BUAD 331 LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Pre-Disruption Phase - ✔✔Period of time where there are signs of potential
disruptions
✔✔Pre Due date phase - ✔✔The disruption has occurred and when the affected
product is due at the next phase of supply chain
✔✔Buffer Phase - ✔✔period of time that is enabled by existing inventory and safety
stocks
✔✔Domino Phase - ✔✔disruptions shut down processes and expand their impact
✔✔Supply Chain Risk - ✔✔the probability of a disruption multiplied by the consequence
of the disruption
✔✔Action can be taken to reduce _____ and _____ of disruptions - ✔✔probability,
impact
✔✔Supply Chain density - ✔✔Geographical spacing of SC network locations
✔✔Criticality - ✔✔of a particular node within a supply chain can be another issue that is
reviewed
✔✔Continuity - ✔✔collaborating with business partners to anticipate and mitigate the
impact of a disruption
✔✔Resiliency - ✔✔The capacity to resist and recover quickly for disruptive events
✔✔When a supply chain has continuity... - ✔✔there is no impact from a disruption
✔✔In order to have continuity... - ✔✔discovery and recovery are key
✔✔Two aspect of discovery - ✔✔Risk assessment
Warning capabilities
✔✔Two aspects of recovery - ✔✔Mitigation capabilities
Contingency capabilities
✔✔Risk assessment - ✔✔the goal is to discover potential disruptive events before they
occur
, ✔✔Warning capabilities - ✔✔Post-disruption capability to develop resiliency and
continuity (usually involves technology, such as RFID)
✔✔Mitigation Capabilities - ✔✔Recovery capabilities that lessen the impact of a
disruption before it occurs
✔✔Contingency Capabilities - ✔✔Recovery mechanisms that lessen the impact of a
disruption after it occurs
✔✔XYZ operated a supply chain that spans the globe. This supply chain can be - ✔✔A
source of competitive advantage
A source of potential disruption
A source of significant risk
✔✔Supply chain disruptions can be - ✔✔from natural disasters
from man-made events
short in duration
✔✔Bankruptcy and extremely critical products. What cell? - ✔✔High/Critical
✔✔RFID is a technology that was discusses as an enabler of which capability? -
✔✔Warning capabilities
✔✔A company finds out shipment will not be arriving. They pull it out of existing stock.
What phase of disruption? - ✔✔Buffer phase
✔✔Parts were stopped because of a railroad accident. Parts were lifted with a
helicopter. What capability does this exhibit? - ✔✔Contingency Capabilities
✔✔Supplier is experiencing financial instability. How can the company affect the risk? -
✔✔Increase the probability of disruption
✔✔What fundamental mechanisms are needed to manage disruptions? - ✔✔The ability
to discover the disruptions are pending/realized
The ability to recover from disruptions
✔✔SC X took less time to return to normal than SC Y. SC X exhibited more -
✔✔Resiliency
✔✔A strike has just occurred at a seaport. What phase of disruption? - ✔✔Pre-due date
phase
✔✔What is true about events and disruptions? - ✔✔All disruptions stem from events
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Pre-Disruption Phase - ✔✔Period of time where there are signs of potential
disruptions
✔✔Pre Due date phase - ✔✔The disruption has occurred and when the affected
product is due at the next phase of supply chain
✔✔Buffer Phase - ✔✔period of time that is enabled by existing inventory and safety
stocks
✔✔Domino Phase - ✔✔disruptions shut down processes and expand their impact
✔✔Supply Chain Risk - ✔✔the probability of a disruption multiplied by the consequence
of the disruption
✔✔Action can be taken to reduce _____ and _____ of disruptions - ✔✔probability,
impact
✔✔Supply Chain density - ✔✔Geographical spacing of SC network locations
✔✔Criticality - ✔✔of a particular node within a supply chain can be another issue that is
reviewed
✔✔Continuity - ✔✔collaborating with business partners to anticipate and mitigate the
impact of a disruption
✔✔Resiliency - ✔✔The capacity to resist and recover quickly for disruptive events
✔✔When a supply chain has continuity... - ✔✔there is no impact from a disruption
✔✔In order to have continuity... - ✔✔discovery and recovery are key
✔✔Two aspect of discovery - ✔✔Risk assessment
Warning capabilities
✔✔Two aspects of recovery - ✔✔Mitigation capabilities
Contingency capabilities
✔✔Risk assessment - ✔✔the goal is to discover potential disruptive events before they
occur
, ✔✔Warning capabilities - ✔✔Post-disruption capability to develop resiliency and
continuity (usually involves technology, such as RFID)
✔✔Mitigation Capabilities - ✔✔Recovery capabilities that lessen the impact of a
disruption before it occurs
✔✔Contingency Capabilities - ✔✔Recovery mechanisms that lessen the impact of a
disruption after it occurs
✔✔XYZ operated a supply chain that spans the globe. This supply chain can be - ✔✔A
source of competitive advantage
A source of potential disruption
A source of significant risk
✔✔Supply chain disruptions can be - ✔✔from natural disasters
from man-made events
short in duration
✔✔Bankruptcy and extremely critical products. What cell? - ✔✔High/Critical
✔✔RFID is a technology that was discusses as an enabler of which capability? -
✔✔Warning capabilities
✔✔A company finds out shipment will not be arriving. They pull it out of existing stock.
What phase of disruption? - ✔✔Buffer phase
✔✔Parts were stopped because of a railroad accident. Parts were lifted with a
helicopter. What capability does this exhibit? - ✔✔Contingency Capabilities
✔✔Supplier is experiencing financial instability. How can the company affect the risk? -
✔✔Increase the probability of disruption
✔✔What fundamental mechanisms are needed to manage disruptions? - ✔✔The ability
to discover the disruptions are pending/realized
The ability to recover from disruptions
✔✔SC X took less time to return to normal than SC Y. SC X exhibited more -
✔✔Resiliency
✔✔A strike has just occurred at a seaport. What phase of disruption? - ✔✔Pre-due date
phase
✔✔What is true about events and disruptions? - ✔✔All disruptions stem from events
