Please answer the following questions.

1		All of the following are reasonable strategies aggregate planners might try except:
			A)	maintain a level work force and meet demand variations in some other manner.
			B)	maintain a steady rate of output, and use some combination of inventories and subcontracting to meet demand variations.
			C)	match demand period by period with some combination of work force variations, subcontracting, and inventories.
			D)	vary the workforce period by period to match demand.
2		In order to effectively plan, estimates of each of the following items must be available to planners except:
			A)	Inventory lot sizes.
			B)	Demand for each period
			C)	Capacity for each period
			D)	Costs (regular time, overtime, subcontracting, backorders, etc.)
3		Which of the following is not a technique used for aggregate planning?
			A)	Linear programming
			B)	Simulation
			C)	Trial-and-error charting
			D)	Double smoothing
4		Which term is most closely associated with disaggregation?
			A)	Backorders
			B)	Overtime
			C)	Subcontracting
			D)	Master schedule
			E)	Trial and error
5		Which one of the following is not a basic option for altering capacity?
			A)	Hire and fire workers
			B)	Use overtime
			C)	Use subcontracting
			D)	Use backorders
			E)	All are options for altering capacity
6		All of the following are basic options for altering demand except:
			A)	pricing.
			B)	promotion.
			C)	backorders.
			D)	inventories.
			E)	all are "demand" options.
7		Which one is not an output of aggregate planning?
			A)	projected inventory
			B)	total cost of a plan
			C)	demand forecast
			D)	proposed output
			E)	a, b, c, d are outputs
8		Which one of these is not a master scheduling input?
			A)	Forecasts
			B)	Planned inventory
			C)	Customer orders
			D)	Beginning inventory
9		Which one of these is not an output of a master production schedule?
			A)	Production requirements
			B)	Projected inventory
			C)	Customer orders
			D)	Available-to-promise inventory