APICS CSCP Exam Overview and Key
Topics ACTUAL QUSTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
CSCP - Correct answers✔✔Certified Supply Chain Professional
Exam Version - Correct answers✔✔12.0
Total Questions - Correct answers✔✔546
Customer segmentation - Correct answers✔✔Allows the firm to tailor pricing and service levels
to different customer groups based on their specific needs and value, enhancing profitability.
Customer-facing ordering systems - Correct answers✔✔Improve the ordering process but do not
directly impact pricing or profitability.
Customer relationship management (CRM) - Correct answers✔✔Helps manage customer
interactions but does not directly address segmentation for pricing.
Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR®) - Correct answers✔✔Provides a framework for
improving supply chain processes but is not directly focused on customer segmentation.
Net asset turnover - Correct answers✔✔This ratio measures how efficiently a company uses its
assets to generate sales, reflecting overall supply chain utilization.
,Production equipment productivity - Correct answers✔✔This measures the efficiency of
production equipment but not overall supply chain utilization.
Value-added productivity per employee - Correct answers✔✔This focuses on employee
productivity rather than supply chain utilization.
Upside flexibility - Correct answers✔✔This measures the ability to increase production when
needed but does not reflect utilization.
Standard Costing - Correct answers✔✔This method involves assigning fixed costs to products
based on predetermined standards.
Activity-Based Costing (ABC) - Correct answers✔✔ABC assigns costs based on actual
activities and resource usage, providing a more accurate picture of costs associated with specific
products or services.
Make-or-buy decisions - Correct answers✔✔The decision process influenced by the differences
in cost allocation methods between a manufacturer and a supplier.
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) - Correct answers✔✔A strategy
used primarily for demand planning by improving coordination and collaboration between
supply chain partners.
Joint Forecasting - Correct answers✔✔Partners collaboratively develop demand forecasts based
on shared data, reducing discrepancies and improving accuracy.
Replenishment Planning - Correct answers✔✔Using the agreed-upon forecasts, partners jointly
plan inventory replenishment to ensure optimal stock levels.
, Impact on customers using Just-in-Time manufacturing - Correct answers✔✔A consideration
when designing a supply chain for strategic advantage.
Financial stability of suppliers - Correct answers✔✔A consideration when designing a supply
chain for strategic advantage.
Matching the supply chain to product type - Correct answers✔✔The first consideration when
designing a supply chain for strategic advantage.
Custom or standard parts - Correct answers✔✔A consideration when designing a supply chain
for strategic advantage.
Functional Products - Correct answers✔✔Products with predictable demand and stable sales.
Innovative Products - Correct answers✔✔Products with uncertain demand requiring flexibility.
Supply Chain Design - Correct answers✔✔Strategic decisions impacting supply chain efficiency.
Supporting Information Systems - Correct answers✔✔Systems essential for managing supply
chain activities.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - Correct answers✔✔Systems enhancing interaction
between companies and customers.
Demand Forecasting - Correct answers✔✔Predicting future customer demand for products.
Topics ACTUAL QUSTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
CSCP - Correct answers✔✔Certified Supply Chain Professional
Exam Version - Correct answers✔✔12.0
Total Questions - Correct answers✔✔546
Customer segmentation - Correct answers✔✔Allows the firm to tailor pricing and service levels
to different customer groups based on their specific needs and value, enhancing profitability.
Customer-facing ordering systems - Correct answers✔✔Improve the ordering process but do not
directly impact pricing or profitability.
Customer relationship management (CRM) - Correct answers✔✔Helps manage customer
interactions but does not directly address segmentation for pricing.
Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR®) - Correct answers✔✔Provides a framework for
improving supply chain processes but is not directly focused on customer segmentation.
Net asset turnover - Correct answers✔✔This ratio measures how efficiently a company uses its
assets to generate sales, reflecting overall supply chain utilization.
,Production equipment productivity - Correct answers✔✔This measures the efficiency of
production equipment but not overall supply chain utilization.
Value-added productivity per employee - Correct answers✔✔This focuses on employee
productivity rather than supply chain utilization.
Upside flexibility - Correct answers✔✔This measures the ability to increase production when
needed but does not reflect utilization.
Standard Costing - Correct answers✔✔This method involves assigning fixed costs to products
based on predetermined standards.
Activity-Based Costing (ABC) - Correct answers✔✔ABC assigns costs based on actual
activities and resource usage, providing a more accurate picture of costs associated with specific
products or services.
Make-or-buy decisions - Correct answers✔✔The decision process influenced by the differences
in cost allocation methods between a manufacturer and a supplier.
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) - Correct answers✔✔A strategy
used primarily for demand planning by improving coordination and collaboration between
supply chain partners.
Joint Forecasting - Correct answers✔✔Partners collaboratively develop demand forecasts based
on shared data, reducing discrepancies and improving accuracy.
Replenishment Planning - Correct answers✔✔Using the agreed-upon forecasts, partners jointly
plan inventory replenishment to ensure optimal stock levels.
, Impact on customers using Just-in-Time manufacturing - Correct answers✔✔A consideration
when designing a supply chain for strategic advantage.
Financial stability of suppliers - Correct answers✔✔A consideration when designing a supply
chain for strategic advantage.
Matching the supply chain to product type - Correct answers✔✔The first consideration when
designing a supply chain for strategic advantage.
Custom or standard parts - Correct answers✔✔A consideration when designing a supply chain
for strategic advantage.
Functional Products - Correct answers✔✔Products with predictable demand and stable sales.
Innovative Products - Correct answers✔✔Products with uncertain demand requiring flexibility.
Supply Chain Design - Correct answers✔✔Strategic decisions impacting supply chain efficiency.
Supporting Information Systems - Correct answers✔✔Systems essential for managing supply
chain activities.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - Correct answers✔✔Systems enhancing interaction
between companies and customers.
Demand Forecasting - Correct answers✔✔Predicting future customer demand for products.
