APICS CSCP Practice Questions and Sample Tests

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Which of the following would be most likely to result in the creation of net financial value for a firm over the long term?
A. Transfer all gains from the company to price discounts to consumers to gain market share.
B. Reinvest a sizable portion of profits into R&D, upgrades, and automation.
C. Get labor cost concessions from employees and distribute these gains to all stakeholders evenly.
D. Use increased market leverage to gain price concessions from suppliers.

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Which of the following scenarios is most likely to occur at the Stage 3 (integrated enterprise) level of supply chain evolution or higher?
A. Sales rep finds a market opportunity but is unable to bring it to the attention of new product development.
B. Warehouses are located near each market and have more than enough inventory to handle the next big sale.
C. Manager provides a broad mission and backs it up with threats for nonconformance.
D. Dominant partner coerces others to force price concessions.

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A firm that is always claiming it has the best processes and highest quality has recently suffered losses because even though they dictate these processes to their long-term Asian suppliers, several of them have, without any explanation, recently had a string of additional costs and quality problems. Which of the following would best help this firm resolve its problems?
A. Increase visibility with the suppliers and allow the suppliers to suggest processes that work for them.
B. Find new suppliers who can follow the firm's process more closely.
C. Move production so that it is once again performed correctly in-house.
D. Enforce the provisions of the suppliers' contracts through litigation.

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Which of the following best describes the potential for different quality methods to work together?
A. JIT and lean are compatible with each other but not with six-sigma.
B. JIT, lean, and six-sigma work best when combined.
C. JIT and six-sigma are compatible with each other but not with lean.
D. Six-sigma and lean are compatible with each other but not with JIT.

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Which of the following would a material be that was tightly linked to the company's brand equity even though it was basically a cheap but branded plastic toy that didn't require much quality?
A. Direct/core competency materials
B. Bottleneck materials
C. Leveragable materials
D. Commodity materials

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Which of the following is true of the Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model?
A. SCOR applies to demand generation in sales and marketing.
B. SCOR applies to product development.
C. SCOR applies to all product transactions (physical material and service).
D. SCOR applies to all areas of postdelivery customer support including returns.

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In the SCOR model, which performance attribute is associated with the Level 1 metric, perfect order fulfillment?
A. Supply chain responsiveness
B. Supply chain reliability
C. Supply chain flexibility
D. Supply chain adaptability

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In an electrical generation supply chain, which of the following is a Tier 1 service supplier?
A. Fuel supplier
B. Electric power utility
C. Manufacturer connected to electric grid
D. Facility maintenance

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In the Global Supply Chain Forum supply chain management model, which of the following combine to create a link between adjacent partners and form a context for the other six processes?
A. Manufacturing flow management and order fulfillment
B. Product development and commercialization and manufacturing flow management
C. Supplier relationship management and demand management
D. Customer relationship management and supplier relationship management