NIGP-CPP exam questions with answers |\ |\ |\ |\
Sierra, a Procurement Director is developing her department's
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Continuity of Operations Plan. Which step should she do first to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
determine her departments essential functions? |\ |\ |\ |\
o Call a similar public entity and ask for a copy of their continuity
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of operation plan
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o Ask her customers what functions are most important to them
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o Document then list all procurement functions
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o Ask other entities who have experienced a disaster what their
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essential functions are - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Document then |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
list all procurement functions
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True or false. Joint bid purchases and piggyback purchases are
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the same thing. Explain. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False. Joint bid
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purchases is when agencies purchase the same item or service |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
using one solicitation for both agencies. The agency is a part of
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the solicitation and contract. Piggy back purchases is when an
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agency uses a contract that was solicited by another agency,
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state, or cooperative bidding process. The agency is often not
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involved in the original bidding process, however, does have an
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addendum to use the contract. |\ |\ |\ |\
Price fixing, bid rigging and restraints of trade are prohibited by
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this first of its kind federal act.
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A. Federal Trade Commission
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B. Adam Clayton Powell Act
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C. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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,D. Robinson-Patman Act - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sherman Anti-
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Trust Act |\
What is the bidder's obligation when a bid that was accepted by
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the agency contained minor clerical errors?
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A. The bidder must void the contract.
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B. The bidder must perform the contract.
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C. The purchaser cannot allow the bidder to make corrections.
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D. The court must make a decision on this matter. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The bidder must perform the contract.
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1. What is the name of the principle(not the rule) that is
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indicated by this statistic? |\ |\ |\
2. Provide an example of how this principle relates to
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procurement. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. The Pareto Principle |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
2. An example of how this principle relates to procurement would
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be, "80% of purchasing cost is created by 20% of the purchase
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orders issued." |\
The three types of competition found in the market place are:
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A. Inexact, impure and monastic
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B. Exact, pure and monopoly
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C. Exact, pure and monotheistic
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D. Pure, imperfect and monopoly - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pure,
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imperfect and monopoly |\ |\
,Explain the difference between the implied warranties of
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merchantability and of fitness for a particular purpose. - |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Implied warranties of merchantability is a
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warranty that exists because vendor sells goods that meet some
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industry standard.
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Fitness for a particular purpose is the seller, at time of contract,
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has reason to know that the buyer wants the goods for a
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particular purpose and the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or
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judgment to select or furnish suitable goods
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The Statute of Frauds is a 1677 device passed by the English
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Parliament and carried down to us by common law and the
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actions of state legislatures that: - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Requires certain promises and agreements to be evidenced in
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writing
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Procurement has internal and external customers. Internal
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customers include using departments, upper management,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
elected officials and the procurement colleagues in our own
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office. Excluding any form of vendor, supplier, bidder, sales rep.,
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manufacturer, etc., name two other external customers. - |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Local communities (citizens)
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Government
When selecting committee members to conduct an RFP
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evaluation, what's one of the most important questions that each
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person should be asked before they begin reviewing the
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proposals? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Are there any conflicts of
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interest?
, Statutes, ordinances, charters, rules, regulations, policies and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
procedures are all examples of: |\ |\ |\ |\
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A. Administrative law
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B. Legislative law
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C. Enabling legislation
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D. Contract terms and conditions - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Enabling legislation |\
A latent defect is one:
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A. That is detected at the time of purchase.
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B. That is detected at the time of receipt.
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C. That is detected during installation.
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D. That surfaces after a product has been in use. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔That surfaces after a product has been in use.
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A buyer is also the System Administrator for the automated
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procurement system in his agency. He is reviewing a recent |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
printout of operating statistics and notices that the length of time
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from receipt of a purchase requisition to issuance of the
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purchase order has increased for the second quarter in a row.
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Which of the following actions should he take prior to making a
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recommendation to his supervisor to reverse this trend? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\
A. Conduct a benchmarking study to determine the average
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
length of time for other comparable agencies
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Sierra, a Procurement Director is developing her department's
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Continuity of Operations Plan. Which step should she do first to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
determine her departments essential functions? |\ |\ |\ |\
o Call a similar public entity and ask for a copy of their continuity
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of operation plan
|\ |\ |\
o Ask her customers what functions are most important to them
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
o Document then list all procurement functions
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
o Ask other entities who have experienced a disaster what their
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
essential functions are - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Document then |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
list all procurement functions
|\ |\ |\
True or false. Joint bid purchases and piggyback purchases are
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the same thing. Explain. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False. Joint bid
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
purchases is when agencies purchase the same item or service |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
using one solicitation for both agencies. The agency is a part of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the solicitation and contract. Piggy back purchases is when an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
agency uses a contract that was solicited by another agency,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
state, or cooperative bidding process. The agency is often not
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
involved in the original bidding process, however, does have an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
addendum to use the contract. |\ |\ |\ |\
Price fixing, bid rigging and restraints of trade are prohibited by
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
this first of its kind federal act.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
A. Federal Trade Commission
|\ |\ |\
B. Adam Clayton Powell Act
|\ |\ |\ |\
C. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
|\ |\ |\
,D. Robinson-Patman Act - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sherman Anti-
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Trust Act |\
What is the bidder's obligation when a bid that was accepted by
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the agency contained minor clerical errors?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\
A. The bidder must void the contract.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
B. The bidder must perform the contract.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
C. The purchaser cannot allow the bidder to make corrections.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
D. The court must make a decision on this matter. - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔The bidder must perform the contract.
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1. What is the name of the principle(not the rule) that is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
indicated by this statistic? |\ |\ |\
2. Provide an example of how this principle relates to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
procurement. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. The Pareto Principle |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
2. An example of how this principle relates to procurement would
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
be, "80% of purchasing cost is created by 20% of the purchase
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
orders issued." |\
The three types of competition found in the market place are:
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
A. Inexact, impure and monastic
|\ |\ |\ |\
B. Exact, pure and monopoly
|\ |\ |\ |\
C. Exact, pure and monotheistic
|\ |\ |\ |\
D. Pure, imperfect and monopoly - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pure,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
imperfect and monopoly |\ |\
,Explain the difference between the implied warranties of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
merchantability and of fitness for a particular purpose. - |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Implied warranties of merchantability is a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
warranty that exists because vendor sells goods that meet some
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
industry standard.
|\ |\
Fitness for a particular purpose is the seller, at time of contract,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
has reason to know that the buyer wants the goods for a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
particular purpose and the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
judgment to select or furnish suitable goods
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The Statute of Frauds is a 1677 device passed by the English
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Parliament and carried down to us by common law and the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
actions of state legislatures that: - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Requires certain promises and agreements to be evidenced in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
writing
|\
Procurement has internal and external customers. Internal
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
customers include using departments, upper management,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
elected officials and the procurement colleagues in our own
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
office. Excluding any form of vendor, supplier, bidder, sales rep.,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
manufacturer, etc., name two other external customers. - |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Local communities (citizens)
|\ |\ |\ |\
Government
When selecting committee members to conduct an RFP
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
evaluation, what's one of the most important questions that each
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
person should be asked before they begin reviewing the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
proposals? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Are there any conflicts of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
interest?
, Statutes, ordinances, charters, rules, regulations, policies and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
procedures are all examples of: |\ |\ |\ |\
|\
A. Administrative law
|\ |\
B. Legislative law
|\ |\
C. Enabling legislation
|\ |\
D. Contract terms and conditions - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Enabling legislation |\
A latent defect is one:
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
A. That is detected at the time of purchase.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
B. That is detected at the time of receipt.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
C. That is detected during installation.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
D. That surfaces after a product has been in use. - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔That surfaces after a product has been in use.
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A buyer is also the System Administrator for the automated
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
procurement system in his agency. He is reviewing a recent |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
printout of operating statistics and notices that the length of time
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
from receipt of a purchase requisition to issuance of the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
purchase order has increased for the second quarter in a row.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Which of the following actions should he take prior to making a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
recommendation to his supervisor to reverse this trend? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\
A. Conduct a benchmarking study to determine the average
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
length of time for other comparable agencies
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
