C_ARSUM Ariba Supplier Management Practice Question
A supplier manager is setting up a new supplier to be eligible for future sourcing events and purchase orders in SAP Ariba. Which two conditions must be satisfied for the supplier to be considered fully onboarded and usable in downstream procurement? (Choose two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse commercial or analytical artifacts that come after a relationship is running with the foundational approval and classification steps that must exist before any transaction can occur.
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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The supplier has an approved and active registration or qualification record
A supplier becomes usable downstream when its registration or qualification is approved and active, and when its profile is mapped to the appropriate commodity or region so it can be discovered. Performance scorecards, master agreements, and risk alerts are either post-transaction artifacts or warning signals and play no role in establishing basic eligibility for sourcing and purchasing.
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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The supplier has completed a performance scorecard for the previous period
Why it's wrong here
Performance scorecards measure historical delivery against metrics and are relevant only after a supplier has been transacting. Requiring a scorecard before onboarding would be impossible for a brand-new supplier with no transaction history, and scorecard completion is not a gate for making a supplier eligible for sourcing or purchase orders.
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The supplier has an approved and active registration or qualification record
Why this is correct
An approved, active supplier record is the prerequisite for downstream usability. Until the registration or qualification reaches an approved state, the supplier is not recognized as a valid, transactable partner, and sourcing and purchasing processes cannot reliably reference it. Approval is what converts a submitted profile into an authorized supplier the organization is willing to do business with.
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The supplier's profile is mapped to the correct commodity or region so it is discoverable in sourcing
Why this is correct
Commodity and region mapping determine where a supplier surfaces during sourcing and purchasing. Even an approved supplier will not appear as a candidate if it is not associated with the relevant commodity or region, so this mapping is essential for the supplier to be found and selected in downstream procurement activities.
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The supplier has at least one risk alert recorded on its profile
Why it's wrong here
Risk alerts are outputs of monitoring that indicate potential concerns; they are not a requirement for onboarding and would in fact be undesirable. A supplier with no alerts is perfectly usable. Treating the presence of an alert as a prerequisite inverts the purpose of risk monitoring, which exists to flag problems, not to enable eligibility.
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The supplier has signed a multi-year master purchasing agreement
Why it's wrong here
A master agreement is a commercial outcome of specific negotiations and is not a precondition for a supplier to be eligible for sourcing events or purchase orders. Many suppliers transact without any master agreement in place, so requiring one at onboarding would block legitimate suppliers and misstate how eligibility actually works.
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