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10 free, exam-style Certified in Transformation for Supply Chain (CTSC) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free CTSC practice test to study every exam domain.

Question 1

Which approach would an organization adopt to develop a supply chain strategy that balances competing priorities of customer satisfaction, cost, and working capital?

  1. Start with suppliers' capabilities and move forward
  2. Start with customer needs and work backward from there
  3. Start with customer needs and then move forward
  4. Start with suppliers' capabilities and work backward
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Correct answer: B - Start with customer needs and work backward from there

Question 2

A company is assessing its supply chain transformation results against targeted KPIs and wants to track whether the change is taking root. Which tool is BEST to do this assessment?

  1. Hoshin planning for breakthrough policy deployment
  2. Value stream mapping of operational process flow
  3. Balanced scorecard tracking strategic outcomes
  4. Theory of constraints analysis at the bottleneck
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Correct answer: C - Balanced scorecard tracking strategic outcomes

Question 3

A company is monitoring and assessing risks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through supply chain crisis management teams in key regions. This is an example of a:

  1. Resilient supply chain with continuous monitoring
  2. Lean supply chain with minimal contingency planning
  3. Static supply chain with no built-in responsiveness
  4. Cost-driven supply chain with no redundancy
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Correct answer: A - Resilient supply chain with continuous monitoring

Question 4

An active executive sponsor learns of slow culture-change progress. To accelerate the change, the sponsor proposes terminating staff who are perceived as unsupportive. What is the MOST likely outcome of this approach?

  1. Urgency rises and the change rate accelerates
  2. Intrinsic motivation rises across the team
  3. Urgency rises but change rate stays the same
  4. Anxiety rises and change rate slows as trust erodes
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Correct answer: D - Anxiety rises and change rate slows as trust erodes

Question 5

A transformation portfolio committee must choose between three projects: a foundational master-data cleanup, a flashy AI-powered demand sensing tool, and a customer-facing portal. Resources allow only two. Which sequencing is MOST appropriate?

  1. Master-data cleanup first to enable AI demand-sensing later
  2. AI demand-sensing first to show quick wins to leadership
  3. Customer-facing portal first to demonstrate visible progress
  4. Run all three in parallel without dependency analysis
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Correct answer: A - Master-data cleanup first to enable AI demand-sensing later

Question 6

A manufacturer faces demand volatility of plus or minus 30% and supply lead-time variability of plus or minus 15 days. Which design choice is MOST appropriate to maintain target service level?

  1. Increase safety stock and reduce supplier lead time
  2. Decrease safety stock and accept higher stock-out rate
  3. Eliminate safety stock and rely on perfect forecasts
  4. Maintain current safety stock and accept lower service
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Correct answer: A - Increase safety stock and reduce supplier lead time

Question 7

A retailer is measuring cash-to-cash cycle: days inventory of 45, days receivable of 30, days payable of 35. What is the cash-to-cash cycle?

  1. 110 days, calculated as 45 plus 30 plus 35
  2. 20 days, calculated as 45 minus 30 plus 35
  3. 10 days, calculated as 45 minus 30 minus 35
  4. 40 days, calculated as 45 plus 30 minus 35
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Correct answer: D - 40 days, calculated as 45 plus 30 minus 35

Question 8

A go/no-go review is scheduled for the day before cutover. User training is incomplete, data migration validation has failures, and the dress rehearsal showed a critical integration error. What is the MOST appropriate decision?

  1. Go ahead anyway because the deadline cannot move
  2. Skip the review and let workstream leads decide later
  3. No-go and re-baseline cutover with a remediation plan
  4. Cancel the project after the failed dress rehearsal
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Correct answer: C - No-go and re-baseline cutover with a remediation plan

Question 9

Mid-execution a workstream has BCWS of $2.0M, BCWP of $1.6M, and ACWP of $1.8M. Which BEST describes project performance?

  1. Behind schedule and over budget (SPI 0.8, CPI 0.89)
  2. Ahead of schedule and under budget (SPI 1.0, CPI 1.0)
  3. On schedule and on budget (SPI 1.0, CPI 1.0)
  4. Ahead of schedule but over budget (SPI 1.0, CPI 0.89)
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Correct answer: A - Behind schedule and over budget (SPI 0.8, CPI 0.89)

Question 10

A benefits register shows $12M expected annual savings tied to a specific KPI. Twelve months post-go-live, the KPI improved but only $7M of attribution can be cleanly traced to the transformation. Which is the BEST response?

  1. Claim the full $12M regardless of attribution evidence
  2. Claim none of the $7M because attribution is imperfect
  3. Hide the attribution gap from leadership reporting
  4. Apply attribution techniques such as control groups
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Correct answer: D - Apply attribution techniques such as control groups

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