AB-330 · Sample questions
10 real questions from the CertifyDeck AB-330 bank, spread across the domains of the official Microsoft Certified: Supply Chain Management AI Consultant Associate skills outline, with the correct answer and a full explanation of why the other options are wrong. They are original questions written from the public syllabus, not exam dumps, and they are the same style you will find in the practice tests and mock exams.
Correct answer: D. Approved customer list relationships with the Not allowed check method
The approved customer list relates customers to items, and the Not allowed check method shows an error and prevents the user from continuing when the customer and item are not authorized. Warning only uses the same list but lets the user continue, so it fails the requirement to stop the transaction.
Correct answer: C. External item descriptions for the items
External item descriptions on the customer account map your internal item number to the external item number and description that the customer uses, and users can search on those values when adding a sales order line. An approved customer group controls who may buy an item, so it does not let clerks search by the customer terminology.
Correct answer: C. Change its status to Approved
Approved planned orders are treated as fixed and expected supply, so later runs don't modify or delete them, and the order stays a planned order. Completed is tempting, but the system treats it the same way as Unprocessed, and such orders are deleted during the next run. Firming would create the real purchase order, which the planner isn't ready to do.
Correct answer: B. Set the Freeze option to Yes and enter 7 days.
The freeze time fence is the period in which existing planned orders aren't changed and no new ones are suggested, and setting it on the master plan overrides the coverage group only for that plan. The firming time fence is tempting, but it automatically converts planned orders into real orders, which isn't the requirement. The coverage time fence sets the planning horizon and would exclude demand after seven days.
Correct answer: D. A product filter group
Product filter groups organize filter codes and are helpful when a location directive query should search for the group instead of a series of codes. Customer and vendor product filters specify which items those parties can access, and generally available products make items available to them, so none of these simplifies a directive query.
Correct answer: C. Run a standard cost conversion for the selected items
Customers who want to change existing items to a standard cost inventory model must use standard cost conversions, which require an inventory close and a dedicated costing version, and which change the item model group on completion. A planned cost version does not value transactions and does not change the inventory model. Fixed receipt price still leaves issues at the running average, so the item would not be on standard cost.
Correct answer: B. Select Use average issue during lead time and enter a Multiplication factor of 1.1
Use average issue during lead time bases the proposal on average issue, and a Multiplication factor of 1.1 adds a 10 percent buffer. Lead time margin is tempting, but it extends the lead time by a value rather than increasing the result by a percentage, so it doesn't meet the requirement.
Correct answer: B. Rate shop
Rate shop finds all the carriers and rates and lists each option with its rate and total transit time, so the coordinator can assign one. Rate is tempting, but it finds only the carrier that costs the least, so there is nothing to compare. Route finds the applicable routes, and Scheduled route finds an auto-generated route based on predefined segments.
Correct answer: D. Assign cost groups of the Direct manufacturing type to the cost categories for setup and run
Setup and run time are segmented through the cost groups assigned to the cost categories of the routing operations, and a direct manufacturing cost group is the type that can be assigned to cost categories. Indirect cost groups are the most tempting alternative, but they segment overhead calculated on the costing sheet rather than the direct setup and run cost. Direct material groups apply to items, and direct outsourcing groups classify purchased subcontracting services.
Correct answer: A. Debit type Item, credit type Customer/Vendor
For a vendor charge, a credit type of Customer/Vendor adds the charge to the vendor's account and a debit type of Item adds it to the item cost. A debit type of Ledger account with the same credit is the tempting alternative, but it records the charge as an expense, so it fails the requirement to include freight in the item cost.
Answer each question before opening the explanation, and write down why you discarded the other options. On AB-330, most mistakes come from choosing an option that is technically possible but does not meet every requirement in the scenario.
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