SCMT 3643 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
b. They use their own flight equipment - Answer -Which is NOT true of air freight
forwarders?
a. They may provide door-to-door service.
b. They use their own flight equipment.
c. They act as consolidators to shippers.
d. They arrange for airfreight deliveries on commercial aircraft.
e. They coordinate the shipment with air cargo carriers
d. They are used to carry the vast majority of airfreight - Answer -Which is true for
pallets or containers for airfreight?
a. They are made of heavier materials than ocean containers for extra sturdiness.
b. Containers are standardized to be box shaped.
c. Containers are the same as used on ocean vessels.
d. They are used to carry the vast majority of airfreight.
e. All of the above are true.
c. Integrators - Answer -Air freight carriers that carry time sensitive packages and
provide door to door services are called:
a. Freighters
b. Combo carriers
c. Integrators
d. Liners
e. Tramps
b. It is more expensive compared to using ocean carriers - Answer -Which is NOT a
benefit of transporting by air?
a. A more direct manner to reach the destination compared to using ocean carriers.
b. It is more expensive compared to using ocean carriers.
c. A simplified supply chain network with fewer nodes and links.
d. A faster and more agile supply chain.
e. Lower inventory levels than when transporting with ocean.
d. wheat grain - Answer -Which product makes little sense to be shipped by air?
a. living human organs
b. components for just-in-time assembly operation
c. cut flowers
d. wheat grain
e. pharmaceutical products
,a. rate per freight ton-mile - Answer -What is yield in airfreight?
a. rate per freight ton-mile
b. revenue per passenger-mile
c. operating cost per ton-mile
d. cost per available seat-mile
b. FedEx - Answer -Which is a top express carrier?
a. United Airlines.
b. FedEx.
c. Qatar Airways.
d. Singapore Airlines.
e. American Airlines.
b. Ocean transportation costs are higher than air transportation - Answer -Which of the
following is NOT a general attribute of ocean transportation when compared to air
transportation?
a. Ocean transportation lead times are longer than air transportation.
b. Ocean transportation costs are higher than air transportation.
c. International supply chains that use ocean transportation exhibit higher inventory
holding costs than air transportation.
d. Supply chain networks that use ocean transportation present greater number of
transfers than those that use air transportation.
e. All of the above are attributes of ocean transportation when compared to air
transportation.
a. General Commodity Rates - Answer -Which are NOT premium rates?
a. General Commodity Rates
b. Time Definite Rates
c. Priority Reserved Rates
d. Express Rates
e. All of the above - Answer -What options in terms of airfreight service are available to
a shipper?
a. Airport-to-airport service in a cargo hold of a passenger aircraft.
b. Airfreight service by a courier.
c. Airport-to-airport service in an all-cargo aircraft (freighter).
d. Integrators door-to-door service.
e. All of the above.
Advantage: Lower transportation costs
, Disadvantages: Lower speed, higher inventory levels and holding costs - Answer -What
are the advantages and disadvantages of ocean transportation?
Advantages: Higher speed, lower inventory levels and holding costs, supports a more
agile supply chain strategy, more network flexibility
Disadvantage: Higher transportation costs - Answer -What are the advantages and
disadvantages of air transportation?
High sale price products
When transportation cost is a small percentage of final costs
Perishable products
Emergency situations
Customers who are less sensitive to price (price inelastic)
To support an agile supply chain strategy - Answer -When does an air shipment
strategy make sense?
Lower barriers to trade
Technological advancements
Aircraft are more efficient and reliable
Lower fuel prices
Yields, which are rates per ton-mile, have declined
Expansion of e-commerce
Enhanced service by companies such as FedEx
Greater need for agile supply chains - Answer -Airfreight transportation growth factors:
Passenger-Cargo or "Combi" Carriers
All-Cargo Carriers
Integrators or Express Carriers - Answer -What are the types of Airfreight carriers?
Passenger-Cargo "Combi" Carriers - Answer -Carry passengers and freight. Freight is
generally carried in the belly of the aircraft.
All-Cargo Carriers - Answer -Use freighters. Airplane is configured to carry only freight.
Integrators/Express Carriers - Answer -Carry time-sensitive "smaller" freight packages
providing door-to-door service.
Airfreight Forwarders
Courier Services - Answer -Who are the other players in the air transport industry?
Airfreight Forwarders - Answer -Don't own flight equipment
Act as consolidators
Arrange for airfreight deliveries on commercial aircraft
Provide door-to-door service
Courier Services - Answer -Will hand-carry freight to international destinations
b. They use their own flight equipment - Answer -Which is NOT true of air freight
forwarders?
a. They may provide door-to-door service.
b. They use their own flight equipment.
c. They act as consolidators to shippers.
d. They arrange for airfreight deliveries on commercial aircraft.
e. They coordinate the shipment with air cargo carriers
d. They are used to carry the vast majority of airfreight - Answer -Which is true for
pallets or containers for airfreight?
a. They are made of heavier materials than ocean containers for extra sturdiness.
b. Containers are standardized to be box shaped.
c. Containers are the same as used on ocean vessels.
d. They are used to carry the vast majority of airfreight.
e. All of the above are true.
c. Integrators - Answer -Air freight carriers that carry time sensitive packages and
provide door to door services are called:
a. Freighters
b. Combo carriers
c. Integrators
d. Liners
e. Tramps
b. It is more expensive compared to using ocean carriers - Answer -Which is NOT a
benefit of transporting by air?
a. A more direct manner to reach the destination compared to using ocean carriers.
b. It is more expensive compared to using ocean carriers.
c. A simplified supply chain network with fewer nodes and links.
d. A faster and more agile supply chain.
e. Lower inventory levels than when transporting with ocean.
d. wheat grain - Answer -Which product makes little sense to be shipped by air?
a. living human organs
b. components for just-in-time assembly operation
c. cut flowers
d. wheat grain
e. pharmaceutical products
,a. rate per freight ton-mile - Answer -What is yield in airfreight?
a. rate per freight ton-mile
b. revenue per passenger-mile
c. operating cost per ton-mile
d. cost per available seat-mile
b. FedEx - Answer -Which is a top express carrier?
a. United Airlines.
b. FedEx.
c. Qatar Airways.
d. Singapore Airlines.
e. American Airlines.
b. Ocean transportation costs are higher than air transportation - Answer -Which of the
following is NOT a general attribute of ocean transportation when compared to air
transportation?
a. Ocean transportation lead times are longer than air transportation.
b. Ocean transportation costs are higher than air transportation.
c. International supply chains that use ocean transportation exhibit higher inventory
holding costs than air transportation.
d. Supply chain networks that use ocean transportation present greater number of
transfers than those that use air transportation.
e. All of the above are attributes of ocean transportation when compared to air
transportation.
a. General Commodity Rates - Answer -Which are NOT premium rates?
a. General Commodity Rates
b. Time Definite Rates
c. Priority Reserved Rates
d. Express Rates
e. All of the above - Answer -What options in terms of airfreight service are available to
a shipper?
a. Airport-to-airport service in a cargo hold of a passenger aircraft.
b. Airfreight service by a courier.
c. Airport-to-airport service in an all-cargo aircraft (freighter).
d. Integrators door-to-door service.
e. All of the above.
Advantage: Lower transportation costs
, Disadvantages: Lower speed, higher inventory levels and holding costs - Answer -What
are the advantages and disadvantages of ocean transportation?
Advantages: Higher speed, lower inventory levels and holding costs, supports a more
agile supply chain strategy, more network flexibility
Disadvantage: Higher transportation costs - Answer -What are the advantages and
disadvantages of air transportation?
High sale price products
When transportation cost is a small percentage of final costs
Perishable products
Emergency situations
Customers who are less sensitive to price (price inelastic)
To support an agile supply chain strategy - Answer -When does an air shipment
strategy make sense?
Lower barriers to trade
Technological advancements
Aircraft are more efficient and reliable
Lower fuel prices
Yields, which are rates per ton-mile, have declined
Expansion of e-commerce
Enhanced service by companies such as FedEx
Greater need for agile supply chains - Answer -Airfreight transportation growth factors:
Passenger-Cargo or "Combi" Carriers
All-Cargo Carriers
Integrators or Express Carriers - Answer -What are the types of Airfreight carriers?
Passenger-Cargo "Combi" Carriers - Answer -Carry passengers and freight. Freight is
generally carried in the belly of the aircraft.
All-Cargo Carriers - Answer -Use freighters. Airplane is configured to carry only freight.
Integrators/Express Carriers - Answer -Carry time-sensitive "smaller" freight packages
providing door-to-door service.
Airfreight Forwarders
Courier Services - Answer -Who are the other players in the air transport industry?
Airfreight Forwarders - Answer -Don't own flight equipment
Act as consolidators
Arrange for airfreight deliveries on commercial aircraft
Provide door-to-door service
Courier Services - Answer -Will hand-carry freight to international destinations
