LOGISTICS QUIZ

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Logistics Mastery Quiz

Test your knowledge and understanding of logistics and supply chain management with our comprehensive quiz! This quiz consists of 24 challenging questions that cover various aspects of logistics, transportation, and distribution strategies.

Whether you're a student, a professional in the field, or just someone interested in logistics, this quiz is designed to enhance your knowledge and skills. Conquer the world of logistics with topics like:

Transportation Types
Distribution Strategies
Logistics Planning
Trends in Transportation

24 Questions6 MinutesCreated by DeliveringWave541

The Logistics is a part of the process of the supply chain that ___________, ___________ and ____________ the flow and storage of goods, services and information from the point of origin up until the customer.

Manages; supervises; execute

Supervises; evaluate; modifies

Plans; implements; controls

Which of the areas indicated below is not part of the logistics function

Divisional logistics

Outgoing logistics

Ingoing logistics

Operational logistics

When the company purchases huge volumes of material, these departments are benefited

Purchasing and marketing sales

Marketing sales and logistics

Purchasing and logistics

Production and logistics

The logistics planning consists of the following levels

Strategic ; operational

Strategic; tactical; operational

Strategic, multifunctional ; operational

Planning on the equipment that is required for the functioning of the business is; within logistics, a type of

Tactical decision

Operational decision

Strategic decision

Multifunctional decision

This is not an internal factor that has to be evaluated when carrying out a logistics planning

Costs structure

Logistic trends

Present transportation fleet

Information systems

Transportation encompasses the following activity areas

Physical movement and storage

Physical movement and quality control

Waste management and physical movement

Storage and waste management

Two basic principles within the transportation are

Economies of scale and economies of distance

Economies of distance and economies of speed

Economies of scale and economies of speed

If a country has a deficit in terms of merchandise received via containers, the transportation company..

Reduces the tariffs on the imports

Maintains the tariffs without change, as sooner or later the equilibrium will eventually restore

Decreases the tariffs on the exports

Increases the tariffs on the imports

This factors are considered when determining the transportation tariffs

Distance and weather conditions

Volume and name of supplier

Volume and distance

Costs and weather conditions

This is not a trend in transportation

Reduction in the loading time

Decentralization of each function within the transportation operations

Use of new information systems

Shorter delivery times

In the cross-docking distribution, the goods spend ______- time in warehouse and this _________ the inventory costs

More; increases

Continuous; minimizes

Limited; reduces

While with ________ the strategy the production is based on forecasts, the strategy __________ is demand driven

Push; just in time

Pull; push

Push; pull

Pull; continuous flow

The sea transportation is characterized for

Low costs; high speed; limited capacity

High costs; high speed; big capacity

Low costs; big capacity; low speed

Which of the following is an advantage of sea transportation

Offers very short delivery time

Offers a high quality real time monitoring while in transit

Is not seriously affected by the weather conditions

Apt for transporting heavy goods

Imagine that a package has a net weight of 250kgs and a volume weight of 285 m3. If the air cargo company charges you $6.20 per unit, then you would have to pay _________ for the transportation of the package.

$1550

$1555

$1780

$1767

By using ___________ transportation, the companies can take advantage of transporting large quantities in a fast and relatively safe manner.

Maritime

Truck

Air

Traing

Higher probability of damages and a requirement of a very good coordination are disadvantages of:

Maritime transportation

Train transportation

Multimodal transportation

Air transportation

The capacity to move efficiently huge quantities over long distances is what makes the _____________ a widely used transportation mean.

Cargo airplane

Truck

Train

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