CTCD TEST EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - ANS central authority for state agency procurement
guidance, education, and statewide contract development services
Major contracts for information technology projects are monitored by the _. - ANS Quality
Assurance Team (QAT)
Major contracts are reviewed by _. - ANS Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Procurement - ANS refers to all aspects of the sourcing activities, including drafting and
issuing the solicitation, evaluation of responses, selection of successful respondents, the
negotiation of contracts, and the actual purchasing of goods or services.
Purchasing - ANS refers to the mechanical or administrative process of how goods and
services are ordered. Usually described as the transactional function of the procurement
process
Nepotism - ANS form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using one's
position to favor a relative
The two classifications of Nepotism are: - ANS Consanguinity and Affinity
What is a consanguinity relationship? - ANS one established through bloodlines
includes individuals related by blood to the official or employee
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, three degrees
1st: Parents, Children
2nd: Grandparents, Grandchildren, Brothers and Sisters
3rd: Great-Grandparents, Great-grandchildren, Nephews and Nieces, Uncles and Aunts
What is a affinity relationship? - ANS arises by virtue of marriage
includes an officials or employee's spouse and individuals related to the spouse
two degrees
1st: spouse, spouse's parents, Children's Spouses, Spouse's children
2nd: Spouse's grandparents, spouses grandchildren, spouse's brothers and sisters, brothers and
sister's spouses
Bribery - ANS if a person intentionally or knowingly offers, confers, or agrees to confer on
another, or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as consideration for a violation of
public servants legal duty or a public servants decision, opinion, recommendation, vote, or any
other exercise of discretion.
T or F, A bribery offense can still occur even if the benefit is offered after the employee has
acting in a manner desired or after the employee has ceased working for the state -
ANS True
Bribery does not occur is the benefit is a political contribution - ANS True
Where do you report suspected fraud, waste or abuse? - ANS The State Auditor's Office
(SAO)
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AND ANSWERS
Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) - ANS central authority for state agency procurement
guidance, education, and statewide contract development services
Major contracts for information technology projects are monitored by the _. - ANS Quality
Assurance Team (QAT)
Major contracts are reviewed by _. - ANS Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Procurement - ANS refers to all aspects of the sourcing activities, including drafting and
issuing the solicitation, evaluation of responses, selection of successful respondents, the
negotiation of contracts, and the actual purchasing of goods or services.
Purchasing - ANS refers to the mechanical or administrative process of how goods and
services are ordered. Usually described as the transactional function of the procurement
process
Nepotism - ANS form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using one's
position to favor a relative
The two classifications of Nepotism are: - ANS Consanguinity and Affinity
What is a consanguinity relationship? - ANS one established through bloodlines
includes individuals related by blood to the official or employee
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, three degrees
1st: Parents, Children
2nd: Grandparents, Grandchildren, Brothers and Sisters
3rd: Great-Grandparents, Great-grandchildren, Nephews and Nieces, Uncles and Aunts
What is a affinity relationship? - ANS arises by virtue of marriage
includes an officials or employee's spouse and individuals related to the spouse
two degrees
1st: spouse, spouse's parents, Children's Spouses, Spouse's children
2nd: Spouse's grandparents, spouses grandchildren, spouse's brothers and sisters, brothers and
sister's spouses
Bribery - ANS if a person intentionally or knowingly offers, confers, or agrees to confer on
another, or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as consideration for a violation of
public servants legal duty or a public servants decision, opinion, recommendation, vote, or any
other exercise of discretion.
T or F, A bribery offense can still occur even if the benefit is offered after the employee has
acting in a manner desired or after the employee has ceased working for the state -
ANS True
Bribery does not occur is the benefit is a political contribution - ANS True
Where do you report suspected fraud, waste or abuse? - ANS The State Auditor's Office
(SAO)
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