PAAVAI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – OME752

Internal Exam 2 Marks 60*1=60

Time Duration – 60 mts IV Yr VII Sem Sec A&B

1.Which of the following is true for supply chain management?

a. The physical material moves in the direction of the end of chain
b. Flow of cash backwards through the chain
c. Exchange of information moves in both the direction
d. All of the above
(Ans:d)
 
2.The sequence of a typical manufacturing supply chain is
a. Storage–Supplier–manufacturing–storage–distributor–retailer–customer
b. Supplier–Storage-manufacturing–storage–distributor–retailer–customer
c. Supplier–Storage-manufacturing– distributor–storage–retailer–customer
d. Supplier–Storage-manufacturing–storage– retailer–distributor–customer
(Ans:b)
 
3.The purpose of supply chain management is
a. provide customer satisfaction
b. improve quality of a product
c. integrating supply and demand management
d. increase production
(Ans:c)
 
4.Logistics is the part of a supply chain involved with the forward and reverse flow of
a. goods
b. services
c. cash
d. all of the above
(Ans:d)

5.Due to small change in customer demands, inventory oscillations become progressively larger
looking through the supply chain. This is known as 
a. Bullwhip effect
b. Netchain analysis
c. Reverse logistics
d. Reverse supply chain
(Ans:a)
 
6.VMI stands for
a. Vendor material inventory
b. Vendor managed inventory
c. Variable material inventory
d. Valuable material inventory
(Ans:b)
 
7.The major decision areas in supply chain management are
a. location, production, distribution, inventory
b. planning, production, distribution, inventory
 c. location, production, scheduling, inventory
d. location, production, distribution, marketing
(Ans:a)
 

8.Distribution requirement planning is a system for

a. Inventory management
b. Distribution planning
c. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d. None of the above
(Ans:c)
 
9.Reverse logistics is required because
a. Goods are defective
b. Goods are unsold
c. The customers simply change their minds
d. All of the above
(Ans:d)
 
10.3-PL stands for
a. Three points logistics
b. Third party logistics
c. Three points location
d. None of the above
(Ans:b)

11. Which of the following is not a part of Five M’s?

a. Material
b. Machine
c. Motion
d. Method
(Ans:c)
 
12. The correct sequence of operations in production planning and control is
a. Routing-Scheduling-Dispatching-Follow up
b. Scheduling-Routing- Dispatching-Follow up
c. Dispatching-Routing-Scheduling- Follow up
d. Routing-Scheduling-Follow up-Dispatching
(Ans:a)
 
13. Which of the following is true for ‘Routing’?
a. It is flow of work in the plant
b. Route sheets include list of machine tools that are to be followed
c. It depends upon material handling facilities
d. All of the above
(Ans:d)
 
14. Loading may be defined as
a. Sending the raw material to the machine
b. Sending the finished material to the store
c. Assign the work to the facilities
 d. Uploading a software in machine control panel
(Ans:c)
 
15. Dispatching authorizes the start of production operations by
i. Release of material and components from stores to first process
ii. Release of material from process to process
iii. Issue of drawings instruction sheets
Which of the following is (are) true?
a. Only i
b. Only ii
c. i & ii
d. i , ii & iii
(Ans:d)
 
16. The bill of material does not consists of
a. Part number
b. Specifications of part
c. Name of the part
d. Price of the part
(Ans:d)
 
17. Procurement cycle time is time consumed for
a. Receiving of raw material
b. Inspection of various raw materials
c. Inspection of purchased components parts
d. All of the above
(Ans:d)
 
18. The transit time consist of
a. Time taken by raw material from machine to machine
b. Time consumed in moving the work between various departments
c. Time taken by a worker to machine a component
d. None of the above
(Ans:b)
 
19. Master schedule is prepared for
a. Single product continuous production
b. Multi product batch production
c. Assembly product continuous production
d. Single product batch production
(Ans:c)
 
20. Which of the following chart is drawn Machine vs time?
a. Man machine chart
b. The load chart
c. The progress chart
d. Curve chart
(Ans:b)
 
22. Gantt chart is mostly used for
a. Routing
 b. Scheduling
c. Follow up
d. Inspection and quality control
(Ans:b)
 
23. Key to chart is provided in
a. Man machine chart
b. The load chart
c. The progress chart
d. Gantt chart
(Ans:d)
 
24. Centralized and decentralized are the types of
a. Routing
b. Dispatching
c. Scheduling
d. Follow up
(Ans:b)

25. Operations generated forecasts often not to do with

a. Inventory requirements
b. Resource needs
c. Time requirements
d. Sales
(Ans:d)
 

26. Which of the following is not true for forecasting?

a. Forecasts are rarely perfect
b. The underlying casual system will remain same in the future
c. Forecast for group of items is accurate than individual item
d. Short range forecasts are less accurate than long range forecasts
(Ans:d)
 

27. Which of the following is not a forecasting technique?

a. Judgemental
b. Time series
c. Time horizon
d. Associative
(Ans:c)
 

28. In which of the following forecasting technique, subjective inputs obtained from various
sources are analyzed?
a. Judgemental forecast
b. Time series forecast
c. Associative model
d. All of the above
(Ans:a)
 
29. In which of the following forecasting technique, data obtained from past experience is
analyzed?
a. Judgemental forecast
b. Time series forecast
c. Associative model
d. All of the above
(Ans:b)
 

30. Delphi method is used for

a. Judgemental forecast
b. Time series forecast
c. Associative model
d. All of the above
(Ans:a)
 

31. Short term regular variations related to the calendar or time of day is known as
a. Trend
b. Seasonality
c. Cycles
d. Random variations
(Ans:b)
 

32. The demand for period t-2 and t-1 is 10 and 12 cases respectively. As per naïve method, the
demand for next period ‘t’ is
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 14
(Ans:d)
 

33. Calculate four periods moving average forecast from the last six periods
Period Demand

1 38

2 40

3 42

4 40

5 44

6 38
a. 40
b. 41
c. 42
d. 43
(Ans:b)
 

33. Calculate a weighted average forecast using a weight of .50 to the most recent period, .40 for
the next recent period and .30 for the next period
Period Demand

1 38

2 40

3 42

4 40

5 44

6 38
a. 46.6
b. 47.6
c. 48.6
d. 49.6
(Ans:c)
 

34. A linear trend equation has the form

a. F=a-bt
b. F=a+bt
c. F=2a-bt
d. F=2a+bt
(Ans:b)
 

35. If the actual demand for a period is 100 units but forecast demand was 90 units. The forecast
error is
a. -10
b. +10
c. -5
d. +5
(Ans:b)

36. The initial stage of the supply chain process is the _____________.
 Sourcing Stage

 Organizing Stage

 Planning stage

 Directing Stage

(Ans: c)

37. The term supply chain management was first coined by ______.
 Frankel & Paulraj
  Peter Drucker

 Keith Oliver

 Philip Kotler

(Ans C)

38. In supply chain management, after planning, the next step involves ______________.
 Developing

 Building a strong relationship with suppliers

 Sourcing

 All of the above

(Ans: D)

39. In Supply Chain Management, ATP stands for _________.

 Acquire Track & Perform

 Available To Promise

 Active Transport Protocol

 Access To Point

(Ans: B)

40. The purpose of supply chain management is to_______.

 increase the production level

 manage and integrate supply and demand management

 enhance the quality of a product and services

 provide satisfaction to the customer

(Ans: B)

41. ________is the primary activity of supply chain management.

 Demand Management

 Supply Planning i.e matching assets with demand

 Analytics Workbench

 All of the above

(Ans: D)

42. Another important purpose of supply chain management is to ___________.

  make inventory readily available

 delight customers and suppliers

 create warehouses at various locations

 to promote supply chain process

(Ans: A)

43. ________is mainly deals with all activities associated with the flow and transformation and
information of goods from the stage of raw material to the end user i.e. consumption.
 Marketing Channel

 Production Line

 Supply Chain

 Inventory management

(Ans: C)

44. In supply chain management, Inspection, scrap and repair are examples of ________.
 Societal Costs

 External Costs

 Costs of dissatisfaction

 Internal Costs

(Ans : D)

45. ___________ is a Japanese term meaning continuous improvement.

 JIT

 Kaizen

 TQM

 Taguchi Map

(Ans: B)

46. EOQ stands for ____

 Electronic Obtained quantity

 Electronic Ordered Quantity

 Economic Order Quality

 Economic Order Quantity

(Ans: D)
47. Organisations or companies manage their supply chains through _______.
 Transportation modes

 The internet

 Information

 Skilled Operators

(Ans: C)

48. The concept and philosophy of supply chain management evolved or emerged in _______
 The 1960s

 The 1970s

 The 1980s

 The 1990s

(Ans: C)

49. Full form of MRP in operations and SCM is ___________

 Material Return Process

 Material Requirement Planning

 Machinery Repairing Planning

 Material Retention Planning

(Ans: B)

50. The concept of supply chain management originated in ________________ discipline.

 Production Management

 Logistics Management

 Marketing

 Operations Management

(Ans: B)

51. In operations & supply chain management, Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning __________.
 Change for the better

 Continuous Performance

 Top-level quality

 Use of Kaizala app

(Ans: A)
52. According to Frankel, Bolumole, Eltantawy, Paulraj& Gundlach, (2008), these are the four
functions identified as foundational – operations, logistics, supply management, __________.
 Marketing

 Production

 Materials

 Procurement

(Ans: A)

53. Positive long-term relationships between supply chain participants refer to ______
 Supply chain management

 Partnerships

 Cooperations

 Co-alliances

(Ans: B)

54. Supply chain management is the management of the ____________.

 Storage Raw Materials

 Flow of goods and services

 Fullfillment of order

 Satisfaction of customer

(Ans: B)

55. ______ is not a part of flows involved in supply chain management.

 Information Flow

 Title Flow

 Physical Flow

 Virtual Flow

(Ans: D)

56. ___________ involve the transformation, movement, and storage of goods and materials.
 Virtual Flow

 Physical Flow

 Title Flow

 Information Flow
(Ans: B)

57. A supply chain is a sequence of firms that perform activities required to ______

 to facilitate wholesalers inventory selections

 to create synergy in their training programs

 to find products that are similar

 to create and deliver goods to consumers

(Ans: D)

58. Which of the following is not a forecasting technique?

a. Judgemental
b. Time series
c. Time horizon
d. Associative
(Ans:c)

59. Operations generated forecasts often not to do with

a. Inventory requirements
b. Resource needs
c. Time requirements
d. Sales
(Ans:d)

60. ________is the primary activity of supply chain management.

 Demand Management

 Supply Planning i.e matching assets with demand

 Analytics Workbench

 All of the above

(Ans: D)