CTCM UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● What is the Statewide Procurement Division?
Answer: SPD; The central authority for state agency
1. Procurement Guidance
2. Education
3. Statewide Contract Development Services
4. Delegation of Purchasing Authority
●● Statewide Procurement Policy & Outreach
Answer: 1. Conducts Policy Research
2. Provides Training & Certification for Procurement Professionals
3. Provides the Division's Customer Service Support Through the
Outreach
4. Performs Solicitation Reviews & Issues Letters of Delegated
Purchasing Authority
●● What Does The Statewide Contract Development Team Do?
Answer: They Develope Statewide Contracts for use by:
- State Agencies
- Institutions of Higher Education
,- Texas SmartBuy Members
- Local Governments
●● Statewide Contract Management Office
Answer: Assists State Agencies w/:
- Day-to-day Contract Management
- Contract Administration
- Reporting Requirements
- Vendor Perfirmance Issues
●● DIR
Answer: The State Information Technology & Telecommunications
Agency
●● Department of Information Resources
Answer: DIR
●● Which 2 agencies leverage the State's buying power to maximum
competition to provide cost- effective products & services to agencies &
other eligible public-sector customers.
Answer: SPD & DIR
●● Which 2 Inter-agency oversight teams does SPD & DIR serve on?
,Answer: The Contract Advisory Team (CAT) & Quality Assurance Team
(QAT)
●● How many steps are in the Procurement Cycle?
Answer: There are 5 steps:
1. Procurement Planning
2. Procurement Method Determination
3. Vendor Selection
4. Contract Formation & Award
5. Contract Management
●● Request for Information (RFI)
Answer: Formal research method used by an agency to gather
information directly from the the industry about a particular type of
product or service.
●● Historical Spend Analysis
Answer: A tool used to optimize an agency's buying power.
●● Who Maintains Texas SmartBuy?
Answer: SPD Manages Texas SmartBuy
●● What is Texas SmartBuy?
, Answer: It's the State's Central eProcurement System (online Market
Place) for Non-IT Goods & Services
●● What is Texas Correctional Industries (TCI)
Answer: A division of TDCJ that manufactures goods & services using
primarily offenders labor for purchase by Texas governmental agencies.
●● What are Set Aside Programs?
Answer: Refers to Prison Made Goods & The State Use Program.
●● Does the Set Aside Program require Competative Procurement?
Answer: No, it does not.
●● What Are The 3 Types of Conflicts of Interest?
Answer: 1 - Substantial
2 - Financial
3 - Other
●● What is Nepotism?
Answer: A form of Conflict of Interest that involves an explicit act of
using one's position to favor a relative.
●● What is Consanguinity?
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● What is the Statewide Procurement Division?
Answer: SPD; The central authority for state agency
1. Procurement Guidance
2. Education
3. Statewide Contract Development Services
4. Delegation of Purchasing Authority
●● Statewide Procurement Policy & Outreach
Answer: 1. Conducts Policy Research
2. Provides Training & Certification for Procurement Professionals
3. Provides the Division's Customer Service Support Through the
Outreach
4. Performs Solicitation Reviews & Issues Letters of Delegated
Purchasing Authority
●● What Does The Statewide Contract Development Team Do?
Answer: They Develope Statewide Contracts for use by:
- State Agencies
- Institutions of Higher Education
,- Texas SmartBuy Members
- Local Governments
●● Statewide Contract Management Office
Answer: Assists State Agencies w/:
- Day-to-day Contract Management
- Contract Administration
- Reporting Requirements
- Vendor Perfirmance Issues
●● DIR
Answer: The State Information Technology & Telecommunications
Agency
●● Department of Information Resources
Answer: DIR
●● Which 2 agencies leverage the State's buying power to maximum
competition to provide cost- effective products & services to agencies &
other eligible public-sector customers.
Answer: SPD & DIR
●● Which 2 Inter-agency oversight teams does SPD & DIR serve on?
,Answer: The Contract Advisory Team (CAT) & Quality Assurance Team
(QAT)
●● How many steps are in the Procurement Cycle?
Answer: There are 5 steps:
1. Procurement Planning
2. Procurement Method Determination
3. Vendor Selection
4. Contract Formation & Award
5. Contract Management
●● Request for Information (RFI)
Answer: Formal research method used by an agency to gather
information directly from the the industry about a particular type of
product or service.
●● Historical Spend Analysis
Answer: A tool used to optimize an agency's buying power.
●● Who Maintains Texas SmartBuy?
Answer: SPD Manages Texas SmartBuy
●● What is Texas SmartBuy?
, Answer: It's the State's Central eProcurement System (online Market
Place) for Non-IT Goods & Services
●● What is Texas Correctional Industries (TCI)
Answer: A division of TDCJ that manufactures goods & services using
primarily offenders labor for purchase by Texas governmental agencies.
●● What are Set Aside Programs?
Answer: Refers to Prison Made Goods & The State Use Program.
●● Does the Set Aside Program require Competative Procurement?
Answer: No, it does not.
●● What Are The 3 Types of Conflicts of Interest?
Answer: 1 - Substantial
2 - Financial
3 - Other
●● What is Nepotism?
Answer: A form of Conflict of Interest that involves an explicit act of
using one's position to favor a relative.
●● What is Consanguinity?
