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Question # 4

Finding new potential suppliers using the internet might be known as:

A.

e-sourcing

B.

e-scouring

C.

e-souring

D.

e-auction

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Question # 5

Which of the following is not a concept related to quality management?

A.

SPC

B.

FMEA

C.

TQM

D.

SPQR

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Question # 6

Decisions which do not represent the best overall outcome for the organisation could be called:

A.

Suboptical

B.

Subtropical

C.

Subliminal

D.

Suboptimal

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Question # 7

The usefulness of lifetime costing is for decision-making about whether to acquire an asset with an expected:

A.

After life

B.

Shelf life

C.

Short life

D.

Long life

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Question # 8

‘EBI’ stands for:

A.

Earnest business interest

B.

Early buyer involvement

C.

Ethical business interest

D.

Eager buyer involvement

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Question # 9

The Pareto Principle, broadly speaking, is also known as (choose two):

A.

ABC Analysis

B.

The Rule of Three

C.

The 80-20 Rule

D.

Value Analysis

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Question # 10

The crime of obtaining money through threats or force, is called:

A.

Fraud

B.

Bribery

C.

Embezzlement

D.

Extortion

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Question # 11

‘A product will not survive commercially unless it satisfies XXXX needs’. Which one of the follow-ing is the most important fit for XXXX?

A.

Customer

B.

Manufacturer

C.

Sales and marketing

D.

Government agency

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Question # 12

The main difference between value engineering and XXXXX XXXXX is that whereas value engineering is applied to new product design at the pre-manufacturing stage, XXXXX XXXXX is applied to established products that are already being manufactured and sold in the market.

A.

Product analysis

B.

Cost analysis

C.

Value analysis

D.

Price analysis

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Question # 13

A common term to describe an approach to settling contractual disagreements:

A.

Alternative dispute resumption

B.

Alternative dispute discussion

C.

Alternative hypothesis

D.

Alternative dispute resolution

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Question # 14

XXXX can be defined as ‘easy and timely access to information’, according to the Profex textbook for this subject. What is XXXX?

A.

E-procurement

B.

Tendering

C.

Due diligence

D.

Transparency

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Question # 15

The objective of value engineering has been described as:

A.

Doing more with the same

B.

Doing more with less

C.

Doing more with more

D.

Doing more with your time

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Question # 16

Which two of the following would be unlikely to increase value for money for an organisation?

A.

Attending social events at supplier's expense

B.

Use of value analysis or value engineering

C.

Standardisation of components

D.

Accepting a late bid in a tender process

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Question # 17

Where performance of the contract may be impossible because of external unforeseen factors, this may be called:

A.

Force majeure

B.

Force supérieure

C.

Force ouvrière

D.

Mutatis mutandis

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Question # 18

The purpose of a specification is (select all that apply):

A.

Provide a means of evaluation of a product or service

B.

Act as a means of exchange

C.

Define the requirement

D.

Communicate the requirement clearly

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Question # 19

Giving or taking a payment of money to induce a person to act in breach of trust and do something they should not do is called:

A.

Embezzlement

B.

Extortion

C.

Fraud

D.

Bribery

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Question # 20

The budget for procurement staff costs is 100,000 but only 90,000 has been spent in the period. This has resulted in substantial further work for procurement staff members, sometimes working into the evening or at weekends.

A.

Is the variance:

B.

None of the above?

C.

Adverse?

D.

Favourable?

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Question # 21

Which ISO standard describes quality as ‘the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfils requirements’?

A.

ISO 9000

B.

ISO 19000

C.

ISO 14001

D.

ISO 5750

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Question # 22

Which of the following most closely represents 'the five rights'?

A.

PTQQQ

B.

QQPTT

C.

QQPPT

D.

PPTTQ

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Question # 23

‘Value engineering is a structured approach to increasing the value obtained from a product by of-fering the same level of XXXXX at a lower cost’.

What is XXXXX?

A.

Functionality

B.

Service

C.

Applicability

D.

Practicality

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Question # 24

Cause and effect diagrams, also known as Ishikawa diagrams, are sometimes also known, because of their shape, as:

A.

Funny bone

B.

Wishbone

C.

Tailbone

D.

Fishbone

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Question # 25

Restricted or limited tendering is also sometimes known as:

A.

Effective

B.

Elective

C.

Selective

D.

Invective

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Question # 26

Key Performance Indicators could be said to be:

A.

SWART

B.

SMART

C.

SHARP

D.

START

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Question # 27

‘From an accounting perspective, added value is total XXXXXX minus total costs of all activities’.

Which word is missing?

A.

Costs

B.

Expenditure

C.

Savings

D.

Revenue

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