APICS CLTD Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CLTD Online Questions & Answers

• Question 191:

  Which of the following ships are specifically designed to carry ISO shipping containers?

  A. Break-bulk freighter
  B. Roll-om/roll-off (RORO) vessel
  C. Dry-bulk freighter
  D. Cellular vessel
  D. Cellular vessel

• Question 192:

  Location X has monthly fixed costs of $100,000 and per-unit variable costs of $10. Location Y has monthly fixed costs of $150,000 and per-unit variable costs of $9. At what volume would these locations have equal total costs?

  A. 13,157
  B. 19,000
  C. 50,000
  D. 250,000
  C. 50,000

• Question 193:

  A firm has just relocated to a new area and discovers that several other shippers located nearby have customers located in the same markets that the firm serves. Which of the following reactive consolidation methods would offer the highest opportunities to partner with these shippers to everyone's advantage?

  A. Market area consolidation
  B. Scheduled delivery consolidation
  C. Pooled delivery consolidation
  D. Multivendor consolidation
  C. Pooled delivery consolidation

• Question 194:

  A logistics provider serves a distributor shipping a wide variety of commodities to a local warehouse. Which of the following rates would be appropriate for this logistics provider to offer its customers?

  A. Less-than-truckload (LTL)
  B. Incentive
  C. Any-quantity
  D. Freight all kinds (FAK)
  D. Freight all kinds (FAK)

• Question 195:

  A transit privilege permits a shipper to:

  A. enter a foreign/free trade zone (FTZ) to perform transportation services.
  B. avoid paying tariffs to local authorities.
  C. temporarily stop a shipment to physically transform products.
  D. stop at any port of call without prior notification.
  C. temporarily stop a shipment to physically transform products.

• Question 196:

  Which of the following objectives does lean philosophy seek in developing and redesigning processes?

  A. Remove overburden
  B. Make more parts
  C. Transport rapidly
  D. Ship frequently
  A. Remove overburden

• Question 197:

  Which component of in-transit inventory carrying costs may vary considerably and requires special analysis based on carrier contract terms?

  A. Obsolescence
  B. Capital
  C. Taxes
  D. Insurance premiums
  D. Insurance premiums

• Question 198:

  A third-party logistics (3PL) provider is seeking to market its value-added warehousing services to international shippers. These services refer to activities such as:

  A. selecting the best location in the warehouse for storage and retrieval.
  B. total warehousing cost minimization on equipment, maintenance, and labor.
  C. customization services like packaging, labeling, kitting, and setting up displays.
  D. improving overall quality measured by ad-hoc metrics according to international standards.
  C. customization services like packaging, labeling, kitting, and setting up displays.

• Question 199:

  A major retailer has informed a product manufacturer that they must take back all of their dunnage. The manufacturer's major decision in implementing reverse logistics will most likely be to:

  A. manage the process internally or outsource to a third party.
  B. take back the dunnage or tell the retailer to destroy it all.
  C. reduce packaging materials to save money but risk more damage.
  D. increase the selling price to the retailer to cover increased costs.
  A. manage the process internally or outsource to a third party.

• Question 200:

  A trucking company has determined that exception rates are best to offer a wine retailer that ships five truckloads or more of wine from Bordeaux to Paris every Monday. One example of this type of exception rate is a(n):

  A. commodity rate.
  B. freight all kind.
  C. cube rate.
  D. aggregate tender rate.
  C. cube rate.