CERTIFIED TEXAS CONTRACT MANAGER TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Warranties and maintenance agreements - ✔✔these should be included in the
solicitation and contract.
✔✔Remedies - ✔✔liquidated damages, compensatory damages, restitution damages
are examples of what?
✔✔Licencing and Certification Requirements - ✔✔if service requires these they must be
included in the solicitation and vendors must maintain them throughout the contract
✔✔Invoicing requrements - ✔✔should be explained in the solicitation and should
include requirements to provide a description of the work or goods delivered in order for
payment to be made.
✔✔Change Control - ✔✔Solicitations should outline a process for change orders,
amendments, and price adjustments. contract price adjustments, price decreases and
discount increases, price adjustment based on index, discount from list, how do you
want the change process to effectively occur.
✔✔Contract Advisory Team CAT - ✔✔mandatory review $5m+
✔✔Quality Assurance Team QAT - ✔✔reviews technology projects proposed $1M or
greater
✔✔14 Days - ✔✔ESBD Posting Timeline: complete the solicitation package
✔✔21 Days - ✔✔ESBD Posting Timeline: Addendum needed to clarify information
✔✔minimum posting is waved - ✔✔ESBD Posting Timeline: emergency procurement
✔✔Texas Register - ✔✔Solicitation for major consulting services must be posted on this
for at least 30 days
✔✔Not Allowed - ✔✔Competitive sealed bids (IFB) & State use program (products only)
negotiations allowed or not allowed?
✔✔Allowed - ✔✔competitive sealed proposals, RFQ, emergency, sole source, TXMAS,
state use program (services only) negotiations allowed or not allowed?
✔✔Contract Managment - ✔✔planning, QAP, Acquisition Plan, risk assessment, file
maintenance, monitoring, payment approval, amendments, extensions, suspension,
termination, contract closeout, and certification information.
, ✔✔Post Award Contractor Conference - ✔✔tool to bridge the gap between
development and management
✔✔Quality Assessment Plan QAP - ✔✔an essential monitoring tool that provides the
contract manager with what tasks will be inspected, when they will be inspected, what
monitoring methods will be used, how performance will be evaluated, how performance
will be accepted, & who is responsible for each activity.
✔✔Contract Level Risk Assessment - ✔✔helps identify high risk contracts that may
need extra attention and frequent monitoring
✔✔Deliverable terms and condidtions level risk assessment - ✔✔specific to a contract,
monitoring reference tool that tracks deliverables due to be received from the
contractor, & each deliverable is assigned a risk level when monitored.
✔✔Schedule Risk - ✔✔Time or timeline related risk
✔✔Financial Risk - ✔✔cost or value related risk
✔✔Performance Risk - ✔✔Service related risk
✔✔Monitoring - ✔✔observation, overseeing, supervision, and regulation to ensure the
terms and conditions of a contract are completed as required.
✔✔Site Visits - ✔✔monitoring method used to check the progress of deliverables and to
verify actual performance.
✔✔Inspection and Acceptance - ✔✔inspect the delivery, were shipments delivered in
error, compare items received with the purchase order for brand name and product
number, inspect for minor visible damage, inspect for severe damage,pick up and return
of shipments, inspect the internal receiving report, and partial shipment are examples of
what?
✔✔Indirect cost - ✔✔cost included under a contract that is not specific to the project.
✔✔Withhold payment - ✔✔in instances such as breach of contract, invoice errors,
vendor noncompliance, performance issues, undocumented cost, need to remedy over
payments with vendor you can
✔✔Dispute Resolution - ✔✔Provide corrective action plan that resolves all problems
before escalation.
✔✔Amendments - ✔✔must be in writing and signed by both parties
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Warranties and maintenance agreements - ✔✔these should be included in the
solicitation and contract.
✔✔Remedies - ✔✔liquidated damages, compensatory damages, restitution damages
are examples of what?
✔✔Licencing and Certification Requirements - ✔✔if service requires these they must be
included in the solicitation and vendors must maintain them throughout the contract
✔✔Invoicing requrements - ✔✔should be explained in the solicitation and should
include requirements to provide a description of the work or goods delivered in order for
payment to be made.
✔✔Change Control - ✔✔Solicitations should outline a process for change orders,
amendments, and price adjustments. contract price adjustments, price decreases and
discount increases, price adjustment based on index, discount from list, how do you
want the change process to effectively occur.
✔✔Contract Advisory Team CAT - ✔✔mandatory review $5m+
✔✔Quality Assurance Team QAT - ✔✔reviews technology projects proposed $1M or
greater
✔✔14 Days - ✔✔ESBD Posting Timeline: complete the solicitation package
✔✔21 Days - ✔✔ESBD Posting Timeline: Addendum needed to clarify information
✔✔minimum posting is waved - ✔✔ESBD Posting Timeline: emergency procurement
✔✔Texas Register - ✔✔Solicitation for major consulting services must be posted on this
for at least 30 days
✔✔Not Allowed - ✔✔Competitive sealed bids (IFB) & State use program (products only)
negotiations allowed or not allowed?
✔✔Allowed - ✔✔competitive sealed proposals, RFQ, emergency, sole source, TXMAS,
state use program (services only) negotiations allowed or not allowed?
✔✔Contract Managment - ✔✔planning, QAP, Acquisition Plan, risk assessment, file
maintenance, monitoring, payment approval, amendments, extensions, suspension,
termination, contract closeout, and certification information.
, ✔✔Post Award Contractor Conference - ✔✔tool to bridge the gap between
development and management
✔✔Quality Assessment Plan QAP - ✔✔an essential monitoring tool that provides the
contract manager with what tasks will be inspected, when they will be inspected, what
monitoring methods will be used, how performance will be evaluated, how performance
will be accepted, & who is responsible for each activity.
✔✔Contract Level Risk Assessment - ✔✔helps identify high risk contracts that may
need extra attention and frequent monitoring
✔✔Deliverable terms and condidtions level risk assessment - ✔✔specific to a contract,
monitoring reference tool that tracks deliverables due to be received from the
contractor, & each deliverable is assigned a risk level when monitored.
✔✔Schedule Risk - ✔✔Time or timeline related risk
✔✔Financial Risk - ✔✔cost or value related risk
✔✔Performance Risk - ✔✔Service related risk
✔✔Monitoring - ✔✔observation, overseeing, supervision, and regulation to ensure the
terms and conditions of a contract are completed as required.
✔✔Site Visits - ✔✔monitoring method used to check the progress of deliverables and to
verify actual performance.
✔✔Inspection and Acceptance - ✔✔inspect the delivery, were shipments delivered in
error, compare items received with the purchase order for brand name and product
number, inspect for minor visible damage, inspect for severe damage,pick up and return
of shipments, inspect the internal receiving report, and partial shipment are examples of
what?
✔✔Indirect cost - ✔✔cost included under a contract that is not specific to the project.
✔✔Withhold payment - ✔✔in instances such as breach of contract, invoice errors,
vendor noncompliance, performance issues, undocumented cost, need to remedy over
payments with vendor you can
✔✔Dispute Resolution - ✔✔Provide corrective action plan that resolves all problems
before escalation.
✔✔Amendments - ✔✔must be in writing and signed by both parties
