APMP FOUNDATIONAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST 2024 – 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
Negotiation - ANSWERS-Preparing for and performing final negotiations with the
customer after the proposal has been submitted
Delivery - ANSWERS-Implementing delivery of the negotiated solution to the
customer and maintaining an ongoing positive relationship with the customer
Bid Decisions - ANSWERS-aimed at eliminating opportunities or sales leads with a
low win probability; led by business executives and address business and strategic
issues
market entry decision (market identification phase) - ANSWERS-decision that
confirms that the identified market segment is aligned with the goals in your
strategic plan
The highest level person possible - ANSWERS-Who typically reviews/approves the
executive summary draft?
,Process for analyzing competitor and customer data to identify how to package
and price a winning offer to a customer - ANSWERS-Price-to-Win
Early in the opportunity stage - ANSWERS-When should the price to win process
begin?
Independent, comprehensive competitive analysis research - ANSWERS-What is
price to win based on?
During the opportunity planning phase before kick off meeting - ANSWERS-When
should the first draft of the executive summary be written?
Opportunity/Capture Manager or salesperson who has an established relationship
with the customer - ANSWERS-Who is typically responsible for writing the
executive summary?
The customer's nontechnical, senior-level decisionmakers - ANSWERS-Who
should the executive summary be aimed towards?
Total range of expenses the offeror expects to spend to deliver the requirements -
ANSWERS-Price to win cost
Monetary payment for the offeror to deliver the requirements - ANSWERS-Price
to win price
,Custom built spreadsheets - ANSWERS-What are the most useful tools for price to
win analyses?
Uses customer's historical award and budget information to predict where they
will likely make awards and where competitors tend to receive them - ANSWERS-
Top-down analysis
Develops pricing based on detailed evaluations of the competitor solution's cost
and identified strategies - ANSWERS-Bottom-up analysis
Early in the opportunity process before the RFP is released - ANSWERS-When
should top-down analyses be conducted?
As soon as final customer requirements and evaluation processes are known;
refined further once final RFP is released - ANSWERS-When should bottom-up
analyses be conducted?
People, especially those in your own organization - ANSWERS-What are the best
intelligence sources for obtaining customer intelligence in the PTW process?
It helps establish what your competitors' bid and actual award prices would be
based on prior similar contracts - ANSWERS-Why is competitive analysis vital to
determining a PTW range?
, - Your historical cost data
- Your competitive position
- Your pricing differentiators
- Your internal risk (top 2 or 3 areas) - ANSWERS-What information should be
researched for consideration in the PTW?
Value to the customer--the benefits customers will gain for the price they pay -
ANSWERS-What should pricing be focused on?
Remove nonessential features that add to the cost without adding equal value -
ANSWERS-How should pricing be written in the PTW for budget-limited
customers?
Compliance = meeting requirements stated in the solicitation
Responsiveness = addressing customer goals/concerns/issues/values not
addressed in the solicitation - ANSWERS-Compliance vs Responsiveness
Prior to RFP release, early in the business development process and continually
through - ANSWERS-When should you begin collecting customer intelligence to
cultivate responsiveness?
They identify where in a proposal you have addressed the solicitation
requirements - ANSWERS-Why are response matrices important to submit with a
proposal?
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST 2024 – 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
Negotiation - ANSWERS-Preparing for and performing final negotiations with the
customer after the proposal has been submitted
Delivery - ANSWERS-Implementing delivery of the negotiated solution to the
customer and maintaining an ongoing positive relationship with the customer
Bid Decisions - ANSWERS-aimed at eliminating opportunities or sales leads with a
low win probability; led by business executives and address business and strategic
issues
market entry decision (market identification phase) - ANSWERS-decision that
confirms that the identified market segment is aligned with the goals in your
strategic plan
The highest level person possible - ANSWERS-Who typically reviews/approves the
executive summary draft?
,Process for analyzing competitor and customer data to identify how to package
and price a winning offer to a customer - ANSWERS-Price-to-Win
Early in the opportunity stage - ANSWERS-When should the price to win process
begin?
Independent, comprehensive competitive analysis research - ANSWERS-What is
price to win based on?
During the opportunity planning phase before kick off meeting - ANSWERS-When
should the first draft of the executive summary be written?
Opportunity/Capture Manager or salesperson who has an established relationship
with the customer - ANSWERS-Who is typically responsible for writing the
executive summary?
The customer's nontechnical, senior-level decisionmakers - ANSWERS-Who
should the executive summary be aimed towards?
Total range of expenses the offeror expects to spend to deliver the requirements -
ANSWERS-Price to win cost
Monetary payment for the offeror to deliver the requirements - ANSWERS-Price
to win price
,Custom built spreadsheets - ANSWERS-What are the most useful tools for price to
win analyses?
Uses customer's historical award and budget information to predict where they
will likely make awards and where competitors tend to receive them - ANSWERS-
Top-down analysis
Develops pricing based on detailed evaluations of the competitor solution's cost
and identified strategies - ANSWERS-Bottom-up analysis
Early in the opportunity process before the RFP is released - ANSWERS-When
should top-down analyses be conducted?
As soon as final customer requirements and evaluation processes are known;
refined further once final RFP is released - ANSWERS-When should bottom-up
analyses be conducted?
People, especially those in your own organization - ANSWERS-What are the best
intelligence sources for obtaining customer intelligence in the PTW process?
It helps establish what your competitors' bid and actual award prices would be
based on prior similar contracts - ANSWERS-Why is competitive analysis vital to
determining a PTW range?
, - Your historical cost data
- Your competitive position
- Your pricing differentiators
- Your internal risk (top 2 or 3 areas) - ANSWERS-What information should be
researched for consideration in the PTW?
Value to the customer--the benefits customers will gain for the price they pay -
ANSWERS-What should pricing be focused on?
Remove nonessential features that add to the cost without adding equal value -
ANSWERS-How should pricing be written in the PTW for budget-limited
customers?
Compliance = meeting requirements stated in the solicitation
Responsiveness = addressing customer goals/concerns/issues/values not
addressed in the solicitation - ANSWERS-Compliance vs Responsiveness
Prior to RFP release, early in the business development process and continually
through - ANSWERS-When should you begin collecting customer intelligence to
cultivate responsiveness?
They identify where in a proposal you have addressed the solicitation
requirements - ANSWERS-Why are response matrices important to submit with a
proposal?
