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APICS CLTD Dumps

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Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution Questions and Answers

Question 1

A company setting up a warehouse wants to maintain a first in, first out (FIFO) stock rotation. Which of the following storage systems should they utilize?

Options:

A.

Pallet racking

B.

Block stacking

C.

Flow racking

D.

Push-back racking

Question 2

A logistics manager is developing a supply chain risk management plan incorporating contingency plans for alternatives to transportation failures. Which of the following factors best represents this approach?

Options:

A.

Avoidance

B.

Acceptance

C.

Mitigation

D.

Redundancy

Question 3

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

Options:

A.

supply chain visibility.

B.

simultaneous consideration of resources.

C.

resource utilization.

D.

overall asset utilization.

Question 4

What facility location method has the advantage of analyzing both quantitative data and hard-to-evaluate criteria'?

Options:

A.

Center-of-gravity

B.

Factor rating

C.

Location and break-even analysis

D.

Least-cost-per-lane

Question 5

To prevent the importing of certain luxury good so that a country can use its hard currency on essential goods, governments can refuse to issue a(n)

Options:

A.

general average.

B.

specific license.

C.

explicit license.

D.

import license.

Question 6

An oil and gas company needs to ship petrol 1.000 miles from the port of entry to an inland refinery. Which of the following modes of transportation provides the best long-term, cost-efficient solution?

Options:

A.

Rail

B.

Trucking

C.

Pipeline

D.

Barge

Question 7

A logistics service provider has an average on-time delivery of 30%, average damage free delivery of 30%, and average correct documentation of 30%. Which of the following values represents the probability that the next delivery would be on-time, damage free, and with correct documentation?

Options:

A.

0%

B.

3%

C.

30%

D.

90%

Question 8

Which of the following statements represents the primary function of inventory?

Options:

A.

Make products available while minimizing total carrying cost.

B.

Realize economies of scale while minimizing total carrying cost

C.

Reduce ordering cost while minimizing total carrying cost

D.

Buffer against delivery time while minimizing total carrying cost

Question 9

Which of the following components represents the best opportunity to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of an order cycle?

Options:

A.

Order transmittal

B.

Order processing

C.

Order picking

D.

Order delivery

Question 10

Which of the following activities best describes the functionality of decoupling stock within firms' inventory systems?

Options:

A.

Separation of the manufacturing process from order processing

B.

Separation of the manufacturing process from the selling process

C.

Maintaining inventory to accommodate uncertainty in demand at different geographical positions

D.

Maintaining inventory at a central location for all stages of the value-creation process

Question 11

A logistics manager is asked to perform a total cost analysis for the organization. Which of the following trade-offs is critical to consider?

Options:

A.

Inventory carrying costs vs. production costs

B.

Distribution costs vs.order processing costs

C.

Transportation costs vs. inventory carrying costs

D.

Landed costs vs.production costs

Question 12

Triple bottom line (TBL) refers to balancing the following impacts:

Options:

A.

economic, social, and environmental.

B.

environmental, ecological,and ethical.

C.

social environmental,and regulatory.

D.

financial, economic, and social.

Question 13

A developing country would like to improve its trade relations with Europe by updating its port infrastructure. Which international organization would help fund the project?

Options:

A.

The Bank for International Settlements

B.

The World Bank

C.

The Central Bank

D.

The International Monetary Fund

Question 14

A customer is looking to purchase product from a company. Which of the following outputs of outbound order management would the customer consider primary?

Options:

A.

Order cycle time

B.

Logistics operations responsiveness

C.

Postsale logistics support

D.

Product availability

Question 15

When determining the optimal logistics terminal location, one of the primary goals is to minimize:

Options:

A.

peddle time.

B.

stem miles.

C.

the number of pick-up locations.

D.

the size of customer shipments.

Question 16

Which of the following items undermines the attempts to simplify transportation pricing'?

Options:

A.

Rate-basis numbers

B.

Class rate

C.

Commodity rate

D.

Incentive rate

Question 17

When a company decides not to purchase insurance to cover a risk, it is pursuing what type of risk strategy?

Options:

A.

Retention

B.

Transfer

C.

Mixed

D.

Mitigation

Question 18

Which of the following costs are the most intangible and subjective of all the carrying cost elements'?

Options:

A.

Risk cost

B.

Storage cost

C.

Service cost

D.

Capital cost

Question 19

From a health and safety perspective, which of the following sets of parameters must be taken into account when considering manual material handling?

Options:

A.

Task, working environment, equipment, and individual capacity

B.

Task, load, layout, and equipment

C.

Layout, load, working environment, and individual capacity

D.

Task,load, working environment, and individual capacity

Question 20

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?

Options:

A.

Adopt Customs Trade Partnerships 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

Question 21

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

Options:

A.

truckload (TL) carrier

B.

milk run provider

C.

less-than-truckload (LTL) carirer.

D.

private fleet carrier

Question 22

A company would like to eliminate unnecessary returns and/or minimize handling It designs a process to check and screen merchandise at the entry point into the organization This is an example of:

Options:

A.

defect reduction.

B.

avoidance.

C.

gatekeeping.

D.

asset recovery.

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