CPPB Multiple Choice Practice Questions 1 with Verified Answers
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CPPB Multiple Choice Practice
Questions 1 with Verified Answers
What should be provided for suppliers before conducting an evaluation interview?
Agencies Standard Terms and Conditions
Questions from the evaluation committee
Copy of how to conduct business with the agency
List o...
CPPB Multiple Choice Practice
Questions 1 with Verified Answers
What should be provided for suppliers before conducting an evaluation interview?
Agencies Standard Terms and Conditions
Questions from the evaluation committee
Copy of how to conduct business with the agency
List of the evaluation committee - CORRECT ANSWER-Questions from the evaluation
committee
The agency has just awarded a contract for cleaning services in the headquarters
building. It is very important that the cleaning be done in a professional manner since
this is a high visibility area and receives a lot of the senior staff traffic throughout the
day. The contract was very detailed as to the standards to be met. What can the
Contract Administrator include in the performance assessment plan to ensure
compliance with the performance standards?
Value analysis
Surveillance techniques
Progress meetings
Final inspections - CORRECT ANSWER-Surveillance techniques
Under the Uniform Commercial Code, the failure of a seller to deliver contracted goods
would allow the buyer to:
Obtain them from the next lowest bidder
Obtain them at the current market price and charge the seller the difference.
Cancel the contract and rebid.
Invoke liquidated damages. - CORRECT ANSWER-Obtain them at the current market
price and charge the seller the difference.
Instead of transferring the item to the surplus property office, a user agency may decide
to disassemble it so that its component parts may be used to repair or maintain a similar
item. However, the disassembly of the item should occur only after the agency
determines that there is a greater potential value and benefit to taking the item apart
than by trading it in selling it. What is this process called?.
,Cannibalization
Disposition of non-expendable supplies
Disposition of excess supplies
Disposition of expendable supplies - CORRECT ANSWER-Cannibalization
Several divisions within a government entity purchase equipment to do similar work.
Each division has its favorite type of equipment. What process would increase efficiency
and savings across the divisions?
Use of p-cards
Cooperative purchasing
Standardization
Bench-marking - CORRECT ANSWER-Standardization
A Buyer is preparing an RFP and the end user has requested a weight of 75% on
pricing. How should the Buyer proceed?
Suggest to the end user an ITB would be more appropriate
Proceed as requested and issue an RFP
Ignore the request and revise the pricing weight to 30%
Inform your CPO of the policy violation - CORRECT ANSWER-Suggest to the end user
an ITB would be more appropriate
Agencies not following their process, lack of clarity in bid documents and a perception of
not being fair are some of the reasons vendors give for:
Not registering with the agency
Not responding to solicitations
Ignoring phone calls and emails
Filing protests of awards - CORRECT ANSWER-Filing protests of awards
A buyer is charged with purchasing diesel fuel for a transit system. What type of study
should be conducted to determine how best to make this purchase?
Lead time is the time it takes for what to happen?
To deliver goods from the warehouse to the end user
Pay the invoice
Place a requisition and receive the item
,For the goods to arrive on your dock after placing the purchase order - CORRECT
ANSWER-For the goods to arrive on your dock after placing the purchase order
An agency has contracted for a full dump truck delivery of 3/4" gravel to be used as a
base foundation for a new roadway it is constructing. The gravel truck arrives as
scheduled; however, the road crew supervisor tells the supplier that he cannot accept
immediate delivery of the gravel since the engine just failed on the agency's piece of
road grading machinery. What is the fee charged by the contractor for tying up his
truck?
The quantity of materials providing the lowest acquisition and inventory costs at a
minimum cost per unit
An approach to procurement in which supplies are ordered so that they will be received
when needed
An inventory system designed to focus greatest attention on inventory items with the
highest monetary value
A method of accounting for the costs of supplies in inventory - CORRECT ANSWER-An
inventory system designed to focus greatest attention on inventory items with the
highest monetary value
The buyer at the County contacts the supplier to see if an item can be shipped sooner
than what had been originally contractually agreed upon. This call is an example of:
Contract Fulfillment
Delivery Follow Up
Expediting
Management of Suppliers - CORRECT ANSWER-Expediting
In order to get the best possible delivery it may be beneficial to do what?
Contract for product transport services independent of the product itself
Stock out risk
Use an F.O.B. delivery method
Make it part of the terms and conditions of the contract - CORRECT ANSWER-Contract
for product transport services independent of the product itself
The term for managing an organization's physical, infrastructure, fixed, IT and digital
property from acquisition through disposition is called:
Supplies with the highest value are used first
Goods acquired most recently are used first
Supplies with a longer shelf life are given a lower priority
The oldest inventory items, the ones purchased first, are used before newer item -
CORRECT ANSWER-The oldest inventory items, the ones purchased first, are used
before newer item
What is the best way to dispose of obsolete and surplus equipment?
Give it to a charity and take the tax write-off
Offer it at a very reduced prices to employees
Raffle it off as a fundraiser
Make it available for sale to the public - CORRECT ANSWER-Make it available for sale
to the public
The maximum inventory level or re-order point will be dependent on what factors?
Stock out risk
Perishability and obsolesce
Demand, value and inflation rates
Carrying costs, acquisition costs, working inventory, safety inventory, lead times -
CORRECT ANSWER-Carrying costs, acquisition costs, working inventory, safety
inventory, lead times
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO),
has just changed their highway paint specification to a more reflective paint. For safety
reasons, the new paint will be utilized immediately. What happens to the now obsolete
paint?
The entity will offer it to its employees
The entity will repurpose it for future use
It is classified as surplus and auctioned to the public
It is classified as excess and given to a different department - CORRECT ANSWER-It is
classified as surplus and auctioned to the public
Nonexpendable supplies are:
Supplies having a cost of over $100 and a useful life of over 1 year
All tangible supplies
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