BA 331 Actual Exam Questions for Tests 1-3

BA 331 Actual Exam Questions for Tests 1-3

Exam 3 I. You are responsible for global logistics for a multi national pharmaceutical Firm. You are shipping product from Toronto through the US to Mexico. Which of the following mitigation strategies is most likely to lower the risk of the product's theft? a. Keeping the product moving. The more it is at rest, the more it is at risk. 2. Which of the following statements is true based on the above scenario? a. Supply lead-times and variance will likely increase. 3. Which technique below would most reduce the risk of disruption to the Zula Surf Shop Chain? a. Maintain some capacity for supply with the Denver Supplier 4. All of the following are trends in global supply chain management EXCEPT a. An increase in economic protectionism 5. Which of the following factors contribute to delays and variability of lead times in the global supply chain? a. Multiple transportation modes, border crossing, and port capacity inadequacies 6. As supply chains increase their degree of globalization, which of the following trade offs occur: production costs tend to decrease whereas transportation costs tend to increase 7. Your boss just walked in the door and stated: "Out global supply chain faces the challenge of serving heterogeneous market segments as well as coordination operations to avoid potentially higher costs." Do you agree and why? a. Yes, consumer product preferences vary greatly by country and operation costs need to be controlled due to higher risk and complexity of the supply-chain 8. All of the following are examples of issues that impact global supply chains EXCEPT a. Predominant use of a single mode of transportation 9. Which of the following actions presents an increase in risk to a supply chain? a. The North Face Co. moves all production of its backpacks from Canada to India I 0. Which of the following strategies is an example of using redundancy to mitigate risk? a. Establishing multiple inventory stockpiles 11. War, terrorism, and natural disasters are considered to be drivers of risk. While these drives would ultimately impact all risk categories, upon what category of risk would these events have the greatest immediate impact? a. Forecasts 12. Which of the following is false about the Six Sigma methodology? a. It requires asking why five times to get at the root cause of a problem 13. The UT College of BA is currently organized in six academic departments. The best way for it to reorganize around horizontal processes would be to do which of the following?