C_ARSUM Ariba Supplier Management Practice Question
A global manufacturer is rolling out SAP Ariba Supplier Management and wants suppliers in high-risk regions to complete an enhanced due-diligence questionnaire. The program lead asks which TWO capabilities in the solution enable the enhanced questionnaire to be triggered automatically based on supplier risk rather than being sent manually. (Choose two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse communication or status mechanisms, such as reminders or preferred status, with the rule and event logic that actually selects and delivers questionnaire content.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Module-level eligibility rules that evaluate supplier attributes and assign the appropriate modular questionnaire.
Automatic, risk-based questionnaire delivery requires two things: a decision mechanism that evaluates supplier attributes to include the right module, and a data-driven trigger that reacts to risk changes. Module eligibility rules provide the conditional inclusion, while integration events on risk score changes provide the dynamic invocation, together removing manual selection entirely.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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A scheduled task in the supplier's registration project that sends a reminder email to the supplier contact.
Why it's wrong here
Reminder tasks only nudge a supplier about work already assigned; they do not decide which questionnaire content applies. If the enhanced module was never added to the project, a reminder cannot create it, so this option addresses follow-up communication rather than risk-based triggering of the questionnaire itself.
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Module-level eligibility rules that evaluate supplier attributes and assign the appropriate modular questionnaire.
Why this is correct
Eligibility rules on a module evaluate supplier data such as region, commodity, or risk classification and decide whether that module is included in the supplier's project. By defining an eligibility rule tied to the high-risk region attribute, the enhanced due-diligence module is automatically added without a buyer manually selecting it.
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Integration events that publish supplier risk score changes and invoke a project creation or module update.
Why this is correct
Integration events can publish changes such as an updated risk score, and a receiving process can then create a project or add the enhanced module. This makes the trigger dynamic and driven by actual risk data rather than a buyer's judgment, which is exactly what the program lead requires for high-risk suppliers.
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A manual approval task assigned to the category manager to confirm the supplier's risk level.
Why it's wrong here
A manual approval task introduces human confirmation but does not automatically select or deliver the enhanced questionnaire. It also depends on the buyer noticing the risk condition, which is precisely the manual effort the program lead wants to remove, so it does not satisfy the automatic triggering requirement.
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A supplier-facing preferred status that is set when the supplier completes basic registration.
Why it's wrong here
Preferred status reflects a sourcing or qualification outcome and is not a trigger for questionnaire content. Setting a supplier to preferred after basic registration would not add an enhanced due-diligence module, and it conflates a status label with the rule-based logic needed to detect and respond to risk.
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