EDI EDI Trading Partner Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the purpose of an EDI 997 transaction set?
- To acknowledge receipt and syntactic acceptance of an EDI interchange (Correct answer)
- To transmit invoice data to a buyer
- To send advance ship notices
- To report inventory levels
Correct answer: To acknowledge receipt and syntactic acceptance of an EDI interchange
The 997 Functional Acknowledgment confirms that an EDI transmission was received and that the syntax of the document was valid.
Question 2: Which communication protocol is widely used for direct, secure EDI transmission over the internet between trading partners?
- AS2 (Correct answer)
- FTP
- HTTP
- SMTP
Correct answer: AS2
AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) provides secure, reliable EDI transmission over the internet using encryption and digital signatures.
Question 3: What information is typically exchanged during an EDI trading partner profile setup?
- Qualifier/ID pairs, communication parameters, and supported transaction sets (Correct answer)
- Only IP addresses and usernames
- Business tax identification numbers exclusively
- Email addresses and phone numbers
Correct answer: Qualifier/ID pairs, communication parameters, and supported transaction sets
A trading partner profile includes ISA qualifiers and IDs, GS application identifiers, communication method details, and the list of supported EDI transaction sets.
Question 4: What does EDI charge-back mean in a retail trading partner relationship?
- A financial penalty assessed against a supplier for EDI non-compliance (Correct answer)
- A refund for overpaid invoices processed via EDI
- A fee charged by a VAN for data transmission
- A credit memo sent via EDI 812
Correct answer: A financial penalty assessed against a supplier for EDI non-compliance
EDI charge-backs are penalties retailers impose on suppliers who fail to meet EDI compliance requirements, such as sending incorrect or late transaction sets.
Question 5: Which X12 transaction set is used to send an Advance Ship Notice (ASN) to a buyer?
- 856 (Correct answer)
- 850
- 810
- 855
Correct answer: 856
The X12 856 Ship Notice/Manifest is used to notify the buyer of shipment details before goods arrive, enabling warehouse receiving efficiency.
Question 6: In EDI, what is a qualifier used for in the ISA segment?
- To indicate the type of identification number that follows in the ID field (Correct answer)
- To define the character encoding of the file
- To specify the EDI version being used
- To identify the VAN provider
Correct answer: To indicate the type of identification number that follows in the ID field
ISA qualifiers (e.g., '01' for DUNS, 'ZZ' for mutually defined) tell the receiving system how to interpret the accompanying sender or receiver ID value.
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What is the purpose of an EDI 997 transaction set?