CSCP Exam 1 Flashcards
The factors to consider in the make-or-buy decision include costs, proprietary knowledge, and:.
A. design history.
B. available capacity.
C. inventory balance.
D. warehouse location.
Correct Answer: B
Using an independent service provider for logistics would be most appropriate in which of the following situations?
A. A shoe company that wants to penetrate a foreign market
B. A business that owns plants and warehouses globally
C. A financial services company that wants to expand its services
D. A cable television company that wants to add services
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 1 Which of the following are components of fulfillment lead time? A. order processing II. assembly and shipping III. invoicing and collection B. I C. II D. I and II E. II and III F. I, II and III
Correct Answer: C
Which of the following is the most systematic approach to allocating indirect costs? A. activity-based costing B. financial accounting C. managerial accounting D. process indirect costing
Correct Answer: A
What happens to variability when independent processes are combined to form a larger process?
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A. variability of individual processes cancel out each other, resulting in a small overallvariability
B. variability of the total time is equal to the variability of the component with the largestvariability
C. variability of the total time equals the sum of the variability in all the component times
D. variability of the total time is equal to the variability of the component with the smallestvariability
Correct Answer: C
In order to be counted "perfect" when calculating the perfect-order measure, in addition to the order containing the correct goods, which of the following must also be perfect? A. order must ship complete II. order must arrive on-time III. paperwork associated with order must be accurate and complete B. I C. II D. I and II E. II and III F. I, II and III
Correct Answer: E
What is the impact on customer service level (CSL) of increasing safety stock?
A. CSL increases
B. CSL decreases
C. CSL remains constant
D. no relationship exists between CSL and safety stock
Correct Answer: A
What is the impact on annual holding costs of increasing the order quantity?
A. annual holding costs decrease
B. annual holding costs increase
C. annual holding costs remains constant
D. cannot tell impact on annual holding cost
Correct Answer: B
What is the impact on annual holding costs of decreasing the order quantity?
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A. annual holding costs decrease
B. annual holding costs increase
C. annual holding costs remains constant
D. cannot tell impact on annual holding cost
Correct Answer: A
Which of the following cycles delivers products to meet customer demand? A. design B. fulfillment C. production D. replenishment
Correct Answer: B
What is the inventory needed to support normal operations called?
A. cycle stock
B. maintenance, repair, and operating supplies
C. safety stock
D. buffer stock
E. pipeline stock
Correct Answer: A
What is the unintended effect of customers requiring complete shipments?
A. Customers requiring complete shipments have no impact on the supply chain.
B. Customers tend to purchase in smaller quantities to ensure shipments are complete.
C. Suppliers have to maintain much higher inventory levels.
D. Suppliers will not have as much inventory since orders are shipped complete.
Correct Answer: C
All of the following are modules of a transportation management system EXCEPT: A. carrier management B. delivery scheduling C. shipment tracking D. vehicle routing E. yard management
Correct Answer: E
All of the following are modules of a transportation management system EXCEPT: http://www.gratisexam.com/ A. carrier management B. materials handling C. transportation network design D. transportation planning E. vehicle maintenance
Correct Answer: B
Which of the following types of relations do most humans naturally assume that systems are? A. single-valued B. multi-valued C. continuous D. monotonic E. linear
Correct Answer: E
Assuming no quantity discounts, what is true about the relationship between annual holding costs and annual ordering costs at the minimal total cost?
A. annual holding costs is less than annual ordering costs
B. annual holding costs is greater than annual ordering costs
C. annual holding costs equals annual ordering costs
D. cannot tell the relationship between the annual holding costs and annual ordering costs
Correct Answer: C
Which type of model facilitates the study of system behavior under the most realistic business conditions? A. conceptual B. mathematical C. narrative D. physical E. simulation
Correct Answer: E
Which type of model is used to predict and optimize the performance of a supply chain? A. conceptual B. mathematical C. narrative D. physical E. simulation
Correct Answer: B
At present, which of the following is true about collaborative planning across ownership boundaries?
A. It never happens.
B. It is the exception rather than the rule.
C. It is the rule rather than the exception.
D. It always occurs.
Correct Answer: B
Which of the following is the most serious challenge to collaborative planning?
A. common communication medium
B. standard protocols for exchanging data
C. motivation to share confidential information
D. applications for forecasting and planning
Correct Answer: C
Which planning system determines when the necessary labor and equipment will have to be available to perform the work? A. DRP B. MPS C. MRP D. CRP E. RCCP
Correct Answer: D
Which of the following intrinsic product qualities concern the "form" of the product? A. bulk vs. packaged II. hazardousness III. state (solid, liquid, gas) B. I C. II D. III E. I and II F. I and III
Correct Answer: E
Which of the following has the push-pull boundary furthest upstream on the supply chain? A. custom product B. configured product C. private labeled product D. off-the-shelf product
Correct Answer: A
What impact does lumping have on the demand signal in terms of timing? A. it delays the timing B. it speeds up the timing C. it has no effect on the timing D. it minimizes the need for signals
Correct Answer: A