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CII Institute of Logistics

PGDSCM/DSCM/ADSCM & CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Semester-end Examinations- December 2011

WAREHOUSING AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

Time: 3 Hours Marks: 100

Part A

Answer all questions (10 x 1 = 10 marks)

1. A warehouse that is owned and operated by an organization, including government agency and can be only used by a company on certain terms and conditions is called:

a. Private warehouse

b. Bonded warehouse

c. Public warehouse

d. Government warehouse

2. An advantage of public warehousing is:

a. Enables the end-user to increase efficiency by means of better design and structured layout

b. Efficient use of human resources in warehouse operation improves end users’ overall performance

c. Intangible benefits in the form of cost reduction in all warehouse operations

d. Good economies of scale

3. Binning the approved material in their respective locations is called:

a. Putaway

b. Storage

c. Sortation

d. Cross-docking

4. AGVs (automated guided vehicle) are

a. Powered driverless trucks controlled by computer

b. Powered pallet trucks

c. Powered overhead cranes

d. Powered forklift trucks

5. Moving goods over short distances into, within, and out of warehouses and manufacturing plants is called:

a. Inventory expediting

b. Material handling

c. JIT inventory management

d. Inventory management

6. Which is not a pallet retrieval system?

a. Walkie stackers

b. Order picker trucks

c. Straddle trucks

d. Sideloader trucks

7. The congestion index (Ic) is defined as:

a. Ic = TA/TS

b. Ic = TS/TA

c. Ic = AT/TA

d. Ic = ST/AT

8. In ABC analysis, Class “A” items typically represent:

a. 30% of the items but 15% of dollar usage

b. 50% of the items but 5% of dollar usage...