SCMT 468 EXAM 1 BOONE

Cross-Functional

Which term refers to business processes that are not executed by a single group or function?

Silo Effect

Which term refers to a system in which workers complete their tasks in separate departments without regard to the consequences for the other components of the process?

All of the above

Which of the following statements about business processes is true?
a) They are executed across multiple functions.
b) They are initiated by some type of trigger.
c) They involve multiple steps.
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

Business Process

Which term represents a set of tasks or activities that produce desired outcomes?

Production Process

Which process involves the actual creation of the products?

Lifecycle Data Management

Which process supports the design and development of products from the initial product idea stage through the discontinuation of the product?

Financial Accounting

Which process tracks the financial impact of process steps with the goal of meeting legal reporting requirements?

Project Management

Which process is used to plan and execute large projects such as the construction of a new factory or the production of complex projects such as airplanes?

Human Capital Management (HCM)

Which process focuses on people within an organization and includes functions such as recruiting, hiring, training, and benefits management?

Payment

What is the final step of the procurement process?

Material Planning

\___________ is concerned with matching the demand for materials in the organization with the supply.

Inventory and Warehouse Management (IWM)

Which of the following is concerned with the storage and movement of materials?

Business Planning

\_______ enables an organization to optimize its product development process, from design to market, while ensuring that it complies with industry, quality, and regulatory standards?

Trigger, Outcome

Which of the following are steps within a generic business process of an organization?
a) Payment
b) Trigger
c) Shipment
d) Outcome
e) Confirmation

Human capital management processes, Project management processes

Which processes focus primarily on people and projects?
a) Financial accounting process
b) Procurement process
c) Production process
d) Human capital management processes
e) Project management processes

Warehouse, Production

Which of the following are components of the production (make) process?
a) Sales
b) Operations
c) Warehouse
d) Accounting
e) Production

Document Management

\_____________ provides tools to manage and store documents securely and to keep track of the multiple versions of these documents?

Sales, Warehouse, Accounting

Which of the following are components of the fulfillment (sell) process?
a) Sales
b) Operations
c) Warehouse
d) Accounting
e) Production

Products, Components, Parts, Anything used in an organization

The term materials encompasses which of the following?
a) Products
b) Components
c) Parts
d) Anything used in an organization
e) Accounting

Request materials, Store materials, Locate materials, Issue materials

Which of the following activities are related to the production process?
a) Request materials
b) Store materials
c) Locate materials
d) Issue materials
e) Receive payment

Receive Materials, Prepare for storage, Store materials

Which of the following activities are related to the procurement process?
a) Issue materials
b) Recieve materials
c) Prepare for storage
d) Store materials
e) Locate materials

Engineering, Marketing, Production

Which of the following are components of the lifecycle data management process?
a) Engineering
b) Marketing
c) Accounting
d) Production
e) Sales

Engineering, Marketing

Which departments take part in the conception of an idea?
a) Engineering
b) Marketing
c) Accounting
d) Production
e) Sales

Make, Marketing and Service, Discontinue product

In which elements of the lifecycle data management process does marketing play a role?
a) Design
b) Conceive product ideas
c) Make
d) Marketing and service
e) Discontinue product

Perform maintenance, Authorize maintenance, Request maintenance

In which components of the asset management process is production involved?
a) Settlement
b) Perform maintenance
c) Authorize maintenance
d) Request maintenance
e) Perform Service

Create Service Request, Authorize Service

Sales is involved in which steps in the customer service process?
a) Perform service
b) Create a service request
c) Settlement
d) Authorize service
e) Request Maintenance

Architecture

Which term refers to the technical structure of the software, how users interact with the software, and how the software is physically managed on computer hardware?

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Which system connects a company's ERP system to those of its customers?

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Which of the following systems helps companies administer the processes of research, design, and product management?

SAP NetWeaver

Which program is the "operating system" for an entire company's business processes?

Client

The highest organizational level in SAP ERP is the \______.

Organizational Data

Which of the following is(are) used to represent the structure of an enterprise?

One

How many company codes can a plant belong to?

Material Master

Which of the following master data is used in numerous processes?

Finished Goods (FERT)

materials that are created by the production process from other materials are referred to as \__________.

Trading Goods

What type of materials is purchased from a vendor?

Raw Materials

Materials that are purchased from an external source (a vendor) and used in the production process are known as \_________.

Material Group

Which of the following terms refers to materials with similar characteristics?

Transaction Data

\_________ reflect the consequences of executing process steps.

Virtual Documents

Financial accounting (FI) documents, management accounting or controlling (CO) documents, and material documents are referred to as

Work Lists

Which of the following identify tasks that are scheduled to be completed in a process?

Web services expose functionality to other applications, Web services are an essential component of enterprise systems, and Web services can be used to create composite applications.

Which of the following statements concerning Web services are true?
a) Web services expose functionality to other applications
b) Web services are an essential component of enterprise systems
c)Web services can be used to create composite applications.
d) One Web service can be used to execute multiple steps in a process.
e) Web services have standard interfaces for input and output

SAP SCM, SAP CRM

Which of the following SAP systems are used to support inter-company processes?

Organizational data represent entities such as customers and vendors, Organizational data define the structure of an enterprise

Which of the following statements regarding organizational data are true?
a) Organizational data represent entities such as customers and vendors
b) Organizational data define the structure of an enterprise
c) Organizational data are a consequence of the execution of process steps
d) Organizational data are constantly changing
e) Organizational data change infrequently

Master data represent entities such as customers and vendors, Master data are a consequence of the execution of process steps

Which of the following statements regarding master data are true?
a) Master data represent entities such as customers and vendors
b) Master data are a consequence of the execution of process steps
c) Master data define the structure of an enterprise
d) Master data are constantly changing
e) Master data change infrequently

Client, Customer, Vendor

Which of the following are examples of organizational data in SAP?
a) Client
b) Customer
c) Purchasing Organization
d) Vendor
e) Plant

Customer, Vendor

Which of the following are examples of master data in SAP?
a) Client
b) Customer
c) Purchasing Organization
d) Vendor
e) Plant

A Factory, A storage facility (warehouse, DC), an office

A plant can be used to represent which of the following?
a) A factory
b) A storage facility (warehouse, DC)
c) An office
d) A legal entity
e) A company vehicle

Material type, Company code, Organizational Element

Material master data are grouped based on:
a) Process
b) Material type
c) Company code
d) Organizational Element
e) Key segments

It provides the status of one occurrence of a process (e.g. one customer order), It is based on data in the transaction system

Which of the following statements regarding instance-level reporting are true?
a) It provides the status of one occurrence of a process (e.g. one customer order)
b) It is based on data in the transaction system
c) It provides information on the performance of a process across many occurrences ( e.g. customer orders over time
d) It is based on data in the informational system.
e) It uses aggregated data.

It provides information on the performance of a process across many occurrences (e.g. customer orders over time), it is based on data in the transactional system, It uses aggregated data

Which of the following statements regarding process level reporting are true?
a) It provides information on the performance of a process across many occurrences (e.g. customer orders over time)
b) it is based on data in the transactional system
c) It uses aggregated data
d) It provides the status of one occurrence of a process (e.g. one customer order)
e) It is based on data in the informational system

List of customers, List of documents

Which of the following are examples of online lists?
a) Picking list
b) Billing due list
c) List of customers
d) Delivery due list
e) List of documents

Picking list, billing due list, delivery due list

Which of the following are examples of work lists?
a) Picking list
b) Billing due list
c) List of customers
d) Delivery due list
e) List of documents

It helps companies integrate with other non-SAP applications, It serves as the application platform on which the SAP Business Suite runs, It enables companies to plug in independent software vendor (ISV) applications on top of their core ERP and suite applications

Which of the following statements concerning SAP NetWeaver are true?
a) It helps companies integrate with other non-SAP applications
b) It serves as the application platform on which the SAP Business Suite runs
c) It enables companies to plug in independent software vendor (ISV) applications on top of their core ERP and suite applications
d) It deals exclusively with processes that are executed within a company

Products and services are created, Production Planning is carried out, Services and Maintenance is performed

Plant is an organizational element where \______
a) Products and services are created
b) Production Planning is carried out
c) Services and Maintenance is performed
d) Financial accounting takes place

Master, Organizational, Situational

Transaction data make use of which types of data?
a) Master
b) Organizational
c) Situational
d) None of the above

Standard analysis, Flexible analysis

Information structures enable which types of analysis?
a) Standard analysis
b) Flexible analysis
c) Rigid analysis
d) All of the above

Manufacturing plant

Which one of the following is not an organizational data type in procurement?

The place within a plant where materials are kept until they are needed

What is known as a storage location?

Determine storage locations within the plant

A purchasing organization is involved in all but one of the following operations?

Client Level

Which one of the following is not a model of the purchasing organization?
a) Enterprise Level
b) Company Level
c) Client Level
d) Plant Level
e) Cross Plant

Each plant has its own purchasing organization

Within the plant-level purchasing organization, also known as a plant-specific purchasing organization,

Negotiate contracts and agreements

A purchasing group is an individual or a group of individuals who are responsible for all but one of the following:

Sales Master

Which one of the following is not one of the data types that are relevant to the purchasing process?

The purchasing group, the goods receipt processing time, and the delivery tolerances

The key data in the purchasing view are

General data, accounting data, and purchasing data

Which one of the following is the correct group of segments of the vendor master?

Purchasing Info Record

Which of the following is an intersection or combination of material data and vendor data?

Consumable materials

Which of the following are materials acquired to be consumed or used within the organization?

Asset

Which of the following categories are used when the company acquires a fixed asset?

Delivery document

Which of the following is NOT a document in Purchasing?

A plant can be assigned to more than one company code

Which of the following statements about a plant is NOT true?

Transfer posting

Which of the following goods movement need NOT involve a physical transfer of materials?

Task

Which element of the requirements determination process involves the requisition creation?

Source list

A company can use which of the following to select a vendor from a list of potential suppliers?

Outcome

Which element of a purchase order includes communicating with the vendor?

All of the above

SAP can utilize which of the following media to communicate with a vendor?
a) Web Services
b) EDI
c) Fax
d) Print
e) All of the Above

All of the above

Which of the following is a form of data within the goods receipt step?
a) Material Ordered
b) Quantity delivered
c) Verification
d) Storage location
e) All of the Above

Three-way match

Which of the following is a form of invoice verification?

Task

Which element of the payment step includes selecting a bank?

b) Company code
e) Plant

Which of the following are organizational elements in Purchasing?
a) Shipping point
b) Company code
c) Vendors
d) Materials
e) Plant

c) Plant
e) Storage Location

Which of the following are organizational elements in Purchasing?
a) Sales organization
b) Purchasing area
c) Plant
d) Vendor
e) Storage Location

a) Negotiates conditions of purchase with vendors
c) Can purchase for multiple plants

Which of the following statements about purchasing organization are correct?
a) Negotiates conditions of purchase with vendors
b) Must only purchase for one company
c) Can purchase for multiple plants
d) Can purchase for multiple plants but they must be within the same company code
e) Identifies a buyer or group of buyers

a) A vendor
c) A plant

A purchase order can be sent to which of the following?
a) A vendor
b) A customer
c) A plant
d) A purchasing organization
e) A purchasing group

Purchase info records
Source List
Contacts and agreements

Data for source determination is obtained from:
a) A purchase order
b) Purchase info records
c) Source list
d) Contracts and agreements
e) Vendor master record

Standard price
Moving (average) price

Which of the following are methods of valuing materials?
a) Actual price
b) Standard price
c) Purchasing price
d) Moving (average) price
e) Selling price

Goods Receipt / Invoice Receipt account
Inventory account

Which G/L accounts are impacted by the GOODS RECEIPT step of the procurement process?
a) Accounts payable
b) Goods Receipt / Invoice Receipt account
c) Inventory account
d) Vendor account
e) Bank account

Accounts payable
Goods Receipt / Invoice Receipt account
Vendor account

Which G/L accounts are impacted by the INVOICE VERIFICATION step of the procurement process?
a) Accounts payable
b) Goods Receipt / Invoice Receipt account
c) Inventory account
d) Vendor account
e) Bank account

Freight
Discount
Texts

What data are included in a purchasing info record?
a) Freight
b) Discounts
c) Material Number
d) Vendor address
e) Texts

Purchasing info record,
Material Master,
Vendor Master

Data is automatically included in a purchase from which of the following sources?
a) Vendor info record
b) Purchasing info record
c) Material Master
d) Vendor master
e) Purchasing organization

Consumable material
Raw material
Packaging
Non-valuated material

Which of the following are material types?
a) Consumable material
b) Raw material
c) Packaging
d) Non-valuated material
e) Consignment material

In quality inspection
Blocked stock

Materials can be withdrawn only for sampling or for scrap if they are designated as which terms?
a) Goods movement
b) In quality inspection
c) Blocked stock
d) Material document
e) Purchase info record

Material documents
FI documents
CO documents
Purchase order
Invoice

Which of the following are key documents in Purchasing?
a) Material documents
b) FI documents
c) CO documents
d) Purchase order
e) Invoice

Company code
Purchasing organization
Purchasing group

Which of the following are required organizational data when creating a purchase requisition?
a) Sales organization
b) Company code
c) Storage location
d) Purchasing organization
e) Purchasing group

Request for quotation
Quotation

Which steps are involved in converting a purchase requisition to a purchase order?
a) Source list
b) Outline purchase agreement
c) Storage location
d) Request for quotation
e) Quotation

Purchase requisition
RFQ
Quotation
Purchase order

Which of the following are required organizational data when creating a purchase order?
a) User input
b) Purchase requisition
c) RFQ
d) Quotation
e) Purchase order

Requisition
RFQ
Quotation
Conditions
Vendor

Which of the following are required organizational data when creating a purchase order? a) Conditions b) Requisition c) RFQ d) Quotation e) Vendor

Print
E-mail
EDI
Web Services
Fax

SAP can utilize which of the following forms of media to communicate with a vendor?
Print
E-mail
EDI
Web Services
Fax

Unrestricted use
Stock in Transit
Blocked Stock

What are the key stock types (status) in purchasing, based on usability of materials?
a) Unrestricted use
b) Stock in transit
c) Stock on order
d) Stock in storage
e) Blocked stock

Vendor invoice
Purchase order
Material document

Which of the following documents are required for the invoice verification step of the procurement process?
a) Vendor invoice
b) Purchase Requisition
c) Purchase order
d) Material document
e) Material Master

Purchase order
Material document
Invoice
User input

Which of the following is data needed for invoice verification?
a) Company code
b) Purchase order
c) Material document
d) Invoice
e) User input