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    US CMA MCQ:

    Supply Chain Management


    1.The initial stage of the supply chain process is the _____________.

    A. Sourcing Stage

    B. Organizing Stage

    C. Planning stage

    D. Directing Stage

    2.The term supply chain management was first coined by ______.

    A. Frankel & Paulraj

    B. Peter Drucker

    C. Keith Oliver

    D. Philip Kotler

    3.In supply chain management, after planning, the next step involves ______________.

    A. Developing

    B. Building a strong relationship with suppliers

    C. Sourcing

    D. All of the above

    4.In Supply Chain Management, ATP stands for _________.

    A. Acquire Track & Perform

    B. Available To Promise

    C. Active Transport Protocol

    D. Access To Point

    5.The purpose of supply chain management is to_______.

    A. increase the production level

    B. manage and integrate supply and demand management


    C. enhance the quality of a product and services

    D. provide satisfaction to the customer

    6. ________is the primary activity of supply chain management.

    A. Demand Management

    B. Supply Planning i.e matching assets with demand

    C. Analytics Workbench

    D. All of the above

    7. Another important purpose of supply chain management is to ___________.

    A. make inventory readily available

    B. delight customers and suppliers

    C. create warehouses at various locations

    D. to promote supply chain process

    8. ________is mainly deals with all activities associated with the flow and transformation and
    information of goods from the stage of raw material to the end user i.e. consumption.

    A. Production Line

    B. Supply Chain

    C. Inventory management

    D. Marketing Channel

    9.In supply chain management, Inspection, scrap and repair are examples of ________.

    A. Societal Costs

    B. External Costs

    C. Costs of dissatisfaction

    D. Internal Costs

    10. ____________ is a Japanese term meaning continuous improvement.

    A. JIT

    B. Kaizen
    C. TQM

    D. Taguchi Map

    11.Organisations or companies manage their supply chains through _______.

    A. Transportation modes

    B. The internet

    C. Information

    D. Skilled Operators

    12. The concept of supply chain management originated in ________________ discipline.

    A. Production Management

    B. Logistics Management

    C. Marketing Management

    D. Operations Management

    13.According to Frankel, Bolumole, Eltantawy, Paulraj& Gundlach, (2008), these are the four functions
    identified as foundational – operations, logistics, supply management, __________.

    A. Marketing

    B. Production

    C. Materials

    D. Procurement

    14.Supply chain management is the management of the ____________.

    A. Storage Raw Materials

    B. Flow of goods and services

    C. Fulfillment of order

    D. Satisfaction of customer

    15. A supply chain is a sequence of firms that perform activities required to ______

    A. to facilitate wholesalers inventory selections

    B. to create synergy in their training programs


    C. to find products that are similar

    D. to create and deliver goods to consumers

    16.Which of the following is true for supply chain management?

    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 the direction

    d. All of the above

    17.The sequence of a typical manufacturing supply chain is

    a. Storage–Supplier–manufacturing–storage–distributor–retailer–customer

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

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

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

    18.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

    19.Due to small change in customer demands, inventory oscillations become progressively larger
    lookingthrough the supply chain. This is known as

    a. Bullwhip effect

    b. Netchain analysis

    c.Reverse logistics

    d. Reverse supply chain

    20. VMI stands for

    a. Vendor material inventory

    b. Vendor managed inventory


    c. Variable material inventory

    d. Valuable material inventory

    21.The major decision areas in supply chain management are

    a.location, production, distribution, inventory

    b.planning, production, distribution, inventory

    c.location, production, scheduling, inventory

    d.location, production, distribution, marketing

    22. Distribution requirement planning is a system for

    a. Inventory management

    b. Distribution planning

    c. Both‘a’ and ‘b’

    d. None of the above

    23.Reverse logistics is required because

    a. Goods are defective

    b.Goods are unsold

    c.The customers simply change their minds

    d. All of the above

    24.The supply chain concept originated in what discipline?

    a) marketing

    b) operations

    c) logistics

    d) production

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

    a.1960s

    b.1970‟s
    c.1980s

    d.1990s

    26.A successful TQM program incorporates all of the following except

    a.continuous improvement

    b.employment involvement

    c.benchmarking

    d.centralized decision making authority

    27."Kaizen" is a Japanese term meaning

    a. a foolproof mechanism

    b. Just-in-time (JIT)

    c. a fishbone diagram

    d. continuous improvement

    28.A supply chain is a sequence of firms that perform activities required to ______

    A. to facilitate wholesalers inventory selections

    B. to create synergy in their training programs

    C. to find products that are similar

    D. to create and deliver goods to consumers

    29.___________ involve the transformation, movement, and storage of goods and materials.

    A. Virtual Flow

    B. Physical Flow

    C. Title Flow

    D. Information Flow

    30.______ is not a part of flows involved in supply chain management.

    A. Information Flow

    B. Title Flow
    C. Physical Flow

    D. Virtual Flow

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