APICS CLTD Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CLTD Online Questions & Answers

• Question 221:

  A private warehouse is:

  A. operated by the enterprise that owns the merchandise handled and stored in the facility.
  B. operated as an independent business offering a range of for-hire services such as storage, handling, and transportation.
  C. a long-term business arrangement that provides unique or tailored logistics services for a limited number of customers.
  D. operated by the firm owning the product and has heavy restrictions for access.
  A. operated by the enterprise that owns the merchandise handled and stored in the facility.

• Question 222:

  Which of the following characteristics is an advantage of utilizing foreign/free trade zones (FTZs)?

  A. From a customs perspective, FTZs are still "outside" the country they reside in.
  B. Goods are not subject to environmental regulations if they are manufactured within an FTZ.
  C. Any good can be imported into an FTZ for manufacturing or assembly.
  D. If an item is sold in the host country, the firm only pays for the item once it leaves the FTZ.
  A. From a customs perspective, FTZs are still "outside" the country they reside in.

• Question 223:

  A transportation manager is interested in selecting the optimal mode of transportation based on 3 key criteria: speed, availability, and dependability. Which of the following modes best meets the criteria?

  A. Truck and rail
  B. truck and air
  C. Air and rail
  D. Air and ocean
  A. Truck and rail

• Question 224:

  Which of the following supply chain risk analysis tools assists in determining the impact of a disruptive event using statistics?

  A. Time-to-recovery
  B. Value at risk (VAR)
  C. Heat maps
  D. Resiliency index
  B. Value at risk (VAR)

• Question 225:

  An organization wanting to improve the management of resources and exceptions across the supply chain should focus on enhancing:

  A. supply chain visibility.
  B. simultaneous consideration of resources.
  C. resource utilization.
  D. overall asset utilization.
  A. supply chain visibility.

• Question 226:

  A tracking company picks up a shipment and takes it to a terminal where it is consolidated with over shipments going to the same city. This trucking company is most likely a:

  A. truckload (TL) carrier
  B. milk run provider
  C. less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier
  D. private fleet carrier
  C. less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier

• Question 227:

  The key factors in modal determination when comparing the trade-off between cost and service include:

  A. distance and load size.
  B. carrier capacity and distance.
  C. distance and carrier rates.
  D. carrier rates and load size.
  A. distance and load size.

• Question 228:

  Which of the following measures would a company use in attempting to improve its customer service dimension of dependability?

  A. Order cycle time
  B. Inquiry response time
  C. On-time delivery
  D. Order agility
  C. On-time delivery

• Question 229:

  A pet food company is seeking a high-volume supplier of corn, the main ingredient in its new meat-free dog food. Due to the growth in global demand for corn, the company needs to develop a long-term relationship with a reliable producer. The key to this successful relationship is to ensure that the company:

  A. maintains the power in the relationship.
  B. has a written contract.
  C. chooses a compatible partner.
  D. establishes the relationship as a joint venture.
  D. establishes the relationship as a joint venture.

• Question 230:

  Goods sold outside the regular distribution channel chosen by a company at a different price in another country are considered:

  A. black market.
  B. gray market.
  C. counterfeit.
  D. non-parallel.
  B. gray market.