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CIPS L4M4 Exam Questions
- Topic 1: Understand options for sourcing requirements from suppliers: This section covers the sourcing process, approaches, options, and award criteria for obtaining requirements from suppliers. The sub-topics provide a foundation for strategic sourcing.
- Topic 2: Understand the key processes that can be applied to the analysis of potential external suppliers: This section examines analyzing market data, obtaining quotations/tenders, and assessing responses. The sub-topics focus on key processes for evaluating potential suppliers.
- Topic 3: Understand compliance issues when sourcing from suppliers: It explores legislative, regulatory, and organizational requirements for sourcing. It compares the use of audit and other mechanism of feedback.
Free CIPS L4M4 Exam Actual Questions
Note: Premium Questions for L4M4 were last updated On Jul. 06, 2026 (see below)
Procurement professionals should never appoint any suppliers that have a low credit rating. Is this statement TRUE?
A credit rating is one of many tools used to assess a supplier's financial health. Responsible sourcing requires a comprehensive assessment of suppliers, considering multiple factors, to ensure a balanced and ethical approach to supplier selection.
A chief procurement officer (CPO) reviews a tender process and recommendation before making the final submission to the board of directors for approval. The CPO notices that the evaluation team assessed technical and financial capacity but did not conduct an assessment and due diligence on the supplier's environmental, social, governance, anti-bribery, and corruption practices and processes. The CPO has decided to forward the report to the board for approval and seek reassurance from the supplier at a later date once the contract has been signed. Was the CPO's decision the correct one?
Ethical and responsible sourcing requires that environmental, social, governance, anti-bribery and corruption (ESG/ABC) considerations are assessed before contract award, not after. Failure to conduct due diligence exposes the buying organisation to reputational damage, legal sanctions, financial losses, and supply chain disruption. Seeking reassurance post-contract removes leverage and weakens governance controls. CIPS guidance stresses that supplier evaluation must be holistic, covering technical, financial, and ethical compliance to ensure risks are identified and mitigated early. Strategic contracts, in particular, demand robust due diligence to protect organisational integrity and stakeholder trust.
A public sector buyer has run a competitive tender, for which there were eight bidders. All bidders have met the public sector organisation's minimum standards. In addition, they must also meet several other requirements. The buyer will make the contract award decision based on which of the following?
Weighted criteria allow the buyer to evaluate multiple factors, not just price, to make a fair and balanced decision. This approach ensures responsible sourcing by considering quality, sustainability, and other relevant factors alongside cost, which aligns with public procurement ethics and standards.
ABC Ltd works with supplier XYZ Ltd who uses a variety of subcontractors. ABC has recently learned of an ethical breach being committed by one of XYZ's subcontractors. What should ABC do?
ABC should do a 'root cause analysis' to find out where the issue has come about, and why. From there, once they know what the breach is and how serious it is, they can suggest corrective action.
They can't jump straight to terminating the contract or seeking damages as it's not the supplier itself but rather the subcontractor. Also that would be really hasty considering we don't know what the issue is and what the market conditions are like. That supplier may be the only one who can provide the product. We also don't know if the supplier knows about the issue themselves.
An organisation is keep to include Social Outcomes in it's assessment for Value for Money for a new tender. Which of the following should be considered?
Social value is about benefitting the local community / society. Therefore of those options listed, use of local labour is the most appropriate to consider.
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