MIDTERM TEST - ENGLISH FOR LOGISTICS
I. Listening (0.5 marks)
Listen to the recording and FILL IN THE BLANKS
What is a Supply Chain?
A supply chain is a global network used to (1) deliver products and services from
raw materials to end customers through an engineered flow of information,
physical (2) distribution and cash.
Basic Supply Chain for a Product
The below figure illustrates a very (3) basic supply chain with three entities: a
producer with one supplier and one customer. Four basic flows that (4) connect the
supply chain entities together are as follows: flow of physical materials and
services from suppliers to the end customer, flow of cash from the customer to the
raw (5) materials supplier, flow of information back and forth along the chain and
reverse flow of product returned.
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MIDTERM TEST - ENGLISH FOR LOGISTICS
I. Listening (0.5 marks)
Listen to the recording and FILL IN THE BLANKS
What is a Supply Chain?
A supply chain is a global network used to (1) deliver products and services from
raw materials to end customers through an engineered flow of information,
physical (2) distribution and cash.
Basic Supply Chain for a Product
The below figure illustrates a very (3) basic supply chain with three entities: a
producer with one supplier and one customer. Four basic flows that (4) connect the
supply chain entities together are as follows: flow of physical materials and
services from suppliers to the end customer, flow of cash from the customer to the
raw (5) materials supplier, flow of information back and forth along the chain and
reverse flow of product returned.
II. Terms, definitions and concepts (2 marks)
Choose the best answer
6. Buffer stock means ...
a. Goods kept in store to cover seasonal demand e.g., Christmas sales
b. The time it takes to produce and supply a product
c. Goods kept in store to cover unforeseen shortages or fluctuations in
demand
d. The purchasing of goods (materials, parts, etc.) required to run an
enterprise
7. ISO is an acronym of ...
a. Identification system organization
b. International standards organization
c. International system organization
d. Information system organs
8. Liaising with department such as transport and production and
ensuring that vehicles, machines, and any other kind of equipment are
maintained to a high level are the job of a ...
a. shipping operations manager
b. warehouse manager
c. freight forwarder
d. shipper
9. Customs brokerage means ...
a. The service or process of arranging the customs clearance
procedures during a shipment
b. The service of arranging transportation
c. The service of assisting businesses in selling and promoting products
d. The service of exporting products
[Link]-bulk means ...
a. Picking up goods at a named place
b. receiving and storing goods
c. locating items in transit
d. packing goods in small, separable units
[Link] Services) ...
a. The value of an article has been increased at each stage of its production
or distribution
b. Extra features that a business offers in addition to a standard
product or service
c. A type of value that is assessed incrementally
d. The decrease value of a product or service
[Link] movement of goods in logistics management could be via ...
a. rail and coach
b. rail and bus
c. rail and pipeline
d. air and craft
III. Reading (0.5 marks)
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question
[Link] of the following is NOT a part of supply chain?
a. procurement
b. sales
c. arrangement
d. finance
[Link] word “subset” in the last line of the first paragraph is closest in
meaning to ...
a. a bigger part
b. a smaller part
c. a biggest section
d. a smallest section
[Link] function of external logistics is ...
a. The logistics of moving materials, parts, and products inside an institution
b. The logistics of moving materials, parts, and products between
various places
c. The logistics of recycling materials, parts, and products inside a company
d. The logistics of recycling materials, parts, and products outside a
company
[Link] word “converted” in line 2 in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning
to ...
a. transformed
b. charged
c. took
d. revised
[Link] the end-users receive the product, the product ...
a. goes through a procedure of being converted into raw material
b. goes through a procedure of being manufactured and transported
c. goes through a procedure of being transported
d. goes through a procedure of being gathered
Câu 4: Liaising with department such as transport and production and ensuring
that vehicles, machines, and any other kind of equipment are maintained to a
high level are the job of a ...
a. shipping operations manager
b. freight forwarder
c. warehouse manager
d. shipper
2. Câu 8: What is EDI?
a. a place where goods are stored and sent out
b. locating items in transit
c. the exchange of business documents between two parties electronically
d. companies
Câu 10: Cross-docking means ...
a. direct flow of goods from receipt at warehouse to shipping, bypassing storage
b. locating items in transit
c. picking goods in small, separable units
Câu 12: VAS means ...
a. The value of an article has been increased at each stage of its production or distribution
b. Extra features that a business offers in addition to a standard product or service
c. A type of value that is assessed incrementally
d. The decrease value of a product or service
Câu 2: Logistics is the art and science of obtaining, producing, and
distributing ... and product in proper place and proper ...
a. material/strength
b. material/quantities
c. strength/quantities