C_ARSUM Ariba Supplier Management Practice Question
Contoso Foods runs a supplier qualification project for a packaging supplier. During the internal review stage, the category manager requests that a second reviewer from the quality team approve the supplier before the project advances to the next phase. Which configuration should the template designer use to guarantee the quality reviewer's decision is captured before progression?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is treating an extra approver on an existing task as equivalent to a separate required task, when the task's completion rule may let a single approval advance the project.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
✓
Insert a separate approval task in the project template and assign it to the quality team role.
Project templates in SAP Ariba Supplier Management model control points as tasks with their own assignees and completion conditions. Inserting a dedicated approval task for the quality role creates an explicit, sequential gate that must be satisfied before the next phase. Sharing an existing task, removing review, or using informal comments all fail to bind the quality decision to project progression.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Change the project's due date so the quality reviewer has time to comment in the message board.
Why it's wrong here
Extending a due date and relying on message board comments creates an informal, non-blocking channel. Comments are not approval decisions, do not satisfy task completion conditions, and cannot prevent the project from advancing, so this approach cannot guarantee the quality reviewer's input is captured before progression.
- ✓
Insert a separate approval task in the project template and assign it to the quality team role.
Why this is correct
A distinct approval task with its own assignee role forces the quality reviewer to act as an independent gate. Because tasks in a project template are executed in sequence or per configured dependencies, the next phase cannot begin until this task is completed, so the quality decision is explicitly captured.
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Add the quality reviewer as an additional approver on the existing approval task.
Why it's wrong here
Adding a second approver to one task typically creates a parallel or any-one-must-approve condition depending on the task's completion rule. That does not guarantee the quality reviewer's decision is individually captured and required before progression, because the category manager's approval alone could satisfy the task and let the project move on.
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Disable the internal review stage and let the supplier resubmit the questionnaire.
Why it's wrong here
Removing the internal review stage eliminates the very control the category manager is trying to strengthen. Resubmission only restarts the supplier's data entry; it does not insert a quality reviewer checkpoint, so the requested assurance would be lost rather than gained.
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