About this event
Introduction to Supply Chain Management (added for 2025-26, grades 9 and 10 only) covers supply chain management's role in business, operations, project management, purchasing, inventory processes, distribution, and transportation strategies. How it runs: this is an individual objective test and nothing else. You take a proctored, online test of 100 multiple-choice questions in 50 minutes. Study materials are not allowed, and a calculator is built into the testing platform. Each correct answer is worth one point with no penalty for wrong answers, and your test score is your result.
FormatObjective Test
Duration50-minute online test, 100 multiple-choice questions
Solo or teamIndividual
CategoryBusiness Management
Your plan
How to study
Built from the official topic outline. Take the check and read every lesson here with no account; a free account keeps your progress and opens flashcards, practice and full tests.
Find your weakest area
Take the 8-question check below: one question from each of the 8 areas. It tells you where to start.
Start the checkLearn every area
Every area of the official topic outline is below. Each has a short lesson, flashcards and practice, plus free reading.
See the areasPractice until every bar is full
Practice gives you one question at a time and leans toward the areas you miss. Your readiness meter fills as you get them right in every area.
PracticeTake a full test at the real pace
100 questions in 50 minutes, the official length. Your readiness meter counts your last 3 full tests from the past 30 days, and 90% fills each one.
Take a practice test
The areas of the test
Operations
- Book · OpenStaxIntroduction to Business 2e, Sec. 10.1: Production and Operations Management: An Overview (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxIntroduction to Business 2e, Sec. 10.2: The Production Process: How Do We Make It? (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxIntroduction to Business 2e, Sec. 10.5: Production and Operations Control (opens in a new tab)
Project Management
- Book · LibreTexts (BCcampus Open Textbook)Project Management 2e (Watt), Ch. 2: Project Management Overview (opens in a new tab)
- Book · LibreTexts (BCcampus Open Textbook)Project Management 2e (Watt), Ch. 3: The Project Life Cycle (Phases) (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxFoundations of Information Systems, Sec. 9.2: Setting Up and Managing Projects for Success (opens in a new tab)
Purchasing
- Book · OpenStaxPrinciples of Marketing, Sec. 4.4: Stages in the B2B Buying Process (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxPrinciples of Marketing, Sec. 4.2: Buyers and Buying Situations in a B2B Market (opens in a new tab)
- Reference · U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Purchasing Managers, Buyers, and Purchasing Agents (opens in a new tab)
Supply Chain Management's Role in Business
- Book · OpenStaxIntroduction to Business 2e, Sec. 12.4: Using Supply Chain Management to Increase Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction (opens in a new tab)
- Book · LibreTextsIntroduction to Operations Management, Sec. 4.1: Introduction to Supply Chain Issues (opens in a new tab)
- Reference · U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Logisticians (opens in a new tab)
Distribution
- Book · OpenStaxPrinciples of Marketing, Sec. 17.1: The Use and Value of Marketing Channels (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxPrinciples of Marketing, Sec. 17.2: Types of Marketing Channels (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxIntroduction to Business 2e, Sec. 12.1: The Nature and Functions of Distribution (Place) (opens in a new tab)
Supply Chain Management Activities
- Book · OpenStaxPrinciples of Marketing, Sec. 17.5: The Supply Chain and Its Functions (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxIntroduction to Business 2e, Sec. 10.4: Pulling It Together: Resource Planning (make or buy, inventory, ERP) (opens in a new tab)
- Book · LibreTextsIntroduction to Operations Management, Sec. 4.3: Foundational Elements of Supply Chain Management (opens in a new tab)
Inventory Processes
- Book · OpenStaxPrinciples of Finance 2e, Sec. 19.5: Inventory Management (opens in a new tab)
- Book · LibreTextsIntroduction to Operations Management, Sec. 4.5: The Role of Inventory in the Supply Chain (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxPrinciples of Accounting, Volume 1, Sec. 6.2: Compare and Contrast Perpetual versus Periodic Inventory Systems (opens in a new tab)
Transportation Strategies
- Book · LibreTextsIntroduction to Operations Management, Sec. 4.6: Logistics (modes of transportation: truck, rail, air, water, pipeline, intermodal) (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxPrinciples of Marketing, Sec. 17.6: Logistics and Its Functions (transportation modes compared) (opens in a new tab)
- Book · OpenStaxFoundations of Information Systems, Sec. 11.2: Global Information Systems Business Models, Logistics, and Risk Management (opens in a new tab)
Free reading comes from open textbooks, government health and business sites, free courses and professional associations, never a copy of a book or a test. Every link was checked on November 9, 2026.
Start here
Find your weakest area
8 questions, one from each of the areas of the Introduction to Supply Chain Management test. Each one is graded the moment you answer, with the reason, and the last screen tells you which area to study first. No account needed.
Test day
What to expect
50 minutes, 100 questions
You have 50 minutes to answer 100 multiple-choice questions. Each correct answer is worth one point and there is no penalty for wrong answers, so always fill in your best guess.
Machine-scored
Tests are machine-scored. Questions are drawn from the official FBLA topic outline for this event, across all of its topic areas. Expect a mix of recall (definitions, formulas), application (scenario-based), and analysis questions.
Top scorers advance
Top finishers at regionals advance to states, and top finishers at states qualify for the National Leadership Conference (NLC). How many advance depends on your state's rules. Study the official FBLA topic outline, which lists the subject areas the test covers.
Test format
- Time limit50 minutes
- Questions100 multiple choice
- OptionsA, B, C, D, one correct
- GuessingNo penalty, always answer
- CalculatorBuilt into the test
- IndividualSolo event
Competition levels: Regional Leadership Conference, then State Leadership Conference, then National Leadership Conference
Guidelines and resources
Bookmark to saveCurated by ChapterPrep. Free unless noted. External links open in a new tab.