BUS437 Final
Which is the correct way of writing May 7, 2022 in International English? 20/05/07 07 May 2020 all answers in this answer set are acceptable alternatives 05/07/20 07/05/20
07 May 2020 Only using numbers is ambiguous and every country has a different standard in reading those numbers as dates. The date written out as 07 May 2006 is unambiguous and will be understood by all people.
According to the Harmonized System of classification, each product in international trade can have a code that uses up to ____________________ digits.
10
In conditions of high humidity, paperboard loses up to _____ percent of its strength.
60 Paperboard loses up to 60 percent of its strength under humid conditions.
Which of the following information would a logistician find on a dangerous product's Safety Data Sheet : Its oral toxicity All answers in this set of responses are pieces of information that would be found on an SDS. Its flash point Its dermal toxicity Its boiling point
All answers in this set of responses are pieces of information that would be found on an SDS. The Safety Data Sheet contains all of the information which a logistician must have in his/her possession before determining the correct classification of a dangerous good.
When there can be potential disruptions in the supply chain, such as strikes, bad weather, or natural disasters, warehouses can help companies support their operations by:
Carrying safety stocks. Warehouses can carry safety stocks to absorb variations in lead times for raw materials and final products.
In what way do climacteric fruits, such as bananas and apricots, differ from non-climacteric fruits, such as oranges, cherries and grapes? Climacteric fruits are more affected by the presence of ethylene in the reefer than non-climacteric fruits. Climacteric fruits have a greater respiratory activity during shipment than non-climacteric fruits. Climacteric fruits require cooler transportation temperatures than non-climacteric fruits. Climacteric fruits have a longer shelf life than non-climacteric fruits. Climacteric fruits have a shorter shelf life than non-climacteric fruits.
Climacteric fruits have a greater respiratory activity during shipment than non-climacteric fruits.
One of the better sources for finding specific information about the cultural characteristics of a country is Cultural Background Notes published by the U. S. Department of State. Cultural Vignettes published by the British Broadcasting Corp. No one publishes about cultural characteristics, because they are difficult to explain. Culturegrams published by Brigham Young University. Environmental Summaries published by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Culturegrams published by Brigham Young University. Only the Culturegrams published by Brigham Young University are mentioned in the text as synopses of a given country's culture. The other three do not exist.
Which of the following Incoterms Rule is the most customer-friendly? Free On Board Delivered At Place Free Alongside Ship Free Carrier Cost, Insurance and Freight
Delivered At Place Under the DAP Incoterm, the exporter provides more services than the other Incoterms listed.
The group of countries which is closest to having form an economic union is the ____________________.
European Union
A medical device is not legal in country A, but is legal in country B. Despite being restricted from country A, the product is allowed to go through the foreign trade zone of country A on its way to country B.
F
A writer intent on following the rules of International English should always assume that the reader will use a small dictionary that only has a limited number of words, one in which only the most common use of a word is likely to be listed.
F
An "excepted quantity" shipment is a very large shipment of a dangerous good, similar to project cargo.
F
As of 2018, shipments of bananas still exceeded shipments of fish (frozen or fresh), in both tonnage and value.
F
Candies represent another group of goods that is transported using refrigerated equipment.
F
Countries located outside of North America and Europe do not feel threatened by terrorism and therefore have not cooperated with international security measures.
F
Countries that have agreed to allow the free circulation of goods, people, and capital between themselves have created an economic union.
F
Cross-border trade between European Union countries is often impeded by the fluctuations between countries' currencies.
F
Damage to cargo caused by improper packaging can be offset by insurance.
F
Eggs can be transported frozen.
F
Fish produced in aquaculture farms represent a decreasing proportion of all fish shipped internationally.
F
Flammable liquids present the advantage that their common name are essentially the same in all languages.
F
For an American exporter, converting to the metric system only involves multiplying the English units it is using in the domestic market by the appropriate conversion coefficient.
F
Goods in a foreign trade zone can be warehoused until they are sent to their final destination, either in the host country or to a foreign destination. If the goods are sold in the host country, they are only dutiable at the time of that transaction. If they are sold abroad, they are dutiable both to the country where they are sold and to the host country of the foreign trade zone.
F
In a communication between a British company and a Thai customer, the British manager used the term "juxtaposition" in referring to a diagram of a quality control process. This very difficult word is likely to be misunderstood by the Thai customer.
F
In a warehouse, goods are kept in their secondary or tertiary package to protect them from possible handling damages.
F
In most countries, private and business lives are intermingled, with no clear boundaries between the two settings.
F
It is sometimes difficult to convert from one measure to another in the metric system, just as it is difficult to convert from cubic inches to gallons in the English system.
F
Sometimes the "made in [country]" marking on the product is different from the country of origin for Customs duty purposes.
F
Special English is used for written communications, just as International English is.
F
The "A-B-C rule" stands for "all business consolidated" rule.
F
The Brussels Definition of Value has been replaced by what is called "arbitrary" value.
F
The International Chamber of Commerce is not involved in security initiatives.
F
The UN number of a dangerous substance is a six-digit code, recognized internationally.
F
The US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) agreement is an example of a political union.
F
The ValuJet tragedy happened despite the dangerous goods being transported being clearly identified and labeled.
F
The Voice of America broadcasts can be heard in the United States on AM and FM stations.
F
The _________ point is the temperature at which vapors from a liquid ignite.
F
The concept of a value-added tax is simple and easy to administer.
F
The determination of the type of packaging to use is based on the total quantity in the shipment, not the size of each individual container.
F
The information used to classify a chemical is found in the Periodic Table of Elements.
F
The main security concern of warehouse managers is terrorism.
F
The meat that is shipped in the largest quantity internationally is beef, in volumes much higher than poultry (chicken) or pork.
F
The quality of the local school system has no impact on the decision to locate a warehouse in a particular city.
F
To save costs and space, different types of refrigerated goods often are mixed together.
F
Type I and Type II errors are mutually exclusive; if a process generates Type I errors, then it does not generate any Type II errors.
F
What differentiates a tourist from an excursionist is the purpose of their trip to the neighboring country.
F
When goods are shipped under modified atmosphere, the mix of gases in the container is closely monitored and modified as the goods generate water vapor, ethylene, and carbon dioxide.
F
Among the following languages, which is considered by the United States Department of State as the easiest one to learn?
French French is considered the easiest to learn as it uses the Roman alphabet and has a grammar similar to the English grammar. Japanese is complex, with three possible alphabets and a distinctly complex grammar, Finnish and Turkish use the Roman alphabet but use dissimilar grammars, and Greek uses a different alphabet, although its grammar is not too different.
A possible way to avoid theft while cargo is in transit is to ship exclusively in ____________________-container-loads or truck loads, since the cargo will be hidden from everyone except the exporter or importer.
Full
FCL cargo stands for Freight Carried Logistically. First-Carry List. Figero Citeria Logistica. Federal Criteria Lessened. Full Container Load.
Full Container Load.
Compressed gasses are classified as:
Hazard Class 2
Some immigrants send money "home" while they work abroad. The country with the highest amount earned in remittances is: India China Indonesia Nigeria Mexico
India India is the country that earns the greatest amount in remittances from nationals working abroad, with approximately $85 billion added to the Indian GDP.
The ripening activity of fruits and vegetables consumes _______________ and produces carbon dioxide, ethylene, and heat.
Oxygen
In which of the following types of warehouses does an exporter rent space "as needed," and therefore which type of warehouse would be only a variable cost? Contract warehouse. Public warehouse. Private warehouse. Universal warehouse. Common warehouse.
Public warehouse. A public warehouse rents space to companies that need it, and that amount of space can change quickly, making this transaction a variable cost. Contract warehouses and private warehouses involve long-term contracts that have fixed costs, regardless of the amount of space utilized.
Warehouses have many functions. One of them is to: Increase the inventory carrying costs for the company. Reduce the response time on a customer's order. Reduce the inventory carrying costs of the company. Increase the response time to a customer's order. Reduce duty rates for the company.
Reduce the response time on a customer's order. Warehouses exist in part to reduce the response time to a customer's order.
Which storage option allows a warehouse to handles products that must be shipped on a first-in-first-out basis---the oldest items in the storage area must be shipped first---most easity?
Roller gravity-fed racks. First-in-first-out shipments are faciltitated by gravity-fed racks that present the oldest item to the pick face.
"Geo-fencing" is a technology that allows a company to monitor whether a truck shipment departs from a pre-determined itinerary.
T
A freight consolidator is almost always quite good at packaging a container properly, with proper dunnage and protection, but the owners of other cargo on board the consolidated container may not be as careful, and that represents a hazard.
T
A substantial tax break to companies that use imported parts as components of products they eventually export is called a duty drawback.
T
A warehouse can be used to import goods when a quota is open, so that they can be sold year round.
T
A warehouse can be used to smooth out the seasonality of the supply of a particular raw material.
T
Canadian banks offer accounts denominated in US dollars, which helps Canadian companies trade with US companies.
T
Climacteric fruits ripen during transport.
T
Cluster picking involves picking multiple orders at a time. The picker keeps the orders separate.
T
Compressed gases (class 2) are identified by label of different colors, depending on the danger they represent.
T
Customs offices sometimes can use a "countervailing" duty to tax products that the exporting government is found to have subsidized.
T
Durians are fruits that are so foul smelling that they cannot be sold in stores and transported by consumers in public transportation.
T
Fireworks exported from China are transported to the remainder of the world mostly by ocean.
T
For an exporter, a reputation to be careful and thorough in the preparation of paperwork can constitute a strategic advantage.
T
For textile goods imported in the United States, the country of origin is the country in which the last change in Harmonized System classification occurred.
T
Funds wired by guest workers to their families are called "remittances" by the World Bank.
T
In a picker-to-goods strategy, as much as 50 percent of a picker's time is spent traveling in the warehouse.
T
In most countries, only certified Customs brokers or Customs agents are allowed to file the paperwork necessary to clear Customs.
T
In order for an importer to be found compliant under the concept of informed compliance, it must demonstrate that it has exercised reasonable care in the filing of its Customs entries.
T
Many commodities need to be shipped in atmospheres that are rich in relative humidity.
T
Markings in international air shipments should be handled in much the same way as markings on ocean shipments.
T
More than half of the people who work in the country of Luxembourg actually live in France, Germany, or Belgium.
T
Most languages are difficult to learn, but some are easier than others.
T
One of the reasons English is "everybody's second language" is that it is the easiest language to learn.
T
Other goods that are transported using refrigerated equipment include pharmaceuticals, flowers, and tobacco.
T
Packaging that can be used for dangerous goods is clearly labeled to ensure that it corresponds to the danger presented by the goods transported.
T
Racks that reach 60 meters (180 feet) are called "very high bay racks. "
T
Remittances can represent more than 25 percent of an entire country's GDP.
T
Respiratory heat is the heat generated by the ripening process of fruits and vegetables.
T
Screening of employees is considered to be the best preventive measure for avoiding thefts in warehouses.
T
Some flammable solids will ignite when in contact with air.
T
Some shippers use old pallets as spacers (dunnage) to keep cargo from shifting.
T
The complexity of varied regulations regarding shipment of hazardous cargo means the shipper should contract with a specialized freight forwarder or consultant.
T
The determinations by Customs officials of product values are sometimes arbitrary.
T
The first activity that a warehouse engages in, chronologically, is receiving the goods.
T
The first fruits that were shipped internationally were bananas.
T
The hazard class for flamable liquids is Class 3.
T
The paper-list picking technique is the one that relies the most on the ability of the picker to choose the right item in the right quantity, without an independent method to ensure accuracy.
T
The responsibility for packaging goods for international shipment always falls upon the exporter.
T
The staging area of a warehouse refers to the area where goods are placed before they are loaded in trucks.
T
The temperature range in between which fruits and vegetables must be transported is often within one degree of their ideal shipping temperature.
T
There are nine hazard classes in which dangerous cargo can be classified.
T
Until the 1940s, refirgerated cargo was shipped under ice.
T
Value-added services include inserting instruction booklets in boxes and labeling goods for local markets.
T
Voice-recognition technology allows the picker to work with both hands.
T
When interacting with a foreign business person, it is generally best to adopt a formal form of address first, then to relax that position when it becomes clear that the foreigner is more comfortable with a less formal approach.
T
Packaging suitable for dangerous goods is identified with a packaging code that is dictated by:
The United Nations
The three decision levels to consider when locating a warehouse are: The regional, municipal, and local levels. The regional, municipal, and parcel levels. The national, regional, and parcel levels. The national, regional, and local levels. The global, national, and municipal levels.
The regional, municipal, and parcel levels.
Properly screening and training warehouse employees improve a warehouse's ability to reduce which two primary security risks?
Theft and damage to the goods. Theft and damage to the goods, from carelessness or mishandling, are the two primary risks for a warehouse. They can be reduced with careful screening and continuous training.
How is the degree of hazard of a dangerous goods identified?
They are placed in packing groups, from PG I (most dangerous) to PG III (lowest level of danger). The degree of hazard presented by a dangerous good is identified by its packing group, from PG I for the most dangerous goods to PG III for the least dangerous goods.
What are the vegetables that are transported internationally in the greatest quantity? tomatoes green beans sweet peppers (includes green, yellow, red, and orange pepers) garlic onions
Tomatoes
The management philosophy that "encourages every employee, at every level, to recognize the importance of security within the corporation, and suggest improvements in processes and procedures" is Statistical Security Control. Total Security Management. Kaizen. Total Quality Management. Six Sigma.
Total Security Management. Total Security Management is a management philosophy based on the Total Quality Management concepts developed by W. Edwards Deming in the 1970s.
When a security detection process determines that a cargo contains dangerous goods, even though the goods are innocuous (safe), what type of error is it? Type I error random error sampling error Type II error Type III error
Type I error Type I error is a statistical concept whereby the research concludes that the null hypothesis should be rejected when, in reality, the null hypothesis is true and should be accepted.
Warehouses can provide additional services to manufacturers; packaging goods in different quantities, adding different-language instruction booklets, changing labels, or providing after-sale services, such as warranty work. Collectively, these activities are called: After-sale services Related services Ancillary services Customer-centered services Value-added services
Value-added services Any additional service provided by a warehouse is considered a value-added service.
What is the picking technique that allows the picker to have both of his/her hands free while selecting goods? Sound picking Barcode picking Paper picking Voice picking Label picking
Voice picking Both voice picking and light picking (not in this question) leave pickers with their hands free.
Oxidizers (Class 6 materials) are identified by a label that is:
Yellow Class 6 products (oxidizers and peroxides) are identified with a label that is yellow (oxidizers) or yellow and red (peroxides).
Customs brokers are usually compensated on a fee per transaction. a percentage of the added value of the goods. a percentage of the tariff. a schedule set by the World Trade Organization. a schedule set by the United Nations.
a fee per transaction.
When a product presents more than one risk, which should be listed?
all risks should be listed, and the highest degree of hazard determines the packing group. All risks should be listed, in an order prescribed by the Model Regulations.The packing group is the one dictated by the hazard class that has the highest degree of hazard.
When a product presents more than one risk, which should be listed? it's up to the shipper to determine. all risks should be listed, and the highest degree of hazard determines the packing group. the risk with the most lethal consequence. the risk with the greatest relevant risk to first responders. the risk with the highest degree of hazard.
all risks should be listed, and the highest degree of hazard determines the packing group. All risks should be listed, in an order prescribed by the Model Regulations.The packing group is the one dictated by the hazard class that has the highest degree of hazard.
What is the name used to describe a resident of Spain who travels to Andorra to purchase clothing there, in order to take advantage of the lower VAT, and then returns home the same day? a gray-market buyer. a tourist. a smuggler. an excursionist. a traveler.
an excursionist. An excursionist is a resident of one country who travels to another one for a period that is less than a day. The do not spend a night abroad.
Training requirements for shipments of dangerous goods: are regulated by the importing country and vary from country to country are different between the US Department of Transportation, the International Maritime Organization, and the International Air Transport Association, and they have different renewal requirements are universal and required by the United Nations are the same for the US Department of Transportation, the International Maritime Organization, and the International Air Transport Association are regulated by the exporting country, and vary from country to country
are different between the US Department of Transportation, the International Maritime Organization, and the International Air Transport Association, and they have different renewal requirements
In the Harmonized System of classification, an incomplete or unfinished product is classified
as the product it will become when finished.
To keep cargo from shifting, some shippers use inflatable ____________________.
bags
The Port of Wilmington in Delaware specializes in receiving shipments of _______________, and both Chiquita and Dole have terminals there.
bananas
Which fruit is transported on pallets sealed by controlled-atmosphere envelopes, and almost exclusively by air because of its shorts shelf life?
blueberries Blueberries are transported in controlled-atmosphere envelopes surrounding pallets, almost always by air because of their very short shelf life.
What are the criteria used in the classification of flammable liquids between packing groups? evaporating point and flash point flash point and flammable point boiling point and flammable point boiling point and flash point boiling point and evaporation point
boiling point and flash point Both the boiling point and flash points are used to determine the classification of a flammable liquid between PG I, PG II, and PG III.
A large percentage of a country's trade is with countries with which it shares a _____________ .
border
In order to be comprehensive in their security efforts, companies have to secure four areas in their supply chains; their fixed assets (plants, warehouses, distribution centers), their ____________________ while they are in transit, the information on which they rely to manage their operations, and their workforce, to ensure that it is reliable and trustworthy.
cargo
The most unfavorable terms of payment from the perspective of an importer is letter of credit documentary credit open-account documentary collection cash in advance
cash in advance
Shipments of ______________ generate so much carbon dioxide that the container has to be ventilated before it can be unloaded.
cheese
When the inside surfaces of a refrigerated container are cleaned with soap and then rinsed, the container is said to be ___________ clean.
chemically
Packaging suitable for a dangerous liquid that includes glass bottles, intermediate packaging of molded paperboard and an outer package of cardboard is called: combination package compound package fusing package mixed package amalgam package
combination package Combination packaging can be made up of glass bottles with intermediate packaging of paperboard placed in a cardboard box.
Generally speaking, countries with scarce foreign currency resources will attempt to limit the granting of import licenses to companies that have generated export revenues and
companies purchasing goods for which no close domestic substitute is available. The concepts of companies that have been nationalized and multi-national companies are not relevant. Import licenses are usually granted according to a number of criteria, including the availability of foreign currency and domestic substitutes.
Generally speaking, countries with scarce foreign currency resources will attempt to limit the granting of import licenses to companies that have generated export revenues and companies purchasing goods for which no close domestic substitute is available. multi-national companies. companies that have acquired foreign patents. companies that have been nationalized. companies that pay high income taxes.
companies purchasing goods for which no close domestic substitute is available. The concepts of companies that have been nationalized and multi-national companies are not relevant. Import licenses are usually granted according to a number of criteria, including the availability of foreign currency and domestic substitutes.
The strongest type of shipping crates are built about 3 percent larger than the goods they contain. reinforced woven polymer fibers such as polyethylene or polypropylene. made of fiberboard rather than wood. built with staples rather than nails. constructed with three-way corners.
constructed with three-way corners. Well-built crates are constructed with three-way corners, which is the strongest possible corner design. All other answers are not applicable.
A value-added tax is eventually only paid by customs brokers. producers. importers. manufacturers. consumers.
consumers. Eventually all value-added taxation is reflected in the price paid by consumers.
A shipment in a refrigerated container can be constantly monitored and the levels of oxygen, humidity, ethylene and carbon dioxide maintained to a pre-determined level. Such a shipment is said to be shipped under:
controlled atmosphere A controlled atmosphere is one in which the levels of different gases are continuously monitored and maintained at a pre-determined level.
In considering the speed at which an e-mail from a foreign interlocutor should be answered, the best strategy is to ____________________ what has been observed from other contacts in that country.
copy
Both crates and boxes should always be reinforced with ____________________ strapping and metallic bands.
corner
What is the first step governments can take to facilitate cross-border trade?
create a free-trade area. The first step in facilitating cross-border trade is for countries to create a free-trade area, then a customs union, a common market, an economic union, and finally a political union.
Trade between neighboring countries is called ____________________ trade.
cross-border
In addition to being labeled in function of the risk(s) they pose to humans, dangerous goods must also be labeled when they are:
dangerous to the environment Goods that are dangerous to the environment must be identified with the so-called "dead tree-dead fish" white label.
The _______________ of hazard of a dangerous good determines whether it is in packing group PG I, PG II, or PG III.
degree
For air cargo sensitive to humidity, a possible way to avoid condensation damage is to add small packets of ____________________ material in the box with the goods.
disiccant
Transportation of goods between neighboring countries is simpler for a number of reasons. Which is NOT one of them? shipping costs are lower because goods can be transported on a single carrier. packaging does not need to be more substantial than the one used for domestic trade. insurance policies frequently extend coverage to neighboring countries. a single carrier can be used to transport the goods, so there is only one bill of lading. documentation is simplified as the goods are essentially transported domestically.
documentation is simplified as the goods are essentially transported domestically. Transportation is simplified, for all the reasons listed in the answer set, but the documentation is not the same as if the goods were transported domestically. They still need to clear customs in the importing country.
It is unwise to combine a shipment of avocados and kiwis because avocados are high producers of _______________ whereas kiwis are greatly affected by the presence of this gas.
ethylene
An individual who makes a day trip to a foreign country to make a few purchases is an ______________ .
excursionist
Which is the preferred currency of payment for an importer who expects that the value of his currency will appreciate relative to the value of the currency of the exporter's country?
exporter's country currency The best alternative for the importer is to have to pay in the exporter's currency, since it will, in his opinion, be worth less in the future, at the time of payment, than it does now, at the time at which the contract is negotiated.
Receiving docks, shipping docks, and a staging area are parts of a warehouse layout that are considered______________. necessary fixed flexible cost centers peripheral
fixed Receiving docks, shipping docks, staging areas (as well as other areas such as service areas, charging areas, and office space) are considered fixed areas in a warehouse layout.
Dangerous goods classified as Class 3 products are _______________ liquids.
flammable
Unlike refrigerated truck trailers, refrigerated containers are cooled with low-pressure, high-velocity cooled air that circulates through the load from the ___________ of the container.
floor
When meeting a person of foreign culture for the first time, it is often preferable to approach that person with much anticipation. formality. friendliness. caution. casualness.
formality. Formality is preferable in all situations in which two persons from different cultures interact so as to not offend anyone.
When a company decides to invest in a _________________operation, it builds its warehouse on a piece of land on which no building has been erected before.
greenfield
Some people move to a country for a pre-determined period of time, and have a work visa for that period. They eventually return to their home country. What is the term used for these foreign workers? guest workers host workers short-term immigrants long-term commuters temporary immigrants
guest workers Workers who have a short-term work visa in a foreign country are called "guest workers," after the German "Gastarbeiter."
In order for an importer to come under the scope of informed compliance, it must show that it has attended five three-day training programs. pays duties up to three months in advance. has not hired a Customs specialist. has exercised reasonable care in the filing of its Customs entries. has paid its income taxes on time for the past three years.
has exercised reasonable care in the filing of its Customs entries. It does not matter if the importer pays duties in advanced, and the importer must demonstrate that it has hired a Customs specialist. In order to be compliant, the importer must show that it exercised reasonable car in the filing of its Customs entries-by following a standard of behavior.
The label that identifies a flammable liquid must be red, include a flammable pictogram, the number 3, and:
it does not need to include anything else. The label that identifies a flammable liquid must be red, include a flammable pictogram, the number 3, and it does not need anything else. The common name of the product can be used, as well as the word "flammable," but it cannot include the word "inflammable."
One of the reasons it is preferable to use the metric system is international transactions is that
it is the only system of measurement in most countries of the world. With the exception of the United States and a couple of other countries (Liberia and Myanmar-Burma), the metric system is the only system of measurement in the world. While some vestiges of the English system of measurement still exist in the United Kingdom, they are actively discouraged.
In addition to the classification of the product, the shipping papers of a dangerous good must also include: its molecular weight its molecular number its Periodic Table of Elements' number its United Nations number its chemical composition
its United Nations number Shipping papers must include the UN number of dangerous good.
One way to prevent goods from shifting in a container in an FCL shipment is to use dunnage to: keep the goods braced against the walls of the container. prevent the goods from getting wet in the container. secure the goods onto the floor of the container. add weight to the goods, so that they are less likely to move in the container. allow the goods to slide around in the container.
keep the goods braced against the walls of the container. No one publishes a port guide any longer. Cigna Insurance Company used to publish a guide to the equipment in place in all the ports worldwide, called the Ports of the World.
ValueJet flight 592 crashed because dangerous goods onboard the aircraft were not ________ properly.
labeled
Picking can use a simple technology where the picker obtains a list printed on a sheet of _______, which are eventually placed on each item picked.
labels
To protect cargo, markings should display only the gross weight. display only the net weight. only be in metric units. only be in English units. markings should include net and gross weights in metric and English units.
markings should include net and gross weights in metric and English units. Markings should display net weight and gross weight, and they should list both metric and English units of measurement.
The system of measurement used by just about every country in the world, and which is formally known as the International System of Units is commonly known as the ____________________ system.
metric
A container in which the levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and ethylene are changed before vegetables are loaded, but where no modification to these levels are made while the goods are transported is a ___________________-atmosphere shipment.
modified
Warehousing is necessary when a product is made with a seasonal agricultural product but sells _________.
not annually
Juice that is concentrated by removing some of its water is considered high-___________ juice.
not concentrate
Two commodities that cannot be shipped together are apples and carrots. The reason is that apples are _____________ emitters, which affects the taste of carrots.
not ethylene
When a warehouse receives goods shipped by truck, they are unloaded on a ________.
not pallet
A system that applies a higher tariff to goods that are imported after a certain quantity has been importer is called a tariff ____________________ .
not rate quota
In a warehouse, consolidation refers to the process of:
obtaining products from different sources and packaging them with other products so they can be sold together to customers. Consolidation is the process of taking shipments of products from different sources, obtained in large quantities, and combining them with other products that are then sold to customers.
Tariffs can be calculated on any type of data, including value, unit count, and weight. as a fixed amount per unit imported. based on weight. in a mixed system of a fixed amount per unit imported plus a percentage of the value of the goods imported. ad valorem.
on any type of data, including value, unit count, and weight. All of these are forms of tariff calculation.
Organic peroxides are labeled with a yellow and red placard because their chemical composition includes both fuel and ________, which makes them burn very rapidly.
oxygen
The shipping papers of a dangerous good must include a __________ where someone can answer questions about the specifics of the shipment.
phone number
Once a reefer container has been swept and rinsed with hot water, it is considered ____________ clean.
physically
In a warehouse running on a _______________ strategy, much of the picker's time is wasted in traveling from pick face to pick face.
picker-to-goods
Placing a truck trailer on a railroad car is called ____________________.
piggy-backing
Cross-border trade between consumers is facilitated by a number of ______________ (websites) that allow sellers to interact directly with foreign buyers.
platforms
What is the most commonly shipped meat or meat product, internationally? beef pork pork derivative products (sausages, hotdogs, ham) beef derivative products (hamburgers) poultry (chicken, turkey, duck, goose)
poultry (chicken, turkey, duck, goose)
Kiwis can be transported in plastic clam shells or plastic nets. Such packaging for perishable goods is considered: tertiary packaging primary packaging transport packaging display packaging secondary packaging
primary packaging
Duty is usually based upon product classification, valuation, and origin. pre-shipment inspections and Customs bonds. weight and value of the products. value-added taxation, absolute quota, and patriotism campaigns. tariff, border traffic taxes, and non-tariff barriers.
product classification, valuation, and origin. Tariff is the amount of duty, border traffic taxes are not always relevant, and non-tariff barriers have nothing to do with duty. While value-added taxation can be part of a duty, absolute quota is a blanket import restriction and has nothing to do with duty, and patriotism campaigns are a non-tariff barrier. Pre-shipment inspections are not required by all countries, and Customs bonds-if they are used-are based on duty. Duty is usually based upon product classification, valuation, and origin. From these elements, Custom calculates the tariff.
In a ____________________ warehouse, an exporter rents space from a company that also sells space to other tenants.
public
The ingestion LD50 of a dangerous good is the quantity of the product that will kill 50 percent of a population of _____________ within 14 days.
rats
When goods needing refrigeration travel by ocean, they usually travel in a refrigerated container, a specialized contained also nicknamed a ____________________.
reefer
The heat that is generated by the ripening of fruits and vegetables is _________ heat .
respiratory
Grapes are an unusual fruit in that it needs to be transported in an atmosphere that is:
rich in sulfur dioxide to prevent the development of mold(s)
Before fruits and vegetables are loaded into a reefer container or truck, they need to be cooled to their optimal shipping temperature. This process removes the products’:
sensible heat
Refrigerated containers transporting frozen goods are using energy to remove which type of heat from the cargo area?
sensible heat that was in the container when the goods were loaded Frozen goods do not have sensible heat, nor emit respiratory heat, and their latent heat has already been removed. The only heat that the reefer must remove is the sensible heat that entered the container when the goods were loaded.
Which of the following factors does NOT influence the type of security measures that ports put in place? location. physical layout. all ports have to enforce identical ISPS requirements. size. type of cargo.
size. Location and physical layout influence the technologies used by the ports to monitor for security, and the type of cargo determines the level of security. Size makes no difference.
The United States has had a tariff-rate quota on a commodity grown in tropical countries for many years. Which commodity is that? sugar. coffee. soybeans. tobacco. rum.
sugar.
The International Maritime Organization requires that markings and placards: be made of materials that are fireproof be printed with fluorescent ink survive three months of complete immersion and be legible be larger than those used for road or air transportation by 25 percent be written in English, Chinese, and Arabic
survive three months of complete immersion and be legible The IMO requires that placards and markings be able to withstand three months of complete immersion and be legible.
Gravity-fed racks encourage a first-in first-out inventory policy.
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A two-tiered tariff rate on a specific category of products in which the tariff that is low until a quota is reached and then it goes much higher is called a(n) designated quota. stepped tariff. indirect quota. tariff-rate quota. limited quota.
tariff-rate quota. A tariff-rate quota places a two-tiered tariff rate on a specific category of products, while the other quotas do not exist.
The European Union based their security initiatives on which international organization's guidelines? the International Chamber of Commerce. World Trade Organization. the International Security Organization. the International Maritime Organization. the United Nations.
the International Maritime Organization. The EU based their guidelines on the International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code of the International Maritime Organization, and then the SAFE framework of the World Customs' Organization.
"Special English" is a simplified version of spoken English that was developed by the Voice of America. the Central Intelligence Agency. the United States Department of State. the British Broadcasting Corporation. the United Nations' simultaneous translation office.
the Voice of America.
The SAFE initiative was implemented by the World Trade Organization. the World Customs Organization. the European government. the NAFTA agreement. the International Maritime Organization.
the World Customs Organization. The SAFE (Security and Facilitation in a Global Environment) initiative was implemented by the WCO in June 2005.
The availability of information about the credit worthiness of a potential commercial partner, obtained through formal or informal means, reduces: the commercial risk for a bank offering a letter of credit. the commercial risk for an exporter. the commercial risk for an importer. the currency-fluctuation risk for an exporter. the currency-fluctuation risk for an importer.
the commercial risk for an exporter. Cross-border trade is facilitated by the fact that there are more ways to find information on the credit worthiness of potential trade partners, which reduces the commercial risk (the risk of non payment) for an exporter.
One of the reasons cross-border trade is substantial between the Netherlands and Germany (with roughly 15 percent of all German imports coming from the Netherlands) is that:
the countries share a common currency.
Which is NOT a reason for international e-commerce to have expanded greatly in the twenty-first century? the existence of many B2C websites, which makes it easy for companies to sell to consumers located abroad. the existence of credit cards and the creation of Paypal, which have simplified international payments. the creation of many C2C websites, which makes it easy for consumers to sell to other consumers. the existence of small-packet shipping companies that operate internationally. the creation of simplified customs-clearance procedures for small purchases.
the creation of simplified customs-clearance procedures for small purchases.
The Safety Data Sheet of a product you are planning to ship has an LC50 of 200 mg per liter. What does this mean? the product presents a conflagration risk the product presents an ingestion risk the product presents a corrosive risk the product presents a dermal contact risk the product presents an inhalation risk
the product presents an inhalation risk LC50 refers to the air concentration of a product that kills 50 percent of a population of albino rats. It is therefore a product that presents an inhalation risk.
The temperature in a shipping container can be monitored with the use of a:
thermo-logger
In order to attract excursionists, what do the shops in Tijuana, Mexico (just south of the US border) do?
they accept US dollars for payment. Being able to pay in US dollars simplifies purchases for US excursionists, so many of the shops in Tijuana, Mexico accept them for payment.
The country of origin of a product is most often the country in which it acquired its most substantial ____________________.
transformation
A country grants or sells a right to export a set quantity of a specific good to an exporting firm. This authorization is called a ____________________.
visa
Some dangerous products cannot be transported on passenger aircrafts, but can nevertheless be transported on airfreighters. How are these products identified? with an orange label stating "dangerous to life." with a red label stating "not to be loaded on passenger aircraft." with a red label stating "not for passenger aircraft." with an orange label stating "cargo aircraft only." Any of the labels on this answer set would indicate that the goods cannot be loaded on a passenger aircraft.
with an orange label stating "cargo aircraft only." Cargo that cannot be loaded on a passenger aircraft has to be identified by an orange label with the words "cargo aircraft only" and a pictogram showing a ramp agent gesturing "stop" with his hand.
To protect against condensation damage inside a container, the container's interior floor and, ideally, its interior sides should be made of ____________________.
wood