This page was exported from Free valid test braindumps [ http://free.validbraindumps.com ] Export date:Sat Apr 5 14:12:29 2025 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Practice Test for L3M4 Certification Real 2025 Mock Exam [Q13-Q29] --------------------------------------------------- Practice Test for L3M4 Certification Real 2025 Mock Exam Prepare For Realistic L3M4 Dumps PDF - 100% Passing Guarantee QUESTION 13Drafting a specification is important because these documents become embedded within the contract and therefore, are legally binding. Is this statement true?  No, as the specification is separate to the contract and has no legal standing  Yes, because all specifications must be approved by the organisation’s board according to legislation  No, because legally binding contracts only contain terms and conditions  Yes, care needs to be taken because the specification should be part of the contract QUESTION 14Taiichi Ohno came up with the notion of the ‘wastes’. How many wastes?  7  5  4  6 Seven.Overproduction, inventory, excessive processing, waiting, transportation, motion, defects.QUESTION 15According to CIPS, which of the following are not included in the five ‘rights’ of procurement and supply?  Goods  Source  Manner All three of them.CIPS appears to have excluded these three possible candidates for inclusion, concentrating instead on quantity, quality, price, place, time.Or QQPPT.QUESTION 16The view that workers are naturally lazy, avoid responsibility and are without ambition is in line with Theory (Douglas McGregor):  Z  X  Y  A X – this view is one end of the extreme spectrum created by McGregor to aid discussion and under-standing of management types / styles.The other extreme being ‘Y’.QUESTION 17A buyer is in the process of supporting colleagues internally in the drafting of a specification for a new product. They have limited personal knowledge of the product and of the market. They are at the very early stages of drafting the specification and are seeking to increase their knowledge, whilst at the same time, keeping their likely future needs a commercial secret at this stage. Which of the following would be the best method of achieving this?  Interview staff from finance  Advertising on a relevant online forum  General networking at relevant trade events  Issue a formal request for information QUESTION 18If the speed of change was incremental, and the extent of change was realignment, what single term might we use to describe this change?  Evolution  Adaptation  Revolution  Reconstruction The correct answer is adaptation.QUESTION 19Where there is transformational change coupled with a slow rate of change, is this:  Evolution  Adaptation  Revolution  Reconstruction This is a description of Evolution.The others answers given may be the subject of other questions in this test.QUESTION 20Peter Scholtes identified ten behaviours (have you noticed ho it’s always ten, never nine or eleven?) which commonly create problems in teams. Which are the three out of the four shown, which are genuine Scholte terms to describe these undesirable behaviours?  Feuding  Plops  Jousting  Wanderlust The three terms which Scholtes actually used are feuding, plops and wanderlust. Jousting is entirely made-up for this test.Feuds are arguments based on personality or background.Plops are ideas expressed by a team member, and ignored by everyone else. They just plop and are ignored.Wanderlust is when the team or elements of it go off at a tangent, discussing irrelevant issues.QUESTION 21As part of a tender, which of the following are advantages that a purchasing organisation would expect to achieve by specifying that suppliers hold certification to an international environmental management standard, such as ISO 14001?* It provides assurance that bidders have achieved a common standard of practice* It provides a guarantee that any polluting suppliers will be unable to tender* The standard is recognisable to local and international bidders* It removes the need to conduct internal environmental training  3 and 4 only  1 and 3 only  1 and 2 only  2 and 4 only QUESTION 22Responsibilities within a procurement function can be split into strategic, tactical or operational. Which of the following would usually be seen as operational? Choose two.  Preparing purchase orders  Establishing long-term partnership relations with key suppliers  Expediting  Preparing specifications Establishing long-term relationships can be seen as a strategic activity; preparing specifications is tactical work; issuing POs and expediting are normally operational activities.QUESTION 23XTC Ltd is developing a new product to improve its competitive advantage. They are looking for suppliers to use their expertise and innovation to assist with the development of a new component. What is the most appropriate form of specification to use?  Performance specification  Conformance specification  Service level specification  Output-based specification QUESTION 24Which of these examples constitutes an invitation to treat? Select TWO that apply.  A supplier responds to your invitation to treat  The price quoted in a supplier’s price list  The price of goods advertised on a supplier’s website  A supplier sends a detailed quotation through the post  The submission of a tender QUESTION 25Spot the one which is one of the seven wastes.  Refectories  Defectives  Rejects  Defects QUESTION 26Which one of the following is unlikely to appear in an organisational procurement manual?  Staff names  Instructions  Policies  Procedures Staff names.One of the ‘benefits’ of the creation of organisations large enough to have procurement manuals is that individuals can be replaced in their posts by others. This is part of the basis of Weber’s theory of bureaucracy.Charles Handy, a great UK management writer tells a story of how he took up a new post for a large oil company, and on his office door the job title was affixed permanently, but his own name was presented in a readily-replaceable label. He realised when he saw this how easily his employer thought he could be replaced.Thus, procurement manuals are unlikely to name individual staff members – policies and procedures, posts and activities, yes.QUESTION 27The letters ‘BPR’ stand for:  Business Project Re-engineering  Business Process Re-engineering  Business Procurement Re-engineering  Business People Re-training Business Process Re-engineering is the correct answer.As far as I am aware, the other terms do not exist. They are ‘red herrings’.QUESTION 28‘A person may exert power on the basis of their formal authority or status’ Which of the French and Raven sources of power is being described here?  Reward  Referent  Legitimate  Expert The Chief Executive has power because they are in the post of the Chief Executive.The Head of Procurement has power because they carry that job title.They may also have other sources of power such as expert power, or charisma, but the correct re-sponse to the question 17‘Coercive’ and ‘informational’ can also be sources of power not shown in the question.QUESTION 29Esther Francis has recently changed jobs from a supply role at Shine Cleaning Services (SCS) to a purchasing role at Southern Commercial Property (SCP). Esther requires industry technical input to develop a cleaning services requirements specification for her new employer. Esther Francis wants to include her former employer SCS in a market engagement exercise to inform the specification. Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to deal with the conflict of interest?  Conduct the market engagement with SCS off the record  Declare the potential conflict of interest to a senior manager of SCS  Ask a colleague to conduct the market engagement with SCS  Conduct market engagement with several capable suppliers, including SCS  Loading … Download L3M4 Exam Dumps Questions to get 100% Success: https://www.validbraindumps.com/L3M4-exam-prep.html --------------------------------------------------- Images: https://free.validbraindumps.com/wp-content/plugins/watu/loading.gif https://free.validbraindumps.com/wp-content/plugins/watu/loading.gif --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2025-02-05 10:40:58 Post date GMT: 2025-02-05 10:40:58 Post modified date: 2025-02-05 10:40:58 Post modified date GMT: 2025-02-05 10:40:58