professional practice test UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
stock requisition - CORRECT ANSWER - Request sent to the warehouse for product stored
there
Electronic requisition - CORRECT ANSWER - Newer technique for ordering, commonly
ordered, nonstock items
traveling requisition - CORRECT ANSWER - An older technique for ordering, commonly
ordered non-stock items
Non-Stock Requisition - CORRECT ANSWER - Is prepared by the department not carried in
warehouse or store room.
It is used for one-time or repetitive type purchases.
Repetitively ordered non-stock generally be added to item master
Open order - CORRECT ANSWER - A pre-negotiated agreement with a supplier that does
not require a specific purchase order.
standing order - CORRECT ANSWER - The delivery of a specific amount of product on a
regular basis.
blanket order - CORRECT ANSWER - Are a long-term purchase commitment to a supplier
for items that are to be delivered against short-term releases to ship.
,If equipment is damaged en route under F O B destination, who is responsible for shipping
charges and filing the damage claims? - CORRECT ANSWER - The supplier, is responsible
for both the shipping charges, and for filing a damage claim.
If equipment is damaged en route under F O B shipping point, who is responsible for shipping
charges and filing the damage claims? - CORRECT ANSWER - The receiver, is responsible
for both shipping charges and filing a damage claim.
If equipment is damaged en route under F O B destination, prepaid freight, and add, who is
responsible for shipping charges and filing the damage claims? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
receiver pays the shipping charges as a portion of their invoice, and the supplier is responsible
for filing the damage claim.
If equipment is damaged en route under F O B shipping point, freight allowed, who is
responsible for shipping charges and filing the damage claims? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
supplier reimburses the receiver for the shipping charges, will but the receiver is responsible for
filing a damage claim.
Which type of request is least likely to lead to an agreement? R F I , R F P , or , R F Q? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Request for information, R,F,I
Does sending me a purchase order to a vendor normally create a legally binding contract? -
CORRECT ANSWER - No , it does not, the vendor has to except it first.
Bulk buys are a good way to decrease purchase cost, but there is a resulting increase in Holding
cost. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
How do you find inventory turns for a product? - CORRECT ANSWER - By dividing a
facilities total annual inventory purchases, by the ending inventory value.
What counting occurs at regular, predetermined intervals, while a department is shut down? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Periodic counting
,What type of counting occurs throughout the year, by counting specific groups of inventory each
month? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cycle counting
When completing an ABC analysis of inventory items, priority A items, are of the least priority
when evaluating inventory control measures. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Leadtime is a calculation of supply demand from the time it takes to place an order from the time
the order item is depleted. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
What is leadtime? - CORRECT ANSWER - Time interval between ordering and receiving the
order
Safety stock is inventory that protects against a stock out. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
The longer the lead time, the less available inventory. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
What category of supplies do office supplies belong to? - CORRECT ANSWER - Unofficial
inventory
What category of supplies do ortho implants belong to? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Consignment inventory
What category of supplies do baby diapers belongs to? - CORRECT ANSWER - Official
Inventory
Random request - CORRECT ANSWER - Supplies are delivered upon demand
emergency requisition - CORRECT ANSWER - Requester Retrieves items and carries back
to the Department
, periodic automatic replenishment (PAR) - CORRECT ANSWER - system by which desired
level on hand is established and is returned to that level
Exchange cart system - CORRECT ANSWER - inventory replenishment method that involves
the exchange of a freshly-loaded supply cart for an identical cart in a patient unit that has been
depleted of most supplies
Case cart system - CORRECT ANSWER - cart is prepared for one special surgical case with
everything they need to perform procedure
just-in-time (JIT) inventory system - CORRECT ANSWER - a system that minimizes or
virtually eliminates inventories by purchasing and producing goods only in response to actual,
rather than forecasted, sales
stockless purchasing - CORRECT ANSWER - The supplier delivers material directly to the
production area rather than to a stockroom
What is the best distribution practice for, surgical instruments? - CORRECT ANSWER - Case
carts
What is the best distribution practice for, food or linen service? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Automated guided vehicles
What is the best distribution good practice for, medical reports? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Pneumonic tubes
What is the best distribution practice for hospital beds? - CORRECT ANSWER - Monorail,
conveyor, and tugger, would be acceptable
What is the best distribution practice for, soiled linens? - CORRECT ANSWER - Chutes