Test Bank & Solution Manual for Managing
Operations Across the Supply Chain, 5th
Edition By Morgan Swink
Student name:
1) Which of the following statements is a reason why operations management is important?
A) Efficient and productive operations drive the economic well-being of nations.
B) Operations management is responsible for much of the value created by
organizations.
C) All of these are reasons why operations management is important.
D) Operations management is a key source of competitive differentiation among firms.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-01 Explain what operations management is and why it is important.
Topic : A Broad Definition of Supply Chain Operations Management
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-17 Which of the following statements is...
2) Structural operations management decisions include:
A) Materials controls, supply chain, and value definition.
B) Workforce, production planning, and materials controls.
C) Workforce, capacity, and facilities.
D) Capacity, facilities, and technology.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-02 Describe the major decisions that operations managers typically make.
Topic : A Broad Definition of Supply Chain Operations Management
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-4 Structural operations management...
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,3) A supply chain is a global network of organizations and activities involved in:
A) Financing, producing, and marketing of goods and services.
B) Designing, financing, selling, and disposing of goods and services.
C) Producing, buying, servicing, and disposing of goods and services.
D) Designing, transforming, consuming, and disposing of goods and services.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-01 Explain what operations management is and why it is important.
Topic : A Broad Definition of Supply Chain Operations Management
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-2 A supply chain is a global network...
4) Joe Jones was asked to undertake a project to determine the resources and capacity his firm
would need in the next three to 10 years. These types of decisions are considered to be:
A) Positional aspects of operations management.
B) Infrastructural aspects of operations management.
C) Structural aspects of operations management.
D) Assessment aspects of operations management.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Apply
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-02 Describe the major decisions that operations managers typically make.
Topic : A Broad Definition of Supply Chain Operations Management
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-5 Joe Jones was asked to undertake a...
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,5) Which of the following factors is NOT a major change driver that supply chain managers are
concerned about?
A) Regulatory changes
B) Global political changes
C) Supply chain managers are concerned about all of these changes.
D) Technology changes
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-04 Explain what the supply chain is and what it means to view operations mana
Topic : Viewing Operations Management from a Supply Chain Management Perspective
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-21 Which of the following factors is...
6) Which functional activities are the most closely related to operations managers’ attempts to
manage the flow of materials and information in a firm?
A) Customer, finance, and logistics management
B) Logistics, supply, and customer management
C) Finance, accounting, and supply management
D) Logistics, finance, and supply management
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-06 Define the planning activities associated with managing operations across
Topic : Viewing Operations Management from a Supply Chain Management Perspective
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-14 Which functional activities are the...
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, 7) A supplier of materials used in manufactured goods is a participant in:
A) The resource/technology supply chain
B) The product supply chain
C) A union
D) The tier 2 supply chain
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-04 Explain what the supply chain is and what it means to view operations mana
Topic : Viewing Operations Management from a Supply Chain Management Perspective
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-35 A supplier of materials used in...
8) Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding supply chain management?
A) Supply chain management is a way of viewing operations management.
B) Supply chain management has grown as a result of a focus on core capabilities.
C) Supply chain management is about making the most of relationships with suppliers.
D) Globalization has slowed the growth of supply chain management.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-04 Explain what the supply chain is and what it means to view operations mana
Topic : Viewing Operations Management from a Supply Chain Management Perspective
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-19 Which of the following statements is...
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Operations Across the Supply Chain, 5th
Edition By Morgan Swink
Student name:
1) Which of the following statements is a reason why operations management is important?
A) Efficient and productive operations drive the economic well-being of nations.
B) Operations management is responsible for much of the value created by
organizations.
C) All of these are reasons why operations management is important.
D) Operations management is a key source of competitive differentiation among firms.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-01 Explain what operations management is and why it is important.
Topic : A Broad Definition of Supply Chain Operations Management
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-17 Which of the following statements is...
2) Structural operations management decisions include:
A) Materials controls, supply chain, and value definition.
B) Workforce, production planning, and materials controls.
C) Workforce, capacity, and facilities.
D) Capacity, facilities, and technology.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-02 Describe the major decisions that operations managers typically make.
Topic : A Broad Definition of Supply Chain Operations Management
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-4 Structural operations management...
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,3) A supply chain is a global network of organizations and activities involved in:
A) Financing, producing, and marketing of goods and services.
B) Designing, financing, selling, and disposing of goods and services.
C) Producing, buying, servicing, and disposing of goods and services.
D) Designing, transforming, consuming, and disposing of goods and services.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-01 Explain what operations management is and why it is important.
Topic : A Broad Definition of Supply Chain Operations Management
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-2 A supply chain is a global network...
4) Joe Jones was asked to undertake a project to determine the resources and capacity his firm
would need in the next three to 10 years. These types of decisions are considered to be:
A) Positional aspects of operations management.
B) Infrastructural aspects of operations management.
C) Structural aspects of operations management.
D) Assessment aspects of operations management.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Apply
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-02 Describe the major decisions that operations managers typically make.
Topic : A Broad Definition of Supply Chain Operations Management
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-5 Joe Jones was asked to undertake a...
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,5) Which of the following factors is NOT a major change driver that supply chain managers are
concerned about?
A) Regulatory changes
B) Global political changes
C) Supply chain managers are concerned about all of these changes.
D) Technology changes
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-04 Explain what the supply chain is and what it means to view operations mana
Topic : Viewing Operations Management from a Supply Chain Management Perspective
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-21 Which of the following factors is...
6) Which functional activities are the most closely related to operations managers’ attempts to
manage the flow of materials and information in a firm?
A) Customer, finance, and logistics management
B) Logistics, supply, and customer management
C) Finance, accounting, and supply management
D) Logistics, finance, and supply management
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-06 Define the planning activities associated with managing operations across
Topic : Viewing Operations Management from a Supply Chain Management Perspective
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-14 Which functional activities are the...
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, 7) A supplier of materials used in manufactured goods is a participant in:
A) The resource/technology supply chain
B) The product supply chain
C) A union
D) The tier 2 supply chain
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-04 Explain what the supply chain is and what it means to view operations mana
Topic : Viewing Operations Management from a Supply Chain Management Perspective
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-35 A supplier of materials used in...
8) Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding supply chain management?
A) Supply chain management is a way of viewing operations management.
B) Supply chain management has grown as a result of a focus on core capabilities.
C) Supply chain management is about making the most of relationships with suppliers.
D) Globalization has slowed the growth of supply chain management.
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : 01-04 Explain what the supply chain is and what it means to view operations mana
Topic : Viewing Operations Management from a Supply Chain Management Perspective
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Static > TB MC Qu. 01-19 Which of the following statements is...
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