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10 free, exam-style Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) (CSCP) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free CSCP practice test to study every exam domain.

These 10 free CSCP questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.

Domain 1: Supply Chains, Demand Management, and Forecasting

Question 1

Actual demand last period was 200 units and the forecast was 180 units. Using exponential smoothing with alpha = 0.3, the new forecast is:

  1. 186 units
  2. 194 units
  3. 200 units
  4. 190 units
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Correct answer: A - 186 units

Domain 2: Global Supply Chain Networks

Question 2

A company has Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) of 45 days, Days of Inventory (DI) of 30 days, and Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) of 60 days. The Cash-to-Cash cycle time is:

  1. 135 days
  2. 75 days
  3. 15 days
  4. -15 days
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Correct answer: C - 15 days

Domain 3: Sourcing Products and Services

Question 3

A company imports goods from India under CIF Mumbai to Rotterdam. The goods are damaged during ocean transit. Who bears the loss?

  1. The seller, because CIF obligates the seller to bear all risk through delivery at destination
  2. The buyer, because under CIF risk transfers when goods are loaded at the port of shipment
  3. The insurance provider, because the seller's CIF insurance policy covers all transit losses
  4. Both parties share the loss proportionally based on the CIF insurance coverage terms
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Correct answer: B - The buyer, because under CIF risk transfers when goods are loaded at the port of shipment

Question 4

A manufacturer depends on a specialized chemical available from only two suppliers worldwide. The chemical represents a small portion of total spend but is essential for production. This item is classified in the Kraljic matrix as:

  1. Leverage item
  2. Strategic item
  3. Routine item
  4. Bottleneck item
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Correct answer: D - Bottleneck item

Domain 4: Internal Operations and Inventory

Question 5

A product requires 3 units of Subassembly B, and each Subassembly B requires 4 units of Component C. If 100 finished products are scheduled, the gross requirement for Component C is:

  1. 300 units
  2. 400 units
  3. 700 units
  4. 1,200 units
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Correct answer: D - 1,200 units

Question 6

In the Theory of Constraints (TOC), 'Exploit the constraint' means:

  1. Purchasing additional capacity to permanently eliminate the bottleneck resource
  2. Maximizing throughput of the constraint by ensuring it is never idle and never processes defects
  3. Subordinating all other processes to support the constraint's production schedule
  4. Elevating the constraint by investing in additional resources to increase its capacity
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Correct answer: B - Maximizing throughput of the constraint by ensuring it is never idle and never processes defects

Domain 5: Forward and Reverse Logistics

Question 7

A paint manufacturer ships white base paint to regional DCs and adds custom colors only when customer orders are received. This is an example of:

  1. Push-based distribution strategy
  2. Make-to-Stock production strategy
  3. Postponement (delayed differentiation)
  4. Vertical integration strategy
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Correct answer: C - Postponement (delayed differentiation)

Domain 6: Supply Chain Relationships

Question 8

A company achieves 95% on-time delivery, 98% fill rate, 99% damage-free delivery, and 97% correct documentation. Its perfect order rate is approximately:

  1. 95%
  2. 97%
  3. 89%
  4. 99%
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Correct answer: C - 89%

Domain 7: Supply Chain Risk

Question 9

The correct progression of analytics maturity from basic to advanced is:

  1. Prescriptive → Predictive → Diagnostic → Descriptive
  2. Descriptive → Diagnostic → Predictive → Prescriptive
  3. Predictive → Descriptive → Prescriptive → Diagnostic
  4. Diagnostic → Prescriptive → Descriptive → Predictive
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Correct answer: B - Descriptive → Diagnostic → Predictive → Prescriptive

Domain 8: Optimization, Sustainability, and Technology

Question 10

A company's supply chain dashboard shows improving inventory turnover but declining on-time delivery and increasing customer complaints. This pattern suggests:

  1. Transportation cost reductions are driving both improvements and the complaints are unrelated
  2. Inventory reduction may have gone too far, creating stockouts that harm customer service
  3. Supplier lead time variability is the root cause rather than internal inventory decisions
  4. The dashboard data has a reporting lag and the customer complaints reflect a resolved issue
Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: B - Inventory reduction may have gone too far, creating stockouts that harm customer service

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