FCCM Training Knowledge Checks
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
A vendor who was not selected for a contract decides to protest the decision. How long after
filing a written notice of intent to protest does a vendor have to file the formal written protest? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 10 Days
Seven Stages of Public Procurement - CORRECT ANSWER - Identification
Pre-Solicitation
Solicitation Prep
Solicitation
Response Evaluation
Contract Award
Contract Management
When the total cost of the needed commodities or contractual services exceeds $35,000 the
solicitation must be - CORRECT ANSWER - competitive
Which payment method is used when a project is divided into intervals, and payment is
distributed at those intervals - CORRECT ANSWER - Fixed Price
Which method of competitive solicitation would someone want to use when the focus is on price
plus quality - CORRECT ANSWER - Request for proposal
Which documents are generally included in a competitive solicitation - CORRECT
ANSWER - Scope of Work
Which purchasing category is required to have at least three people assigned to an evaluation or
negotiation team? - CORRECT ANSWER - Category 4 ($195,00)
, What type of solicitation must be publicly posted on the Vendor Bid System? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Competitive
If a vendor has a question regarding a solicitation, who must they contact? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Procurement officer
What criteria is used when evaluating responses submitted to a competitive solicitation, such as a
proposal or reply? - CORRECT ANSWER - The criteria established in the solicitation
After an agency employee leaves a position with the state, they may be immediately employed
by a business that had a contract that they managed at their former agency. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
Spouses or children of state employees should not take any form of compensation, payment or
thing of value when they know, or should know, that it is given to influence a vote or other
official action. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Agency employees with the power to make purchases exceeding $35,000 are required to file a
limited financial disclosure (Form 1) by July 1st to the commission on ethics - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
A cost analysis reviews and evaluates each budget line item to determine if each item is
allowable, reasonable, necessary and allocable. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
A good scope of work clearly establishes all the specific tasks the provider is required to prefrom
- CORRECT ANSWER - True
In a scope of work, the quantitative standards answer the questions who, how, when and where. -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
A vendor who was not selected for a contract decides to protest the decision. How long after
filing a written notice of intent to protest does a vendor have to file the formal written protest? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 10 Days
Seven Stages of Public Procurement - CORRECT ANSWER - Identification
Pre-Solicitation
Solicitation Prep
Solicitation
Response Evaluation
Contract Award
Contract Management
When the total cost of the needed commodities or contractual services exceeds $35,000 the
solicitation must be - CORRECT ANSWER - competitive
Which payment method is used when a project is divided into intervals, and payment is
distributed at those intervals - CORRECT ANSWER - Fixed Price
Which method of competitive solicitation would someone want to use when the focus is on price
plus quality - CORRECT ANSWER - Request for proposal
Which documents are generally included in a competitive solicitation - CORRECT
ANSWER - Scope of Work
Which purchasing category is required to have at least three people assigned to an evaluation or
negotiation team? - CORRECT ANSWER - Category 4 ($195,00)
, What type of solicitation must be publicly posted on the Vendor Bid System? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Competitive
If a vendor has a question regarding a solicitation, who must they contact? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Procurement officer
What criteria is used when evaluating responses submitted to a competitive solicitation, such as a
proposal or reply? - CORRECT ANSWER - The criteria established in the solicitation
After an agency employee leaves a position with the state, they may be immediately employed
by a business that had a contract that they managed at their former agency. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
Spouses or children of state employees should not take any form of compensation, payment or
thing of value when they know, or should know, that it is given to influence a vote or other
official action. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Agency employees with the power to make purchases exceeding $35,000 are required to file a
limited financial disclosure (Form 1) by July 1st to the commission on ethics - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
A cost analysis reviews and evaluates each budget line item to determine if each item is
allowable, reasonable, necessary and allocable. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
A good scope of work clearly establishes all the specific tasks the provider is required to prefrom
- CORRECT ANSWER - True
In a scope of work, the quantitative standards answer the questions who, how, when and where. -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
