BUAD 331 MAIN EXAMINATION 2026 SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What warehouse automation system is used for high-assortment, low-volume SKUs
and maximizes space use?
A. Conveyors
B. Carousel
C. Item bins
D. Automated storage/retrieval system
E. Forklifts - ✔✔B. Carousel
✔✔What emerging trend will alleviate the need to carry certain inventory such as spare
automotive or aircraft parts?
A. Drones
B. Automation in warehouses
C. Additive manufacturing
D. Digital supply chains
E. People moving back to cities - ✔✔C. Additive manufacturing
✔✔A GE refrigerator has a sensor that tracks milk consumption based upon the weight
of the container and automatically orders from a grocery store when it senses the milk is
getting low. This is an example of what global trend?
A. Drones
B. Automation in warehouses
C. Internet of Things (IoT)
D. Digital supply chains
E. People moving back to cities - ✔✔C. Internet of Things (IoT)
✔✔Which of these is not a key component of transportation management?
A. Meet delivery promises
B. Track and monitor goods in transport
C. Process appropriate information to avoid regulatory approval
D. Execute the move, ensuring goods are picked up and delivered on time and
undamaged - ✔✔C. Process appropriate information to avoid regulatory approval
✔✔What warehouse automation system is used for high assortment, low volume SKUs
and for maximizing space usage?
A. Conveyors
B. Carousel
C. Item bins
D. Automated storage/retrieval system
E. Forklifts - ✔✔B. Carousel
, ✔✔Which is part of a quick response system where inbound shipments of bulk items
are not stored long term but instead broken into smaller quantities, mixed together, and
quickly shipped to individual stores?
A. Warehouse
B. Crossdock
C. Combine
D. Picking operation - ✔✔B. Crossdock
✔✔Samsung wants to transport a load of 52-inch HDTVs from Carlsbad, California, to
San Francisco. What method of transportation should Samsung use?
A. Truck
B. Water
C. Pipeline
D. Air - ✔✔A. Truck
✔✔Transportation costs per unit of freight increase at a decreasing rate with increasing
volume, increasing distance traveled, and higher weight density. This defines what
theory?
A. Weighing out theory
B. Transportation cost theory
C. Cube standpoint theory
D. Intermediary theory - ✔✔B. Transportation cost theory
✔✔Warehouses play a critical role in the supply chain system by:
A. Enabling diseconomies of scale in sourcing, manufacturing, and transportation
B. Preventing the consolidation of materials from multiple suppliers
C. Providing an inflexible and high-cost capability for customizing products
D. Placing a buffer between supply and demand - ✔✔D. Placing a buffer between
supply and demand
✔✔Best Buy has a warehouse containing TVs, video game consoles, and movies. The
TVs sell slowly, the consoles sell periodically, and the movies sell quickly. How should
Best Buy arrange its warehouse?
A. TVs in the back, consoles in the middle, movies in the front
B. TVs in the front, consoles in the back, movies in the middle
C. Movies in the front, TVs in the middle, consoles in the back
D. Movies and consoles in the middle, TVs in the front - ✔✔A. TVs in the back,
consoles in the middle, movies in the front
✔✔________ is the product placement concept that involves assigning SKUs to an
appropriate storage or picking location by accounting for factors that influence the
movement, staging, and storage of the SKU in the warehouse including volume and the
variability of that volume.
A. Product profiling
B. Cross-docking
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What warehouse automation system is used for high-assortment, low-volume SKUs
and maximizes space use?
A. Conveyors
B. Carousel
C. Item bins
D. Automated storage/retrieval system
E. Forklifts - ✔✔B. Carousel
✔✔What emerging trend will alleviate the need to carry certain inventory such as spare
automotive or aircraft parts?
A. Drones
B. Automation in warehouses
C. Additive manufacturing
D. Digital supply chains
E. People moving back to cities - ✔✔C. Additive manufacturing
✔✔A GE refrigerator has a sensor that tracks milk consumption based upon the weight
of the container and automatically orders from a grocery store when it senses the milk is
getting low. This is an example of what global trend?
A. Drones
B. Automation in warehouses
C. Internet of Things (IoT)
D. Digital supply chains
E. People moving back to cities - ✔✔C. Internet of Things (IoT)
✔✔Which of these is not a key component of transportation management?
A. Meet delivery promises
B. Track and monitor goods in transport
C. Process appropriate information to avoid regulatory approval
D. Execute the move, ensuring goods are picked up and delivered on time and
undamaged - ✔✔C. Process appropriate information to avoid regulatory approval
✔✔What warehouse automation system is used for high assortment, low volume SKUs
and for maximizing space usage?
A. Conveyors
B. Carousel
C. Item bins
D. Automated storage/retrieval system
E. Forklifts - ✔✔B. Carousel
, ✔✔Which is part of a quick response system where inbound shipments of bulk items
are not stored long term but instead broken into smaller quantities, mixed together, and
quickly shipped to individual stores?
A. Warehouse
B. Crossdock
C. Combine
D. Picking operation - ✔✔B. Crossdock
✔✔Samsung wants to transport a load of 52-inch HDTVs from Carlsbad, California, to
San Francisco. What method of transportation should Samsung use?
A. Truck
B. Water
C. Pipeline
D. Air - ✔✔A. Truck
✔✔Transportation costs per unit of freight increase at a decreasing rate with increasing
volume, increasing distance traveled, and higher weight density. This defines what
theory?
A. Weighing out theory
B. Transportation cost theory
C. Cube standpoint theory
D. Intermediary theory - ✔✔B. Transportation cost theory
✔✔Warehouses play a critical role in the supply chain system by:
A. Enabling diseconomies of scale in sourcing, manufacturing, and transportation
B. Preventing the consolidation of materials from multiple suppliers
C. Providing an inflexible and high-cost capability for customizing products
D. Placing a buffer between supply and demand - ✔✔D. Placing a buffer between
supply and demand
✔✔Best Buy has a warehouse containing TVs, video game consoles, and movies. The
TVs sell slowly, the consoles sell periodically, and the movies sell quickly. How should
Best Buy arrange its warehouse?
A. TVs in the back, consoles in the middle, movies in the front
B. TVs in the front, consoles in the back, movies in the middle
C. Movies in the front, TVs in the middle, consoles in the back
D. Movies and consoles in the middle, TVs in the front - ✔✔A. TVs in the back,
consoles in the middle, movies in the front
✔✔________ is the product placement concept that involves assigning SKUs to an
appropriate storage or picking location by accounting for factors that influence the
movement, staging, and storage of the SKU in the warehouse including volume and the
variability of that volume.
A. Product profiling
B. Cross-docking
