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CERTIFIED TEXAS CONTRACT DEVELOPER (CTCD) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2024
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ESTUDYCERTIFIED TEXAS CONTRACT DEVELOPER (CTCD) EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
**1. What is the role of the Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)?**
- A. Manages purchasing authority, education, guidance, and contract development for state
agencies
- B. Handles internal audits for the state
- C. Manages statewide healthcare systems
- D. Provides data on state economic performance
- **Answer:** A
**2. What does the Statewide Procurement Policy and Outreach team do?**
- A. Conducts policy research, offers training, and customer support through outreach
- B. Manages statewide contracts for state agencies
- C. Issues health insurance to state employees
- D. Audits public education programs
- **Answer:** A
**3. What is the function of the Statewide Contract Development Team?**
- A. Provides training for procurement professionals
- B. Develops contracts for state agencies, higher education, and local governments
- C. Approves health contracts only
- D. Evaluates employee performance
- **Answer:** B
**4. What does the Statewide Contract Management Team do?**
- A. Handles employee payroll
- B. Assists state agencies in managing contracts, reporting, and vendor performance issues
- C. Monitors education spending
- D. Provides state budget forecasts
- **Answer:** B
**5. What is the role of the Procurement Oversight and Delegation Team (POD)?**
- A. Develops health-related contracts
- B. Handles requests over $10,000 only
- C. Conducts solicitation reviews, manages purchasing authority, and reduces risk for contracts
over $100,000
- D. Issues state budgets
- **Answer:** C
**6. True or False: Contracts over $2 million must include the State Auditor's Office Nepotism
Disclosure Statement.**
- **Answer:** True
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**7. True or False: If your grandfather works for a vendor you are contracting with, you must
disclose the relationship.**
- **Answer:** True
**8. For contracts over $25,000, how many contractors on the Centralized Master Bidders List
(CMBL) should be solicited?**
- A. 1
- B. 3
- C. 5
- D. All active contractors
- **Answer:** D
**9. How many vendors should be asked for price quotes for a Texas Multiple Award Schedule
(TXMAS) contract valued at $1 million?**
- A. 3
- B. 4
- C. 6
- D. 8
- **Answer:** C
**10. True or False: A Request for Offer (RFO) is the required method for procuring DIR contracts
over $5 million.**
- **Answer:** True
**11. How long must a full solicitation package be posted on the Electronic State Business Daily
(ESBD) at minimum?**
- A. 7 calendar days
- B. 10 calendar days
- C. 14 calendar days
- D. 30 calendar days
- **Answer:** C
**12. If amendments are added to a solicitation package on the ESBD, how long must it be posted
at minimum?**
- A. 10 calendar days
- B. 14 calendar days
- C. 21 calendar days
- D. 30 calendar days
- **Answer:** C
**13. How many days should a solicitation be posted on the ESBD as a best practice?**
- A. 7 days
- B. 14 days
- C. 21 days
- D. 30 days
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- **Answer:** D
**14. True or False: A letter of delegated purchasing authority must be obtained for certain
solicitations, or the contract can be voided.**
- **Answer:** True
**15. What division holds delegation and purchasing authority?**
- A. Texas Department of Public Safety
- B. Texas Workforce Commission
- C. Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)
- D. Texas Department of Education
- **Answer:** C
**16. A non-IT service solicitation over $200,000 should be submitted to which entity for
review?**
- A. CAT
- B. DIR
- C. POD
- D. QAT
- **Answer:** C
**17. True or False: Ethical standards for procurement are set by statute.**
- **Answer:** True
**18. To procure custodial services, which procurement method would you use?**
- A. Request for Information (RFI)
- B. Request for Offer (RFO)
- C. Request for Quote (RFQ)
- D. Invitation for Bid (IFB)
- **Answer:** B
**19. What are the four exceptions allowing an agency to purchase goods and services outside of
the State Use Program (WorkQuest)?**
- A. Precision, Accuracy, Time, Quality
- B. Life Cycle Cost, Money, Alcohol, Quantity
- C. Delivery Time, Life Cycle Cost, Quantity, Quality
- D. Delivery Costs, Quantity, Precision, Lifetime Shows
- **Answer:** C
**20. Which purchases cannot be made without a formal bid?**
- A. Perishable goods and repairs under $25,000
- B. Services over $100,000
- C. Fuel and distributor purchases under $25,000
- D. Direct publications under $25,000
- **Answer:** B
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