CTCD UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Items prohibited for Purchasing with state funds - ✔✔-alcoholic beverages
-audit of finacial records
-postage or PO box rental other than US post office
-membership in or dues for professional organization
-live or artificial indoor plants
-private facilities for meetings, conferences or exams
-generally informational, promotional, or educational periodicals and publications issued
by the agency intended for use by the general public and not essential for achievement
of statutory objective by the agency
✔✔Factors that should be considered when the agency is determining which
procurements require individual Acquisition Plans: - ✔✔-Procurement type
-Contract Complexity
-Dollar Value
-Whether procurement is apart of a larger organizational project
✔✔Set-aside programs - ✔✔1. Prison made goods
2. State use programs
Set aside programs do not require competitive procurement
✔✔State Use Program Exceptions - ✔✔-Quantity
-Quality
-Delivery Time
-Life Cycle Costs
✔✔SPD delegates purchases to agencies for the following types of procurements: -
✔✔-One-time purchases of goods that do not exceed $50,000
-Purchases of Services that do not exceed $100,000
-Direct Publications
-Purchases of perishable goods
-Distributor purchases
-Fuel, oil, and grease purchases
-Internal repair purchases; and
-Emergency purchases
✔✔Purchases that have a total value of $5,000 of less - ✔✔Spot Purchases
✔✔Factors to consider when determining whether or not to grant a delegation request -
✔✔-capabilities of the agency's purchasing staff and the availability of automated
purchasing tools at agency
-certification levels held by the agency's purchasing personnel
, -results of SPD's procurement review audits of an agency's purchasing practices and;
-whether the agency has adopted and published protest procedures as part of its
purchasing rules that are consistent with SPD' s procedures
✔✔Services not offered on a TXMAS program - ✔✔-professional services
✔✔CAT Review - ✔✔greater than or equal to $5 million
✔✔SPD Delegation review for services - ✔✔greater than 100,000
✔✔SPD Delegation review for goods - ✔✔greater than 50,000
✔✔Performance-based qualifications focus on _ or _ rather than the process by which
the products and services are produced. - ✔✔outcomes, results
✔✔What is the specification that allows respondents to bring their own expertise,
creativity, and resources to satisfy the agency requirement? - ✔✔Performance-based
must be reasonable and measurable
✔✔What is the specification that focuses on the vendor and how they perform the
service or how the product is made rather than what the product or service does? -
✔✔Design-based
✔✔Established standards is an effective means of defining performance requirements -
✔✔True
✔✔Producer Price Index - ✔✔pertains to commodities
✔✔Consumer Price Index - ✔✔Pertains to labor and services
✔✔What is the most common risk mitigation measure? - ✔✔Insurance
✔✔Name the risk mitigation measures: - ✔✔-Financial Capability
-Insurance
-Surety Bonds
-Warranties
-Extended warranty; maintenance agreement
-Limitations of liability clauses
✔✔Name the 6 types of common insurance policies: - ✔✔-Commercial General Liability
-Professional Liability
-Workers' Compensation
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Items prohibited for Purchasing with state funds - ✔✔-alcoholic beverages
-audit of finacial records
-postage or PO box rental other than US post office
-membership in or dues for professional organization
-live or artificial indoor plants
-private facilities for meetings, conferences or exams
-generally informational, promotional, or educational periodicals and publications issued
by the agency intended for use by the general public and not essential for achievement
of statutory objective by the agency
✔✔Factors that should be considered when the agency is determining which
procurements require individual Acquisition Plans: - ✔✔-Procurement type
-Contract Complexity
-Dollar Value
-Whether procurement is apart of a larger organizational project
✔✔Set-aside programs - ✔✔1. Prison made goods
2. State use programs
Set aside programs do not require competitive procurement
✔✔State Use Program Exceptions - ✔✔-Quantity
-Quality
-Delivery Time
-Life Cycle Costs
✔✔SPD delegates purchases to agencies for the following types of procurements: -
✔✔-One-time purchases of goods that do not exceed $50,000
-Purchases of Services that do not exceed $100,000
-Direct Publications
-Purchases of perishable goods
-Distributor purchases
-Fuel, oil, and grease purchases
-Internal repair purchases; and
-Emergency purchases
✔✔Purchases that have a total value of $5,000 of less - ✔✔Spot Purchases
✔✔Factors to consider when determining whether or not to grant a delegation request -
✔✔-capabilities of the agency's purchasing staff and the availability of automated
purchasing tools at agency
-certification levels held by the agency's purchasing personnel
, -results of SPD's procurement review audits of an agency's purchasing practices and;
-whether the agency has adopted and published protest procedures as part of its
purchasing rules that are consistent with SPD' s procedures
✔✔Services not offered on a TXMAS program - ✔✔-professional services
✔✔CAT Review - ✔✔greater than or equal to $5 million
✔✔SPD Delegation review for services - ✔✔greater than 100,000
✔✔SPD Delegation review for goods - ✔✔greater than 50,000
✔✔Performance-based qualifications focus on _ or _ rather than the process by which
the products and services are produced. - ✔✔outcomes, results
✔✔What is the specification that allows respondents to bring their own expertise,
creativity, and resources to satisfy the agency requirement? - ✔✔Performance-based
must be reasonable and measurable
✔✔What is the specification that focuses on the vendor and how they perform the
service or how the product is made rather than what the product or service does? -
✔✔Design-based
✔✔Established standards is an effective means of defining performance requirements -
✔✔True
✔✔Producer Price Index - ✔✔pertains to commodities
✔✔Consumer Price Index - ✔✔Pertains to labor and services
✔✔What is the most common risk mitigation measure? - ✔✔Insurance
✔✔Name the risk mitigation measures: - ✔✔-Financial Capability
-Insurance
-Surety Bonds
-Warranties
-Extended warranty; maintenance agreement
-Limitations of liability clauses
✔✔Name the 6 types of common insurance policies: - ✔✔-Commercial General Liability
-Professional Liability
-Workers' Compensation
