CSCP2011 模拟试卷 Module4（4）第四部分

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1、301. The correct answer is C. The W3C developed both XML and Web services, but only Web services is a complete system for creating self-describing software. Web services uses XML to make this process work Which of the following is a system developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that allows

2、 developers to create self-describing software modules that use human-readable terminology in their programming?A. Extensible markup language (XML) B. Electronic business XML (ebXML) C. Web services D. Electronic product code (EPC) 302. The correct answer is C. The volume of traffic on a site, both

3、in number of suppliers and number of transactions, will dictate how valuable having a private exchange is. (The value of each individual transaction is less important.) The site is more important for members who require higher security in the data they share with their partners. Which of the followi

4、ng companies would be the best candidate for having a private marketplace?A. Company with few suppliers, few high-value transactions, and high security needs B. Company with few suppliers, few high-value transactions, and low security needs C. Company with many suppliers, many low-value transactions

5、, and high security needs D. Company with many suppliers, many high-value transactions, and low security needs 303. The correct answer is C. Incremental improvements in data capture are cheaper than a big bang approach to data improvements and can allow a firm to put each improvement to use immediat

6、ely, justifying future investments. Which of the following is a true statement of good data capture policy?A. All data should be captured and updated in real time. B. Manual data capture at the source is better than passive data capture. C. Incremental improvements in data capture are better than ch

7、anging all data capture methods simultaneously. D. Ancillary data should be discarded to improve aggregation. 304. The correct answer is B. Negotiations are a planning tool at the strategic or tactical levels, while the other aspects are either operational or collaboration tools. Which of the follow

8、ing portions of supply management is part of the strategic and/or tactical planning areas?A. Procurement marketplaces B. Negotiations C. Supplier management D. Purchase order creation305. The correct answer is C. This ERP upgrade satisfies 85 percent of strategic requirements and should be considere

9、d a close enough match to use. Customization for the remaining 15 percent of the system is within the guideline of customizing at most 20 percent of a system and only to achieve strategic requirements, not to match existing processes. A firm does a study on a prospective ERP upgrade and finds that 4

10、5 percent of the system will fulfill strategic requirements without modification, 40 percent will fulfill strategic requirements but does not match current processes exactly, and the remaining 15 percent does not match strategic requirements at all and cannot be configured to do so. Which of the fol

11、lowing would be the best option for the firm?A. Do not use this ERP system because it is not a close enough match. B. Customize the 15 percent and 40 percent portions of the software to match current processes; use configuration whenever possible. C. Customize the 15 percent that does not fit strate

12、gic needs; use only configuration on the 40 percent. D. Only do configuration and avoid all customization.306. The correct answer is B. Online booksellers experience downward price pressure because buyers can get the same book instantly at a retail outlet but must wait for the book to be shipped whe

13、n purchased online and have to pay for shipping. While high-technology items also face this difficulty, their prices are much higher, so shipping consumes less of the profit margin. All of the following are true of both an online bookseller and an online build-to-order, direct-to-customer high-techn

14、ology seller, as compared to their traditional models, exceptA. Both have higher outbound transportation costs. B. Both experience downward price pressure. C. Both have no retail outlets. D. Both aggregate inventory geographically.307. The correct answer is D. Both EDI and e-mail are communication t

15、echnologies, which are considered part of the presentation level of the IT infrastructure. Electronic data interchange (EDI) and e-mail are both part of which of the following levels of IT infrastructure?A. Operating system (O/S) and computer networking level B. Database level C. Application level D

16、. Presentation level308. The correct answer is B. Structured query language (SQL) is the most common data manipulation language. It allows fairly easy search and manipulation of databases, especially when paired with a user-friendly interface. Which of the following describes human-friendly code tha

17、t allows users without extensive training to perform custom database searches?A. Data dictionary B. SQL C. Middleware D. Data definition language309. The correct answer is A. Cross-functional and cross-business teams must be formed to involve all parties in the other steps. Which of the following is

18、 the next step in an intraenterprise strategy development process after the first step of determining goals and the desired end state of the supply chain?A. Create cross-functional and cross-business teams to guide the transformation. B. Design in change management and training for all parties and s

19、et performance metrics. C. Semantically organize the supply chains operational processes and ITs mission. D. Create a conceptual model that will explain the process to all involved parties. 310. The correct answer is B. Analysis shows that aggregating the data for a forecast will lower the variabili

20、ty in the data and lead to a better forecast than if granular level data are used. Which of the following is a true statement of the use of data for decision making?A. Take all available data and create a model to deal with each element. B. Aggregate data to smooth out variability in forecasts. C. D

21、ata should be analyzed at a granular level whenever possible. D. The sum of the individual item standard deviations will produce lower deviation than if the aggregate is used311. The correct answer is C. Providing access to data involves not only sharing of data but sharing of data in the right form

22、at for the user: in this case, sheets of steel rather than number of finished products. The visibility should also not contain too much information, such as plates of glass or profit margins, both to keep extraneous data to a minimum and to protect each partners private information. In an advanced s

23、upply chain, which of the following would be the best data to send to a sheet metal producer from its various buyers?A. Number of tin cans needed for canned vegetable production for the month B. Sheets of steel and plates of glass needed for metal-edged window construction for the month C. Sheets of

24、 steel required for metal door construction company for the month D. Real-time point-of-sale (POS) data and profit margins for every buyer 312. The correct answer is C. Although all of the examples listed could have other factors that would recommend the use of RFID, inventory accuracy in a situatio

25、n where the inventory is already very low and therefore likely very accurate is the least likely of the scenarios listed to provide a return in excess of the costs of the implementation. RFID implementations should be performed only if they provide benefits in excess of their costs over their life.

26、Which of the following would be the least likely reason to implement RFID at a company?A. Decreasing already low error rates on baggage handling for an airline where each error has a high cost B. Automated service scheduling for a fleet of cars with details stored dynamically on the tag C. Increasin

27、g internal inventory accuracy in a make-to-order, low stock environment D. Automated door openings and closings at a steam energy plant to save on energy costs 313. The correct answer is C. Data mining is a method of finding hidden patterns or relationships in data. Which of the following analytical

28、 tools would be able to find hidden patterns in the ancillary data that are collected from each of a companys retail locations?A. Agents B. Expert systems C. Data mining D. Online analytical processing (OLAP)314. The correct answer is D. A horizontal portal helps provide support services that cross

29、industries such as for transportation needs. A broker hub is a type of horizontal portal in which a broker consolidates the needs of multiple buyers or sellers and matches buyers with sellers. A portal that consolidates demand from multiple buyers to get volume purchase discounts and buying power fo

30、r shipping services is which of the following?A. A vertical portal, specifically a broker hub B. A vertical portal, specifically an aggregator hub C. A horizontal portal, specifically an aggregator hub D. A horizontal portal, specifically a broker hub315. The correct answer is B. Independent public

31、marketplaces or trade exchanges are open to the public and often facilitate sales in which price is the primary determining factor, and a prior relationship between the buyer and seller is not needed. Sites that cut across industries such as for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) are horizont

32、al marketplaces. A supplier from a low-cost labor market country begins selling its forklift parts on a B2B marketplace specializing in spare parts. Most of its sales are won by making the lowest bid to a buyer with whom the supplier has often never worked before. What sort of marketplace is this co

33、mpany using?A. Private horizontal marketplace B. Independent public horizontal marketplace C. Independent public vertical marketplace D. Private vertical marketplace316. The correct answer is C. The EPCglobal tag data standard adds a level of security against counterfeiting to RFID tags. Although a

34、counterfeiter could make a tag with someone elses company and product SKUs, only EPCglobals ONS can issue headers for a tag, and because the product identifier is checked against this online registry, counterfeit tags would be immediately detected. With EPCglobal Network standard RFID tags, which of

35、 the following is true regarding unauthorized persons creating counterfeit RFID tags with a manufacturers code and product SKUs?A. EPCglobal Networks RFID tags are susceptible to counterfeiting because of their public availability, and proprietary tags must be used to prevent counterfeiting. B. RFID

36、 tags cannot be burned without a specific tag burner available only to the manufacturer. C. Counterfeit tags can be made, but the EPCglobal Networks online registry will identify a mismatch and detect the fraud. D. Counterfeit tags cannot be created since the password is encrypted on the tags user m

37、emory and must be used to create the tag in the first place. 317. The correct answer is D. Online booksellers generally try to own high-volume items and broker low-volume items. Online booksellers decrease inventory holding costs by any of the following exceptA. acting as a broker and not owning the

38、 goods at any time. B. consolidating inventory at distribution centers. C. owning only high-volume items. D. owning only low-volume items318. The correct answer is A. While all of the items listed are attempting to tie incentives to measurable results of the project, the companys stock price is depe

39、ndent upon far more factors than the outcome of the project alone and is therefore the least likely to be perceived as a fair indicator. Managers should be reminded that the stock price of the firm can be affected by the outcome of the project but should not be measured by it. Which of the following

40、 is least likely to produce a positive effect on accountability for managers involved in a manufacturing software improvement project?A. Tying results to the overall stock price of the firm B. Tying results to a lowered number of reported defects in goods produced C. Tying results to a postimplement

41、ation review of the softwares ROI D. Tying results to improvements in customer satisfaction 319. The correct answer is B. It is practically a requirement that WMS installations support some type of automatic and wireless automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) devices. These reduce error ra

42、tes and increase the speed of order processing in the warehouse. Which of the following will add to the cost of a warehouse management system initially but almost always costs less in the long run for its inclusion due to reduced error rates and more efficient processing?A. WMS that includes excepti

43、on reporting for out of stock, overstock, or past target turnover B. WMS that includes automatic data capture device integration C. WMS that includes individual and SKU group performance metrics by bill rate or wait time D. WMS that includes lead time, forecast accuracy, and demand variability by lo

44、cation and SKU 320. The correct answer is B. Transportation planning must provide centralized control for optimized holistic transportation planning. All of the following are required elements of a transportation management system (TMS) exceptA. tracking to ensure that the plan is being followed at

45、the execution level. B. distributed control over the planning of transportation. C. visibility of transportation across managers, sales, customers, and shipping personnel. D. integration of transportation planning with order management and fulfillment. 321. The correct answer is A. The same informat

46、ion can be represented in both bar code format and on an RFID chip. Many companies will design their systems this way during transition to RFID technology. Which of the following is true of RFID?A. Bar code data can also be represented on an RFID tag. B. Some metals absorb interrogator/tag signals,

47、and some liquids reflect signals. C. RFID tags can be burned only once and cannot be reused. D. RFID readers cannot automatically recognize and differentiate more than one tag in their field at a time322. The correct answer is C. The e-business supply chain rewards businesses that are faster and mor

48、e flexible. Smaller firms and those that are virtually organized are faster and can form partnerships as needed, even with rivals, when there is common gain to be shared. Which of the following characteristics belongs to the e-business supply chain rather than a traditional supply chain?A. High mark

49、et share and physical assets are barriers to market entry. B. Focus on economies of scale and scope. C. Same party can be buyer, supplier, rival, and trading partner. D. Firm closest to end customer is channel master. 323. The correct answer is B. The question defines interleaving. A forklift operat

50、or receives a command to pick goods while in transit with items being placed in storage. This dynamic warehouse management system (WMS) function is called which of the following?A. Cross-docking B. Interleaving C. Staging D. Storage location managemen324. The correct answer is A. Demand can be manag

51、ed with new IT, which changes prices and does other dynamic functions to match demand to actual supply. Higher levels of investment in e-business can lead to which of the following?A. Better control of demand to match supply B. High complexity supply chain IT lessening the need for one-time IT spend

52、ing C. Lower goods-handling costs D. Better reliability of deliveries 325. The correct answer is A. The return on investment (ROI) must be calculated with the same time period for both costs and benefits, so the five years of costs must be matched against only five years of benefits, not six. Theref

53、ore, total costs are $840,000 and total benefits are $1,000,000. ROI is (Total Benefits - Total Costs)/Total Costs = ($1,000,000 - $840,000)/$840,000 = 0.190476 = 19 percent. An implementation of an advanced planning system is scheduled to cost $520,000 in the first year and $80,000 each year for th

54、e next four years in total uncapitalized costs. It is expected to produce annual benefits in cost savings and efficiency gains of $200,000 a year for at least six years. Which of the following is the correct result of an ROI analysis?A. 19 percent B. 42.9 percent C. 84 percent D. 142.9 percent 326.

55、The correct answer is B. BPM software can help with all of the elements listed in the question because it maps software to business processes and then allows those processes to be adapted as needed and the linkages automatically change along with the process changes. A firm needs to integrate with i

56、ts extended supply chain and accommodate the needs of partners that all resist performing a standard business best practice. The firm is willing to implement a solution first for its internal problems but wants to ensure that it will pay off for the supply chain if successful. Which of the following

57、 forms of enterprise application integration (EAI) would be best for this firm?A. Online exchanges B. Business process management (BPM) software C. Data-oriented middleware D. Custom linkages327. The correct answer is C. Assortment planning manages the thousands of different products and variations

58、a retail store carries. These systems ensure the cost-effective and profitable allocation of products to each retail location by optimizing the product mix for each specific location based on local demand. Which of the following retail-level planning tools optimizes the product mix at each retail lo

59、cation based on local demand?A. Store and multichannel retailing B. Merchandise planning C. Assortment planning D. Location planning 328. The correct answer is B. The shared processes and partnership level shares knowledge and processes to remove redundancies in the supply chain and find a strategic

60、 fit for each of the core competencies of the members at this level. Which of the following levels of intensity of supply chain relationships consists of longer-term contracts, limited business with competitors, and joint new product development?A. Backward integration B. Shared processes and partne

61、rship C. Linked competitive vision and strategic alliance D. Transactional and information collaboration/ongoing relationship329. The correct answer is D. BPM software does not require new code for each new system integration but instead requires matching to a single integration process engine for a

62、ll applications. Which of the following correctly indicates a feature of business process management (BPM) software?A. Translates messages between systems one data field at a time B. Used to perform the actual mapping out of business processes for a firm C. Requires that the same process be adopted

63、by each participating firm D. Does not require new code for each system to be integrated 330. The correct answer is B. SOAP messages enclose the contents of a message in an envelope or wrapper that forms the basic unit of a Web services communication. The wrapper allows the SOAP message to both tran

64、smit data and command a system to process the data in a particular manner without even knowing anything about the other applications language or platform. How does the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) portion of Web services allow messages to be sent over the Web?A. SOAP translates the format of the messages into XML and translates it back once received. B. SOAP creates a special XML message or wrapper that encloses the message contents. C. The SOAP registry communicates the existence of a Web service, and once each