C_TS422_2504 SAP Certified Associate - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Production
Planning
Q. 1 You want to trigger in-house product of semi-finished material before a sales order for the
corresponding finished goods is received. Which planning strategy supports the consume on of planned
independent requirements by dependent requirements for the semi-finished material?
a) Planning at assembly level (70)
b) Assembly processing with product on orders (82)
c) Production by lot size (30)
d) Planning with final assembly (40)
Q. 2 Which of the following would you recommend as SAP's strategic Sales and Opera ons planning tool?
a) Integrated Business Planning
b) Standard Sales and Operations Planning
c) Advanced Planning
d) Flexible Planning
Q. 3 How would you define a pegging structure for an order in the context of Advanced Planning?
a) An evaluand on that is ordered according to the bill-of-material structure of all related products and
represents the rela onship between receipt and issue elements
b) An evaluate on to identify material or capacity shortages in the bill-of-material structure a er
the production planning run
c) An evaluand on that is ordered according to the low-level codes of all related products and
represents the coverage of issue elements with receipt elements and stock
d) An evaluatetion to identify overstock situations based on the assignment of receipt and issue
elements a er the product on planning run
Q. 4 What are the possible results of a production planning run in Advanced Planning (PP/DS)? Note:
There are 2 correct answers to this que on.
a) Planned order
b) Purchase order
c) Scheduling agreement schedule line
d) Produc on order
Q. 5 Your project team decides to use a make-to-order planning strategy for strategic material in discrete
manufacturing. What are the impacts of this decision? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
a) Net requirements calculate on is carried out for every sales order individually.
b) Sales orders have to be ATP-confirmed (available-to-promise) to be saved.
c) Planned orders are created in MRP with reference to sales orders.
d) Storage local on MRP areas are required to manage sales-order-specific stock.
e) Production and procurement costs are managed on the sales order item level.
Q. 6 Which of the following is a scheduling method for a production order?
a) Determination of delivery date
b) Determination of basic dates
c) Lead time scheduling
d) Key date scheduling
Q. 7 Under what circumstances can you change the material type for a material if stocks, reserva ons, or
purchasing documents exist? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) The quan ty and value updates are the same.
b) The same base unit of measure is used.
c) The same batch management level is used.
d) The same account category is used.
Q. 8 What are some benefits of planning with planned independent requirements for finished materials?
Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) You have the option to use forecast planning.
b) The delivery me is reduced.
c) You have the option to use make-to-order production.
d) Manufacturing me for final assembly is reduced.
Q. 9 Which se ngs can you make in a produc on scheduling profile? Note: There are 3 correct answers to
this ques on.
a) Default order types
b) Automatic goods receipt on confirmation
c) Automatic print on order creation
d) Automa c goods issue on confirma on
e) Automatic release on order creation
Q. 10 You want to verify that the proper es of a component batch align with the required proper es of the
raw material intended for a specific process order. What func on do you use to accomplish this?
a) Batch where-used list
b) Batch number assignment
c) Batch determination
d) Batch information cockpit
Q. 11 How can a material availability check be triggered automa cally for a produc on order? Note: There
are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) By order release
b) By order confirma on
c) By capacity planning
d) By mass processing
Q. 12 What are prerequisites for a production version to be selected for a production order? Note: There are
3 correct answers to this question.
a) The production version must NOT be deleted.
b) The basic end date of the order must lie within the validity period of the production version.
c) The production quantity must only lie within the lot-size range of the routing in the production
version.
d) The production quantity must lie within the lot-size range of the production version.
e) The basic start date of the order must lie within the validity period of the production version.
Q. 13 Which me elements are relevant for lead me scheduling of a production order? Note: There are 2
correct answers to this ques on.
a) Setup time
b) Opening period
c) Float after production
d) Total replenishment lead me
Q. 14 Which of the following are scheduling me elements for a produc on order? Note: There are 3 correct
answers to this ques on.
a) Float before production
b) Transit time
c) Load time
d) Queue time
e) Setup time
Q. 15 Which of the following elements does MRP take into account during net requirement calculation?
Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) ATP quantities
b) Planned orders (firmed)
c) Production orders
d) Planned orders (unfirmed)
Q. 16What are some SAP recommended guiding principles to achieve clean core opera ons? Note: There
are 3 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Integrate clean core prac ces in the end-to-end value process chain.
b) Establish regular housekeeping tasks and procedures.
c) Define roles and responsibility es as part of a process transformation office.
d) Establish an organizational structure, technical foundation, and transformation methodology
for clean core.
e) Establish release management.
Q. 17 Advanced Planning uses data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edi on. In which master data
objects can you set the Advanced Planning flag? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Plant
b) Material
c) Production version
d) Corrected
e) Work center
Q. 18 What does forecasting in the demand planning cycle include? Note: There are 3 correct answers to
this ques on.
a) Past production planning quantities
b) Market intelligence
c) Past sales order quantities
d) Past quota on quantities
e) One-off events
Q. 19 You are a consultant on an SAP S/4HANA Cloud greenfield project. Which of the following aspects
should you focus on to achieve and maintain clean core data quality? Note: There are 2 correct answers to
this question.
a) Timeliness
b) Accuracy
c) Efficiency
d) Stability
Q. 20 What is the purpose of using a low-level code? Note: There are 2 correct answers to these ques on.
a) To determine the use of subitems inside the material BOM (bill of material)
b) To determine the lowest explosion level at which a material occurs in all the product
structures
c) To determine the priority of alternative components inside the material BOM (bill of material)
d) To determine the sequence in which materials are planned in MRP
Q. 21 For a produc on version to be valid and consistent, what requirements must be fulfilled? Note: There
are 3 correct answers to this question.
a) The assigned routing and bill of material (BOM) must be valid in the entire validity period.
b) The deletion flag must NOT be set for the bill of material (BOM) or the routing.
c) The consistency check must be performed.
d) The assigned routing and bill of material (BOM) must have the same validity period.
e) The lot size range must be within the lot size range of the assigned routing.
Q. 22 How do you model a produc on line in repe ve manufacturing?
a) As an opera on
b) As a work center
c) As a routing
d) As a resource network
Q. 23 What is the difference between co-products and by-products? Note: There are 2 correct answers to
this que on.
a) Only co-products appear in the process or production order settlement rule.
b) Only co-products have a non-zero inventory valuation.
c) Only co-products have movement type 531.
d) Only co-products have movement type 101.
Q. 24 How are dependent requirements for assemblies created? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this
que on.
a) They are created on the assembly level during the planning run.
b) They are created with exact times in Advanced Planning.
c) They are only created for mul level bill of material (BOM) structures.
d) They are created together with the independent requirement for the finished product.
Q. 25 What will happen in the MRP run if you have created a new MRP-relevant material that supports
both in-house produc on and external procurement?
a) The MRP run starts with in-house production.
b) The MRP run plans the material only if a quota on has been maintained.
c) The MRP run starts with external procurement.
d) The MRP run does NOT consider the material; it has to be planned interac vely.
Q. 26 You use the Finite Scheduling - with Reverse planning strategy and want to allow scheduling in the
past. How can you parameterize this in the strategy profile?
a) Specify a negative planning horizon
b) Specify a negative opening period
c) Specify a negative PP/DS horizon
d) Specify a negative offset me
Q. 27 Which master data fields can have an impact on whether MRP creates planned orders or purchase
requisi ons for a material? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Material type
b) MRP type
c) MRP group
d) Procurement type
Q. 28 Your company produces a finished good based on a forecast and expects it to be in stock when
customers order it. If customers order more than the forecasted quan ty, this must NOT have any impact on
the produc on program. Which planning strategy do you use?
a) Planning with final assembly (40)
b) Make-to-stock produc on (10)
c) Assembly processing with produc on orders (82)
d) Planning without final assembly (50)
Q. 29 In SAP documenta on for MRP in Advanced Planning, you read that the MRP creates new planned
orders through infinite scheduling. What does this mean for the capacity requirements of the new planned
order?
a) MRP automatically assigns the capacity requirements to resources with the earliest available
capacity.
b) MRP creates the capacity requirements on resources at the earliest possible production me.
c) MRP creates the capacity requirements without considering exis ing load on the resources.
d) MRP automatically assigns the capacity requirements a er the last scheduled opera on for each
Resource.
Q. 30 Which of the following processes lead to an indicator in the planning file? Note: There are 2 correct
answers to this ques on.
a) Changing a dependent requirement
b) Changing a delivery address
c) Changing an opera on time
d) Changing a storage bin
Q. 31 What does the material type influence? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Which number range interval the material number comes from
b) Whether value changes to financial accounting stock accounts are updated
c) Which plant-specific and plant-independent statuses are allowed
d) Which document types and class categories are allowed
Q. 32 What determines whether the planned independent requirements in demand management are
consumed by other requirements? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Planning strategy
b) Requirements type
c) Order type
d) Requirements profile
Q. 33 What are some advantages of using Kanban for material supply? Note: There are 2 correct answers to
this question.
a) Replenishment is always triggered on a regular basis.
b) Material stock is built up for a long period of me in production
c) Replenishment is only triggered when components are required.
d) Material is only kept available in small quantities in production.
Q. 34 You want to set up a make-to-order planning scenario for a finished product. The bill of material
contains two components: one should be procured for each sales order individually, and the other should be
procured jointly for all independent requirements. Forecasting the finished product is NOT possible. Which
settings do you make to achieve this?
a) Choose planning strategy 50 (Planning without final assembly) and select the corresponding Mixed
MRP indicator
b) Choose planning strategy 20 (Make-to-Order) and select the corresponding Mixed MRP indicator
c) Choose planning strategy 50 (Planning without final assembly) and select the corresponding
Individual/Collect ve indicator
d) Choose planning strategy 20 (Make-to-Order) and select the corresponding
Individual/Collective indicator
Q. 35 Which of the following questions do you have to answer before you start crea ng a bill of material
(BOM)? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) When does the BOM need to become effective?
b) In which storage location is the BOM required?
c) For which plant can the BOM be defined?
d) Which base unit of measure must the BOM have?
Q. 36 You are trying to create a produc on order and no valid produc on version can be selected. What could
be the reasons? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) The basic start date is NOT within the validity period of the produc on version.
b) No bills of material (BOMs) are assigned to the produc on versions.
c) The order lot size is NOT within the validity range of a production version.
d) No produc on lines are assigned to the produc on versions.
Q. 37 Which chart types does the tabular planning table for capacity planning provide in SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Private Edi on? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Order (pool) chart
b) Order (dispatched) chart
c) Capacity requirements chart
d) Work center capacities chart
Q. 38 In the context of the capacity scheduling table, how do you define a pacemaker work center?
a) By assigning it to the first opera on of a rou ng
b) By assigning it to the bottleneck operation
c) By assigning it to the capacity scheduling table
d) By assigning it to the produc on version
Q. 39 What is a work center hierarchy?
a) A group of alternative work centers providing a cumulative available capacity for
production
b) A group of work centers in a parallel sequence that is used to split production quantities and work
on them in parallel
c) A group of alternative work centers for production, structured in hierarchy levels by priori es
d) A group of work centers in a production line that is used in sequence for production
Q. 40 Which order type is used for repe ve manufacturing?
a) Planned order
b) Production order
c) Kanban order
d) Process order
Q. 41 Which planning strategies can you use in the capacity scheduling table? Note: There are 2 correct
answers to this ques on.
a) Planning mode > Bucket
b) Scheduling control > Find slot
c) Scheduling control > Close gap
d) Planning mode > Order priority
Q. 42 What are some options for creating a production order? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques
on.
a) By se ng a Kanban container to empty
b) By se ng a Kanban container to full
c) By converting a purchase requisition
d) By par ally converting a planned order
Q. 43 What happens when you set up detailed scheduling with the finite scheduling mode Insert Opera on?
a) Sequencing on multi-activity resources is automatically updated during planning.
b) An operation is scheduled as close as possible to the desired date.
c) Operation on multi-resources are planned finitely in a sequence.
d) To create a slot, neighboring opera ons are moved in both planning directions.
Q. 44 When can you maintain the batch characteris c values in SAP S/4HANA? Note: There are 2 correct
answers to this ques on.
a) When you execute batch determina on
b) When you post the goods receipt
c) When you release the batch
d) When you record inspection results
Q. 45 Which me elements does MRP consider in backward scheduling to determine the basic dates for
components from dependent requirements? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Opera on dura on
b) Total replenishment lead me
c) In-house production time
d) Planned delivery me
Q. 46 You are a consultant on an SAP S/4HANA Cloud brownfield project. In a mee ng the customer
decides to remodel an exis ng business process in accordance with clean core principles. Which of the
following SAP Signavio solu ons can be used for the remodeling?
a) SAP Signavio Process Governance
b) SAP Signavio Process Intelligence
c) SAP Signavio Process Insights
d) SAP Signavio Process Manager
Q. 47 Which of the following replenishment strategies for Kanban containers? Note: There are 2 correct
answers to this quesion.
a) Replenishment using direct transfer posting
b) Replenishment using process orders
c) Replenishment using planned independent requirements
d) Replenishment using reservations
Q. 48 In which master data objects do you maintain data to determine the dura on of an opera on for
production? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Production version
b) Material master
c) Routing
d) Work center
Q. 49 How do you assign resources in a master recipe with opera ons and phases?
a) You assign resources to the sub-opera ons.
b) You assign resources to the phases.
c) You assign resources to the header of the master recipe.
d) You assign resources to the opera ons.
Q. 50 During production order creation, several valid production versions are found. How does the system
choose the production version?
a) Alphanumeric or quota arrangement
b) Validity period or sales order
c) Planned order or material number
d) Lot size or material cos
Q. 51 Your company manufactures materials whose characteris cs differ for each manufacturing process.
Which applica on do you choose in SAP S/4HANA to track and use this informa on in all areas of logis cs?
a) Quality management
b) Batch management
c) Engineering change management
d) Process order management
Q. 52 When working with the material status, for which business areas can you set a warning message?
Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Classification
b) Plant Maintenance
c) Purchasing
d) Sales
Q. 53 What data can you maintain in the items detail screen of a bill of material (BOM)? Note: There are 2
correct answers to this question.
a) Alternative item group
b) Lot size
c) Co-product
d) Change number
Q. 54 What is the purpose of the pull list in material staging?
a) To control the flow of material from the supplier to the central storage loca on
b) To control the flow of material from the central storage location to the production storage
location
c) To control the flow of material from the production storage location to the central storage location
d) To control the flow of material from the supplier to the produc on storage loca on
Q. 55 What can you use standard heuris cs in Advanced Planning (PP/DS) for?
a) To automate material movements in material staging
b) To solve planning problems for defined objects
c) To opmize costs and mes in production plans
d) To set default values in production master data
Q. 56 Why would you use phantom assemblies? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) To make the assignment of components easier
b) To make the procurement easier
c) To enable simple structuring of BOMs
d) To reduce the number of material masters
Q. 57 Which options do you have to exclude Advanced Planning materials from the standard MRP run in
SAP S/4HANA? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Use the material number for selection
b) Use the special MRP type XO
c) Use a propagation range
d) Use a different MRP planner for PP/DS materials
Q. 58 What are some op ons for crea ng produc on orders without using trigger points? Note: There are 2
correct answers to this ques on.
a) In make-to-stock produc on, confirma on of yield for sub-assembly triggers the creaon of a
b) In assembly production, confirmation of scrap triggers the creation of a production order
c) In make-to-stock production, you can manually create production orders
d) produc on order
e) In assembly production, a sales order triggers the creation of a production order
Q. 59 You have a scheduling agreement with a vendor. You want classic MRP to automa cally create
schedule lines in case of a material shortage. What must you do? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this
ques on.
a) Set the crea on indicator for purchase requisi ons on the ini al screen of the MRP run.
b) Add the agreement to the source list and mark it for MRP relevance.
c) Set the creation indicator for delivery schedule lines on the initial screen of the MRP run.
d) Add the agreement to the quota arrangement and mark it for MRP relevance.
Q. 60 Which options do you have to post goods receipt for a process order? Note: There are 2 correct
answers to this ques on.
a) You post the entire manufactured quantity to one batch if the product quality remains
consistent during production.
b) You post the en re manufactured quan ty to mul ple batches if the product quality remains
consistent during produc on.
c) You post the en re manufactured quan ty to one batch if the product quality changes during produc
on.
d) You post the en re manufactured quantity to multiple batches if the product quality changes
during production.
Q. 61 What are the selec on criteria of a bill of material (BOM) alterna ve? Note: There are 2 correct
answers to this ques on.
a) Change number
b) Date
c) Lot size
d) Material BOM usage
Q. 62 When do you use variant bills of material (BOMs)?
a) When mul ple materials have similar BOMS
b) When a material has mul ple BOMs
c) When mul ple materials have mul ple BOMS
d) When a material has a configurable BOM
Q. 63 Which standard item categories can you select inside a bill of material (BOM)? Note: There are 2
correct answers to this ques on.
a) Non-plant item
b) Work item
c) WBS item
d) Class item
Q. 64 How can you achieve a feasible produc on plan when there are capacity constraints? Note: There are
3 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Increase the capacity supply in a me-phased interval
b) Reduce the planning me interval
c) Determine a time period with available capacity on the planning board
d) Execute an infinite produc on planning run for the cri cal resources
e) Form optimum sequences to reduce setup times
Q. 65 You want to create a produc on order. What methods can you use? Note: There are 2 correct answers
to this ques on.
a) Convert a purchase requisi on
b) Create in Kanban process
c) Create without material
d) Create by order release
Q. 66 Which alternative item strategies are available in bills of material (BOMs)? Note: There are 2 correct
answers to this ques on.
a) Simultaneous
b) 100% check
c) Manual maintenance
d) Ranking
Q. 67 Which objects can you change with a change number? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques
on.
a) Production order
b) Work center
c) Routings
d) Bill of material
Q. 68 Which opera ons are considered in the capacity scheduling table? Note: There are 2 correct answers to
this ques on.
a) All operations
b) Only bottleneck operations
c) Sub-operations
d) Operations assigned to a pacemaker work center
Q. 69 In the bucket planning mode of the capacity scheduling table, what happens if the sum of the
requirements of all operations exceeds the available capacity of the bucket?
a) The operon is rescheduled backwards.
b) The operand is rescheduled in the planning direction.
c) The operon CANNOT be dispatched.
d) The opera is rescheduled to an Alternative work center.
Q. 70 When does the system trigger replenishment for a Kanban container?
a) When you set the container to Wai ng
b) When you set the container to Full
c) When you set the container to In transit
d) When you set the container to Empty
Q. 71 What does Consumption-based Planning use to determine requirements in the future? Note: There are
3 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Planning file entries
b) Dependent requirements
c) Statistical procedures
d) Forecasting
e) Historical values
Q. 72 Which of the following are features of the clean core dashboard? Note: There are 2 correct answers to
this ques on.
a) Customers can use the dashboard in the dev, test, and produc on tenants.
b) Customers can grant access to the dashboard to partners.
c) It can be used in all SAP S/4HANA Cloud edi ons.
d) It can be accessed by using SAP For Me.
Q. 73 How can you limit the validity of a bill of material (BOM)? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this
ques on.
a) By change number
b) By material type
c) By material status
d) By plant
Q. 74 What is the focus of repe ve manufacturing?
a) Low volume production
b) Production of lot size one
c) Detailed tracking of production orders
d) Period and quantity-oriented production
Q. 75 What is a prerequisite for the consump on of planned independent requirements to take place for
planning strategy 40 (Planning with final assembly)?
a) MRP creates a planned order.
b) MRP creates a dependent requirement.
c) A sales order is created.
d) A sales order is delivered.
Q. 76 Mode selec on is one of the scheduling op ons available with Advanced Planning in SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Private Edi on. When can you use mode selec on?
a) When alternaive resources are used within one operation
b) When several opera ons are maintained for one product
c) When several produc on versions are maintained for one product
d) When mul ple planned orders are scheduled in parallel on one resource
Q. 77 How can you set up a material as a phantom assembly? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques
on.
a) Select a special procurement type inside the material master
b) Select a special explosion type inside the material BOM (bill of material)
c) Select a special explosion type inside the material master
d) Select a special procurement type inside the material BOM (bill of material)
Q. 78 Your produc on planners are supposed to execute planning only for specific resources. What do you
use to achieve this in Advanced Planning (PP/DS)?
a) A planning area
b) A propagation range
c) A planning group
d) A work center hierarchy
Q. 79 What op ons are available inside a document? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Storage locations
b) Plant links
c) Object links
d) Versioning
Q. 80 Which of the following are possible configura on steps when se ng up the alert monitor in Advanced
Planning? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this ques on.
a) Create an object selection variant for alerts according to the priority of ATP categories
b) Assign the alert profile to the overall profile
c) Assign the overall profile to the authorization profile
d) Create an object selection variant for production-planning-related alerts
