CIPS L3M5 Socially Responsible Procurement Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

'Some food items, such as XXX, might get damaged by vibrations from a truck'.



Answer : B

Soft fruit: peaches, raspberries, strawberries, for example.


Question 2

The principle that organisations responsible for creating pollution should be made financially liable for remedial action, is called:



Answer : A

Polluter pays


Question 3

Hydropower involves:



Answer : D

'Hydro' means 'water'.

As a child in Scotland, I remember visiting a hydro-electric power station, where a dam had been built across a river, with the dammed water used to generate electric power.

As a slightly older child, I used to routinely watch a BBC2 test television broadcast which was all about the building of the Kariba dam for a similar purpose, with huge environmental and social con-sequences. Many other such dams have been build since, including, for example, the Aswan dam. Often such projects attract criticism because of the effects on the environment as well as on people.


Question 4

The process of removing items from storage racks and spaces in a warehouse so that the items can be issued and onwards transmitted.

Of what is this a description?



Answer : A

Stock picking. (The largest supermarket chain in South Africa is called 'Pick n Pay')

Shrinkage means 'theft'; stock rotation means ensuring that stock is used in appropriate (date) order; manual handling is moving items without mechanical or technological aids.

(L3M6)


Question 5

In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that it is highly likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of global warming since the 1950's. What was their level of certainty?



Answer : B

95% plus level of certainty.


Question 6

One organisation has published a guide, as part of its Knowledge Summary series, which sets out requirements for ethical behaviour from suppliers. The guide is entitled 'Ethical business practices in purchasing and supply'. Which organisation published the guide?



Answer : B

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply published this guide.


Question 7

UNFCCC negotiations led to which protocol in 1997, on the subject of climate change and the re-duction of emissions globally?



Answer : C

Kyoto, 1997.

Most recent global conference on this issue was in Glasgow, Scotland in 2022.

The other answers have no connection: 'The Fourth Protocol' is a novel by Frederick Forsyth.


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