CIPS Socially Responsible Procurement L3M5 Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

Issues of social responsibility can be challenging for organisations operating internationally. The Profex textbook for this subject discusses seven key underlying principles of social responsibility. One of these principles is 'international norms of XXX' referring to situations where the law of a country does not provide for adequate environmental or social safeguards. 'An organisation should as a minimum try to respect international norms of XXX.' What is the correct word to replace XXX?



Answer : C

'Behaviour' is the correct answer, although 'decency' would also make sense. The issue of how an organisation behaves within a host country can be vexed, with tensions between the organisational norms of behaviour and local / governmental norms. You may be able to think of your own exam-ples.


Question 2

'XXX occurs when productive land is made economically unproductive, for example by large scale deforestation. XXX is caused largely by pressures for subsistence food production, growing com-mercial crops, and meat production in arid and semi-arid areas'



Answer : D

Desertification is land becoming a desert - in the QUESTION NO :, one clue towards the best answer is the use of the terms 'arid' and 'semi-arid'. You can see this happening in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as Brazil where vast areas of trees are being felled annually.


Question 3

UNFCCC negotiations led to which protocol in 1997, on the subject of climate change and the re-duction of emissions globally?



Answer : C

Kyoto, 1997.

Most recent global conference on this issue was in Glasgow, Scotland in 2022.

The other answers have no connection: 'The Fourth Protocol' is a novel by Frederick Forsyth.


Question 4

'XXX inclines can be used to move items from an upper floor to a lower floor'. What is XXX?

0Vanity



Answer : B

Gravity.

(L3M6)


Question 5

Which one of the following is typically insufficiently exploited in unskilled storage layout and de-sign?



Answer : A

Height - a reference to the necessity to fully use the cube of a space.

(L3M6)


Question 6

What proportion of transport energy consumption is accounted for by road transport, as opposed to rail, air and sea, according to the International Energy Authority?



Answer : B

Over ninety per cent of transport energy is consumed by road transport.

Each time you see a heavy lorry on the road, ask yourself why the goods were not transported by train. In many cases (long journeys, non-perishable goods, heavy or bulky items), it would be per-fectly feasible to move goods by train instead of by road, and at vastly reduced cost to the envi-ronment.


Question 7

ISO 26000 is the international standard for:



Answer : D

ISO 26000 is the international standard for social responsibility.


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