QDM Final Exam Terms 2025/2026 Exam
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Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Supply chain management describes the coordination of all supply chain
activities, starting with raw materials, and ending with a satisfied customer.
B. An increased sales effort may help a firm reach its profit goals more
easily than would effective cost cutting.
C. A supply chain includes suppliers; manufacturers and/or service
providers; and distributors, wholesalers, and/or retailers who deliver the
product and/or service to the final customer.
D. The objective of supply chain management is to coordinate activities
within the supply chain to maximize the supply chain's competitive
advantage and benefits to the ultimate consumer. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. An
increased sales effort may help a firm reach its profit goals more easily
than would effective cost cutting.
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,Prior to embarking on supply chain design, operations managers must first
consider
A. what kind of distribution network to have.
B. how to manage supply chain inventory.
C. how to select suppliers.
D. "make-or-buy" and outsourcing decisions. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔D. "make-or-
buy" and outsourcing decisions.
What is transferring a firm's activities that have traditionally been internal to
external suppliers?
A. vertical integration
B. make-or-buy
C. outsourcing
D. keiretsu network - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. outsourcing
The advantage of having few suppliers is to
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, A. form a long-term relationship.
B. look for short-term attributes.
C. take advantage of diseconomies of scale.
D. pursue low cost. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. form a long-term relationship.
Which of the following mitigation tactics is NOT designed to reduce the risk
of information loss or distortion?
A. secure IT systems
B. training of supply chain partners on the proper interpretations and use of
information
C. alternate sourcing
D. redundant databases - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. alternate sourcing
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the bullwhip
effect?
A. Bullwhip fluctuations in the supply chain decrease customer service and
profitability.
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Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Supply chain management describes the coordination of all supply chain
activities, starting with raw materials, and ending with a satisfied customer.
B. An increased sales effort may help a firm reach its profit goals more
easily than would effective cost cutting.
C. A supply chain includes suppliers; manufacturers and/or service
providers; and distributors, wholesalers, and/or retailers who deliver the
product and/or service to the final customer.
D. The objective of supply chain management is to coordinate activities
within the supply chain to maximize the supply chain's competitive
advantage and benefits to the ultimate consumer. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. An
increased sales effort may help a firm reach its profit goals more easily
than would effective cost cutting.
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,Prior to embarking on supply chain design, operations managers must first
consider
A. what kind of distribution network to have.
B. how to manage supply chain inventory.
C. how to select suppliers.
D. "make-or-buy" and outsourcing decisions. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔D. "make-or-
buy" and outsourcing decisions.
What is transferring a firm's activities that have traditionally been internal to
external suppliers?
A. vertical integration
B. make-or-buy
C. outsourcing
D. keiretsu network - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. outsourcing
The advantage of having few suppliers is to
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, A. form a long-term relationship.
B. look for short-term attributes.
C. take advantage of diseconomies of scale.
D. pursue low cost. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. form a long-term relationship.
Which of the following mitigation tactics is NOT designed to reduce the risk
of information loss or distortion?
A. secure IT systems
B. training of supply chain partners on the proper interpretations and use of
information
C. alternate sourcing
D. redundant databases - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. alternate sourcing
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the bullwhip
effect?
A. Bullwhip fluctuations in the supply chain decrease customer service and
profitability.
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