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NASPO CPPB EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|
COMPLETE 150 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED
A+| NASPO CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC
BUYER EXAM REVIEW 2025 (MOST RECENT!!)
An organized team effort to determine the functionality needed at the
lowest cost is called:
a) A Pareto analysis
b) Supply chain management
c) Value analysis or VA/VE
d) Supplier certification - Correct Answer -c) Value analysis or VA/VE
The central procurement office is undergoing strategic planning to better
align its performance objectives to measure accomplishments tied to the
strategic goals of the organization. Which of the following is NOT one
of the four performance measures that should be considered?
a) Supply measures
b) Efficiency measures
c) Demand measures
d) Effectiveness measures - Correct Answer -a) Supply measures
The central procurement office is undergoing strategic planning to better
align its performance objectives to measure accomplishments tied to the
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strategic goals of the organization. Which of the following is NOT one
of the four performance measures that should be considered?
a) Supply measures
b) Efficiency measures
c) Demand measures
d) Effectiveness measures - Correct Answer -a) Supply measures
Which budgeting method is used most often to provide a fixed budget
for a particular period of time and focuses on purchases rather than
achievement goals?
a) Program budget
b) Results-oriented budget
c) Line item budget
d) Performance budget - Correct Answer -c) Line item budget
A specification that consists of one or more brand names, model
numbers, or product designations that identify by way of example the
specific product of a particular manufacturer as having the
characteristics of the item that the government is seeking is what kind of
specification?
a) Performance specification
b) Brand-name-or-equal specification
c) Qualified products list specification
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d) Design specification - Correct Answer -b) Brand-name-or-equal
specification
The IT department just completed negotiations for a $50,000 software
program which will be paid for in increments over the next 2 years as
implementation goals are met and final acceptance is completed. Which
type of payment method would be most applicable?
a) Progress payments
b) Partial payments
c) Completion payments
d) Milestone payments - Correct Answer -d) Milestone payments
A procurement division is developing new specifications to purchase IT
cloud-based software and has decided to analyze prices and trends to
compare product availability and offered prices with alternative products
and establish the reasonableness of offered prices. This type of analysis
can best be described as:
a) Purchasing Research.
b) Market Analysis.
c) Demand Analysis.
d) Supplier Analysis. - Correct Answer -b) Market Analysis.
The Office of Procurement Services is tasked with buying diesel fuel for
the Division of Fleet Management. What should be completed to
ascertain how best to make this purchase?
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a) Supplier selection
b) Value analysis
c) Demand analysis
d) Market analysis - Correct Answer -d) Market analysis
What calculation is most helpful in determining the most cost-effective
time and quantity for stock to be reordered?
a) Moving Average Method
b) Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)
c) Economic Order Quantity (EOD)
d) Fixed Period Average - Correct Answer -c) Economic Order Quantity
(EOD)
The city's engineering and operations team meet with the procurement
team to discuss upcoming and planned projects. The teams share an
overall plan and review each project's funding/timeline, approved
materials, and specifications lists to identify potential savings in material
needs and the use of any alternative products the teams may have
identified separately. What kind of procurement is this called?
a) Best Value Procurement.
b) Limited Competition Procurement;
c) Strategic Procurement;
d) Tactical Procurement; - Correct Answer -c) Strategic Procurement
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NASPO CPPB EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|
COMPLETE 150 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED
A+| NASPO CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC
BUYER EXAM REVIEW 2025 (MOST RECENT!!)
An organized team effort to determine the functionality needed at the
lowest cost is called:
a) A Pareto analysis
b) Supply chain management
c) Value analysis or VA/VE
d) Supplier certification - Correct Answer -c) Value analysis or VA/VE
The central procurement office is undergoing strategic planning to better
align its performance objectives to measure accomplishments tied to the
strategic goals of the organization. Which of the following is NOT one
of the four performance measures that should be considered?
a) Supply measures
b) Efficiency measures
c) Demand measures
d) Effectiveness measures - Correct Answer -a) Supply measures
The central procurement office is undergoing strategic planning to better
align its performance objectives to measure accomplishments tied to the
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strategic goals of the organization. Which of the following is NOT one
of the four performance measures that should be considered?
a) Supply measures
b) Efficiency measures
c) Demand measures
d) Effectiveness measures - Correct Answer -a) Supply measures
Which budgeting method is used most often to provide a fixed budget
for a particular period of time and focuses on purchases rather than
achievement goals?
a) Program budget
b) Results-oriented budget
c) Line item budget
d) Performance budget - Correct Answer -c) Line item budget
A specification that consists of one or more brand names, model
numbers, or product designations that identify by way of example the
specific product of a particular manufacturer as having the
characteristics of the item that the government is seeking is what kind of
specification?
a) Performance specification
b) Brand-name-or-equal specification
c) Qualified products list specification
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d) Design specification - Correct Answer -b) Brand-name-or-equal
specification
The IT department just completed negotiations for a $50,000 software
program which will be paid for in increments over the next 2 years as
implementation goals are met and final acceptance is completed. Which
type of payment method would be most applicable?
a) Progress payments
b) Partial payments
c) Completion payments
d) Milestone payments - Correct Answer -d) Milestone payments
A procurement division is developing new specifications to purchase IT
cloud-based software and has decided to analyze prices and trends to
compare product availability and offered prices with alternative products
and establish the reasonableness of offered prices. This type of analysis
can best be described as:
a) Purchasing Research.
b) Market Analysis.
c) Demand Analysis.
d) Supplier Analysis. - Correct Answer -b) Market Analysis.
The Office of Procurement Services is tasked with buying diesel fuel for
the Division of Fleet Management. What should be completed to
ascertain how best to make this purchase?
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a) Supplier selection
b) Value analysis
c) Demand analysis
d) Market analysis - Correct Answer -d) Market analysis
What calculation is most helpful in determining the most cost-effective
time and quantity for stock to be reordered?
a) Moving Average Method
b) Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)
c) Economic Order Quantity (EOD)
d) Fixed Period Average - Correct Answer -c) Economic Order Quantity
(EOD)
The city's engineering and operations team meet with the procurement
team to discuss upcoming and planned projects. The teams share an
overall plan and review each project's funding/timeline, approved
materials, and specifications lists to identify potential savings in material
needs and the use of any alternative products the teams may have
identified separately. What kind of procurement is this called?
a) Best Value Procurement.
b) Limited Competition Procurement;
c) Strategic Procurement;
d) Tactical Procurement; - Correct Answer -c) Strategic Procurement
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