CTCD TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
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Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)
central authority for state agency procurement guidance, education, and statewide contract
development services
Major contracts for information technology projects are monitored by the _.
Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
Major contracts are reviewed by _.
Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Procurement
refers to all aspects of the sourcing activities, including drafting and issuing the solicitation,
evaluation of responses, selection of successful respondents, the negotiation of contracts, and the
actual purchasing of goods or services.
Purchasing
refers to the mechanical or administrative process of how goods and services are ordered.
Usually described as the transactional function of the procurement process
Nepotism
form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using one's position to favor a relative
The two classifications of Nepotism are:
Consanguinity and Affinity
What is a consanguinity relationship?
one established through bloodlines
includes individuals related by blood to the official or employee
three degrees
1st: Parents, Children
2nd: Grandparents, Grandchildren, Brothers and Sisters
3rd: Great-Grandparents, Great-grandchildren, Nephews and Nieces, Uncles and Aunts
What is a affinity relationship?
arises by virtue of marriage
ANSWERS
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)
central authority for state agency procurement guidance, education, and statewide contract
development services
Major contracts for information technology projects are monitored by the _.
Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
Major contracts are reviewed by _.
Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Procurement
refers to all aspects of the sourcing activities, including drafting and issuing the solicitation,
evaluation of responses, selection of successful respondents, the negotiation of contracts, and the
actual purchasing of goods or services.
Purchasing
refers to the mechanical or administrative process of how goods and services are ordered.
Usually described as the transactional function of the procurement process
Nepotism
form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using one's position to favor a relative
The two classifications of Nepotism are:
Consanguinity and Affinity
What is a consanguinity relationship?
one established through bloodlines
includes individuals related by blood to the official or employee
three degrees
1st: Parents, Children
2nd: Grandparents, Grandchildren, Brothers and Sisters
3rd: Great-Grandparents, Great-grandchildren, Nephews and Nieces, Uncles and Aunts
What is a affinity relationship?
arises by virtue of marriage
