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An organization's mission statement should: ✔Correct Answers-Express the organization's
purpose for existence
An agency is revising its document retention schedule. To what should the governmental entity
look for guidance? ✔Correct Answers-Legal and statutory requirements
An agency is looking into cooperative purchasing practices. After conducting some analysis, the
agency would like to "piggyback" its purchases with other agencies that are participating in
cooperative purchasing. When using a "piggyback" method, what would the arrangement be
called? ✔Correct Answers-Cooperative Contract
A governmental agency has a threshold for small purchases of $1000 and three quotes are
required above that figure. There has been a steady increase int he number of field purchase
orders, along with recent complaints from internal customers about it taking too long to buy
what they need. Which of the following actions is most likely to have the biggest impact on
reducing costs and saving time in the long run? ✔Correct Answers-Instituting a purchase card
program
Can be used to determine the impact of the expenditure patterns within a supply market
✔Correct Answers-a procurement profile
A governmental agency processed a purchase requisition for the purchase of direct-read water
meters. Which fund should a purchasing agent check to confirm that the money was available
for this purchase? ✔Correct Answers-Operating Fund/Capital Fund
The governmental agency has recently acquired a piece of property on which an old hotel of no
notable historical significance sits. The city manager wants to perform construction on the site.
A local preservation group, however, has made some overtures that they will oppose the
governmental agency's plan to demolish the hotel. The city manger has asked the purchasing
department to handle the preservation group's concerns. How should the department proceed?
✔Correct Answers-Notify the upper management and recommend a meeting with the group's
leader to discuss their concerns
In today's economic and political environments, what is the MOST effective structure for
governmental purchasing agencies. ✔Correct Answers-Establishing a combination of
centralized and decentralized operations
A governmental agency has a non-competition threshold that says any purchase below $5,000
does not require competition. Over a three month period a requesting user has asked a 3
, separate occasions to directly purchase without competition, products needed by the agency.
On each occasion the value of the purchase was approximately $4,500. What should the buyer
do? ✔Correct Answers-Remind the requester of the code restrictions on fragmenting orders
A buyer is charged with purchasing diesel fuel for the transit system. What type of study should
be conducted to determine how best to make this purchase? ✔Correct Answers-Market
analysis
Upon receipt a Purchase Requisition for a small buy commodity, the first step the buyer would
normally take would be to: ✔Correct Answers-Determine if the item is available in surplus
stock
The government agency is changing its performance measures from primarily cost related
measures to value-added benefits. To implement this change, the agency would want to
consider all of the following steps EXCEPT? ✔Correct Answers-Plan the change in detail so
that it can be implemented in a 30-day period
A buyer is asked to conduct a review and evaluation of cost data in order to determine actual
costs or estimates of costs to be incurred. This process is known as: ✔Correct Answers-Cost
Analysis
An agency manager submitted a request for five-year lease on a special tractor that he plans to
modify and use for raking the beach during the summer. He has money in his budget to cover
the lease cost. What's the most important thing to consider before going forward with the
leasing process? ✔Correct Answers-Many lease agreements will not permit modifications of
any kind to the leased equipment
A communications director, procurement specialist and budget specialist have all been added to
an acquisition planning team to procure a new countywide communications system. In addition
to the team already assembled,which of the following would NOT be included on this
acquisition planning team? ✔Correct Answers-County Chief Property Tax Assessor
A governmental agency has issued a purchase requisition to to acquire software for its finance
department. Immediately upon receiving the requisition, the buyer should do all the following
EXCEPT which task? ✔Correct Answers-Call the recommended vendor for prices
A well known supplier provides milk to public school districts throughout the state. Over the last
six years, a senior buyer has been responsible for soliciting bids and making awards for the
purchase of vanilla and chocolate milk for each of the twelve schools in his district. Although he
has solicited more than four different milk providers during this time, the well known supplier is
the only one that provides a bid response and the bid prices increase by 1.5% each year. Based
on this pattern of bidding, the buyer should take the following action: ✔Correct Answers-
Contact all other bidders to determine why they did not bid on the agency's requirements
Latest Update |Already Graded A+
An organization's mission statement should: ✔Correct Answers-Express the organization's
purpose for existence
An agency is revising its document retention schedule. To what should the governmental entity
look for guidance? ✔Correct Answers-Legal and statutory requirements
An agency is looking into cooperative purchasing practices. After conducting some analysis, the
agency would like to "piggyback" its purchases with other agencies that are participating in
cooperative purchasing. When using a "piggyback" method, what would the arrangement be
called? ✔Correct Answers-Cooperative Contract
A governmental agency has a threshold for small purchases of $1000 and three quotes are
required above that figure. There has been a steady increase int he number of field purchase
orders, along with recent complaints from internal customers about it taking too long to buy
what they need. Which of the following actions is most likely to have the biggest impact on
reducing costs and saving time in the long run? ✔Correct Answers-Instituting a purchase card
program
Can be used to determine the impact of the expenditure patterns within a supply market
✔Correct Answers-a procurement profile
A governmental agency processed a purchase requisition for the purchase of direct-read water
meters. Which fund should a purchasing agent check to confirm that the money was available
for this purchase? ✔Correct Answers-Operating Fund/Capital Fund
The governmental agency has recently acquired a piece of property on which an old hotel of no
notable historical significance sits. The city manager wants to perform construction on the site.
A local preservation group, however, has made some overtures that they will oppose the
governmental agency's plan to demolish the hotel. The city manger has asked the purchasing
department to handle the preservation group's concerns. How should the department proceed?
✔Correct Answers-Notify the upper management and recommend a meeting with the group's
leader to discuss their concerns
In today's economic and political environments, what is the MOST effective structure for
governmental purchasing agencies. ✔Correct Answers-Establishing a combination of
centralized and decentralized operations
A governmental agency has a non-competition threshold that says any purchase below $5,000
does not require competition. Over a three month period a requesting user has asked a 3
, separate occasions to directly purchase without competition, products needed by the agency.
On each occasion the value of the purchase was approximately $4,500. What should the buyer
do? ✔Correct Answers-Remind the requester of the code restrictions on fragmenting orders
A buyer is charged with purchasing diesel fuel for the transit system. What type of study should
be conducted to determine how best to make this purchase? ✔Correct Answers-Market
analysis
Upon receipt a Purchase Requisition for a small buy commodity, the first step the buyer would
normally take would be to: ✔Correct Answers-Determine if the item is available in surplus
stock
The government agency is changing its performance measures from primarily cost related
measures to value-added benefits. To implement this change, the agency would want to
consider all of the following steps EXCEPT? ✔Correct Answers-Plan the change in detail so
that it can be implemented in a 30-day period
A buyer is asked to conduct a review and evaluation of cost data in order to determine actual
costs or estimates of costs to be incurred. This process is known as: ✔Correct Answers-Cost
Analysis
An agency manager submitted a request for five-year lease on a special tractor that he plans to
modify and use for raking the beach during the summer. He has money in his budget to cover
the lease cost. What's the most important thing to consider before going forward with the
leasing process? ✔Correct Answers-Many lease agreements will not permit modifications of
any kind to the leased equipment
A communications director, procurement specialist and budget specialist have all been added to
an acquisition planning team to procure a new countywide communications system. In addition
to the team already assembled,which of the following would NOT be included on this
acquisition planning team? ✔Correct Answers-County Chief Property Tax Assessor
A governmental agency has issued a purchase requisition to to acquire software for its finance
department. Immediately upon receiving the requisition, the buyer should do all the following
EXCEPT which task? ✔Correct Answers-Call the recommended vendor for prices
A well known supplier provides milk to public school districts throughout the state. Over the last
six years, a senior buyer has been responsible for soliciting bids and making awards for the
purchase of vanilla and chocolate milk for each of the twelve schools in his district. Although he
has solicited more than four different milk providers during this time, the well known supplier is
the only one that provides a bid response and the bid prices increase by 1.5% each year. Based
on this pattern of bidding, the buyer should take the following action: ✔Correct Answers-
Contact all other bidders to determine why they did not bid on the agency's requirements
