NJ QPA ACTUAL FINAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Pay to Play states that a contracting unit cannot issue a contract to a vendor, unless
through a fair and open process, who made contributions to: - ✔✔1. Municipal
committee of a political party who is in office at the current time. 2. Any candidate
committee in an elected position on the municipal or county level. 3. Made the
contributions in the year preceding the award of the contract.
✔✔Chapter 271 Political Disclosure Form must include contributions made to the
following: - ✔✔1. Local unit. 2. Any other local unit within that county 3. The county the
local unit is in 4. The legislative district of the local unit 5. Any continuing political
committee (PAC)
✔✔Define a 'Green Product' - ✔✔A commodity or service that has a lesser or reduced
negative effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing
commodities or services.
✔✔Define 'Green Purchasing' - ✔✔The practice of specifying products with
environmental attributes, such as reduced packaging, reduced toxicity, reusable, energy
efficiency, recycled, rebuilt or remanufactured.
✔✔Advantages of Green Purchasing - ✔✔1. Increase Worker Safety
, 2. Increased Awareness of Environmental Issues
3. Enhanced Communications between and Among Local Units
4. Opportunities for Resource Conservation
5. Long Term Reductions in Purchasing and Labor Costs
6. Providing a Safer Environment for the Public
✔✔Green purchasing delineation of duties include: - ✔✔1. Who designates products
and services as environmentally responsible? 2. Who establishes recycled content
standards? 3. Who develops the specs? 4. Who ensures that specs don't discriminate
against environmentally responsible products?
✔✔Green Purchasing encourages units to purchase products that: - ✔✔1. prevent
waste 2. reduce toxicity 3. contain recycled material 4. conserve energy 5. Reduce Cost
✔✔What is Value Analysis as it pertains to Green Purchasing? - ✔✔Balances
performance, cost and supply.
✔✔Why is Value Analysis used in Green Purchasing? - ✔✔1. maintain rising costs 2.
keep up with tech 3. satisfy customers 4. lower cost of ownership 5. improve quality
✔✔What standardizes and harmonizes the classification and labeling of chemicals? -
✔✔Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
✔✔What does the Energy Star System do? - ✔✔Promotes energy efficient products
through product labeling and consumer education.
✔✔Name five items that Energy Star System rates: - ✔✔1. Chillers 2. Boilers 3. Copiers
4. Computers 5. A/C
✔✔life-cycle analysis - ✔✔Decision based on the cost of the product over the life of the
product, not just initial costs.
✔✔Life cycle analysis compares the following: - ✔✔1. Initial Costs 2. Training Costs 3.
Operating and Maintenance Cost 4. Disposal Cost.
✔✔T/F: The Division recommends Mandatory Pre-Bid meetings. - ✔✔False. Not
specifically addresses in any statute, but the Division believes it is a hinderance to Free
and Open process.
✔✔Two forms of collusion are: - ✔✔1. Price Fixing 2. Bid Rigging
✔✔What is price fixing? - ✔✔Competitors agree to raise, fix or otherwise maintain
prices
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Pay to Play states that a contracting unit cannot issue a contract to a vendor, unless
through a fair and open process, who made contributions to: - ✔✔1. Municipal
committee of a political party who is in office at the current time. 2. Any candidate
committee in an elected position on the municipal or county level. 3. Made the
contributions in the year preceding the award of the contract.
✔✔Chapter 271 Political Disclosure Form must include contributions made to the
following: - ✔✔1. Local unit. 2. Any other local unit within that county 3. The county the
local unit is in 4. The legislative district of the local unit 5. Any continuing political
committee (PAC)
✔✔Define a 'Green Product' - ✔✔A commodity or service that has a lesser or reduced
negative effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing
commodities or services.
✔✔Define 'Green Purchasing' - ✔✔The practice of specifying products with
environmental attributes, such as reduced packaging, reduced toxicity, reusable, energy
efficiency, recycled, rebuilt or remanufactured.
✔✔Advantages of Green Purchasing - ✔✔1. Increase Worker Safety
, 2. Increased Awareness of Environmental Issues
3. Enhanced Communications between and Among Local Units
4. Opportunities for Resource Conservation
5. Long Term Reductions in Purchasing and Labor Costs
6. Providing a Safer Environment for the Public
✔✔Green purchasing delineation of duties include: - ✔✔1. Who designates products
and services as environmentally responsible? 2. Who establishes recycled content
standards? 3. Who develops the specs? 4. Who ensures that specs don't discriminate
against environmentally responsible products?
✔✔Green Purchasing encourages units to purchase products that: - ✔✔1. prevent
waste 2. reduce toxicity 3. contain recycled material 4. conserve energy 5. Reduce Cost
✔✔What is Value Analysis as it pertains to Green Purchasing? - ✔✔Balances
performance, cost and supply.
✔✔Why is Value Analysis used in Green Purchasing? - ✔✔1. maintain rising costs 2.
keep up with tech 3. satisfy customers 4. lower cost of ownership 5. improve quality
✔✔What standardizes and harmonizes the classification and labeling of chemicals? -
✔✔Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
✔✔What does the Energy Star System do? - ✔✔Promotes energy efficient products
through product labeling and consumer education.
✔✔Name five items that Energy Star System rates: - ✔✔1. Chillers 2. Boilers 3. Copiers
4. Computers 5. A/C
✔✔life-cycle analysis - ✔✔Decision based on the cost of the product over the life of the
product, not just initial costs.
✔✔Life cycle analysis compares the following: - ✔✔1. Initial Costs 2. Training Costs 3.
Operating and Maintenance Cost 4. Disposal Cost.
✔✔T/F: The Division recommends Mandatory Pre-Bid meetings. - ✔✔False. Not
specifically addresses in any statute, but the Division believes it is a hinderance to Free
and Open process.
✔✔Two forms of collusion are: - ✔✔1. Price Fixing 2. Bid Rigging
✔✔What is price fixing? - ✔✔Competitors agree to raise, fix or otherwise maintain
prices
