CTCD Test | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Q1: Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)
A: central authority for state agency procurement guidance, education, and statewide
contract development services
Q2: Major contracts for information technology projects are monitored by the _.
A: Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
Q3: Major contracts are reviewed by _.
A: Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Q4: Procurement
A: 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.
Q5: Purchasing
A: refers to the mechanical or administrative process of how goods and services are
ordered. Usually described as the transactional function of the procurement process
Q6: Nepotism
A: form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using one's position to favor a
relative
Q7: The two classifications of Nepotism are:
A: Consanguinity and Affinity
Q8: What is a consanguinity relationship?
A: one established through bloodlines
includes individuals related by blood to the official or employee
three degrees
1st: Parents, Children
2nd: Grandparents, Grandchildren, Brothers and Sisters
3rd: GreatGrandparents, Greatgrandchildren, Nephews and Nieces, Uncles and Aunts
, Q9: What is a affinity relationship?
A: 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
Q10: Bribery
A: 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.
Q11: 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
A: True
Q12: Bribery does not occur is the benefit is a political contribution
A: True
Q13: Where do you report suspected fraud, waste or abuse?
A: The State Auditor's Office (SAO)
Q14: Allowable vendorpublic procurement professional interactions between response due date and
contract award include what three things?
A: 1. Clarification of respondent's ability to meet the solicitation requirements
2. Negotiations
3. The exchange of information as necessary to facilitate a potential contract award
Q15: SPD and DIR serve on what two interagency oversight teams?
A: The Contract Advisory Team (CAT) & Quality Assurance Team(QAT)
Q16: What programs does SPD manage?
A: 1. Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL)
2. Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB)
3. Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)
4. Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS)
Q1: Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)
A: central authority for state agency procurement guidance, education, and statewide
contract development services
Q2: Major contracts for information technology projects are monitored by the _.
A: Quality Assurance Team (QAT)
Q3: Major contracts are reviewed by _.
A: Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Q4: Procurement
A: 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.
Q5: Purchasing
A: refers to the mechanical or administrative process of how goods and services are
ordered. Usually described as the transactional function of the procurement process
Q6: Nepotism
A: form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using one's position to favor a
relative
Q7: The two classifications of Nepotism are:
A: Consanguinity and Affinity
Q8: What is a consanguinity relationship?
A: one established through bloodlines
includes individuals related by blood to the official or employee
three degrees
1st: Parents, Children
2nd: Grandparents, Grandchildren, Brothers and Sisters
3rd: GreatGrandparents, Greatgrandchildren, Nephews and Nieces, Uncles and Aunts
, Q9: What is a affinity relationship?
A: 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
Q10: Bribery
A: 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.
Q11: 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
A: True
Q12: Bribery does not occur is the benefit is a political contribution
A: True
Q13: Where do you report suspected fraud, waste or abuse?
A: The State Auditor's Office (SAO)
Q14: Allowable vendorpublic procurement professional interactions between response due date and
contract award include what three things?
A: 1. Clarification of respondent's ability to meet the solicitation requirements
2. Negotiations
3. The exchange of information as necessary to facilitate a potential contract award
Q15: SPD and DIR serve on what two interagency oversight teams?
A: The Contract Advisory Team (CAT) & Quality Assurance Team(QAT)
Q16: What programs does SPD manage?
A: 1. Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL)
2. Historically Underutilized Business Program (HUB)
3. Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD)
4. Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS)
