Free Practice ISM LEAD Exam Questions 2025

Which of the following requires a working knowledge of payback and net present value? 

Jones is a highly motivated leader who exceeds all standards for excellence. However, Jones has also been criticized for micro-managing employees, taking over tasks, giving employees little feedback or direction, and cutting comers during busy periods in order to meet production goals. Jones is MOST likely which of the following types of leaders?

A supply manager recently graduated from college is hired by a manufacturing organization as a buyer of industrial chemicals. The new supply manager has limited knowledge of chemicals and the marketplace. In this situation, which of the following is the FIRST step the supply manager should take? 

A new buyer is hired, and over time the department supervisor notices the buyer's writing style is consistently unprofessional. To improve the buyer's written communications, the supervisor edits several of the buyer's memos, and returns them with a note as an example of how company communications should be written. However, this does not result in any changes in the buyer’s writing style. How should the supervisor rate the "written communication" portion of the buyer's performance review?

A firm's human resources (HR) department would like to expand a successful training program butdoes not have funding to do so. The firm's supply manager believes that strategic sourcing of other HR spend categories can reduce costs to provide funding for the training program. Which of the following influencing tactics should the supply manager use FIRST in order to convince HR to employ strategic sourcing?