L5M2 CIPS Managing Supply Chain Risk Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

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2 and 4 are correct. Audits should be unscheduled so that any issues can't be covered up in advance. Interviews with workers should also be conducted in private as this will allow them to speak their mind with confidence. Where interviews are conducted as a group there may be peer-pressure to say the correct thing. especially if there are managers around. see p.88 for information on Audits

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quoting in Juan's currency would reduce the risk to Juan - the risk of currency exchange rate fluctuations would then sit with the supplier. See p.23 for more information on currency risks.

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3 4 and 5 are the correct answers. This is from p. 79 of the textbook - each of these three areas is then covered in detail throughout chapter 2.2.

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As a consultant he will need Professional Indemnity insurance. This insurance is for roles that include providing advice, designs and services. Insurances comes up a bit in the exam so revise this from p.96-100

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A Disaster Recovery Plan is to get critical systems operational following an emergency. This is implemented hours after the event. Option 2 describes Incident Response and Option 3 describes a Business Continuity Plan. Option 4 is made up. These definitions and the timeline of when they're activated is on p.108 of the study guide

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The correct answers are as follows:

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This could be for cultural reasons within the company. P. 135 states that sometimes causes of risk are not recorded as this could lead to a blame culture within the company.

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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'

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The correct answers are reputational risks and geopolitical risks. This is according to p. 77 of the study guide. Although I personally feel this is a bit presumptive, painting all 'low-cost' countries with the same brush (are all 'low-cost countries' politically unstable and allow dodgy things that will affect your reputation?, this is what the textbook says ...

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The correct answer is 'no-this is not the purpose of insurance'. The question asks if Professional Indemnity Insurance can be claimed on for this- no it can't- that's not its purpose. It would be Employer's Liability insurance which could be claimed on. This question tests your understanding of the different types of insurance. There is a very similar question in the exam- so remember accidents at work are claimed against Employer's Liability insurance NOT Professional Indemnity insurance - see p.96 for more information on different types of insurance

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The consequences of this risk are huge, therefore the risk should be terminated. This means the cause of the risk is taken away (i.e. the animal testing).

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Actions to mitigate one risk, may create another risk. This is a direct quote from p. 132

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ISO 20400 is Sustainable Procurement. This is from p. 51 of the study guide- as well as learning what the ISO numbers are, do also learn the key areas of each ISO as these come up in the exam.

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Separation of duties is a key component of the Sarbanes-Oxley Regulations. It ensures businesses are accounting responsibly, and one way to do this is through separation of duties (no one person has complete control of the accounts of a company). See https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sarbanesoxleyact.asp and p.42 in the study guide. This piece of legislation does tend to come up in the exam so do revise this topic.

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This is an example of bribery. The trip to Barbados is the bribe. For more information on these types of fraud see p.19

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The correct answers are as follows:

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This is calculated from normal distribution. In normal distribution most of the values are concentrated around the middle of the data set- standard deviation identifies how far a data point is from this average. See p.128 for more information