APICS CLTD Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APICS CLTD Online Questions & Answers

• Question 241:

  An American company that ships bulk product manufactures in Asia and sold in Europe may consider which of the following intermodal practices to help minimize total transportation costs?

  A. Rail bridge
  B. Last mile delivery
  C. Landway
  D. Land bridge
  D. Land bridge

• Question 242:

  A logistic team has developed new packaging for their best-selling product that reduces the packaging costs by 60% and the overall package size by 25%. The material can no longer be stacked on pallets and must be shipped and stored in non-stackable, returnable plastic bins.

  Which of the following statements bests represents the potential trade-offs of implementing this change?

  A. Higher labor costs, improved customer service, and no change in warehouse costs
  B. Higher labor costs, increase in warehouse costs, and an increase in transportation costs
  C. Improved customer service, increase in warehouse storage costs, and a decrease in transportation costs
  D. Decrease in warehouse costs, increase in transportation costs, and no change in customer service
  B. Higher labor costs, increase in warehouse costs, and an increase in transportation costs

• Question 243:

  Which of the following scenarios is an example of demand uncertainty?

  A. The delivery time for an item varies during replenishment.
  B. An item shows variation in sales during replenishment.
  C. A supplier has production problems causing a replenishment delay.
  D. Items are positioned geographically across multiple distribution centers (DCs).
  B. An item shows variation in sales during replenishment.

• Question 244:

  What type of equipment would an air freight company use to maximize the freight capacity of its fleet?

  A. Pallets
  B. Containers
  C. Combi aircraft
  D. Unit load devices
  D. Unit load devices

• Question 245:

  A product that has seasonal demand is most likely to have which of the following types of inventory?

  A. Transportation
  B. Lot size
  C. Anticipation
  D. Fluctuation
  A. Transportation

• Question 246:

  A company would like to implement a strategic initiative of enhancing its reverse logistics process. Which of the following statements best describes the profitability impact of such a strategy?

  A. More profits due to higher return rate of customers
  B. More profits due to larger volume of returned products
  C. Less profits due to increase in investment costs
  D. Less profits due to negative impact on brand image
  D. Less profits due to negative impact on brand image

• Question 247:

  Which of the following statements describes how having a centralized return center enables the reduction of time needed to determine the disposition of returned products?

  A. Enabling small delivery of return items on a just in time (JIT) basis at the right location
  B. Enabling efficiency of the personnel in making quick decisions through specialization
  C. Reducing the transportation times by allowing for returns to only one location
  D. Reducing the wait time by having a detailed information system to make decisions faster
  B. Enabling efficiency of the personnel in making quick decisions through specialization

• Question 248:

  Given the data below, calculate the picking efficiency for a team that picked 8,700 lines today.

  

  A. 84%
  B. 90.6%
  C. 96.6%
  D. 103.6%
  A. 84%

• Question 249:

  As the number of warehouses increases in a network, inventory increases at which of the following rates?

  A. Exponential
  B. Decreasing
  C. Increasing
  D. Uniform
  C. Increasing

• Question 250:

  A company reports an annual cost of goods sold (COGS) totaling $375,000. The firm currently achieves an inventory turn equal to 4 and inventory carrying costs are currently 20%. If inventory turns were increased from 4 to 6, this would result in decreasing the firm's inventory carrying costs by how much?

  A. $3,125
  B. $6,250
  C. $75,000
  D. $93,750
  B. $6,250