CIPS Managing Supply Chain Risk L5M2 Exam Questions

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Question 1

Neruda Incorporated is evaluating potential suppliers' financial standings as part of a tender. Which of the following companies is the most financially stable?



Answer : D

Company D is the strongest. You want a company with high liquidity (this means they can easily pay any debts) and low gearing (meaning that their company isn't financed by debt). This question comes from p.24 of the CIPS study guide. It doesn't go into a lot of detail on financial ratios and gearing, as this was covered in Level 4. If you're rusty on financial ratios and gearing I recommend revising these before the exam.


Question 2

Which of the following will you put into box 6?



Answer : D

The company should ensure they have the correct levels of Employer's Liability insurance as staff are getting injured. This transfers the risk to the insurance company. (I mean they should probably do something to stop the staff getting hurt too... but this is just an imaginary example question....)


Question 3

Maple Tree Limited is a Canadian company who has recently signed a new contract with a supplier who is based in Chin

a. Maple Tree Limited will be buying a raw material with a reputation for severe price fluctuations. Which of the following would help mitigate the risk that this poses? Select TWO options



Answer : C, D

The correct answers are 3 + 4. To mitigate the risk, you want to ensure price stability for the duration of the contract- you don't want the prices to keep going up and down. Therefore options 1 and 2 wouldn't help- the prices would still go up and down regardless of which currency was used for quotes. Using a forward contract, or fixing the exchange rate, however, would give price certainty, and therefore mitigate the risk. See p.23 for more information on currency risks and how to overcome these


Question 4

Which of the following are factors which can lead to a supplier becoming insolvent? Select THREE



Answer : A, B, C

1 2 and 3 are factors which can lead to a supplier becoming insolvent. 4- increased market share is a good thing, as it indicates the supplier is doing better than their rivals. A high financial ratio is also a good thing as it shows they have more assets than debt - so this is not a sign of insolvency. See p.24 for 'Supplier Risks'


Question 5

Portobello is an Italian manufacturing company that produces canned tomato sauces. It imports a lot of its tomatoes from Latin America as there isn't the capacity to grow that many tomatoes in Italy. One of the major risks posing Portobello is that the tomatoes must be transported via cargo ship, and there is a risk that the ship may sink, or be delayed by bad weather. Portobello has taken out insurance to cover the cost of the tomatoes should this happen. What technique has Portobello used?



Answer : C

The risk has been transferred to the insurance company. This question is based on the 4Ts from p.32- this is a popular exam topic, for both the multiple choice questions and the drag and drop


Question 6

Which of the following will you put into box 6?



Answer : C

The correct answers are as follows:


Question 7

Risk should be a 'golden thread' that links all of the organisation's strategies, communications, policies and training. The LILAC model describes how a risk-aware culture can be created. Which of the following form part of the LILAC model?



Answer : A

The LILAC Model is; Leadership, Involvement, Learning, Accountability and Communication. P. 149


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