SCM 413 Maier Final 2024/2025 Exam
Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
Tons by Mode - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-O/D Pathways: Shipments Driven by
-Nature of Commodity: Destination NYC
-Transportation
Transportation Influences and Logistics Activities - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Costs
affected by node location
-Inventory influenced by mode
-Packaging dictated by mode
-Materials handling equipment and docks dictated by mode
-Maximum consolidation of loads achieved with order-management
technology
-Customer service goals influence carrier choice
5 + 1 Modes of Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Rail
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Road
Pipeline
Water
Air
6th Mode: Intermodal
Transportation Mode Attributes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cost
Speed
Reliability
Capability
Capacity
Flexibility
Transportation Pricing Factors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Distance
-Weight, Dim Weight
-Cube Space
-Volume (Frequency and load count)
-Special Handling
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,-Commodity (HazMat, Break-Bulk, Glass, Antiques)
-Time (speed of delivery)
Domestic vs. International Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Domestic: 90%
of all U.S. cargo movement
-International: 10% of all freight movement
Rail Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Cost-effective
-Energy-efficient
-Moves large loads & huge quantities
-Constrained by accessibility, on-time delivery, frequency of service, noise,
and congestion
Rail Border Challenges - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Different regulations
Different safety requirements
Physically different equipment
Monopolistic on their routes
Class 1 Railroads - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Operating revenues: $900M annually
Minimum 6k miles of track
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Operate in 44 states + DC
140k miles of track
19.3B freight tons ('20)
1 Ton of Freight = 500 MPG
Class 1 Railroad Companies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BNSF (Burlington Northern-
Santa Fe)
UP (Union Pacific)
KCS (Kansas City Southern, smallest)
NS (Norfolk-Southern)
CSX
CN (Canadian National)
CP (Canadian Pacific - acquired KCS '21)
Road Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Most visible form of transport
Most flexible
Road reach nearly everywhere
Exceptions: remote locations like Alaska, Siberia
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
Tons by Mode - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-O/D Pathways: Shipments Driven by
-Nature of Commodity: Destination NYC
-Transportation
Transportation Influences and Logistics Activities - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Costs
affected by node location
-Inventory influenced by mode
-Packaging dictated by mode
-Materials handling equipment and docks dictated by mode
-Maximum consolidation of loads achieved with order-management
technology
-Customer service goals influence carrier choice
5 + 1 Modes of Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Rail
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
1
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Road
Pipeline
Water
Air
6th Mode: Intermodal
Transportation Mode Attributes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cost
Speed
Reliability
Capability
Capacity
Flexibility
Transportation Pricing Factors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Distance
-Weight, Dim Weight
-Cube Space
-Volume (Frequency and load count)
-Special Handling
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,-Commodity (HazMat, Break-Bulk, Glass, Antiques)
-Time (speed of delivery)
Domestic vs. International Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Domestic: 90%
of all U.S. cargo movement
-International: 10% of all freight movement
Rail Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Cost-effective
-Energy-efficient
-Moves large loads & huge quantities
-Constrained by accessibility, on-time delivery, frequency of service, noise,
and congestion
Rail Border Challenges - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Different regulations
Different safety requirements
Physically different equipment
Monopolistic on their routes
Class 1 Railroads - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Operating revenues: $900M annually
Minimum 6k miles of track
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Operate in 44 states + DC
140k miles of track
19.3B freight tons ('20)
1 Ton of Freight = 500 MPG
Class 1 Railroad Companies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BNSF (Burlington Northern-
Santa Fe)
UP (Union Pacific)
KCS (Kansas City Southern, smallest)
NS (Norfolk-Southern)
CSX
CN (Canadian National)
CP (Canadian Pacific - acquired KCS '21)
Road Transportation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Most visible form of transport
Most flexible
Road reach nearly everywhere
Exceptions: remote locations like Alaska, Siberia
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
