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Upon review of an offeror's claim that certain information in the
offeror's proposal should be kept confidential, the procurement officer
disagrees with that claim. The procurement officer should:
a) Advise the offeror that the information will be kept confidential
until an open records request is received and determine confidentiality
based on the content of that request.
b) Advise the offeror that the information will be kept confidential
until an open records request is received and determine confidentiality
based on the content of that request.
c) Advise the offeror and give it the opportunity to explain why it
believes the information is proprietary.
d) Deny the request for confidentiality. - ANSWER =c) Advise the
offeror and give it the opportunity to explain why it believes the
information is proprietary.
The legislature of the buyer's jurisdiction just passed a law encouraging
all governmental procurement to maximize the use of disadvantaged
businesses in the procurement process. What strategy could the buyer
employ on their solicitation to help meet this goal without sacrificing
competition?
a) Require offerors to use a certain percentage of disadvantaged
businesses as subcontractors
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,b) Award additional points to disadvantaged businesses
c) Place a special advertisement of the opportunity in a disadvantaged
audience business publication
d) Create a set-aside for disadvantaged businesses - ANSWER =c) Place
a special advertisement of the opportunity in a disadvantaged
audience business publication
Completing a Procurement Profile is beneficial because:
a) It adds decision making intelligence to spend analysis.
b) It provides detailed information related to the procurement units
organizational structure for the vendor community.
c) It provides critical information relating to the current market
conditions for the product or services required.
d) It details the risks inherent in the market that could affect the agencies
operations. - ANSWER =a) It adds decision making intelligence to
spend analysis.
Procurement Profile - ANSWER =The result produced after conducting
a series of various analyses on the procurement expenditures of an entity
regarding the range of goods, services, or construction procured (e.g.,
spend analysis, market analysis, and the risks inherent in the market that
could affect the entity's operations).
What contract type is best used when supplies will need to be purchased
repetitively in large quantities over a specified time period?
a) Request for proposals
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,b) Spot bid
c) Term contract
d) Noncompetitive negotiation - ANSWER =c) Term
contract
What does strategic procurement planning involve?
a) Planning to take advantage of socioeconomic objectives/changes.
b) Using SWOT analysis to identify strategic barriers and opportunities.
c) Earmarking limited resources among different priorities.
d) Transforming mission, goals, and objectives into measurable
activities to be used to plan, budget and manage the procurement
function within the entity. - ANSWER =d) Transforming mission,
goals, and objectives into measurable activities to be used to plan,
budget and manage the procurement function within the entity.
A good operational performance measure assesses:
a) The success of a procurement entity through perceptions of delivery
from the public.
b) The intended metric and reflects an outcome on which the
procurement entity can affect thorough corrective action.
c) The remedy for problems.
d) The entirety of the organization in a single metric. - ANSWER =b)
The intended metric and reflects an outcome on which the
procurement entity can affect thorough corrective action.
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, 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 - ANSWER =a) Supply measures
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 - ANSWER =c) Value analysis or VA/VE
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 - ANSWER =c) Line item budget
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Upon review of an offeror's claim that certain information in the
offeror's proposal should be kept confidential, the procurement officer
disagrees with that claim. The procurement officer should:
a) Advise the offeror that the information will be kept confidential
until an open records request is received and determine confidentiality
based on the content of that request.
b) Advise the offeror that the information will be kept confidential
until an open records request is received and determine confidentiality
based on the content of that request.
c) Advise the offeror and give it the opportunity to explain why it
believes the information is proprietary.
d) Deny the request for confidentiality. - ANSWER =c) Advise the
offeror and give it the opportunity to explain why it believes the
information is proprietary.
The legislature of the buyer's jurisdiction just passed a law encouraging
all governmental procurement to maximize the use of disadvantaged
businesses in the procurement process. What strategy could the buyer
employ on their solicitation to help meet this goal without sacrificing
competition?
a) Require offerors to use a certain percentage of disadvantaged
businesses as subcontractors
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,b) Award additional points to disadvantaged businesses
c) Place a special advertisement of the opportunity in a disadvantaged
audience business publication
d) Create a set-aside for disadvantaged businesses - ANSWER =c) Place
a special advertisement of the opportunity in a disadvantaged
audience business publication
Completing a Procurement Profile is beneficial because:
a) It adds decision making intelligence to spend analysis.
b) It provides detailed information related to the procurement units
organizational structure for the vendor community.
c) It provides critical information relating to the current market
conditions for the product or services required.
d) It details the risks inherent in the market that could affect the agencies
operations. - ANSWER =a) It adds decision making intelligence to
spend analysis.
Procurement Profile - ANSWER =The result produced after conducting
a series of various analyses on the procurement expenditures of an entity
regarding the range of goods, services, or construction procured (e.g.,
spend analysis, market analysis, and the risks inherent in the market that
could affect the entity's operations).
What contract type is best used when supplies will need to be purchased
repetitively in large quantities over a specified time period?
a) Request for proposals
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,b) Spot bid
c) Term contract
d) Noncompetitive negotiation - ANSWER =c) Term
contract
What does strategic procurement planning involve?
a) Planning to take advantage of socioeconomic objectives/changes.
b) Using SWOT analysis to identify strategic barriers and opportunities.
c) Earmarking limited resources among different priorities.
d) Transforming mission, goals, and objectives into measurable
activities to be used to plan, budget and manage the procurement
function within the entity. - ANSWER =d) Transforming mission,
goals, and objectives into measurable activities to be used to plan,
budget and manage the procurement function within the entity.
A good operational performance measure assesses:
a) The success of a procurement entity through perceptions of delivery
from the public.
b) The intended metric and reflects an outcome on which the
procurement entity can affect thorough corrective action.
c) The remedy for problems.
d) The entirety of the organization in a single metric. - ANSWER =b)
The intended metric and reflects an outcome on which the
procurement entity can affect thorough corrective action.
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, 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 - ANSWER =a) Supply measures
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 - ANSWER =c) Value analysis or VA/VE
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 - ANSWER =c) Line item budget
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