EMT Practice Test

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Question1: What is the pricing method that incentivises the supplier to control their costs?

Question2: Bandpro is a reseller of branded computer products to the private and public sector. The procurement team must purchase 500 items each day solely by multiple phone calls and emails to suppliers. Due to this practice, it takes a lot of time to track and collect relevant documents. Some important documents even get lost, which makes procurement audit more burdensome. Which of the following would increase the robustness of audit trails in procurement activities?

Question3: GPP, the employer, and Prosolia UK, the contractor, entered into five EPC contracts for the development of five different solar power generation plants in the United Kingdom. Four out of the five developments failed to be commissioned by the relevant due dates, with the delays ranging from 44 to 285 days.
Among other claims, GPP, acting through its two investment vehicles, claimed liquidated damages of £500 per day in all four contracts for Prosolia UK's failure to achieve completion of the plants by the due date. The liquidated damages claimed amounted to £1,804,221 across the four delayed contracts.
Prosolia, alongside various other defences, raised the defence that the liquidated damages provision in each contract was a penalty, and therefore unenforceable against it. Is Prosolia contractually obliged to make the payment to the plaintiff?

Question4: Which of the following should be applied when measuring frequency of on-time deliveries during a contract period?

Question5: Is the government only source of industrial standards within a country?

Question6: Danielle buys a car from Aaron. Not long after, she receives an proposal from Brian, who is interested in buying the car but his budget is very constraint. Then, Brian decides to sign a hire purchase agreement with Danielle which lasts 4 years. Brian lives very far from Danielle, so he hires Charlie to deliver the car to his place. During the transport, Charlie has an accident and the car is written off. At the time of accident, who has the title of the car?

Question7: Bethy sees a coat on shop window with a $100 price tag. She comes and asks the shop owner to buy it. The owner states that the price has not been updated and the current price for the coat is $120. Bethy says the owner should honour the quoted price on window shop. Is Bethy correct?

Question8: When a supplier signs an insurance policy with an insurance company, which of the following is transferred to insurance company?

Question9: Since services are intangible, so KPIs for services must be qualitative in all circumstances. Is this statement correct?

Question10: Which of the following is regulated by standard ISO 14001?

Question11: Which of the following are likely to be advantages of using invitation to tender? Select TWO that apply:

Question12: Which of the following is likely to reduce risks of different rules regarding when offers and acceptance become effective between legal systems?

Question13: Which of the following regulates barriers to the trade of goods between Member States of WTO?

Question14: Social and environmental criteria are often incorporated into which of the following type of specification?

Question15: Which of the following are most likely to be substantive elements of the specification of a truck? Select TWO that apply:

Question16: Which of the following are key features of standard terms and conditions? Select TWO that apply

Question17: Consequences and actions that arise from certain KPI scores must be...? Select TWO that apply.

Question18: SFO procurement manager sent a request for quotation to Vogon International in which he determined the contract terms and specification. In SFO's standard terms and conditions, it is stated that 'Goods shall be delivered and Services performed by the applicable Delivery Date. Supplier must notify Buyer 3 days prior to the Delivery Date if Supplier is likely to be unable to meet a Delivery Date.' Vogon replied with a quotation without any amendment to SFO's terms & conditions. The SFO procurement manager found the prices were reasonable and submitted to senior management. Senior management team accepted that quotation and sent a notification to Vogon. On the Delivery Date, Vogon said they had no capacity to supply the product as the quotation due to a workers' strike. Did Vogon breach any agreement with SFO?

Question19: Southwark is negotiating a contract with Orchard to provide software and IT services. Orchard will manufacture and install the products which are contractually supplied by IBM. Southwark's procurement manager is worried that during the contract there would be some problems that they would not able to claim for damages from Orchard. Which of the following should be included in the head contract so that Southward can sue IBM, should the need arise?

Question20: Which of the following are NOT covered by CISG? Select TWO that apply:

Question21: Which of the following shall help the purchaser control the selection of tier 2 suppliers?

Question22: Which of the following are the 'fundamental' labour standards laid down by the International Labour Organisation?
1. Elimination of child labour
2. Payment of a minimum wage
3. The right to collective bargaining
4. Abolition of forced labor

Question23: Which of the following should be specially noticed in market dialogue with suppliers in specification development?

Question24: Which of the following may be a benefit for purchaser in using call off contract?

Question25: Which of the following best defines an 'express' term in general contract arrangements?

Question26: Which of the following are the conditions for revocation of offer to be valid?
1. The offeree has not received the offer yet
2. Revocation of offer must be communicated with the offeree
3. Revocation of offer must be sent via email
4. Offeree has not accepted the offer yet

Question27: According to mailbox rule in some common law countries, at which point the offeree's acceptance will be effective?

Question28: A supermarket purchases a new batch of house cleaner from new supplier. The supermarket is concerned about possible damage that the house cleaner may cause to consumers' floor. What type of insurance must they cover?

Question29: Which of the following is an invitation to treat?

Question30: Blakenall District Hospital (BDH) is a large hospital that is a major part of the government's health service. Purchasing staff are in the habit of placing many long-term contracts with suppliers and sub-contractors. Whilst these contracts are usually carried out successfully, prices are often paid that are well over budget. The purchasing manager is concerned to find that, in some cases, members of staff are forcing suppliers to accept fixed price contracts. The policy has caused several problems such as some suppliers refusing to deal with BDH and a few going out of business mid-way through performing a contract with BDH. This is due to fluctuating market prices of materials. The procurement manager suggests supplier to adopt variable pricing arrangement with price index. Is this a right course of action?

Question31: Streaming Ltd is a music streaming provider based in the UK. The company is looking for extending its presence in the US. To achieve this, the company needs to outsource the data centre service to a local company. To monitor the performance, the procurement manager would like to introduce a service level agreement (SLA) to the data centre service provider. Which of the following should be included in the SLA?
1. System availability
2. The mean time to recover from system failure
3. The actual number of on-time service delivery
4. Dispute resolution procedure

Question32: Which of the following is the most suitable model contract for car lift manufacturing?

Question33: XYZ Ltd is negotiating a long-term supply contract of important parts with a supplier. Dave, procurement manager teams up with Alla, legal manager to construct a service level agreement. Dave is concerned that poor performance of supplier may cause damages to the operations of the organisation. Which of the following can be used in conjunction with SLA to compensate the buying organisation in case of supplier's poor performance?
1. Warranties
2. Force majeure clauses
3. Penalty clauses
4. Service credits

Question34: Which of the following is the best definition of consideration in contract law?

Question35: Which of the following are true statements about RFQ process? Select TWO that apply.

Question36: Infra Constructions receive a contract for construction of a building, and following terms were agreed upon. "The entire cost of the project will be reimbursed to Infra Constructions (estimated cost of the project being $ 25 million). The profits will be 20% of the entire cost of a project subject to a max of $ 5 million." This arrangement is an example of...?

Question37: Which of the following should include in the service level agreement that is an appendix of a contract?
1. How often the service is measured
2. Minimum qualification of supplier staffs
3. Remedies to resolve dispute
4. On time service delivery

Question38: Standard terms and conditions should become the governing terms for which group of items?

Question39: Sally places a purchase order to the supplier for some components that her company requires. The supplier delivers the goods as she asks, but the quality assurance team finds that these components are defective and unfit for the company's operations. Which document is the ground to decide whether the goods received are fit for purpose?

Question40: Which of the following KPIs is qualitative?
1. Openness and co-operation of supplier
2. Responsiveness of supplier
3. Customer satisfactory ratings
4. Cost management
5. OTIF deliveries

Question41: If service level agreement is used as a schedule that makes up the contract, it will be most likely to be a part of...?

Question42: Which of the following is the model form of contract for construction which is recommended by World Bank?

Question43: Which of the following regulates barriers to the provision of services between countries?

Question44: Which of the following is a key feature of liquidated damage clauses?

Question45: A senior buyer is preparing specification for the next purchase. He intends to embed social and environmental criteria that align with his organisation's overarching strategy. Which of the following provides the social and environmental objectives that an organisation pursues?

Question46: Which of the following is the best definition of "ultra vires"?

Question47: A manufacturing company signed a contract with a raw material supplier. The contract includes a clause on liquidated damages in case of late delivery. Purchaser was obliged to pay after 30 days from delivery. Eventually raw material was delivered 1 week later than initial plan due to supplier's slow production process. There is no defect in the delivered batch. Which of the following can be claimed by the manufacturing company?

Question48: A procurement manager is preparing a long-term contract with a major supplier. She decides to use the variable pricing arrangement using price indices. The payment terms describe the circumstances and mechanism where the price is allowed to change. In order to successfully manage this type of contract, the buying organisation should have...?

Question49: Which of the following documents are likely to have legal standing? Select TWO that apply:

Question50: Michelle contacts Hannah and asks her if she would be interested in purchasing her car for £2000. Hannah immediately takes £2000 to Michelle and says she wants to buy the car. Michelle subsequently refuses to proceed. Has the contract between Michelle and Hannah been made?

Question51: Cleveland Insurance (Cleveland) offers a range of insurance services. The main software used in the call centre is a customer relationship management (CRM) system. Cleveland perceived an urgent need to replace the existing CRM system to deal with the increasing number of customers and services.
Urgent Digital Ltd (Digital) is one of the bidders of Cleveland's ITT for designing, building and managing the new CRM system. Its bid team is led by Hank Irvine, its technical director. Hank realises that winning the Cleveland contract (valued at approximately £50M) will enhance his career. During discussions with Cleveland, Hank offers certain assurances regarding timescales for the project. He has not carried out any investigations into the viability of the timescales. Hank has little idea whether the timescales can be met.
Cleveland decides that Digital's bid meets with its requirements, especially given the assurances in timescale offered by Hank, and decides to proceed with it, subject to a formal contract. Eventually, a formal contract is signed by both parties. The initial assurances given by Hank about the timing of the project are never going to be achieved and are at best grossly exaggerated.
Cleveland brought the case to the court and sought rescission of contract with Digital. Is Cleveland's claim appropriate in this case?

Question52: Which of the following statement is true about one-off contract?

Question53: Cleveland Insurance (Cleveland) offers a range of insurance services. The main software used in the call centre is a customer relationship management (CRM) system. Cleveland perceived an urgent need to replace the existing CRM system to deal with the increasing number of customers and services.
Urgent Digital Ltd (Digital) is one of the bidders of Cleveland's ITT. Its bid team is led by Hank Irvine, its technical director. Hank realises that winning the Cleveland contract (valued at approximately £50M) will enhance his career. During discussions with Cleveland, Hank offers certain assurances regarding timescales for the project. He has not carried out any investigations into the viability of the timescales. Hank has little idea whether the timescales can be met.
Cleveland decides that Digital's bid meets with its requirements, especially given the assurances in timescale offered by Hank, and decides to proceed with it, subject to a formal contract. Eventually, a formal contract is signed by both parties. The initial assurances given by Hank about the timing of the project are never going to be achieved and are at best grossly exaggerated.
Hank's pre-contractual assurance is most likely to be an example of which of the following?

Question54: XYZ Ltd and Engineer Corp signed a long-term supply contract in which both parties had agreed on performance targets. Recently, due to increased customer demands, XYZ Ltd realises that they should make changes to the contract with Engineer Corp with regards to performance management. These changes are approved and signed by both the buyer and seller. The changes to the contract are known as...?

Question55: A company needs to source a product from overse
a. It wants to overcome technical barrier to cross-border trade by using standards in the specification. Which of the following is most likely to be incorporated into that specification?

Question56: XYZ Ltd is negotiating a long-term supply contract of important parts with a supplier. Dave, procurement manager teams up with Alla, legal manager to construct a service level agreement. Dave is concerned that poor performance of supplier may cause damages to the operations of the organisation. Which of the following can be used in conjunction with SLA to compensate the buying organisation in case of supplier's poor performance?
1. Warranties
2. Force majeure clauses
3. Penalty clauses
4. Service credits

Question57: Nestle gave away records of "Rockin' Shoes" or a voucher to people who sent in three wrappers from Nestle's 6d. milk chocolate bars as well as 1s 6d. Which of the following were the consideration of Nestle's customer? Select TWO that apply

Question58: What does quantum meruit mean?

Question59: To check whether supplier actually complies with the labour standards set out in the contract, the purchaser should have...?