GSCM 310 Test 1 - Old Quiz Questions

According to Professor Heather Widdows, global ethics is important because

our decisions now will affect future generations

What are the elements of the fraud triangle?

perceived pressure, perceived opportunity, rationalization

Among the top 30 performers in the LPI, ___ % of shipments fail to meet the quality criteria set by those countries.

10%

In Bulgaria following the fall of Communism, how many law enforcement professionals lost their jobs and are said to have joined or been hired by the Bulgarian Mafia?

14000

According to a study done by Deloitte what percent of North American manufacturers no longer manufacture in their home market?

15%

According to the video in the protectionism section, what percent of Harley Davidson's business was done in Europe in the year previous to the video being made?

15%

While selling Drugs on the street can give you a 200% profit, the sale of fakes online or on the street can bring you profits as large as which of the following?

2000%

At the time the "Illicit" documentary was produced, how many Chinese workers were employed in illicit business activities?

25 million

Dean Kamen's Slingshot invention can purify more than _______ liters of water per year

250K

According to Dr. Minxin Pei of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace how many Chinese government officials annually convicted of corruption actually go to jail?

3%

An iphone has parts from over ________ countries

80

Traeger was what percent of Mr. Joe's business?

95%

What is the "Closed Loop Fund" that Walmart helped to launch?

A group of large companies that invest in recycling infrastructure and try to put more recycled materals into manufactured goods supply chains

What is a Greenfield development?

A new physical location that is built from the ground up

According to the PEST analysis video, which of the following constitutes a socio-cultural factor?

All - Religion, human rights, demographics, national values

From the videos and articles that we reviewed, how is supply chain positioned to make a difference?

All of the above

What are Walmart's three big sustainability goals?

All of the above

For which part of the supply chain do we have to plan?

All of the above (make source deliver return)

According to Tim Ballard, which scripture saved his life from traffickers?

Alma 58:11

At which point in a supply chain will your ethical values need to be intact?

Always

According to the Culture Map article, which country is the most explicit or low-context culture?

Americans

Clothing exporting accounts for about 80% of this country's annual total exports.

Bangladesh

Dr. Naim's conclusion is that we will never make progress in the fight against illicit trade unless we recognize that at bottom illicit trade is about which of the following?

Buyers and sellers

According to the ASU video, how can companies take it a step further and use their advanced sustainable business practices as a competitive advantage?

By lobbying governments to enact regulations that will force competitors to produce similar results

Which country is excluded from China's One Belt, One Road initiative?

Canada

In Erin Meyers example of working with cross cultural teams, which culture is not included?

Chinese

Which of the following is NOT one of Erin Myer's eight scales for work?

Collaborating

Which of the following, when implemented well, will minimize the ordering cost aspect of the total cost of ownership?

Communication

According to the reading, free trade is beneficial to all countries because each can gain if it specializes according to this economic principle:

Comparative Advantage

Which of the following is not a desired result of conducting a PEST analysis?

Confirm your personal cultural schemas

Mark claims that once you get his business he will be your best _________.

Customer

Which of the following is not a positive consequence of offshoring

Decreased domestic employment rates in the company's home country

In which African Nation did 5 million people die as a result of illicit trade between 1998 and 2009?

Democratic Republic of Congo

Which of the following countries has task-basked trust?

Denmark

What does the "E" stand for in "P.E.S.T. analysis"?

Economic

Which production strategy is illustrated when Chrysler develops a universally sized radiator cap that can be used on all car models, therefore reducing assembly time?

Economies of Scale

According to Deloitte's Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, cost is the single most important aspect of determining a country's manufacturing competitiveness.

False

According to Ferdows and de Meyer, the trade-off theory applies in all cases.

False

According to studies, there's no proof that team negotiations are beneficial.

False

For companies who choose a self-governance approach to service operations, they are always better off than outsourcing to another firm

False

It is rare to find a single manufacturer who can deliver on cost and dependability

False

Mark never looked for a win-win negotiation. He just made sure that he would come out on top.

False

The components of the Dodge Ram are inherently more American than those of foreign manufacturers like Toyota

False

There is significant evidence that suggests that Toyota's manufacturing is so effective that the quality of any of their vehicles is at the same level, regardless of where it was manufactured.

False

When Mr. Joe heard that Mark knew about him manufacturing grills for someone else he apologized.

False

When many companies are evaluating suppliers; experience, cost, and comparative advantage trump effective communication 95% of the time.

False

As a result of globalization, companies now have to realize that there is a wide range of companies in countries all around the world that may have a competitive advantage that could be used in producing goods or services. In other words, globalization is an extension of the bake or fry decision beyond national borders.

False - Make or Buy

From the CircusTrix case, what was the professional status of Case Lawrence when he took his sons to the Giants game?

Fighting bankruptcy

According to Erin Myer, what is a key attribute that a foreign manager must have to effectively lead a team consisting of cultures different than their own?

Flexibility

Which countries represent a technology cluster in the aerospace industry in Europe?

France and UK

Which of the following areas of study was explained in this course as having increasing importance in ensuring the ethical integrity of global supply chains?

Global ethics

[____________] and [____________] are essential to political stability and peace in every society.

Hope and opportunity

What is the meaning of the Japanese word "Kaizen"?

Improvement

According to the Colombian government criminal organizations in which countries supply raw materials to criminal organizations producing fake pharmaceuticals in Colombia?

India, China, & Colombia

What is the vision for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) discussed in the video about Africa's free trade zone?

It is meant to strengthen inter-African trade

According to the global manufacturing model, if the clothing industry in Bangladesh matures, trends suggest that in 10-20 years, it will be able to compete with the high quality clothing industry in which one of the following countries?

Italy

Which country has a very hierarchical leadership system according to the culture map?

Japan

What is the the name of the sign-based scheduling method that was developed by Toyota in lean manufacturing?

Kanban

It is estimated that 30% of the food grown in India is wasted during harvest and distribution. According to the TED talk you watched what is one of the causes of this waste?

Lack of temperature controlled SC facilities

According to George Mitchell, what is the most difficult obstacle to overcome?

Lack of trust

Which of the following supply chain systems is required in order for Kaizen to succeed?

Lean

According to the reading, to limit our perceived pressures we could:

Live within our means

Price Water House Coopers CEO states that the top issue in logistics was

Managing cultural differences in people

According to the Dean Kamen article, which is not a drawback to the water purification tools that exist?

Not compatible with local gov regulations

After Mark found another grill that Mr. Joe was manufacturing, what did he do?

Nothing

The conventional trade-off model states that unless there is some slack in the system, improving any one of the four basic manufacturing capabilities - Quality, Dependability, Speed and Cost - must necessarily be at the expense of ______________ or more of the other three.

One

Which of the following is not one of the five keys to dealing with translators?

Only have a translator you've known for multiple years.

According to Milton Friedman what will result in prosperity for North America?

Open our borders

How many knock off bags were being made each week at the Chinese factory infiltrated by Ted Kavowras and his team?

Over 10,000

What did Bill O'Rouke say was a major reason for slowdowns of some of Alcoa's truck shipments in Russia?

Police demanding of bribes

Sarah and Rachel are good friends. Sarah is a TA for a class that Rachel is currently enrolled in and has the ability to change students' grades in the class. Rachel is struggling in the class and has started asking Sarah to change her grades in the grade book. Sarah is reluctant to help because she knows it would be wrong. What element of the fraud triangle is not contributing to Sarah's motivation to help Rachel?

Rationalization

In the PEST analysis video, which company illustrated 3 key steps to a PEST analysis in its efforts to enter the market in Vietnam?

Rolls Royce

Dr. Naim's research suggests that Chinese counterfeiters work with Nigerian traffickers to bring illegal sales workers from which country into cities in Europe and the United States?

Senegal

What company did Mark work for before going to Traeger?

Skull Candy

With what does Adrian Wooldridge compare the people who say that the best alternative to hyper-globalization is ethnic nationalism?

Snakeoil salesman

During which phase of PEST analysis would you include research on education?

Socio-cultural

According to the video from Arizona State, the relationship between good supply chain management and corporate social responsibility is

Strategic. SC managers can create competitive advantage over competitors by investing in responsible supply chains.

These are regions of interconnected buyer, suppliers, and producers of complementary solutions, which emerge due to the benefits of proximity knowledge exchange.

Technology clusters

Adam Smith is:

The Author of "The Wealth of Nations"

After the Fall of Communism, which region of Europe became a distribution hub for illegal goods and trafficked people into the European Union?

The Balkans

____________ suggests that although in the short term it is possible to trade off capabilities one against the other, there is actually a hierarchy amongst the four capabilities.

The Sand Cone Model

How do you judge whether or not a suit is high quality?

The fit

Which of the following wasn't a worry of Mark's after he found the knockoff grills online?

The other grills would gain market share

According to the video: "Is Free Trade Helpful or Harmful for America?", which sector includes neurologists, college professors, architects, lawyers, medical researchers, and engineers?

The service sector

What does Bill Urry call the surrounding community of the conflict?

The third side

According to the video, how were Timothy Ballard and his team able to get into one of the most dangerous regions for child trafficking?

They pretended to be doctors

What does the strategy "Cope with Culture clashes" mean?

Think through factors of negotiation in advance, including location, team members, and agenda

What is the end goal of China's One Belt One Road policy?

To connect Europe and Asia with a new silk road

According to Mark, what does TAM stand for?

Total Addressable Market

According to Mark, Patience protected his business and his customers.

True

Countries with the best logistics tend to be high-income, while countries with poor logistics tend to be low-income

True

Hong Kong was a good initial international location for CircusTrix in part because it allowed the company to avoid localization as much as possible.

True

Implementing effective logistics infrastructure in impoverished countries can help to alleviate poverty and increase economic well-being.

True

In July of 2017 Mark fulfilled his promise and buried Mr. Joe.

True

Toyota encourages their employees to submit Kaizen ideas for continuous improvement.

True

UPS is well known for managing the distribution of products for companies like Nike and Toshiba

True

When making decisions, we rely on schemas.

True

When making judgement calls, we rely on schemas.

True

`According to Bill Urry, walking side by side has a real power in negotiation.

True

According to the video on international trade , the volume of world trade today is 27 times larger than it was in 1950.

True - 27x larger

According to Erin Meyer, two different cultures could perceive the same culture differently.

True - cultural relativism

According to Erin Myer's research, which of the following countries has the lowest context communication?

United States

According to Bill Urry, what is the secret to peace?

Us; the third side

Walmart has made significant progress towards achieving its goal of zero waste. Why does this particular goal seem to fit Walmart's culture better than renewable energy goals and greener products?

Walmart tends to focus on reducing waste to lower costs

Free trade zones, containers, and good infrastructure provide global markets with

all the above

What was Timothy Ballard's focus while he worked at the US-Mexico port of entry in Calexico?

child exploitation and trafficking cases

According to the video on Air Freight, what is the link between eCommerce and air freight

eCommerce's quick fulfillment expectations will drive great need for global air freight

According to the reading, the following are all characteristics of _____. * The internationalising of production, *The new international division of labour *New migratory movements from South to North *The new competitive environment that accelerates these processes, and the internationalising of the state... making states into agencies of the... world.

globalization

According to Deam Kamen, "We'd empty _______ of the beds in all the hospitals in the world if we just gave people clean water."

half