CPPB TESTS COMPILATION BUNDLE

If considering contract termination, the agency should first: A. Take punitive action against the contractor. B. Stop accepting delivered products or services offered by the contractor. C. Start a file that documents the conflicts. D. Notify the authorities. correct answer: C. Start a file th...

WHAT IS THE GOAL OF NEGOTIATION? correct answer: To achieve a mutual goal referred as win-win agreement. STAGES OF NEGOTIATION correct answer: 1. Planning 2. Actual Negotiation 3. Completion What are the objectives of a principled Negotiation? correct answer: 1. produced a wise agreement ...

The American legal system looks to statutory law, common law and administrative law for guidance. T/F correct answer: TRUE Antitrust laws help to prevent bid rigging. correct answer: TRUE Public procurement professionals only need to know about state law and are not governed by federal laws....

An entity purchases several different types of mobile phones to meet employees' preferences. This is causing inefficiencies. What action can be taken to address and correct the inefficiencies? A. creation of performance specifications B. sole sourcing C. benchmarking D. standardization correct answ...

An entity purchases several different types of mobile phones to meet employees' preferences. This is causing inefficiencies. What action can be taken to address and correct the inefficiencies? A. creation of performance specifications B. sole sourcing C. benchmarking D. standardization correct answ...

An entity purchases several different types of mobile phones to meet employees' preferences. This is causing inefficiencies. What action can be taken to address and correct the inefficiencies? A. creation of performance specifications B. sole sourcing C. benchmarking D. standardization correct answ...

Good performance measures need to be meaningful for all participants including: correct answer: Procurement professionals, clients and suppliers Good performance measures need to be stated in terms of the higher-level objectives of the central procurement office or else they will lose: correct a...

budgeting correct answer: the allocation of scarce resources among competing demands allotment correct answer: controls the rate of spending authorized by an appropriation allocation correct answer: controls specific use of the monies appropriated cash basis accounting correct answer: i...

Scope of Work correct answer: Typically developed by procurement to be included in the solicitation to procure services or other more complex combinations of products and services. Sometimes called "Performance Specification" PWS correct answer: Performance Work Statement SOO correct answe...

What is a SWOT analysis? correct answer: Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats Strengths are _________ situations that will help achieve the organizations objectives. correct answer: Internal Opportunities can be correct answer: Internal or external ________ are external challeng...

what is the purchasing department origination correct answer: Phoenicians 13th century lean 8 wastes correct answer: 1. Transportation 2. inventory 3. motion 4. waiting 5. overproduction 6. over-processing 7. defects 8. untapped Talent levels of leadership correct answer: 1. position...

Procurement Technology correct answer: Helps accelerate business improvements Results Oriented Budgeting correct answer: Attempts to link a resource allocation to performance criteria Budget Cycle correct answer: 1. Planning 2. Formalization 3. implementation 4. evaluation Procurement Ca...

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 commit...

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 commit...