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Location, Logistics, and Product Returns MCQ

 Location, Logistics, and Product Returns MCQ

1. _______ is/are the efforts of transportation companies to reduce carbon emissions.

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Correct Answer: Logistics sustainability

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2. _______ is/are the movement, storage, and processing of returned goods.

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Correct Answer: Reverse logistics

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3. _______ is a warehouse that is not principallyused to store things.

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Correct Answer: A distribution center

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4. _______ is using techniques that move items more quickly through inbound and outbound warehouses.

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Correct Answer: Lean warehousing

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5. _______ explains the relationship between the number of warehouses, system inventories, and customer service.

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Correct Answer: Risk pooling

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6. _______ are a very specialized mode of transportation.

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Correct Answer: Pipeline carriers

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7. _______ are a relatively slow and inflexible mode of transportation; they once transported the majority of goods in the United States.

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Correct Answer: Rail carriers

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8. _______ are the most flexible mode of transportation.

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Correct Answer: Motor carriers

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9. _______ are a very inexpensive but also very slow and inflexible mode of transportation.

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Correct Answer: Water carriers

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10. _______ are a very expensive but also very fast mode of transportation, particularly for long distances.

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Correct Answer: Air carriers

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11. Foreign trade zones and import duties are associated with this location decision consideration:

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Correct Answer: Taxes and incentives

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12. Union presence and wages and benefits are associated with this location decision consideration:

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Correct Answer: Labor issues

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13. The institutions, policies, and factors that determine the level of productivity are associated with this location decision consideration:

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Correct Answer: National competitiveness

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14. Productivity and education are associated with this labor decision consideration:

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Correct Answer: Labor issues

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15. “Difficulty in finding labor” and “transportation systems may be underdeveloped” are associated with this location decision consideration:

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Correct Answer: Land availability and cost

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16. A nonprofit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland,this statement is related to .

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Correct Answer: World Trade Organization

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17. Which method can be used to compare the attractiveness of potential manufacturing or service locations .

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Correct Answer: Weighted-Factor Rating Technique

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18. Water Carrier is a very inexpensive transportation mode, and also very slow and inflexible .

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Correct Answer: True

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19. Trucks that move shipments taking up an entire truckload is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Truckload Carriers

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20. The safeguarding of transportation systems to ensure safe travels for the general public and the safe and lawful transport of goods is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Transportation Security

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21. In transport planning required in the _______ of facilities and services .

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Correct Answer: All of these

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22. An intermodal form of transportation using trucks and rail carrier flatcars that carry the truck trailers is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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23. The system inventory required is equal to the original system inventory times the ratio is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Square Root Rule

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24. ROROs allow truck ______ and specialty cargo to be directly driven

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Correct Answer: Trailers

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25. The number of customers served by a single warehouse increases, demand variabilities will tend to offset one another more often.this statement is related to _____ .

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Correct Answer: Risk Pooling

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26. The movement, storage, and processing of returned goods. Also known as reverse logistics is known as _____ .

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Correct Answer: Reverse Logistics

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27. The movement, storage, and processing of returned goods. Also known as reverse logistics is known as _____ .

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Correct Answer: Returns Management

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28. Rail Carriers are a designated mode of transportation .

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Correct Answer: True

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29. Material well-being; health; political stability, freedom, and security; family and community well-being; climate and air quality; and job security is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Quality of Life

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30. Public Warehouses provide a ______ of light manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution services to other companies

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Correct Answer: Wide range

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31. Private Warehouse are owned by the firm storing the goods

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Correct Answer: True

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32. A type of intermodal transportation service, such as TOFC and COFC is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Piggyback Service

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33. National Competitiveness determines the level of productivity of a country .

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Correct Answer: True

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34. Modes of Transportation is a _______ , and pipeline carriers

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Correct Answer: All of these

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35. The efforts of transportation companies to reduce carbon emissions, and improve supply-chain efficiencies and environmental performance is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Logistics Sustainability

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36. Logistics Management combines warehouse ________ and product returns management .

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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37. The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services, and related information is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Logistics

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38. Location Decisions involve the market to be served, the potential locations available to serve the market .

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Correct Answer: True

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39. Less-Than-Truckload Carriers trucks that move _______ or shipments taking up less than one truckload.

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Correct Answer: Small packages

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40. Lean Warehousing moves items more quickly through inbound and outbound warehouses and distribution centers .

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Correct Answer: True

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41. The use of combinations of the transportation modes, such as TOFC and COFC is known as _____ .

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Correct Answer: Intermodal Transportation

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42. High-Speed Trains refers to a type of rail transportation that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic

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Correct Answer: True

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43. Free Trade Zones used as _______ to the local production of goods that are eventually exported .

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Correct Answer: Inputs

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44. To encourage trade, governments establish areas where parts and materials can be imported duty-free.this statement is related to _____ .

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Correct Answer: Foreign Trade Zones

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45. ______ refers to trucks returning from their deliveries empty.

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Correct Answer: Empty Miles

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46. _______aren’t used to store things, but rather perform cross docking activities .

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Correct Answer: Distribution Center

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47. The use of oil supertankers and containerships is known as ____ .

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Correct Answer: Deep-Sea Transportation

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48. Cross Docking is when distribution centers receive bulk shipments, break them down, and repackage various items into outgoing orders.

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Correct Answer: True

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49. Containerships carry the majority of the world´ s water-transported manufactured goods; can carry _______ standard 20-foot equivalent containers.

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Correct Answer: More than 10,000

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50. Container-on-Flatcar uses containers and rail carrier flatcars that carry the containers; also called ________.

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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51. Consolidation Warehouses collect ______ of LTL shipments from nearby suppliers, and then consolidate and transport the items in TL quantities .

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Correct Answer: Large numbers

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52. Coal Slurry is pulverized coal particles, suspended in water.

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Correct Answer: True

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53. Which method assumes that transportation costs vary directly with distance, and no special shipping costs are considered ?

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Correct Answer: Centroid Method

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54. Breakbulk is when bulk orders are received at a distribution center from many suppliers, then ______ for outgoing shipments

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Correct Answer: Broken down

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55. A very expensive mode of transportation, but also very fast—particularly for long distances is known as

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Correct Answer: Air Carriers

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