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This section includes 137 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Company QA knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Reverse Logistics is referred to as |
| A. | sending material from customers to manufacturers |
| B. | sending material from suppliers to manufacturers |
| C. | sending material from suppliers to customers |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. sending material from suppliers to manufacturers | |
| 2. |
Packaging machinery may be of the following types |
| A. | Accumulating and collating machines |
| B. | Bottle caps equipment, over-capping, lidding, closing, seaming and sealing machines |
| C. | Coding, printing, marking, stamping, and imprinting machines |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
……………..is a part of development of facility structures. |
| A. | Transportation |
| B. | Warehousing |
| C. | Sorting |
| D. | Logistics |
| Answer» C. Sorting | |
| 4. |
The need for holistic approaches is that EXCEPT |
| A. | SCM is integrative and interdisciplinary. |
| B. | Logistics is just one of several established sub-disciplines. |
| C. | SC can be broken down into its component parts and looked for different levels to manage risk |
| D. | There is no risk in e-SCM |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
The companies will realize the benefits of implementing IT when which of the following is undertaken? |
| A. | Companies need to invest heavily in information systems. |
| B. | Companies need to automate the existing supply chain systems and processes. |
| C. | Companies need to re-engineer their supply chain structure. |
| D. | Companies need to re-engineer their supply chain structure and undertake revision in the supporting organizational processes. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Forward logistics refers to |
| A. | sending material from customers to manufacturers |
| B. | sending material from suppliers to manufacturers |
| C. | sending material from manufactures to suppliers |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. sending material from manufactures to suppliers | |
| 7. |
Order management refers to |
| A. | the process of receiving, tallying, and processing orders |
| B. | is an online software can automate the process |
| C. | Helps in keeping sync with your inventory |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Environmental benefits due to e-logistics are |
| A. | proper and standard packaging increases flexibility on vehicles |
| B. | electronic commerce has increased the exchange cost. |
| C. | Rerouting of vehicles has added to congestion |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. electronic commerce has increased the exchange cost. | |
| 9. |
ERP systems refers to customization and configuration then |
| A. | Customization is always optional |
| B. | Software can be used without configuration before use |
| C. | Software updation is optional |
| D. | Customisation is using standard ERP software |
| Answer» B. Software can be used without configuration before use | |
| 10. |
E-procurement advantages include |
| A. | E-procur’ sys’ offer visibility and control |
| B. | efficiency, transparency, equity, fairness and encouragement of local business |
| C. | Reduces competition |
| D. | lowers transaction costs |
| Answer» D. lowers transaction costs | |
| 11. |
e-business- studies on three-layer classification |
| A. | Primary effects mainly come from IT infrastructure like terminal equipments, mobile phones, network infrastructures |
| B. | Secondary effects stem from applications, for example, change in warehousing, transportation or packaging |
| C. | Tertiary Effects centrally refer to the consumption patterns and rebound effects- supports paperless, building less and pollution less environment |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Radio Frequency identification (RFID) |
| A. | uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects |
| B. | An RFID tag consists of a tiny radio transponder; a radio receiver and transmitter. |
| C. | When triggered by nearby RFID reader device, the tag transmits digital data |
| D. | All of above are true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
e- Payment Methods are except |
| A. | credit / debit cards |
| B. | bank transfers |
| C. | electronic wallets |
| D. | Physical cash payment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
The variability in demand orders among supply chain participants: |
| A. | cannot be controlled |
| B. | refers to the bullwhip effect |
| C. | can be controlled with electronic order placement |
| D. | is more pronounced in relational exchanges ANSWER: B |
| Answer» C. can be controlled with electronic order placement | |
| 15. |
…………inventory is not the type of inventory based on inventory position in the supply chain. |
| A. | Supplier |
| B. | Manufacturer |
| C. | Retailer |
| D. | Customer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Transportation serves as a ……………. During the movement of product. |
| A. | In-transit storage |
| B. | Warehouse |
| C. | Product storaged. |
| D. | Movement |
| Answer» B. Warehouse | |
| 17. |
For transaction along the e-SC |
| A. | Payment gateways and payment providers offer highly effective security and anti-fraud tools to make transactions reliable. |
| B. | E-commerce fraud is growing |
| C. | There is lack of anonymity |
| D. | All are true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
ERP systems track |
| A. | business resources |
| B. | the status of business commitments |
| C. | information through manufacturing purchasing sales and accounting |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
…………is the fastest mode of transport. |
| A. | Road transport |
| B. | Railway transport |
| C. | Water transport |
| D. | Air Transport |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
SKUs means |
| A. | Stock Keeping Units |
| B. | Stock Knocking uniformity |
| C. | Stock knowledge united |
| D. | None of the above . |
| Answer» B. Stock Knocking uniformity | |
| 21. |
…………..occurs when a company retains core business to perform some of its work Outside |
| A. | .a. Outsourcing |
| B. | KPI |
| C. | 3PL |
| D. | 4PL |
| Answer» B. KPI | |
| 22. |
The traditional “three R’s” are except |
| A. | Reduce |
| B. | Reuse |
| C. | Recycle |
| D. | Rotate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
RFID tags does not include |
| A. | Passive tags are powered by energy from the RFID reader's interrogating radio waves. |
| B. | Active tags are powered by a battery and thus can be read at a greater range from the RFID reader; up to hundreds of meters. |
| C. | Unlike a barcode, the tag doesn't need to be within the line of sight of the reader, so it may be embedded in the tracked object. |
| D. | All of above are true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
e- SCM needs to have |
| A. | Process orientation as a basic understanding in the value creation process |
| B. | It involves coordination and integration of these processes within and among companies. |
| C. | SCM process is from Customer Order intake to customer fulfilment |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
KAIZEN means |
| A. | Complete improvement |
| B. | Collaborative planning and improvement |
| C. | Continous improvement |
| D. | Continous monitoring |
| Answer» D. Continous monitoring | |
| 26. |
…..... is the design of seamless value-added processes across organization boundaries to meet the real needs of the end customer. |
| A. | Operations |
| B. | Supply chain management |
| C. | Process engineering |
| D. | Value charting |
| Answer» C. Process engineering | |
| 27. |
………….includes design and administration of systems to control the flow of materials, WIP and finished inventory to support business unit strategy. |
| A. | Logistics Management |
| B. | Materials Management |
| C. | Bill of Materials |
| D. | Distribution Management |
| Answer» B. Materials Management | |
| 28. |
…………..is a function of re-arranging and re- packing as per individual orders. |
| A. | Break- Bulk |
| B. | Warehousing |
| C. | Cross Docking |
| D. | Sorting |
| Answer» D. Sorting | |
| 29. |
Data warehouses |
| A. | DWH also known as an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) |
| B. | store current and historical data in one single place |
| C. | Extract, transform, load (ETL) and extract, load, transform (E-LT) are the two main approaches used to build a data warehouse system. |
| D. | All above are true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Logistics Renovation towards E-logistics has |
| A. | Procurement and fulfilment as the key process |
| B. | only procurement is key process6 |
| C. | only fulfilment is key process |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» B. only procurement is key process6 | |
| 31. |
The …..... has made it possible for other companies to eliminate intermediaries and sell directly to the end consumer. |
| A. | SCM |
| B. | Internet |
| C. | competition |
| D. | global sourcing |
| Answer» C. competition | |
| 32. |
.…….. represent the frequency of satisfying customer order in given span of time. |
| A. | order cycle time |
| B. | fill rate |
| C. | perfect order |
| D. | system flexibility |
| Answer» C. perfect order | |
| 33. |
Controlling in e-SCM is controlling of SCM flows |
| A. | Product flow |
| B. | Information flow |
| C. | Financial flow |
| D. | All are true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Value stream mapping is an application of process mapping, developed to apply …..principles to process improvement. |
| A. | Management |
| B. | Lean |
| C. | Supply chain |
| D. | Cycle time |
| Answer» C. Supply chain | |
| 35. |
A software system used to maintain relational databases is true for except |
| A. | RDMS |
| B. | SQL |
| C. | Cannot be accessed from a local network |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 36. |
.………….is concerned with a firm’s ability to satisfy customer’s requirement in timely manner |
| A. | Minimum Inventory |
| B. | Price stabilization |
| C. | Quality |
| D. | Rapid Responses |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Advantages of e-SCM except : |
| A. | It improves efficiency, |
| B. | It increases inventory at each SC partner |
| C. | It helps to take competitive advantage over competitors |
| D. | It increases ability to implement just-in-time delivery |
| Answer» C. It helps to take competitive advantage over competitors | |
| 38. |
e-SCM can be looked into details for |
| A. | Process engineering and inventory management |
| B. | Assets and infrastructure dependencies- |
| C. | Organizations and inter-organizational networks |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
DSS is an application of Hebert Simon model which has three phases |
| A. | i) Intelligence phase: to identify the problem and then go to the design phase for solution. |
| B. | ii) Design- way to find solution |
| C. | iii) Choice - selection criteria varies from problem to problem. |
| D. | All are true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
VMI stands for |
| A. | Vendor material inventory |
| B. | Vendor managed inventory |
| C. | Variable material inventory |
| D. | Valuable material inventory |
| Answer» C. Variable material inventory | |
| 41. |
Competitive advantage can be created and achieved by logistics managers by |
| A. | cost advantage. |
| B. | Quality. |
| C. | value advantage. |
| D. | cost and value advantage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
RFID means |
| A. | Radio frequency Identification Data |
| B. | Radio frequency Identification |
| C. | Rapid Frequency Identity |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Rapid Frequency Identity | |
| 43. |
SCM process involves in order |
| A. | Plan, Source, execute,deliver, return |
| B. | Source Plan,, execute, return deliver, |
| C. | execute deliver Plan, Source, return |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Source Plan,, execute, return deliver, | |
| 44. |
.The correct sequence of an organizations supply chain from a systems perspective is: |
| A. | transformation process, delivery to customers, acquisition of resources. |
| B. | transformation process, acquisition of resources, delivery to customers. |
| C. | acquisition of resources, transformation process, delivery to customers. |
| D. | delivery to customers, acquisition of resources, transformation process |
| Answer» D. delivery to customers, acquisition of resources, transformation process | |
| 45. |
The downstream supply chain is: |
| A. | xclusively inside an organization. |
| B. | involved with procurement of material from suppliers. |
| C. | the distribution of products or delivery of services to customers. |
| D. | both the first and third answer above. |
| Answer» D. both the first and third answer above. | |
| 46. |
Electronic signature technology is |
| A. | e-signature is signature in electronic form |
| B. | Has legal stand as handwritten signature |
| C. | Electronic signatures are legal concept distinct from digital signatures |
| D. | All are true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
New Trends and technology in logistics now include |
| A. | Artificial and Augmented Intelligence |
| B. | Data standardization and Advance Analytics |
| C. | Real Time Supply Chain Visibility |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Inventory management for E-Commerce uses |
| A. | ABC analysis |
| B. | First in first out(FIFO) |
| C. | Regular Inventory auditing: |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
3-PL stands for |
| A. | Three points logistics |
| B. | Third party logistics |
| C. | Three points location |
| D. | The Party Logistics |
| Answer» C. Three points location | |
| 50. |
Need for OMS is |
| A. | Streamline Fulfilment Process |
| B. | Reduces Errors |
| C. | Single View For Multiple Channels |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |