NIGP CPP EXAM B Focus Area I questions with answers

NIGP CPP EXAM B Focus Area I questions
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What is the goal of public procurement? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔To obtain optimum market response at a fair price with quality
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and timeliness while serving long-term interests.
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What is the role of procurement as a strategic partner? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To provide strategic value to
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governmental entities by working with stakeholders and advisers.
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What is the importance of strategic planning in procurement
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planning? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It provides the framework to
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develop procurement strategy and tactics.
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What is the percentage of the NIGP-CPP Module B Exam that
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Focus Area 1: Strategy makes up? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔12%
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What are the two competency statements in Focus Area 1:
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Strategy? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Choose and implement
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strategic improvements for the procurement function. 2. Identify,
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evaluate, and implement social and environmentally sustainable
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procurement policies and other procurement priorities.
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What is the first competency statement in Focus Area 1:
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Strategy? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Choose and implement
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strategic improvements for the procurement function.
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, What is the second competency statement in Focus Area 1:
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Strategy? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify, evaluate, and
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implement social and environmentally sustainable procurement
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policies and other procurement priorities.
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What is the perception of public procurement as a strategic
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partner? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It has evolved over the years
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and identified a need to define values and guiding principles for
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public procurement.
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What is the importance of working with internal and external
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stakeholders and advisers in public procurement? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔It remains constant among public procurement
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professionals and can change the shape and scope of a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


procurement.


What does good procurement planning require? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The gathering of extensive information from both
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internal and external sources.
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What are the guiding principles for public procurement? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They have not been specified in the
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notes.


What is the link between strategic planning and procurement
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planning? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They both require the
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gathering of extensive information from both internal and
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external sources. |\