A company is sending a shipment to its customer in Italy It elects to pay the freight and be responsible for any liability and damage claims. Which of the following free on board (FOB) terms is the company using?

A. FOB destination, freight collect

B. FOB destination, freight prepaid

C. FOB origin, freight prepaid

D. FOB origin, freight collect

Which of the following parties play an integral role during the transportation process''

A. Carriers, shippers, consignees, and financial institutions

B. Carriers, consignees, freight brokers, and financial institutions

C. General public, carriers, warehouses, and shippers

D. Government, general public, shippers, and consignees

Which of the following terms refers to an integrated approach of simultaneously selling to consumers through multiple distribution channels?

A. Omni-channel

B. Multi-channel

C. Business-to-consumer (B2C)

D. E-commerce

The scope of logistics includes transportation.

A. order processing, inventory carrying costs, and production output.

B. inventory carrying costs, warehousing, and cost management.

C. manufacturing, customer accommodation, and purchasing.

D. inventory carrying costs order processing, and warehousing.

A transportation manager is interested in selecting the optimal mode of transportation based on 3 key criteria: speed, availability, and dependability Which of the following modes best meets the criteria?

A. Truck and rail

B. Truck and air

C. Air and rail

D. Air and ocean

When a logistics manager assigns workers to receive, store, and move goods into and out of warehouse, they are managing which of the following activities?

A. Physical distribution

B. Materials handling

C. Production management

D. Inventory management

A supply chain manager is revising their organization's supply chain strategy with a greater emphasis on collaborative supply chain relationships. Which of the following barriers poses the greatest impediment to implementing their new strategy?

A. Internal operational silos

B. Vendor language and time zone differences

C. Transportation carrier's systems limitations

D. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) complexity

A document that serves as a contract, a receipt, and a certificate of title in an international transaction is known as a:

A. certificate of origin.

B. manifest.

C. packing list.

D. bill of lading (B/L).

Which of the following factors would be considered of strategic importance to a firm's logistics function?

A. A firm operates in a competitive oligopoly

B. Total cost of production

C. Production lead time

D. Order cycle time

A restriction that can be classified as a non-tariff barrier would be a(n):

A. registration license.

B. import quota.

C. cargo preference.

D. manufacturing location.

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?

A. Avoidance

B. Acceptance

C. Mitigation

D. Redundancy

A logistics company operates 10 distribution centers in China totaling 20 million square meters of floor space Based on the typical utilization factors, how many total square meters are devoted to storage?

A. 5 million

B. 10 million

C. 15 million

D. 20 million