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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
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?
a) Supplier selection
b) Value analysis
c) Demand analysis
d) Market analysis ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d) Market analysis
,The Dept. of Military Affairs has been having difficulties with a contractor's
performance and may want to terminate the contract. Which of the following
would be the best first step in addressing the issues with the contractor?
a) Conduct a face-to-face meeting with all parties.
b) Speak with the supervisor/contractor.
c) Document and send a show cause letter.
d) Speak with the contractor's surety company. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------b) Speak with the supervisor/contractor.
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)
Which is NOT a necessary principle that must govern small purchases?
a) Informal, small procurement do not require the establishment of typical
procedures.
b) Buyers must avoid sending business to a small set of suppliers they have
developed a relationship with.
c) Agencies may not artificially subdivide their needs to evade the formal
procurement process.
,d) Documentation of small purchases must be kept. ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------a) Informal, small procurement do not require the establishment of
typical procedures.
A water main breaks in the administration office during the weekend. After
reviewing the guidelines for emergency procurements, the Maintenance Director
calls a local company to repair the water main. During the work, the vendor
discovers that the plumbing for the entire building isn't up to building code. How
should the Maintenance Director respond?
a) Issue an order for both the clean up and the upgrades to meet building codes.
b) Issue an order for the clean up work and competitively bid and award the
upgrades to meet building codes.
c) Do not proceed until Monday the the Procurement Director is back and can
offer guidance on the situation.
d) Competitively bid both the immediate need and upgrades to meet the code
requirements through the normal procurement process. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------b) Issue an order for the clean up work and competitively
bid and award the upgrades to meet building codes.
The entity has experienced a recent increase in non-competitive procurement
requests. How might the procurement official examine the need for these
requests and increase competition?
a) Require that all procurements be subjected to standard bidding practices.
b) Require that all procurements follow current processes and procedures.
c) Require a letter of justification detailing need and due diligence.
, d) Require the requestor provide certification of historic non-competitiveness of
this product/service. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c) Require a letter of
justification detailing need and due diligence.
Which is the statutory basis for the procurement of architects and engineers?
a) The American Institute of Architects
b) Brooks Act
c) The Model Procurement Code
d) American Bar Association ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b) Brooks Act
What is the function of a good specification?
a) To identify a pricing strategy for the upcoming procurement.
b) To identify products in the market.
c) To identify all the vendors in the marketplace.
d) To identify performance, quality, and operational characteristics. ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d) To identify performance, quality, and
operational characteristics.
A scope of work:
a) Is the same as a Statement of Work (SOW).
b) Will describe the outcome or end result sought by the buyer rather than
describing how to accomplish that result.
c) Is developed by the supplier and is not included in the solicitation file
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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
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?
a) Supplier selection
b) Value analysis
c) Demand analysis
d) Market analysis ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d) Market analysis
,The Dept. of Military Affairs has been having difficulties with a contractor's
performance and may want to terminate the contract. Which of the following
would be the best first step in addressing the issues with the contractor?
a) Conduct a face-to-face meeting with all parties.
b) Speak with the supervisor/contractor.
c) Document and send a show cause letter.
d) Speak with the contractor's surety company. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------b) Speak with the supervisor/contractor.
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)
Which is NOT a necessary principle that must govern small purchases?
a) Informal, small procurement do not require the establishment of typical
procedures.
b) Buyers must avoid sending business to a small set of suppliers they have
developed a relationship with.
c) Agencies may not artificially subdivide their needs to evade the formal
procurement process.
,d) Documentation of small purchases must be kept. ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------a) Informal, small procurement do not require the establishment of
typical procedures.
A water main breaks in the administration office during the weekend. After
reviewing the guidelines for emergency procurements, the Maintenance Director
calls a local company to repair the water main. During the work, the vendor
discovers that the plumbing for the entire building isn't up to building code. How
should the Maintenance Director respond?
a) Issue an order for both the clean up and the upgrades to meet building codes.
b) Issue an order for the clean up work and competitively bid and award the
upgrades to meet building codes.
c) Do not proceed until Monday the the Procurement Director is back and can
offer guidance on the situation.
d) Competitively bid both the immediate need and upgrades to meet the code
requirements through the normal procurement process. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------b) Issue an order for the clean up work and competitively
bid and award the upgrades to meet building codes.
The entity has experienced a recent increase in non-competitive procurement
requests. How might the procurement official examine the need for these
requests and increase competition?
a) Require that all procurements be subjected to standard bidding practices.
b) Require that all procurements follow current processes and procedures.
c) Require a letter of justification detailing need and due diligence.
, d) Require the requestor provide certification of historic non-competitiveness of
this product/service. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c) Require a letter of
justification detailing need and due diligence.
Which is the statutory basis for the procurement of architects and engineers?
a) The American Institute of Architects
b) Brooks Act
c) The Model Procurement Code
d) American Bar Association ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b) Brooks Act
What is the function of a good specification?
a) To identify a pricing strategy for the upcoming procurement.
b) To identify products in the market.
c) To identify all the vendors in the marketplace.
d) To identify performance, quality, and operational characteristics. ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d) To identify performance, quality, and
operational characteristics.
A scope of work:
a) Is the same as a Statement of Work (SOW).
b) Will describe the outcome or end result sought by the buyer rather than
describing how to accomplish that result.
c) Is developed by the supplier and is not included in the solicitation file
