Supply Chain and Distribution test

Question 1

railroads

Answer 1

transport 15% of total ton miles in the US

Question 2

ton mile

Answer 2

movement of one ton of freight in one mine

Question 3

carload

Answer 3

minimum number of pounds of freight to fill a boxcar

Question 4

marine shipping

Answer 4

barges and container ships

Question 5

inland shipping

Answer 5

shipping from one port to another on connecting rivers and lakes

Question 6

intercoastal shipping

Answer 6

shipping of goods on inland and coastal waterways between ports on the same coast

Question 7

international waterways

Answer 7

shipping of goods on oceans, seas, and rivers that connect continents and countries

Question 8

piggyback

Answer 8

carrying loaded truck trailers over land on railroad cars

Question 9

fishyback

Answer 9

shipping loaded truck trailers over water on ships and barges

Question 10

pipelines

Answer 10

usually transport natural gas and owned by the company using them

Question 11

air cargo

Answer 11

-less than 1% of total ton miles of freight
-used for high value, low weight, time critical items
-overnight mail
-emergency medicines, parts, instruments
-regulated by FAA (federal aviation administration)

Question 12

transportation service companies

Answer 12

handles small and medium sized packages

Question 13

US postal services (USPS)

Answer 13

primary source of shipping small packages and first class mail

Question 14

express delivery service

Answer 14

FexEx, DHL, UPS- specialize in shipping small packages, often overnight

Question 15

freight forwarder

Answer 15

private company that combines less-than-carload or less-than-truckload shipments from several businesses and delivers them to their final destinations