OPS/330T: Strategic Operations and Logistics Topic 13 Quick Check - Transportation Note: You have unlimited attempts to take this assessment. Your highest score will be recorded. Points: 10 Your Submission: Started on Nov 18 at 10:09 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 What is it called when multiple (two or three) trailers are attached to a truck for more efficient transportation? O Truckload (TL) transportation O Multi-container shipping (MCS) O Unit trucking O Longer-combination vehicles (LCVs) O Triple-E Trucking 2 Which form of ocean shipping is most likely to be used for moving military equipment like tanks and Humvees? These types of equipment cannot travel by ocean shipping O Bulk Freighter O Roll on / Roll off (Ro-Ro) O Tanker ship O Barge 3 Which mode and class of transportation is most likely to be used for a 500-mile shipment of time-sensitive, fragile products weighing 20,000 pounds? O Air O Railroad O Truckload truck O Less-than-truckload truck O Truck-rail intermodal 4 Which of the following items is a product-related transportation cost factor? Whether a shipment is domestic or international in destination O The location of markets O The level of transportation competition O The balance of freight traffic O The stowability of products 5 Incoterms provide clarity on the responsibility for which activity associated with an international shipment? Import customs clearance O Transportation to the export port O Transport from the import port O Insurance Incoterms cover all of these activities, and more What is the term that refers to the increasing time and cost associated with moving a standard distance (e.g., a mile) due to inefficiencies in transportation caused by poor infrastructure and traffic congestion? O Gravity of movement O Time-distance impartiality O Traffic burden O Mileage resistance O Friction of distance 7 Which of the following is a reason you want to have multi-criteria analysis as a tool in your decision-making toolkit? O Multi-criteria analysis is intuitive. O Multi-criteria analysis enables you to quantify qualitative issues. O Multi-criteria analysis is widely applicable; that is, you can use it whenever decision-making requires comparing options. Multi-criteria analysis invites you to do disciplined homework so that you make a good decision. O All of the above 8 When conducting a multi-criteria analysis, how would you determine the best option upon concluding the analysis? O The median score is the best option O The average score is the best option O The highest score is the best option O The scores are not important in the decision process O The lowest score is the best option Which mode of transportation incurs the greatest level of carbon dioxide emissions, resulting in many carriers in this mode offering carbon offset opportunities to their customers? O Water O Air O Rail O Trucking O Pipeline 10 What is the term that applies to the holistic process that brings together shippers, carriers, and receivers to drive inefficiencies out of the transport planning and execution process? O Collaborative Transportation Management (CTM) O National Transportation Exchange O Holistic transportation management O InterLoad Share the Ship