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OME752 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT www.rejinpaul.com MCQ SET - 1

c)

Active Transport Protocol

The initial stage of the supply chain

d)

Access To Point

process is the _____________.

Answer:

a)

Sourcing Stage

Available To Promise

b)

Organizing Stage

The purpose of supply chain

c)

Planning stage

management is to_______.

d)

Directing Stage

a)

increase the production level

b)

manage and integrate supply and

Answer:

demand management

Planning Stage The term supply chain management

c)

enhance the quality of a product and services

was first coined by ______.

provide satisfaction to the customer

a)

Frankel & Paulraj

d)

b)

Peter Drucker

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c)

Keith Oliver

To integrate supply and demand

d)

Philip Kotler

management

Answer:

________is the primary activity of

Keith Oliver

supply chain management.

In supply chain management, after

a)

Demand Management

planning, the next step involves

b)

Supply Planning i.e. matching assets with demand

______________. a)

Developing

c)

Analytics Workbench

b)

Building a strong relationship with

d)

All of the above

suppliers

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c)

Sourcing

All of the above

d)

All of the above

Another important purpose of supply

Answer:

chain management is to ___________.

All of the above

a)

make inventory readily available

In Supply Chain Management, ATP

b)

delight customers and suppliers

stands for _________.

c)

create warehouses at various

a)

Acquire Track & Perform

locations

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Answer:

b)

Electronic Ordered Quantity

Make inventory readily available

c)

Economic Order Quality

________is mainly deals with all

d)

Economic Order Quantity

activities associated with the flow

Answer:

and transformation and information

Economic Order Quantity

of goods from the stage of raw

Organisations or companies manage

material to the end user i.e.

their supply chains through _______.

consumption.

a)

Transportation modes

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a)

Marketing Channel

b)

The internet

b)

Production Line

c)

Information

c)

Supply Chain

d)

Skilled Operators

d)

Inventory management

Answer:

Answer:

Information

Supply Chain

The concept and philosophy of

In supply chain management,

supply chain management evolved or

Inspection, scrap and repair are

emerged in _______

examples of ________.

a)

The 1960s

a)

Societal Costs

b)

The 1970s

b)

External Costs

c)

The 1980s

c)

Costs of dissatisfaction

d)

The 1990s

d)

Internal Costs

Answer:

Answer:

The 1980s

Internal Costs

Full form of MRP in operations and

____________ is a Japanese term meaning

SCM is ___________

continuous improvement.

a)

Material Return Process

a)

JIT

b)

Material Requirement Planning

b)

Kaizen

c)

Machinery Repairing Planning

c)

TQM

d)

Material Retention Planning

d)

Taguchi Map

Answer:

Answer:

Material Requirement Planning

Kaizen

The concept of supply chain

EOQ stands for ____

management originated in

a)

Electronic Obtained quantity

________________ discipline.

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Co-alliances

a)

Production Management

d)

b)

Logistics Management

Answer:

c)

Marketing

Partnerships

d)

Operations Management

Supply chain management is the

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Answer:

management of the ____________.

Logistics

a)

Storage Raw Materials

In operations & supply chain

b)

Flow of goods and services

management, Kaizen is a Japanese

c)

Fulfilment of order

term meaning __________.

d)

Satisfaction of customer

a)

Change for the better

Answer:

b)

Continuous Performance

Flow of goods and services

c)

Top-level quality

______ is not a part of flows involved in

d)

Use of Kaizala app

supply chain management.

Answer:

a)

Information Flow

Change for the better

b)

Title Flow

According to Frankel, Bolumole,

c)

Physical Flow

Eltantawy, Paulraj& Gundlach,

d)

Virtual Flow

(2008), these are the four functions

Answer:

identified as foundational –

Virtual Flow

operations, logistics, supply

___________ involve the transformation,

management, __________.

movement, and storage of goods and

a)

Marketing

materials.

b)

Production

a)

Virtual Flow

c)

Materials

b)

Physical Flow

d)

Procurement

c)

Title Flow

Answer:

d)

Information Flow

Marketing

Answer:

Positive long-term relationships

Physical Flow

between supply chain participants

A supply chain is a sequence of firms

refer to ______

that perform activities

a)

Supply chain management

required to ______

b)

Partnerships

a)

c)

Cooperation’s

to facilitate wholesalers inventory selections

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b)

to create synergy in their training

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programs

The purpose of supply chain

c)

to find products that are similar

management is

d)

to create and deliver goods to

a. provide customer satisfaction

consumers

b. improve quality of a product

Answer:

c. integrating supply and demand

To create and deliver goods to consumers

management d. increase production (Ans:c)

MCQ SET - 2 Logistics is the part of a supply chain Which of the following is true for

involved with the forward and

supply chain management?

reverse flow of

a. The physical material moves in the direction of the end of chain b. Flow of cash backwards through the chain c. Exchange of information moves in both

a. goods b. services c. cash d. all of the above (Ans:d)

the direction d. All of the above (Ans:d)

Due to small change in customer demands, inventory oscillations become progressively larger looking

The sequence of a typical

through the supply chain. This is

manufacturing supply chain is

known as

a. Storage–Supplier–manufacturing– storage–distributor–retailer–customer b. Supplier–Storage-manufacturing– storage–distributor–retailer–customer c. Supplier–Storage-manufacturing–

a. Bullwhip effect b. Netchain analysis c. Reverse logistics d. Reverse supply chain (Ans:a)

distributor–storage–retailer–customer d. Supplier–Storage-manufacturing–

VMI stands for

storage– retailer–distributor–customer

a. Vendor material inventory

(Ans:b)

b. Vendor managed inventory

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c. Variable material inventory

a. Three points logistics

d. Valuable material inventory

b. Third party logistics

(Ans:b)

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c. Three points location d. None of the above

The major decision areas in supply

(Ans:b)

chain management are a. location, production, distribution, inventory b. planning, production, distribution, inventory c. location, production, scheduling, inventory d. location, production, distribution, marketing

MCQ SET – 3 1. The purpose of supply chain management is ……………. a) Provide customer satisfaction b) Improve quality of a product c) Integrating supply and demand management d) Increase production

(Ans:a) 2. Logistics is the part of supply chain Distribution requirement planning is

involved with the forward and

a system for

reverse flow of

a. Inventory management

a) Goods

b. Distribution planning

b) Services

c. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

c) Cash

d. None of the above

d) all of the above

(Ans:c) 3. VMI stands for Reverse logistics is required because

a) Vendor material inventory

a. Goods are defective

b) Vendor managed inventory

b. Goods are unsold

c) Variable material inventory

c. The customers simply change their

d) Valuable material inventory

minds d. All of the above (Ans:d)

4 .The major decision areas in supply chain management are A) Planning, production, distribution,

3-PL stands for

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b) Location, production, scheduling,

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inventory

9. Logistics system are made up of 3

c) Location, production, inventory

main activities.

d) Location, production, distribution,

a) Order processing

marketing

b) Inventory management c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

5. Distribution requirements

d) None of these

planning is a system for

10. E-logistics features:

a) Inventory management

a) Every modification is logged

b) Distribution planning

b) Advanced search capabilities

c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

d) None of the above

d) None of these above

6. Reverse logistics is required

11. Which is not a part of basic

because

systems of codification?

a) Goods are defective

a) Alphabetical system

b) Goods are unsold

b) Numerical system

c) The customer simply change their

c) Colour coding system

minds

d) None of these above

d) all of the above 12. …………………… and physical 7. PL stands for

distribution are the two major

a) Three points logistics

operations of logistics.

b) Third party logistics

a) Supply chain management

c) Three points location

b) Material management

d) None of the above

c) Logistics management d) all of the above

8. What are elements of logistics system?

13. Which of the following is not a

a) Transportation

component of 4 PL?

b) Warehousing

a) Control room

c) Inventory management

b) Resource providers

d) all of the above

c) Information

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d) Recycling

Quality is the degree of excellence at an

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acceptable price and the control of 14. Which of the following is not a

variability at

part of supply chain management

An acceptable cost

system?

Quality depends on how well the

a) supplier

product fits patterns of consumer

b) Manufacturer

preferences

c) Information flow

Even though quality cannot be defined,

d) Competitor

you know what it is Quality is the degree to which a

15. DRP stands for

specific product conforms to

a) Distribution requirement planning

standards

b) Dividend requirement planning c) Distribution resource planning

3. The supply chain concept originated

d) Distribution reverse planning

in what discipline? a) marketing

ANSWERS: 1.a 2.d 3.b 4.a 5.c 6.d 7.b 8.d

b) operations

9.c 10.c 11.d 12.b 13.b 14.d 15.a

c) logistics d) production

MCQ SET – 4

4. Zero defects in manufacturing is a. is a relevant goal only in electronic

1."Quality is defined by the customer" is

assembly

:

b. is readily achievable in all areas

An unrealistic definition of quality

c. is the goal of TQM

A user-based definition of quality

d. is an unobtainable and misleading

A manufacturing-based definition of

idea

quality A product-based definition of quality

5. The supply chain management philosophy emerged in which decade?

2. According to the manufacturing-

1960s

based definition of quality

1970‟s 1980s

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1990s

9. Positive, long-term relationships

6. A ____________ encompasses all

between supply chain participants refer

activities associated with the flow and

to:

transformation of

Co-opetitions

goods from the raw material stage,

tailored logistics

through to the end user, as well as the

partnerships

associated information

supply chain management

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flows. production line

10. Which one of the following best

supply chain

represents a pure good?

marketing channel

Soap

warehouse

Fast food Attending a play

7. Which one of the following is not a

Vehicle repair

typical question dealt with by an operations managers?

11. Which of the following statements is

How much capacity will be needed in

true of LEAN?

the months ahead?

Lean principles focus on advanced

What is a satisfactory location for a new

statistical methods

facility?

Lean principles are separate body of

How to motivate employees?

knowledge

All are typical of operations

Lean principles have been developed

decisions.

over a lengthy period of time. Lean principles include reducing

8. Which of the following are not key

waste.

attributes of supply chain management? inventory control

12. The bullwhip effect:

leveraging technology

is an ineffective way to motivate

customer power

warehouse employees

all are key attributes

applies to rodeos and has nothing to do with supply chain management refers to the “swaying” motion associated with triple trailers

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Refers to variability in demand orders

third-party logistics

among supply chain participants.

supply chain collaboration

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dovetailing 13. According to the manufacturing-

relationship marketing

based definition of quality "quality is the degree of excellence at an

17. Process improvement technique that

acceptable price and the control of

sorts the "vital few" from the "trivial

variability at

many" is

an acceptable cost"

Taguchi analysis

quality depends on how well the

Pareto analysis

product fits patterns of consumer

benchmarking

preferences

Yamaguchi analysis

even though quality cannot be defined, you know what it is

18. A fishbone diagram is also known as

quality is the degree to which a

a

specific product conforms to

cause-and-effect diagram

standards

poka-yoke diagram Kaizen diagram

14. The variability in demand orders

Taguchi diagram

among supply chain participants: cannot be controlled

19. Which of the following functions is

refers to the bullwhip effect

not a core function of an organisation?

can be controlled with electronic order

The Product/Service Dev.Function

placement

The Operations Function

is more pronounced in relational

The Marketing ( Including Sales )

exchanges

Function The accounting and finance function

16. Cooperative supply chain relationships developed to enhance the

20. What is a perfect order?

overall

simultaneous achievement of

business

relevant customer metrics

performance of both parties is a

an order that arrives on time

definition of: