APICS CLTD Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CLTD Online Questions & Answers

• Question 171:

  A supply chain manager would like to guard against potential shortage in their company's manufacturing capacity. Which of the following areas of supply chain risk should the manager pay most attention to?

  A. Technical
  B. Demand
  C. Process
  D. Financial
  C. Process

• Question 172:

  Which of the following statements best describes the primary purpose of cycle counting?

  A. Perform root cause analysis to identify and fix causes of errors.
  B. Decrease warehousing personnel and improve data accuracy in the system.
  C. Eliminate the annual physical inventory and avoid facility shutdown.
  D. Capture errors as soon as possible to assure alignment between system and physical status.
  D. Capture errors as soon as possible to assure alignment between system and physical status.

• Question 173:

  Which of the following factors would be considered of strategic importance to a firm's logistics function?

  A. A firm operates in a competitive oligopoly
  B. Total cost of production
  C. Production lead time
  D. Order cycle time
  D. Order cycle time

• Question 174:

  According to the SCOR model, the five major categories of metrics that should be used to measure the performance of Process D1: Deliver Stocked Product include assets, costs, flexibility:

  A. reliability, and responsiveness
  B. capability, and responsiveness
  C. reliability, and capability
  D. reliability, and availability
  A. reliability, and responsiveness

• Question 175:

  When importing goods such as fruit and produce into the United States (U.S.), which government agency is responsible for protecting agriculture from harmful pests and diseases?

  A. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
  B. Food and Drug and Administration (FDA)
  C. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  D. Farm Service Agency (FSA)
  C. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

• Question 176:

  According to the harmonized system classification codes, the correct classification of an imported good is generally the responsibility of the:

  A. importer.
  B. exporter.
  C. broker.
  D. carrier.
  B. exporter.

• Question 177:

  Which of the following order characteristics would make increased levels of inventory necessary?

  A. Speed
  B. Variability
  C. Cost
  D. Delivery
  B. Variability

• Question 178:

  A company wants to minimize tariff costs while avoiding the need to file for duty drawback. Which of the following practices would best achieve this objective?

  A. Adopt Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) rules
  B. Use foreign/free trade zones (FTZs)
  C. Use an international third-party logistics (3PL) provider
  D. Ship by free on board (FOB) terms
  B. Use foreign/free trade zones (FTZs)

• Question 179:

  In creating a logistics service strategy, a firm should consider investing:

  A. more than the industry standard in meeting basic service levels.
  B. more than competitors in meeting perfect order capabilities.
  C. in activities that provide competitive differentiation.
  D. a small amount in basic services and larger amount in delivery speed.
  C. in activities that provide competitive differentiation.

• Question 180:

  Net advantages gained by the sharing of common locations by similar enterprises is based on which of the following terms?

  A. Agglomeration
  B. Lowest cost
  C. Differentiation
  D. Free market
  A. Agglomeration