Process and operation Supply (Quiz)

Student Name and Number: ……………………………………………………………………

True and False questions:

Question 01) Shipment of 800 miles is more than 2 shipment of 400 miles (True/False)

Question 02) Bulkhead flat car is the most suitable railway equipment to transport the coal
(True/False)

Question 03) Due to use Unit train, there will be no empty backhaul (True/False)

Question 04) Cargos are loaded by nose-loading in passenger aircraft (True/False)

Question 05) Truckload shipment (TL) costs higher than less-than Truckload (LTL) shipment
(True/False)

Multiple choice questions:

Question 06) The longest double stack train had:

a. 125 Wagons
b. 287 Wagons
c. 333 Wagons
d. 415 Wagons

Question 07) A road vehicle with its front end resting on the fifth wheel of the vehicle hauling it
a. Tractor
b. Trailer
c. Semi-Trailer
d. Towing vehicle

Question 08) No bottom deck board:

a. Skid
b. Pallet

Question 09) Movement of cargo from origin to destination by several modes of transport where
each of these modes have a different transport carrier responsible, However under a single
contract or bill of lading.
a. Intermodal
b. Multimodal

Question 10) Which one is better in Cube Utilization?

a. Straight
b. Turned
 c. Pinwheeling
Question 11) What does the information inside mean?

IPPC is short for International Plant Protection Convention. They developed a standard for
wood packaging in international business, called ISPM-15.
It is a heat treatment which destroys insects and larvae, reduces the moisture content, and
facilitates pallet handling.

Question 12) Our Storage bin has the size below:

 Length: 21Ft
 Width: 45in
 Height: 170in
The size of the skids is:
 Length: 40in
 Width: 40in
 Height: 40in

Between 2 pallets, we need to have 2 inch space.

 a. Please find out how many skids we can put maximum in the storage bin.
Note: Skids can be stacked

b. Please calculate the cube utilization.

Question 13) Which type of Marine is suitable for transporting the grains?
A dry bulk commodity is a raw material that is shipped in large unpackaged parcels
such as grain, metal, and energy materials, are transported long distances in bulk by
sea in large cargo vessels by companies that specialize in dry bulk delivery.
Question 14) What is Blind transfer in communication to the customer?
Question 15) What is the suitable railway equipment for transporting the logs?
The following are the railway equipments used for transporting logo.
Forest products - log car
Wood pulp boxcar
Forest products - wood pulp boxcar
Woodchip gondola
Forest products - woodchip gondola
Question 16) What is the speciality of LoLo Ships?
Lift-on/lift-off or LoLo ships are cargo ships with on-board cranes to load and
unload cargo. Its speciality is that it can load and unload their own cargo unassisted.Lift-on/lift-
off vessels can operate out of docks with no dockside cargo handling equipment

Question 17) What is OS&D stands for?

Question 18) What is reverse logistics?

Reverse logistics is moving backwards in supply chain that is the goods move from the end user
back to the seller or manufacturer. It can include returns from e-commerce and retail, as well as
components for refurbishing and remanufacturing. The products may be resold or disposed of
permanently.

Question 19) Name 2 reasons of Transshipment

The following are the reasons for transshipment :-
It allows ports that would otherwise have limited maritime services because of their small
hinterland to have a high connectivity to global maritime trade. This connectivity can be
leveraged with the setting of logistics zones generating added value and anchoring the port's
cargo base.

Question 20) Company A has five trailers coming in tomorrow.

Trailer A has 52 pallets,

Trailer B has 40 pallets,

Trailer C has 48 pallets,

Trailer D has 4500 cases and

Trailer E has 38 pallets.

It takes 2.5 minutes to unload each pallet and it takes one hour to unload 500 cases.

You have two receivers who each work 9 hours. Each receiver has 30 minutes lunch and two fifteen
minutes breaks include in the nine hours.

How much time will it take to unload the five trailers?

Do you have enough labor available?

If you do not have enough, how many more receivers you would need?
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