Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert — Practice Set 1

Question 1

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Your organization needs to configure a product that requires a unique configuration for each customer order based on a set of rules and constraints. Which product configuration technology should you use?

Accepted Answer

Constraint-based product configuration models in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management use attribute types, components, and table or expression constraints to configure products to customer specifications at order entry time. This supports complex configure-to-order scenarios.

Question 2

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to manage a product change where a component in the BOM must be replaced starting from a future effective date. Which feature ensures the change is formally tracked and applied across all affected BOMs?

Accepted Answer

Engineering change management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management provides a formal process to request, review, approve, and implement product changes through engineering change orders. Changes are tracked, and the impact analysis shows which products and BOMs are affected.

Question 3

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Contoso Electronics needs to manage product versions so that older product versions remain available for spare parts while new versions enter production. Which feature should you configure?

Accepted Answer

Engineering product versions in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management engineering change management assign lifecycle states (such as Active, Prototype, Obsolete) to each product version. This allows multiple versions of a product to coexist with controlled availability.

Question 4

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to configure a formula for a process manufacturing product that includes a co-product and a by-product. Which two items must be defined on the formula? Choose 2.

Accepted Answer

In process manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, formulas support co-products (main outputs with cost allocation) and by-products (secondary outputs with optional recovery percentages or fixed amounts). Both are defined as lines on the formula.

Question 5

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to prevent a product from being ordered or sold once it reaches end-of-life status. Which feature controls the allowed transactions for a product based on its lifecycle state?

Accepted Answer

Product lifecycle states in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management can be configured to exclude specific transaction types (such as purchase orders, sales orders, or production orders). Assigning an end-of-life state to a product prevents new transactions from being created.

Question 6

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Your organization needs to define the sequence of manufacturing steps and the resources required at each step. Which element of the production setup defines this?

Accepted Answer

Routes in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management define the sequence of operations required to manufacture a product. Each operation specifies the resource requirements (machine, labor, or tool) and time parameters (setup time, run time, queue time).

Question 7

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to define the capacity available for a machine that runs one shift per day, five days per week. Where should you configure this capacity?

Accepted Answer

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, each resource (machine or work center) is assigned a working time calendar that defines available hours per day and working days per week. Master scheduling and operations scheduling use this calendar for capacity planning.

Question 8

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Fabrikam Inc. runs a machine that requires a 30-minute setup when switching between Product A and Product B but no setup when running the same product consecutively. How should you configure this sequence-dependent setup time?

Accepted Answer

Changeover matrices (transition matrices) in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management define sequence-dependent setup times between production runs based on item or product group transitions. This allows the scheduler to account for variable setup times based on production sequence.

Question 9

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to configure subcontracting so that a specific operation in a production route is performed by an external vendor. What must you configure on the route operation?

Accepted Answer

For subcontracting in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, the route operation must reference a resource of type Vendor and link a purchase service category. When the production order is scheduled, the system automatically creates a subcontracting purchase order for the external vendor.

Question 10

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to configure production cost categories so that labor and machine costs are tracked separately and rolled into the standard cost of finished goods. Where are cost categories assigned?

Accepted Answer

Cost categories in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management are assigned to route operations (setup time, run time, quantity). During standard cost rollup, the system uses the cost category rates to calculate the routing cost contribution to the finished good's standard cost.

Question 11

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Your organization uses discrete manufacturing to produce customized metal components per customer order. Which production order type does Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management use for discrete manufacturing?

Accepted Answer

Discrete manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management uses production orders that reference a BOM (for materials) and a route (for operations). Each production order is created for a specific quantity of a specific item.

Question 12

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management for process manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. You need to ensure that the batch order quantity produced matches the formula yield percentage. Which feature handles yield-adjusted quantity calculations?

Accepted Answer

In process manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, formula lines can be configured with a yield percentage and scalable consumption so that when a batch order quantity changes, the component quantities automatically scale and yield losses are accounted for in the planned output.

Question 13

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Alpine Ski House manufactures ski equipment using a lean production system with pull-based replenishment. Customer demand for a finished ski triggers replenishment of subassemblies on the production floor. Which lean manufacturing features should you configure?

Accepted Answer

Lean manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management uses production flows, flow activities, and kanban rules. Event kanbans are triggered by downstream demand (sales orders or production orders) and pull replenishment through the production flow activities, supporting a pure pull system.

Question 14

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management lean manufacturing. You need to configure a kanban that replenishes a supermarket location with a fixed quantity of 50 units whenever the quantity drops below a threshold. Which kanban rule type should you use?

Accepted Answer

A fixed quantity kanban rule in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management maintains a target quantity in a supermarket location. When cards are consumed and the quantity falls below the replenishment point, new kanban cards are triggered to replenish the fixed quantity.

Question 15

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management for process manufacturing. A batch order is in progress and the quality lab determines that an additional ingredient must be added beyond the original formula. How should you record this?

Accepted Answer

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, you can add picking list lines to an in-progress batch order to record consumption of materials not originally in the formula. This is the standard way to capture actual material usage that deviates from the planned formula.

Question 16

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Your organization needs shop floor workers to report time and output against production jobs using a touch-screen terminal. Which interface should you configure?

Accepted Answer

The Production floor execution interface in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management provides a touch-optimized interface for shop floor workers to clock in and out, start and complete jobs, report quantities and scraps, and view production order status in real time.

Question 17

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to schedule production orders to optimize machine utilization while respecting capacity constraints. Which scheduling method considers individual machine capacity?

Accepted Answer

Operations scheduling in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management with finite capacity considers actual resource availability and prevents over-scheduling. It schedules operations across the route but at a higher level than job scheduling. Finite capacity ensures machine utilization limits are respected.

Question 18

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Contoso Manufacturing needs to track actual versus planned material consumption on production orders to identify waste and optimize material usage. Which report or process provides this analysis?

Accepted Answer

The production order variance report in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management compares estimated (BOM-based) material quantities against actual consumption from picking list journals. This identifies material variances and waste by production order.

Question 19

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to configure the manufacturing execution system (MES) integration so that external machines send production confirmations automatically to update production order status. Which two capabilities must be configured? Choose 2.

Accepted Answer

Integrating external machines with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management manufacturing execution requires: (1) the Production floor execution REST API to receive machine-generated data, and (2) Azure IoT Hub / Sensor Data Intelligence integration to process machine signals and update production order and job statuses.

Question 20

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. A production order has been started and materials have been issued. You discover that the wrong BOM version was used. What is the recommended approach to correct this?

Accepted Answer

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, it is possible to update the BOM version on a released (started) production order if the status allows it, then generate a new picking list to issue the correct materials. Negative picking list lines can reverse the previously issued incorrect materials.

Question 21

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Your organization wants to use Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management to proactively identify disruptions in the supply chain and suggest mitigation actions. Which Copilot feature supports this?

Accepted Answer

Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management provides supply chain insights that proactively surface disruption risks (delayed shipments, capacity issues, demand spikes) and suggest recommended actions for planners, reducing manual monitoring effort.

Question 22

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to implement asset management to track maintenance plans and work orders for manufacturing equipment. Which feature should you configure?

Accepted Answer

The Asset management module in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management supports the full maintenance lifecycle including asset setup, maintenance plans (time-based and counter-based), work order generation, work order scheduling, and maintenance history tracking.

Question 23

You are a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant expert. Northwind Traders wants to use mixed reality to enable maintenance technicians to view equipment manuals and step-by-step repair instructions overlaid on physical machinery while performing maintenance. Which Microsoft technology enables this scenario?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides integrates with the Asset management module in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management to attach step-by-step holographic instructions to maintenance work orders. Technicians using HoloLens devices see overlaid guidance while performing repairs.

Question 24

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to implement service management to track service orders for customer equipment repair. Which two features are central to service management setup? Choose 2.

Accepted Answer

Service management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management is built around service agreements (which define recurring service terms, SLAs, and pricing) and service orders (which track individual repair or service events, technician assignments, and parts consumption).

Question 25

Your organization uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. You need to configure a production resource to belong to a resource group so that master scheduling can allocate work to any available machine in the group rather than a specific machine. How should you set this up?

Accepted Answer

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, resource groups represent a pool of interchangeable resources (machines or workers). By referencing the resource group (not individual machines) in route operations, master scheduling and operations scheduling can allocate work to any available resource in the group.

MB-335 — Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert