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CIPS L3M2 Exam
Ethical Procurement and Supply (Page 5 )

Updated On: 1-Feb-2026
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A term used to describe preparatory activities undertaken after a contractor has been appointed, but before they have commenced work. Often used in projects, construction or management consultan- cy

  1. work.
  2. Globalisation
  3. Synchronisation
  4. Mobilisation
  5. Improvisation

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

It is probably often improvisation, but the correct answer is mobilisation: getting ready to undertake the task at hand.
It could be as simple as booking a team of consultants into a hotel room; it could be as complex as leasing bulldozers from the US, hiring cranes from China, and buying cement from Nigeria.



`Sometimes descriptions of the need are best created by a cross-XXXX team'.
What does XXXX represent here?

  1. Funicular
  2. Regional
  3. Industrial
  4. Functional

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Cross-functional.
That is, drawn from a number of functions, or departments, within an organisation.



Which two of the following are world-famous quality management gurus?

  1. W Edwards Deming
  2. Philip Crosby
  3. Phil Collins
  4. Bill Cosby
  5. Bing Crosby
  6. Edgar Hoover

Answer(s): A,B

Explanation:

Both Philip Crosby and Deming (alongside Juran) are legendary quality management thinkers and writers.
Both Phil Collins and Bing Crosby are famous singers; Bill Cosby is an American comedian; and J Edgar Hoover was the legendary Head of the FBI in the USA.



The main difference between value engineering and XXXXX XXXXX is that whereas value engineering is applied to new product design at the pre-manufacturing stage, XXXXX XXXXX is applied to established products that are already being manufactured and sold in the market.

  1. Product analysis
  2. Cost analysis
  3. Value analysis
  4. Price analysis

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Value analysis.
This is simply a distinction between VA and VE.



The time between recognition / origin of the need; through to usage or consumption is described as:

  1. User's view of lead time
  2. Seller's lead time
  3. Maker's lead time
  4. True lead time
  5. Procurement lead time

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

True lead time.
You may wish to argue regarding the QUESTION NO : of consumption, but my textbook tells me this is how it is. A true lead time could also be from recognition of the need through to delivery into the user's hands, I would suggest. For example, are we to say that a requirement for a fire extinguisher is un-fulfilled as it hangs on a hook next to the requisitioner for three years?



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