QPA TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● Methods of Disposition
Answer: Sealed bids, Public Auctions, Transfers, Trade-ins, Sales to
other Contracting Units
●● Dillons Rule provides for strict construction approach of State
Supremelacy over local government. Municipal Corporations possess
those powers granted by state legislatures
Answer: False
●● Value Analysis is a balance of performance, cost and supply used to:
Answer: Maintain Rising Costs, Keep up technology, Satisfy Customers,
Lower Cost of Ownership, Improve Quality
●● The use of the mandatory Pre-Bid meetings and/or Site Visitation by
Local Contracting Units is strongly recommended, but voluntary.
Answer: False
●● List Three of the traditional forms of Municipal Government
Answer: Boroughs, Townships, Villages, Towns, Cities
,●● In public purchasing all contracts for the provision of goods or
performance of services shall be in writing
Answer: True
●● List five (5) types of contracts that public entities can use:
Answer: Firm Fixed-Price Agreements, Agreement with Escalation
Provisions, Time and Material Agreements, Open-End Agreements,
Lease Agreements, Lease with and Option to Purchase Agreements
●● Under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA) all records
are made or kept in the course of official business are public unless they
are specifically made exempt
Answer: True
●● The State of New Jersey has Five types of levels of local
government, list them "Creatures of the State"
Answer: Counties, Municipalities, School Districts, Local Authorities
and Special Districtsd
●● When a business has received in any calendar year $55,000 or more
in public contracts with public entities, it must file report with ELEC (on
forms provided by the ELEC)
Answer: FALSE - they must file if they have received $50,000 in any
calendar year
,●● Green Product
Answer: Any commodity or service that has a lessor or reduced negative
effect on human health and the environment when compared with
competing commodities or services.
ie packaging, reuse, production, disposal
●● Implied Warranty
Answer: an unwritten guarantee that the product is of sufficient quality
to fulfill the purpose for which it was designed
●● Battle of the Forms (UCC)
Answer: UCC rule stating that if both parties are merchants, then
additional terms contained in the acceptance may become part of the
sales contract if certain requirements are met
●● List four basic "elements" that must be present in any contractual
situation, the absence of any which will prevent the creation of an
enforceable contract
Answer: Capable, Mutual, Lawful, Cause
●● What are the three acts in the formation of a contract?
Answer: Offer, Acceptance, Consideration
●● What are the four "Types" of contracts that Public Entities can use?
, Answer: Firm Fixed-Price Agreement, Agreements with Escalation
Provisions, Time and Material Agreements, Open-End Agreements,
Lease Agreements, Lease with an Option to Purchase Agreement
●● List three major methods that Public Entities use for the vendor
selection process?
Answer: Competitive Sealed Bidding, Competitive Contracting,
Competitive Quotations, Proprietary Purchases, Emergency Purchases
●● List three local "cooperative systems" that Public Entities use?
Answer: Cooperative Pricing System, Joint Purchasing, Commodity
Resale System, County Cooperative Contract Purchasing, Regional
Cooperative Pricing
●● Bid Rigging
Answer: an illegal, anticompetitive practice in which two or more firms
agree in advance which one will submit the lowest bid for a contract
offered through a competitive bidding process
●● Examples of Bid Rigging
Answer: Bid Suppression, Complementary Bidding, Bid Rotation,
Subcontracting, Market Division
●● The NJ Prevailing Wage Act is administered by which State
Department?
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● Methods of Disposition
Answer: Sealed bids, Public Auctions, Transfers, Trade-ins, Sales to
other Contracting Units
●● Dillons Rule provides for strict construction approach of State
Supremelacy over local government. Municipal Corporations possess
those powers granted by state legislatures
Answer: False
●● Value Analysis is a balance of performance, cost and supply used to:
Answer: Maintain Rising Costs, Keep up technology, Satisfy Customers,
Lower Cost of Ownership, Improve Quality
●● The use of the mandatory Pre-Bid meetings and/or Site Visitation by
Local Contracting Units is strongly recommended, but voluntary.
Answer: False
●● List Three of the traditional forms of Municipal Government
Answer: Boroughs, Townships, Villages, Towns, Cities
,●● In public purchasing all contracts for the provision of goods or
performance of services shall be in writing
Answer: True
●● List five (5) types of contracts that public entities can use:
Answer: Firm Fixed-Price Agreements, Agreement with Escalation
Provisions, Time and Material Agreements, Open-End Agreements,
Lease Agreements, Lease with and Option to Purchase Agreements
●● Under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA) all records
are made or kept in the course of official business are public unless they
are specifically made exempt
Answer: True
●● The State of New Jersey has Five types of levels of local
government, list them "Creatures of the State"
Answer: Counties, Municipalities, School Districts, Local Authorities
and Special Districtsd
●● When a business has received in any calendar year $55,000 or more
in public contracts with public entities, it must file report with ELEC (on
forms provided by the ELEC)
Answer: FALSE - they must file if they have received $50,000 in any
calendar year
,●● Green Product
Answer: Any commodity or service that has a lessor or reduced negative
effect on human health and the environment when compared with
competing commodities or services.
ie packaging, reuse, production, disposal
●● Implied Warranty
Answer: an unwritten guarantee that the product is of sufficient quality
to fulfill the purpose for which it was designed
●● Battle of the Forms (UCC)
Answer: UCC rule stating that if both parties are merchants, then
additional terms contained in the acceptance may become part of the
sales contract if certain requirements are met
●● List four basic "elements" that must be present in any contractual
situation, the absence of any which will prevent the creation of an
enforceable contract
Answer: Capable, Mutual, Lawful, Cause
●● What are the three acts in the formation of a contract?
Answer: Offer, Acceptance, Consideration
●● What are the four "Types" of contracts that Public Entities can use?
, Answer: Firm Fixed-Price Agreement, Agreements with Escalation
Provisions, Time and Material Agreements, Open-End Agreements,
Lease Agreements, Lease with an Option to Purchase Agreement
●● List three major methods that Public Entities use for the vendor
selection process?
Answer: Competitive Sealed Bidding, Competitive Contracting,
Competitive Quotations, Proprietary Purchases, Emergency Purchases
●● List three local "cooperative systems" that Public Entities use?
Answer: Cooperative Pricing System, Joint Purchasing, Commodity
Resale System, County Cooperative Contract Purchasing, Regional
Cooperative Pricing
●● Bid Rigging
Answer: an illegal, anticompetitive practice in which two or more firms
agree in advance which one will submit the lowest bid for a contract
offered through a competitive bidding process
●● Examples of Bid Rigging
Answer: Bid Suppression, Complementary Bidding, Bid Rotation,
Subcontracting, Market Division
●● The NJ Prevailing Wage Act is administered by which State
Department?
