CERTIFIED TEXAS CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Certification Test Practice Questions and Correct Answers
Recent Tested 2025 Rated A+
is a state-level certification required for professionals managing contracts in
Texas public agencies. It tests knowledge of the full contract management
lifecycle, including planning, procurement, execution, risk management,
performance monitoring, and legal compliance under Texas Government Code.
The 2025 version includes around 300 multiple-choice questions based on the
Comptroller's Procurement and Contract Management Guide. Completion of
CTCM training is mandatory before taking the exam, and a passing score
typically requires 70% or higher.
Vendor Communication consists of all of the following except.
A. Avoids situations that could appear to show favoritism to a specific vendor
B. is constant throughout the life of a contract
✓ C. Allows communication by the end user during solicitation as long as they communicate to
all vendors
D. Is allowable and unallowable depending on the circumstance. - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Allows
communication by the end user during solicitation as long as they communicate to all vendors
The Statewide Procurement Division is part of the Comptroller's office and is responsible for
everything except.
✓ Is directed by the State of Texas Chief Procurement Officer
B. Assists and oversees all statewide procurement
C. Provides assistance to procurement professionals conducting procurements under delegated
authority
D. Responsible for the training program for all State of Texas Purchasers - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Is
directed by the State of Texas Chief Procurement Officer
Procurement consists of the following roles:
,A. Purchasing, Contract Development and Contract Monitoring
✓ B. Contract Management, Purchasing and Contract Development
C. Procurement, Statement of Work and Vendor Oversight
D. Procurement, Contract Development and Contract Management - CORRECT ANSWER-B.
Contract Management, Purchasing and Contract Development
To obtain Certification as a Contract Developer or Manager in the state you must:
A. Attend the required training classes
B. Pass the exam with a grade of 80 or above
C. Have a minimum of 1 year experience purchasing
✓ D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D. All of the above
The Procurement Oversight & Delegation Team reviews the following contracts except:
A. Conducts reviews and delegation of authority for services of $100,000 or greater
B. Solicitations with value of $5 million or greater coordinates the review
C. All Major Information Resources Projects
✓ D. Answer questions and provides advice at any time during solicitation - CORRECT
ANSWER-D. Answer questions and provides advice at any time during solicitation
The CMBL Stands for:
A. Central Master Bid List
✓ B. Centralized Master Bidder's List
C. Centralized Master Bid Log
D. Comptroller Master Bid List - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Centralized Master Bidder's List
The Historically Underutilized Business Program consists of the following except:
A. Promotes full equal business opportunities to remedy disparity in state procurement
B. Requires agency to report HUB activity every 6 months to the Comptroller
✓ C. Requires agencies to conduct business with HUBs
,D. Is applicable to all state agencies and institutions of higher education - CORRECT ANSWER-C.
Requires agencies to conduct business with HUBs
Texas Smartbuy is the online ordering system used to place orders for commodities on term
contract.
TRUE or FALSE. - CORRECT ANSWER-False
Which compliance check is not required on purchase under $1 million.
A. SAM Check
B. Warrant/Payment Hold
✓ C. Form 1295
D. Franchise Tax - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Form 1295; TEC disclosure of interested parties
Which of the following are not considered professional services
A. Medicine, Professional Nursing, Optometry
✓ B. Consulting Service, Professional Engineering
C. Land Surveying, Landscape Architect
D. Accounting, Real Estate Appraising, Architecture - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Consulting Service,
Professional Engineering
All of the following require purchase to be done through a competitive process except:
✓ Purchase from another Agency
B. Purchase of Printing from TCI Print Shop
C. Purchase using a Request for Proposal
D. Purchase using an Invitation for Bid - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Purchase from another agency
A material change in a proposed contract constitutes a counteroffer, which must be agreed to by the
other party for there to be a finding contract between the parties. Also referred to as a "meeting of
the minds". This is the description of which element of a contract.
A. Legal Purpose
B. Consideration
C. Acceptance
, ✓ D. Offer
E. Competent Parties - CORRECT ANSWER-D. Offer
The damages that are not included in Compensatory damages is:
A. Reliance Damages
✓ B. Restitution Damages
C. Consequential Damages
D. Expectation Damages - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Restitution Damages
Purchasing - CORRECT ANSWER-The receipt and processing of requisitions, development of
specifications, development of statement of work, the issuance of purchase orders against existing
statewide cooperative or agency contracts, and the verification of the inspection of merchandise or
receipt of services by the Agency
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - CORRECT ANSWER-The central authority for state agency
procurement guidance, education, and statewide contract development services The SPD director
serves as the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for the State of Texas.
-State Tax Collector & Treasury
- State Accountant
- Revenue Estimation & Forecast
- Provide purchasing support & procurement oversight
- Develop & Manage statewide term contracts for use by over 200 state agencies & universities
Contract Value - CORRECT ANSWER-The initial value of the contract, including anticipated
extensions & renewals for the contracts full existance
A contract with an initial value of $4 million, with three (3) optional, annual renewals of the same
amount. What is the contract value? Include formula for the answer. - CORRECT ANSWER-Initial +
Renewals
(4) + (4+4+4)
= $16 Million
Certification Test Practice Questions and Correct Answers
Recent Tested 2025 Rated A+
is a state-level certification required for professionals managing contracts in
Texas public agencies. It tests knowledge of the full contract management
lifecycle, including planning, procurement, execution, risk management,
performance monitoring, and legal compliance under Texas Government Code.
The 2025 version includes around 300 multiple-choice questions based on the
Comptroller's Procurement and Contract Management Guide. Completion of
CTCM training is mandatory before taking the exam, and a passing score
typically requires 70% or higher.
Vendor Communication consists of all of the following except.
A. Avoids situations that could appear to show favoritism to a specific vendor
B. is constant throughout the life of a contract
✓ C. Allows communication by the end user during solicitation as long as they communicate to
all vendors
D. Is allowable and unallowable depending on the circumstance. - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Allows
communication by the end user during solicitation as long as they communicate to all vendors
The Statewide Procurement Division is part of the Comptroller's office and is responsible for
everything except.
✓ Is directed by the State of Texas Chief Procurement Officer
B. Assists and oversees all statewide procurement
C. Provides assistance to procurement professionals conducting procurements under delegated
authority
D. Responsible for the training program for all State of Texas Purchasers - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Is
directed by the State of Texas Chief Procurement Officer
Procurement consists of the following roles:
,A. Purchasing, Contract Development and Contract Monitoring
✓ B. Contract Management, Purchasing and Contract Development
C. Procurement, Statement of Work and Vendor Oversight
D. Procurement, Contract Development and Contract Management - CORRECT ANSWER-B.
Contract Management, Purchasing and Contract Development
To obtain Certification as a Contract Developer or Manager in the state you must:
A. Attend the required training classes
B. Pass the exam with a grade of 80 or above
C. Have a minimum of 1 year experience purchasing
✓ D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D. All of the above
The Procurement Oversight & Delegation Team reviews the following contracts except:
A. Conducts reviews and delegation of authority for services of $100,000 or greater
B. Solicitations with value of $5 million or greater coordinates the review
C. All Major Information Resources Projects
✓ D. Answer questions and provides advice at any time during solicitation - CORRECT
ANSWER-D. Answer questions and provides advice at any time during solicitation
The CMBL Stands for:
A. Central Master Bid List
✓ B. Centralized Master Bidder's List
C. Centralized Master Bid Log
D. Comptroller Master Bid List - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Centralized Master Bidder's List
The Historically Underutilized Business Program consists of the following except:
A. Promotes full equal business opportunities to remedy disparity in state procurement
B. Requires agency to report HUB activity every 6 months to the Comptroller
✓ C. Requires agencies to conduct business with HUBs
,D. Is applicable to all state agencies and institutions of higher education - CORRECT ANSWER-C.
Requires agencies to conduct business with HUBs
Texas Smartbuy is the online ordering system used to place orders for commodities on term
contract.
TRUE or FALSE. - CORRECT ANSWER-False
Which compliance check is not required on purchase under $1 million.
A. SAM Check
B. Warrant/Payment Hold
✓ C. Form 1295
D. Franchise Tax - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Form 1295; TEC disclosure of interested parties
Which of the following are not considered professional services
A. Medicine, Professional Nursing, Optometry
✓ B. Consulting Service, Professional Engineering
C. Land Surveying, Landscape Architect
D. Accounting, Real Estate Appraising, Architecture - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Consulting Service,
Professional Engineering
All of the following require purchase to be done through a competitive process except:
✓ Purchase from another Agency
B. Purchase of Printing from TCI Print Shop
C. Purchase using a Request for Proposal
D. Purchase using an Invitation for Bid - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Purchase from another agency
A material change in a proposed contract constitutes a counteroffer, which must be agreed to by the
other party for there to be a finding contract between the parties. Also referred to as a "meeting of
the minds". This is the description of which element of a contract.
A. Legal Purpose
B. Consideration
C. Acceptance
, ✓ D. Offer
E. Competent Parties - CORRECT ANSWER-D. Offer
The damages that are not included in Compensatory damages is:
A. Reliance Damages
✓ B. Restitution Damages
C. Consequential Damages
D. Expectation Damages - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Restitution Damages
Purchasing - CORRECT ANSWER-The receipt and processing of requisitions, development of
specifications, development of statement of work, the issuance of purchase orders against existing
statewide cooperative or agency contracts, and the verification of the inspection of merchandise or
receipt of services by the Agency
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - CORRECT ANSWER-The central authority for state agency
procurement guidance, education, and statewide contract development services The SPD director
serves as the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for the State of Texas.
-State Tax Collector & Treasury
- State Accountant
- Revenue Estimation & Forecast
- Provide purchasing support & procurement oversight
- Develop & Manage statewide term contracts for use by over 200 state agencies & universities
Contract Value - CORRECT ANSWER-The initial value of the contract, including anticipated
extensions & renewals for the contracts full existance
A contract with an initial value of $4 million, with three (3) optional, annual renewals of the same
amount. What is the contract value? Include formula for the answer. - CORRECT ANSWER-Initial +
Renewals
(4) + (4+4+4)
= $16 Million
