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1 Fl I'IFIITIIBIH UNIVERSITY OF SCIEI ICE nnd TECHNOLOGY Faculty of Computing and Informatics DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of Information Technology (Business Computing) Bachelor of Information Technology (Systems Administration & Networks) Bachelor of Informatics Bachelor of Logistics & Supply Chain QUALIFICATION CODE: 8OBSBC / 8OBSAN / O7BAIF/ 07BLSM LEVEL: 7 COURSE: Enterprise Resource Planning Systems COURSE CODE: ERP7ZOS DATE: November 2017 SESSION: DURATION: 2Hours MARKS: 75 FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION EXAMINER(S) Mr Pardon Maoneke MODERATOR: Mrs Victoria HasheeIa Mufeti THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 9 PAGES (Including this front page) INSTRUCTIONS 1. Answer ALL the questions. 2. Write clearly and neatly. Number the answers clearly. PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS 1. Examination paper. 2. Examination script. Page 1 of 9

2 SECTION A: Multiple Choice Questions. Marks for Each Question Are Shown at the End [Total Marks 20] 1. Software as a Service (SaaS) can help reduce one ofthe following costs category (select one correct choice): A) Server costs. B) Software costs. C) Training costs. D) Implementation services costs. E) Broader organizational costs. 2. Select two ways by which a user can influence the development of ERP systems (select two correct choices): A) Through code modification. B) User groups. C) Logging in faults. D) Programming. E) None of the above. 3. The benefit of global integration ensures that A) Your staff support fewer programming languages. B) System provides a single user interface. C) A common database with data is entered once. D) Business performed in a unit is visible to and impacts real-time on other business units. E) ERP systems can support multiple languages and regulations. Page 2 of 9

3 4. Which of the following strategies are being used on Enterprise Systems to improve their marketability? (Select three correct choices) [3 Marks] A) Targeting vertical segments. B) Targeting small businesses. C) Operating 24/7 365 days a year. D) The invention of open source ERPs. E) Business intelligence integration. 5. Benefits realisation need to be managed as part of which application management process phase? (Select any one correct answer). A) Customizing. B) Business case development. C) Operate. D) Optimize. E) Design. 6. Select one stock type that is not valuated. A) Unrestricted-use stock. B) Stockin transfer. C) Blocked stock. D) Valuated stock. E) Stock in quality inspection. Page 3 of9

4 7. Which document shows the movement of stocks when conducting a sales to order business process on SAP ERP? A) Materials flow. B) Sales order process flow. C) Document flow. D) Delivery note. E) Purchase Order Flow. 8. A business that need services for sales order and procure to pay business process has to buy which SAP ERP modules (on ERPIII)? (select two correct choices). A) Storage location. B) Sales and Distribution (SD) module. C) Material Management (MM) module. D) Supply Chain Management (SCM) module. E) Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) module. 9. The stock transport order is used when sourcing materials from (select choice): one correct A) Outlined source agreements. B) A predefined source list. C) Stocks in quality inspection to unrestricted-use stock. D) Internal sources. E) A vendor. Page 4 of9

5 10. Goods receipt will result in the occurrence of the following events except (select two correct answers): A) The creation of accounting documents. B) Updating the moving average prices. C) Updating vendor master data. D) Outputting of the GR slip. E) Automatic creation of a purchase order. 11. Which of the following is not part of the organisational structure that supports the sales order process? A) Distribution channel. B) Companycode. C) Sales area. D) Plant. E) None of the above. 12. Select one master data type that can be used to identify material supplied by a specific vendor. A) Vendor master data. B) Organisational structure data. C) Purchasing information record data. D) Material master data. E) Condition master data. Page 5 of 9

6 13. Which of the following is correct about stock in transfer? (select two correct choices). A) B) C) D) E) Its stock that is not inventoried. One can do a stock count on such stock. Counts as unrestricted-use stock. Stocks ready to be used. Is managed as valuated stock of the receiving location. 14. Which ofthe following transactions can increase the value of inventory in a company? (select one correct choices). A) B) C) D) E) Goods issue. Purchase order. Payment for stocks received a week ago. Receiving goods from a plant within the same company code. Post stock count. Page 6 of 9

7 -- SECTION B: Structured Questions. Marks for Each Question Are Shown at the End [Total Marks 55] QUE-mom I18Mk1 Use Figure 1 below to answer question 1A. Requirements Application Management 3qu: m Operate Figure 1. ERP implementation phases. A. Explain the activities associated with each of the implementation phases indicated in Figure 1. [2 Marks Each] B. Discuss two reasons why it is inappropriate to consider ERP as either custom-built or off-the-shelf software. C. Discuss possible effects of a post stock count on the accounting document and material document. Page 7 of 9

8 QUESTION 2 [21 Marks] State and explain two material valuation strategies used in SAP ERP. Why should business organisations avoid paying too much attention on an ERP s best practices as a measure of its potential success once installed? [4 marks] What do you understand by the term business process"? Make use of an example to illustrate your answer. [3 Marks] 0') Outline the difference in roles ofthe purchasing organisation and purchasing group in procurement. With reference to any business organisation of your choice, demonstrate your understanding of a client, company code and plant clearly indicating how they relate to each other. [6 Marks] Page 8 of 9

9 QUESTION 3 [18 Marks] Analyse the scenario below and answer question 3A and 38. An organisation adopted SAP R/2. The users in this organisation access SAP R/2 on a central mainframe computer that is accessed through thin clients. A. Which enterprise system architecture is represented in the scenario above? B. Discuss four advantages of this enterprise system architecture. Please note that only one architecture type is represented in the scenario above. C. During sales to order process, under what circumstances will the system consider forward scheduling? D. What do you understand by the following terms? (Your explanation should include an example) i. Surcharges. ii. lncoterms. E. Discuss two scheduling rules (strategies) used by an SAP ERP when scheduling a delivery. F. What is the: i. Condition for using a stock transport order? ii. Financial implications for using a stock transport order? [1 Marks] End of the Exam Page 9 0f9