CIPS L3M5 Socially Responsible Procurement Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

'Many XXX of creatures are becoming extinct, or are suffering steep decline in numbers. The diver-sity of XXX is necessary for the functioning of ecosystems, and in some cases endangered XXX contribute to the human food chain (eg honey bees)...'



Answer : B

The word which fits best is 'species'.


Question 2

OECD has written about the concept of a 'pyramid of CSR responsibilities'.

'Being a good corporate citizen' is described as being at the highest level of the pyramid, and falls within which of the following sets of responsibilities?

In other words, which of these options shown, is at the highest level of the CSR pyramid?



Answer : A

The order of responsibilities is as follows: economic (be profitable - keep the business going); legal (comply with the law); ethical (act in an ethical way); discretionary (be a good citizen - do things above and beyond eg for the local community, supporting small suppliers, overseas suppliers, etc).

Frankly, any organisation not being economic, legal and ethical needs to take a serious look at itself. Don't you think?


Question 3

'ISO' stands for:



Answer : D

International Organisation for Standardization, sometimes known as 'International Standards Or-ganization'.


Question 4

The term 'the triple bottom line' was coined in which year?



Answer : C

1994.

The term was coined in that year by John Elkington in the UK.


Question 5

'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 6

What is the chemical formula for methane?



Answer : C

CH4 - methane - a greenhouse gas.


Question 7

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.


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