CPPB PRACTICE TEST (50 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS)
An organization's mission statement should: - Verified Answer Express
the organization's purpose for existence
An agency is revising its document retention schedule. To what should the
governmental entity look for guidance? - Verified Answer Legal and
statutory requirements
An agency is looking into cooperative purchasing practices. After
conducting some analysis, the agency would like to "piggyback" its
purchases with other agencies that are participating in cooperative
purchasing. When using a "piggyback" method, what would the
arrangement be called? - Verified Answer Cooperative Contract
A governmental agency has a threshold for small purchases of $1000 and
three quotes are required above that figure. There has been a steady
increase int he number of field purchase orders, along with recent
complaints from internal customers about it taking too long to buy what they
need. Which of the following actions is most likely to have the biggest
impact on reducing costs and saving time in the long run? - Verified
Answer Instituting a purchase card program
Can be used to determine the impact of the expenditure patterns within a
supply market - Verified Answer a procurement profile
A governmental agency processed a purchase requisition for the purchase
of direct-read water meters. Which fund should a purchasing agent check
to confirm that the money was available for this purchase? - Verified
Answer Operating Fund/Capital Fund
The governmental agency has recently acquired a piece of property on
which an old hotel of no notable historical significance sits. The city
manager wants to perform construction on the site. A local preservation
group, however, has made some overtures that they will oppose the
governmental agency's plan to demolish the hotel. The city manger has
asked the purchasing department to handle the preservation group's
, concerns. How should the department proceed? - Verified Answer Notify
the upper management and recommend a meeting with the group's leader
to discuss their concerns
In today's economic and political environments, what is the MOST effective
structure for governmental purchasing agencies. - Verified Answer
Establishing a combination of centralized and decentralized operations
A governmental agency has a non-competition threshold that says any
purchase below $5,000 does not require competition. Over a three month
period a requesting user has asked a 3 separate occasions to directly
purchase without competition, products needed by the agency. On each
occasion the value of the purchase was approximately $4,500. What
should the buyer do? - Verified Answer Remind the requester of the code
restrictions on fragmenting orders
A buyer is charged with purchasing diesel fuel for the transit system. What
type of study should be conducted to determine how best to make this
purchase? - Verified Answer Market analysis
Upon receipt a Purchase Requisition for a small buy commodity, the first
step the buyer would normally take would be to: - Verified Answer
Determine if the item is available in surplus stock
The government agency is changing its performance measures from
primarily cost related measures to value-added benefits. To implement this
change, the agency would want to consider all of the following steps
EXCEPT? - Verified Answer Plan the change in detail so that it can be
implemented in a 30-day period
A buyer is asked to conduct a review and evaluation of cost data in order to
determine actual costs or estimates of costs to be incurred. This process is
known as: - Verified Answer Cost Analysis
An agency manager submitted a request for five-year lease on a special
tractor that he plans to modify and use for raking the beach during the
summer. He has money in his budget to cover the lease cost. What's the
most important thing to consider before going forward with the leasing
process? - Verified Answer Many lease agreements will not permit
modifications of any kind to the leased equipment
CORRECT ANSWERS)
An organization's mission statement should: - Verified Answer Express
the organization's purpose for existence
An agency is revising its document retention schedule. To what should the
governmental entity look for guidance? - Verified Answer Legal and
statutory requirements
An agency is looking into cooperative purchasing practices. After
conducting some analysis, the agency would like to "piggyback" its
purchases with other agencies that are participating in cooperative
purchasing. When using a "piggyback" method, what would the
arrangement be called? - Verified Answer Cooperative Contract
A governmental agency has a threshold for small purchases of $1000 and
three quotes are required above that figure. There has been a steady
increase int he number of field purchase orders, along with recent
complaints from internal customers about it taking too long to buy what they
need. Which of the following actions is most likely to have the biggest
impact on reducing costs and saving time in the long run? - Verified
Answer Instituting a purchase card program
Can be used to determine the impact of the expenditure patterns within a
supply market - Verified Answer a procurement profile
A governmental agency processed a purchase requisition for the purchase
of direct-read water meters. Which fund should a purchasing agent check
to confirm that the money was available for this purchase? - Verified
Answer Operating Fund/Capital Fund
The governmental agency has recently acquired a piece of property on
which an old hotel of no notable historical significance sits. The city
manager wants to perform construction on the site. A local preservation
group, however, has made some overtures that they will oppose the
governmental agency's plan to demolish the hotel. The city manger has
asked the purchasing department to handle the preservation group's
, concerns. How should the department proceed? - Verified Answer Notify
the upper management and recommend a meeting with the group's leader
to discuss their concerns
In today's economic and political environments, what is the MOST effective
structure for governmental purchasing agencies. - Verified Answer
Establishing a combination of centralized and decentralized operations
A governmental agency has a non-competition threshold that says any
purchase below $5,000 does not require competition. Over a three month
period a requesting user has asked a 3 separate occasions to directly
purchase without competition, products needed by the agency. On each
occasion the value of the purchase was approximately $4,500. What
should the buyer do? - Verified Answer Remind the requester of the code
restrictions on fragmenting orders
A buyer is charged with purchasing diesel fuel for the transit system. What
type of study should be conducted to determine how best to make this
purchase? - Verified Answer Market analysis
Upon receipt a Purchase Requisition for a small buy commodity, the first
step the buyer would normally take would be to: - Verified Answer
Determine if the item is available in surplus stock
The government agency is changing its performance measures from
primarily cost related measures to value-added benefits. To implement this
change, the agency would want to consider all of the following steps
EXCEPT? - Verified Answer Plan the change in detail so that it can be
implemented in a 30-day period
A buyer is asked to conduct a review and evaluation of cost data in order to
determine actual costs or estimates of costs to be incurred. This process is
known as: - Verified Answer Cost Analysis
An agency manager submitted a request for five-year lease on a special
tractor that he plans to modify and use for raking the beach during the
summer. He has money in his budget to cover the lease cost. What's the
most important thing to consider before going forward with the leasing
process? - Verified Answer Many lease agreements will not permit
modifications of any kind to the leased equipment
