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Operations & Supply Chain

The skills a Operations & Supply Chain assessment can cover, how the assessment runs, and a sample question to try.

Skills covered

Candidates declare the skills they have, and each sitting is generated for their target role and those skills. These are skills from this field that an assessment can cover.

  • Operations Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Logistics
  • Inventory Management
  • Procurement
  • Vendor Management
  • Demand Planning
  • Process Improvement
  • Quality Control
  • Capacity Planning

Sample question

In inventory management, what does safety stock protect against?

  1. ARising purchase prices
  2. BHigh storage costs
  3. CUnexpected demand or supplier delays that could cause stockouts
  4. DProduct obsolescence
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C. Unexpected demand or supplier delays that could cause stockouts

Safety stock is a buffer held to absorb variability in demand and lead times so orders can still be fulfilled.

A sample only. Real questions are generated fresh for each sitting, so this exact question will not appear.

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What the assessment looks like

A 25-question skills test and a 7-question text interview, about 50 minutes in total.

Sections

  • Multiple-choice questions12 questions
  • Scenario questions8 questions
  • Written case questions5 questions
  • AI text interview questions7 questions
Total time
About 50 minutes
Score validity
Your verified score stays valid for 90 days.
Retakes
One free early retake every 90 days; Premium adds a second.

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