs for the next two days. You need to configure the resource calendar so that the resource is not available for production for the next two days. What should you do?
- A. Navigating to the resource group. Changing the calendar to closed on the resource group.
- B. Navigating to the calendar used for production and closing the next two days.
- C. Navigating to the resource. Changing the calendar to closed on the resource.
- D. Navigating to the resource and selecting Calendar deviations. Setting the calendar to closed for the next two days.
Correct Answer: D
Question 5 – Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management is being implemented in a manufacturing company with a standard costing model for valuing inventory. When the system is set up, all areas that affect the item’s standard cost must be configured correctly so that a complete standard cost can be calculated using routing, BOMs and overhead. You are required to verify that all areas of the system are correctly configured. Which of the following objects DO NOT impact the standard cost of manufactured items?
- A. item group
- B. cost groups
- C. cost categories
- D. BOM formula
Correct Answer: D
Question 6 – We are redesigning and retooling a manufacturing plant in order to group similar operations into cellular ones in order to improve efficiency and minimize wasted time between activities. We are considering Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. In order to ensure that raw materials are located close to where they are needed, they do not want to lose visibility into reorders. For setting up their environment, which of the given production type would you implement?
- A. Lean manufacturing
- B. Process manufacturing
- C. Discrete manufacturing
- D. Manufacturing execution
Correct Answer: A
Question 7 – A company is looking to use Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, and is in the process of redesigning and retooling an existing manufacturing plant to support a large long-running contract. They want to be able to forecast capacity to easily ramp up for additional products. For setting up their environment, which of the given manufacturing type would you implement?
- A. Lean
- B. Discrete
- C. Job shop
- D. Process
Correct Answer: C
Question 8 – The same factory produces generic and name-brand paper plates under standard costing, using the same Bill of Materials, and following the same routes. The finance and production teams require a way for viewing individual raw material consumption costs in the ledger. You are required to add a production group for controlling postings to the ledger. What would you do?
- A. Creating a production group for the finished good item
- B. Updating the cost of the generic finished good item
- C. Creating a production pool for the finished good item
- D. Creating a new Bill of materials with alternate costs for the raw material
Correct Answer: A
Question 9 – A manufacturing company uses advanced warehouse management functionality for a new warehouse. After releasing a production order, you observe that the warehouse work for raw material picking was not generated. You are required to go through the warehouse management setup for determining what is missing. Which three of the given setup configurations should you validate?
- A. Work template for raw material picking
- B. Wave template
- C. Directive codes
- D. Confirm the production output location on your resource group
- E. Location directive for raw material picking
Correct Answer: ACE
Question 10 – A lubricant and grease manufacturing company wants to use Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management in order to make products whose characteristics are tracked throughout the production process and are associated with the packaged product. You are required to identify which production methodology should be used.
- A. Discrete manufacturing
- B. Lean manufacturing
- C. Process manufacturing
- D. Job shop manufacturing
Correct Answer: C
Question 11 – An organization produces multiple products that require an installation kit including 50 components, but does not want these components to appear on every Bill of Materials (BOM). BOM kit includes all 50 components, but you don’t want those components to be part of a separate order, so you have to create a different BOM for the finished product. What would you do?
- A. Selecting Phantom on the engineering fast tab on the kit item
- B. Changing the coverage group on the kit item to Manual
- C. Changing the line type to Phantom
- D. Changing the line type to Pegged supply
Correct Answer: C
Question 12 – DRAG DROP –
Due to the time it takes to post raw materials when production orders are processed, a company overstates on-hand raw materials. As soon as a finished good is reported as finished, all items used to manufacture it must be consumed. It is critical that all bill of materials lines are not changed to use the flushing principle, and that all production orders consume raw materials when they are completed. Which four actions will you perform in sequence?
To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
Select and Place:
| Actions | Answer area |
| In the production order status section of Production control, select report as finished | |
| In the production order status section of Production control, select start | |
| On the bills of materials section of Inventory management, select Report as finished | |
| Select Make default for all users | |
| In the picking list journal, select Always in the Automatic BOM consumption | |
| Select default values in the ribbon |
Correct Answer:
| Actions | Answer area |
| In the production order status section of Production control, select report as finished | In the production order status section of Production control, select start |
| In the production order status section of Production control, select start | In the picking list journal, select Always in the Automatic BOM consumption |
| On the bills of materials section of Inventory management, select Report as finished | In the production order status section of Production control, select report as finished |
| Select Make default for all users | Select Make default for all users |
| In the picking list journal, select Always in the Automatic BOM consumption | |
| Select default values in the ribbon |
Question 13 – DRAG DROP
Scheduled resources and estimated production costs are estimated using route operations by skateboard manufacturers, and all products use the same sub-assembly item and sanding process. You notice that a sanding belt resource is capable of producing more units, which makes the production schedule inaccurate. For all future orders, you need to permanently change the quantity the resource is able to produce, and you need to adjust the quantity of the process on the route operation. Which three of the given actions should you perform in sequence?
Select and Place:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| In the process qty, field, update the quantity | |
| In the engineering tab of the subassemble item, select route | |
| Select times on the operation that use the resource | |
| Select the calendar related to the resource | |
| Create a new working time template | |
| Apply the new template to the resource’s calendar |
Correct Answer:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| In the process qty, field, update the quantity | |
| In the engineering tab of the subassemble item, select route | In the engineering tab of the subassemble item, select route |
| Select times on the operation that use the resource | Select times on the operation that use the resource |
| Select the calendar related to the resource | In the process qty, field, update the quantity |
| Create a new working time template | |
| Apply the new template to the resource’s calendar |
Question 13 – DRAG DROP
Your company uses Process Manufacturing for pharmaceutical production, and you have to consolidate planned batch orders for a specific medication. There is no need to consolidate other items in the order, and it must cover two weeks of demand. There is a need to change the coverage group for the items. Which four actions should you perform in sequence?
Select and Place:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| Change the general coverage group in the master planning parameters to the newly defined coverage group | |
| Edit the coverage period on the current coverage group on the medication | |
| Apply the new coverage group to the medication | |
| Delete the old coverage group from the coverage group table | |
| Rerun the plan | |
| Create a new item number for the medication | |
| Create a new coverage group | |
| Define the coverage period as the equivalent of two weeks in days |
Correct Answer:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| Change the general coverage group in the master planning parameters to the newly defined coverage group | Create a new coverage group |
| Edit the coverage period on the current coverage group on the medication | Define the coverage period as the equivalent of two weeks in days |
| Apply the new coverage group to the medication | Apply the new coverage group to the medication |
| Delete the old coverage group from the coverage group table | Rerun the plan |
| Rerun the plan | |
| Create a new item number for the medication | |
| Create a new coverage group | |
| Define the coverage period as the equivalent of two weeks in days |
Question 14 – HOTSPOT
You are developing a new car audio system kit, and the kit configuration has restrictions based on car model, speaker size, and other expression constraints. You need to set up a new item for the car audio system, then how should you create the new product?
Hot Area:
Answer
| New release product field | Selection |
| Product subtype | item |
| service | |
| product | |
| product master | |
| Product dimension group (active dimensions) | configuration |
| style | |
| style and configuration | |
| size and style | |
| Configuration technology | Predefined variant |
| Dimension-based configuration | |
| Constraint-based configuration |
Correct Answer:
| New release product field | Selection |
| Product subtype | item |
| service | |
| product | |
| product master | |
| Product dimension group (active dimensions) | configuration |
| style | |
| style and configuration | |
| size and style | |
| Configuration technology | Predefined variant |
| Dimension-based configuration | |
| Constraint-based configuration |
Question 15 – DRAG DROP
The supply chain management system Dynamics 365 is being implemented in a company that configures to order. As part of the process of developing the Bill of Materials (BOM), routes, and valid configuration combinations, the company is preparing to use the product configuration model functionality. As part of the configuration process, you must create the configuration models, constraints, and pricing. In what order will you perform the actions?
Select and Place:
| Actions | Answer area |
| Create attribute types and add them to the configuration model | |
| Set pricing model criteria to configuration model | |
| Add BOM lines, route operations, and the pricing model to configuration model | |
| Add version to configuration model | |
| Add constraints to configuration |
Correct Answer:
| Actions | Answer area |
| Create attribute types and add them to the configuration model | Create attribute types and add them to the configuration model |
| Set pricing model criteria to the configuration model | Add constraints to configuration |
| Add BOM lines, route operations, and the pricing model to configuration model | Add BOM lines, route operations, and the pricing model to configuration model |
| Add version to configuration model | Add version to configuration model |
| Add constraints to configuration | Set pricing model criteria to the configuration model |
Question 16 – DRAG DROP
You use a conveyor line calendar that is unique to your company, while a manufacturer uses route operations and job scheduling. During the year, the company observes a decline in the number of hours a conveyor line resource is operational because of breakdowns. A temporary change needs to be made to the resource’s availability hours, and the conveyor line calendar efficiency percentage needs to be adjusted. Which three actions should you perform in sequence?
Select and Place:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| Select working times | |
| Apply the new template to the resource’s calendar | |
| Select the calendar related to the resource | |
| Create a new working time template | |
| Update the runtime on the routes that use the resource | |
| Change the efficiency percentage on the days that need the change |
Question 17 – DRAG DROP
You must create product configurations for values that are used in different types of automobile engines for a company that manufactures automobile engines. For each valve value, different gaskets and fittings are used to accommodate different engines. Each valve value is based on a master valve design. The production plan needs to be translated into aspects of Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations. Which four of the given actions would you perform in sequence?
Select and Place:
| Actions | Answer area |
| Create and release product master | |
| Create attribute types | |
| Create configuration groups and BOM | |
| Create product variants | |
| Define configuration route |
Question 18 – DRAG DROP
Routing operations are used by a glass bottle manufacturer to schedule resources and keep track of manufacturing costs. A recent increase in demand has led to the company purchasing other resources, while keeping the same costs per resource. It is, however, more expensive to run the new resource. The company must be able to track cost contributions for the new resource. Your job is creating a cost category for the new resource. Which three of the given actions will you be performing in sequence?
Select and Place:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| Assign the surcharge node to the resource | |
| Create a new cost category | |
| Update the cost price on the existing cost categories | |
| Create a new cost group | |
| Assign the cost group for the indirect cost to the route operation | |
| Assign the cost category to all route operations that use the new resource |
Correct Answer:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| Assign the surcharge node to the resource | Create a new cost group |
| Create a new cost category | Create a new cost category |
| Update the cost price on the existing cost categories | Assign the cost category to all route operations that use the new resource |
| Create a new cost group | |
| Assign the cost group for the indirect cost to the route operation | |
| Assign the cost category to all route operations that use the new resource |
Question 19 – DRAG DROP
As the product design manager for a computer manufacturer, you are developing a laptop model that can be customised. Each model has restrictions regarding which hardware components can be chosen. You are responsible for creating configuration groups for hardware and software, and are required to create a new laptop item number and configuration. In which order will you perform the actions?
Select and Place:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| Assign a product dimension with an active configuration dimension | |
| Create a product master with dimension-based configuration technology | |
| Create a bill of materials version and create a configuration route | |
| Create the configuration variants automatically by using the maintain configurations form |
Correct Answer:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| Assign a product dimension with an active configuration dimension | Create a product master with dimension-based configuration technology |
| Create a product master with dimension-based configuration technology | Assign a product dimension with an active configuration dimension |
| Create a bill of materials version and create a configuration route | Create a bill of materials version and create a configuration route |
| Create the configuration variants automatically by using the maintain configurations form | Create the configuration variants automatically by using the maintain configurations form |
Question 20 – DRAG DROP
A company makes use of Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management for Process manufacturing. When employees are not working on production orders, they spend considerable time cleaning and setting up machines in the area. In order to optimise cleaning and setup time, you must group production activities. How will you set up the system? In what order will you do the tasks?
Select and Place:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| Assign sequence group IDs to resource and resource groups | |
| Assign sequence IDs to items | |
| Create sequence IDs specifying values and ranking | |
| Create sequence groups |
Correct Answer:
| Actions | Answer Area |
| Assign sequence group IDs to resource and resource groups | Create sequence IDs specifying values and ranking |
| Assign sequence IDs to items | Create sequence groups |
| Create sequence IDs specifying values and ranking | Assign sequence IDs to items |
| Create sequence groups | Assign sequence group IDs to resource and resource groups |
Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamicsax-2012/appuser-itpro/set-up-product-sequences
