Deck 13: Issues and Challenges for Global Supply Chains

Question 1

What percentage of vessels on the U.S. Inland Waterway System experience delays?

A) About 10%
B) About 20%
C) About 30%
D) About 40%

Answer 1

About 30%

Question 2

What causes profits to increase for rail carriers as fuel prices increased?

A) Use of bulk purchases
B) Reduction of container on flatcar
C) Reduction of trailer on flatcar
D) None of the above

Answer 2

None of the above

Question 3

How many commercial vessels pass through locks on the Inland Waterway System in the U.S.?

A) 100,000-150,000
B) 50,000-75,000
C) over 1,000,000
D) 500,000-550,000

Answer 3

500,000-550,000

Question 4

What was the primary response of carriers when dealing with fuel price increases?

A) Increase rates per pound of cargo
B) Use of fuel surcharges
C) Reduction of capacity
D) Increasing capacity

Question 5

The breakdown between track and property to equipment to grow and modernize the railroads is?

A) 66%/34%
B) 18%/2%
C) 28%/72%
D) 8%/92%

Question 6

What type of technology is being utilized to foster collaboration in the supply chain by carriers and shippers?

A) V.M.I
B) R.F.I.D.
C) E.D.I.
D) All of the about are used

Question 7

How have carriers responded to the fuel issue and sustainability?

A) Service capacity and network optimization
B) Operational efficiency
C) Technology
D) All of the above

Question 8

It is estimated that by 2035 congestion will occur on?

A) 20,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System
B) 5,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System
C) 50,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System
D) 10,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System

Question 9

Which mode is the most intensive user of fuel?

A) Truck
B) Air
C) Rail
D) Water

Question 10

In transportation, this axiom "Don't Ship Air" refers to:

A) Bubble wrap
B) Empty Barrels
C) Air Balloons
D) Empty space in equipment

Question 11

How much more fuel does the airline industry use in comparison to the motor carrier industry?

A) The airline uses 3 times more fuel
B) The airline uses 2 times more fuel
C) Actually the motor carrier industry uses three time more fuel than the airlines
D) The airlines use the same amount of fuel as the airlines

Question 12

The cost of congestion on the highways to the U.S. Trucking Industry is about:

A) $100/hour
B) $500/hour
C) $5/hour
D) $30/hour

Question 13

_______ makes up the largest value of shipments in the United States.

A) Exports
B) Domestic
C) Imports
D) Great Lakes traffic

Question 14

What is the top U.S. port in terms of vessel calls?

A) LA/Long Beach
B) New York
C) Houston
D) San Francisco

Question 15

The most important aspect of collaboration is sharing:

A) Costs
B) Risk
C) Information
D) Customers

Question 16

How much is required by the Highway Trust Fund to maintain existing construction projects per year?

A) About $100 billion
B) About $50 billion
C) About $150 billion
D) About $25 billion

Question 17

What is meant by the term, carbon footprint?

A) Truck length
B) Fuel consumption
C) Number of accidents / year
D) CO2 emissions

Question 18

The railroads shortfall over the next 20 years for infrastructure is about?

A) $10 billion
B) $20 billion
C) $30 billion
D) $50 billion

Question 19

What percentage of vessel traffic using federal and state locks experience delays?

A) 45%
B) 31%
C) 62%
D) 12%

Question 20

The U.S. Costal Ports account for approximately what percentage of U.S. global freight by weight?

A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 80%
D) 50%

Question 21

What type of service has the rail industry seen a significant increase in demand for?

Question 22

What is a reason for the talent gap in supply chain management?

A) Too costly a degree to obtain
B) Too many certifications needed
C) Technology issues within businesses
D) Many are not aware of supply chain management as a professional career

Question 23

Discuss the impact of fuel prices on water carriers.

Question 24

One reason for the increase in pipeline carrier costs is:

A) Decreasing energy costs
B) Increasing security costs
C) Higher intermodal competition
D) Less land for pipeline development

Question 25

Discuss the impact of fuel price instability on Motor Carriers.

Question 26

Over the next 20 years what level of increase is expected in freight truck traffic?

Question 27

Discuss the cost of congestion in the transportation system?

Question 28

Discuss issues with supply and demand of fuel.

Question 29

What is meant by green supply chain?

Question 30

One of the positive effects of higher fuel prices is a reduction of fuel consumption and subsequently a reduction in ____?

Question 31

Motor carriers tend to be highly fuel sensitive because:

A) Poor gas mileage creates inefficiencies
B) Government regulations are superfluous
C) They are sensitive to price increases
D) Rail is so much more fuel inefficient

Question 32

Describe the impact of fuel on the airline industry.

Question 33

Discuss advances in truck navigation.

Question 34

What are the goals of the Smart Way Transport Partnership?

Question 35

Why is the number of truck drivers expected to decrease?

Question 36

Describe the impact of congestion on the rail system.

Question 37

Fuel price volatility includes which of the following?

A) Frequent price changes
B) Bad gas mileage
C) Intermodal carriers
D) None of these is correct.

Question 38

Discuss the impact of fuel prices on rail carriers.

Question 39

What type of carrier is the most intensive user of fuel?

A) Air
B) Rail
C) Maritime
D) All of these are correct.

Question 40

Describe waterway congestion and the role of infrastructure.