CTCD Test with correct Answers
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - Correct Answers -central authority for state
agency procurement guidance, education, and statewide contract development services
Major contracts for information technology projects are monitored by the _. - Correct
Answers -Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
Major contracts are reviewed by _. - Correct Answers -Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Procurement - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -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: - Correct Answers -Consanguinity and Affinity
What is a consanguinity relationship? - Correct Answers -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? - Correct Answers -arises by virtue of marriage
includes an officials or employee's spouse and individuals related to the spouse
, two degrees
1st: spouse, spouse's parents, Children's Spouses, Spouse's children
2nd: Spouse's grandparents, spouses grandchildren, spouse's brothers and sisters,
brothers and sister's spouses
Bribery - Correct Answers -if a person intentionally or knowingly offers, confers, or
agrees to confer on another, or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as
consideration for a violation of public servants legal duty or a public servants decision,
opinion, recommendation, vote, or any other exercise of discretion.
T or F, A bribery offense can still occur even if the benefit is offered after the employee
has acting in a manner desired or after the employee has ceased working for the state -
Correct Answers -True
Bribery does not occur is the benefit is a political contribution - Correct Answers -True
Where do you report suspected fraud, waste or abuse? - Correct Answers -The State
Auditor's Office (SAO)
Allowable vendor-public procurement professional interactions between response due
date and contract award include what three things? - Correct Answers -1. Clarification of
respondent's ability to meet the solicitation requirements
2. Negotiations
3. The exchange of information as necessary to facilitate a potential contract award
SPD and DIR serve on what two interagency oversight teams? - Correct Answers -The
Contract Advisory Team (CAT) & Quality Assurance Team(QAT)
What programs does SPD manage? - Correct Answers -1. Centralized Master Bidders
List (CMBL)
2. Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB)
3. Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)
4. Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS)
CAT makes recommendations on the solicitation documents for contracts by agencies
that have an estimated value of at least_. - Correct Answers -$5 Million
Quality Assurance Team (QAT) - Correct Answers -interagency working group
established to provide on-going oversight to reduce risk of project overruns and failures
of major information resources projects
List the 5 steps of the Procurement Cycle: - Correct Answers -1. Procurement Planning-
Define the business need and establish the procurement objectives
2. Procurement Method Determination: Identify the appropriate Procurement Method
and, if applicable, issue a solicitation
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - Correct Answers -central authority for state
agency procurement guidance, education, and statewide contract development services
Major contracts for information technology projects are monitored by the _. - Correct
Answers -Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
Major contracts are reviewed by _. - Correct Answers -Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Procurement - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -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: - Correct Answers -Consanguinity and Affinity
What is a consanguinity relationship? - Correct Answers -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? - Correct Answers -arises by virtue of marriage
includes an officials or employee's spouse and individuals related to the spouse
, two degrees
1st: spouse, spouse's parents, Children's Spouses, Spouse's children
2nd: Spouse's grandparents, spouses grandchildren, spouse's brothers and sisters,
brothers and sister's spouses
Bribery - Correct Answers -if a person intentionally or knowingly offers, confers, or
agrees to confer on another, or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as
consideration for a violation of public servants legal duty or a public servants decision,
opinion, recommendation, vote, or any other exercise of discretion.
T or F, A bribery offense can still occur even if the benefit is offered after the employee
has acting in a manner desired or after the employee has ceased working for the state -
Correct Answers -True
Bribery does not occur is the benefit is a political contribution - Correct Answers -True
Where do you report suspected fraud, waste or abuse? - Correct Answers -The State
Auditor's Office (SAO)
Allowable vendor-public procurement professional interactions between response due
date and contract award include what three things? - Correct Answers -1. Clarification of
respondent's ability to meet the solicitation requirements
2. Negotiations
3. The exchange of information as necessary to facilitate a potential contract award
SPD and DIR serve on what two interagency oversight teams? - Correct Answers -The
Contract Advisory Team (CAT) & Quality Assurance Team(QAT)
What programs does SPD manage? - Correct Answers -1. Centralized Master Bidders
List (CMBL)
2. Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB)
3. Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)
4. Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS)
CAT makes recommendations on the solicitation documents for contracts by agencies
that have an estimated value of at least_. - Correct Answers -$5 Million
Quality Assurance Team (QAT) - Correct Answers -interagency working group
established to provide on-going oversight to reduce risk of project overruns and failures
of major information resources projects
List the 5 steps of the Procurement Cycle: - Correct Answers -1. Procurement Planning-
Define the business need and establish the procurement objectives
2. Procurement Method Determination: Identify the appropriate Procurement Method
and, if applicable, issue a solicitation
