SCM 414 CSULB QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which of the following is NOT a function of Global Supply Chain Management?
Logistics
Maintenance
Purchasing
Operation - Answers -Maintenance
A Global Distribution Center (or warehouse) may have the capability to customize
products?
t/f - Answers -True
Company A in Frankfurt receives shipments from plants located in Amsterdam,
Copenhagen, and Paris, and subsequently combines these shipments for delivery to a
retailer in Eastern Europe. What type of distribution center or warehouse is Company A
operating?
Order Assembly DC
Break Bulk DC
Cross- Dock DC
Consolidation DC - Answers -Consolidation DC
Company B in Amsterdam receives a large shipment from a plant in Frankfurt and then
coordinates shipments to retailers in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. What type
of distribution center or warehouse is Company B operating?
Order Assembly DC
Break Bulk DC
Cross- Dock DC
Consolidation DC - Answers -Break Bulk DC
Which of the following distribution centers is also considered a "first-tier" supplier?
Order Assembly DC
Break Bulk DC
Cross- Dock DC
Consolidation DC - Answers -Order Assembly DC
Which of the following is NOT a KEY operational activity of a Distribution Center?
Receiving
Storage
Order Picking
Manufacturing - Answers -Manufacturing
, If you go into a retail store to buy groceries, what type of packaging will your product(s)
most likely be in?
Unit Load
Primary
Transit
Secondary - Answers -Primary
________ typically represents the largest percentage of any logistics budget.
Warehousing
Packaging
Material Handling
Transportation - Answers -transportation
What type of transportation is being used when a product in a container is moved
through multiple modes of transportation?
Multimode transportation
Intermodal transportation
International transportation
Dual mode transportation - Answers -Intermodal transportation
______ refers to all the activities associated with a product or service after the point of
sale.
Third-party Logistics
Forward Logistics
No-return Logistics
Reverse Logistics - Answers -Reverse Logistics
_______ occurs when a multinational corporation buys products or services from one of
its suppliers that produces them somewhere else, whether domestically or globally.
Near-shoring
Offshoring
Insourcing
Outsourcing - Answers -Outsourcing
_______ occurs when a multinational corporation decides to start producing products
internally.
Near-shoring
Offshoring
Insourcing
Outsourcing - Answers -Insourcing
Which of the following is NOT a function of Global Supply Chain Management?
Logistics
Maintenance
Purchasing
Operation - Answers -Maintenance
A Global Distribution Center (or warehouse) may have the capability to customize
products?
t/f - Answers -True
Company A in Frankfurt receives shipments from plants located in Amsterdam,
Copenhagen, and Paris, and subsequently combines these shipments for delivery to a
retailer in Eastern Europe. What type of distribution center or warehouse is Company A
operating?
Order Assembly DC
Break Bulk DC
Cross- Dock DC
Consolidation DC - Answers -Consolidation DC
Company B in Amsterdam receives a large shipment from a plant in Frankfurt and then
coordinates shipments to retailers in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. What type
of distribution center or warehouse is Company B operating?
Order Assembly DC
Break Bulk DC
Cross- Dock DC
Consolidation DC - Answers -Break Bulk DC
Which of the following distribution centers is also considered a "first-tier" supplier?
Order Assembly DC
Break Bulk DC
Cross- Dock DC
Consolidation DC - Answers -Order Assembly DC
Which of the following is NOT a KEY operational activity of a Distribution Center?
Receiving
Storage
Order Picking
Manufacturing - Answers -Manufacturing
, If you go into a retail store to buy groceries, what type of packaging will your product(s)
most likely be in?
Unit Load
Primary
Transit
Secondary - Answers -Primary
________ typically represents the largest percentage of any logistics budget.
Warehousing
Packaging
Material Handling
Transportation - Answers -transportation
What type of transportation is being used when a product in a container is moved
through multiple modes of transportation?
Multimode transportation
Intermodal transportation
International transportation
Dual mode transportation - Answers -Intermodal transportation
______ refers to all the activities associated with a product or service after the point of
sale.
Third-party Logistics
Forward Logistics
No-return Logistics
Reverse Logistics - Answers -Reverse Logistics
_______ occurs when a multinational corporation buys products or services from one of
its suppliers that produces them somewhere else, whether domestically or globally.
Near-shoring
Offshoring
Insourcing
Outsourcing - Answers -Outsourcing
_______ occurs when a multinational corporation decides to start producing products
internally.
Near-shoring
Offshoring
Insourcing
Outsourcing - Answers -Insourcing
