Docsity
Docsity
Prepare for your exams
Prepare for your exams

Study with the several resources on Docsity

Earn points to download
Earn points to download

Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan

Guidelines and tips
Guidelines and tips
Sell on Docsity
Sell on Docsity
Docsity AI
Docsity AI
Log inSign up

Prepare for your exams

Study with the several resources on Docsity

Find documents

Prepare for your exams with the study notes shared by other students like you on Docsity

Search for your university

Find the specific documents for your university's exams

Docsity AINEW

Summarize your documents, ask them questions, convert them into quizzes and concept maps

Explore questions

Clear up your doubts by reading the answers to questions asked by your fellow students

Earn points to download

Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan

Share documents
download point icon20 Points

For each uploaded document

Answer questions
download point icon5 Points

For each given answer (max 1 per day)

All the ways to get free points
Get points immediately

Choose a premium plan with all the points you need

Study Opportunities

Choose your next study program

Get in touch with the best universities in the world. Search through thousands of universities and official partners

Community

Ask the community

Ask the community for help and clear up your study doubts

Free resources

Our save-the-student-ebooks!

Download our free guides on studying techniques, anxiety management strategies, and thesis advice from Docsity tutors

CTCD Exam Questions and Answers, Exams of Nursing

Harvard UniversityNursing

A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to the ctcd (certified texas contract developer) exam, which is a certification program for procurement professionals in the state of texas. A wide range of topics, including procurement methods, contract management, vendor performance, ethics, and various procurement-related processes and procedures. The questions and answers are designed to help candidates prepare for the ctcd exam, which is a crucial certification for those involved in state-level procurement activities in texas. Regularly updated, with the latest version being from 2024, ensuring that the information is current and relevant. Overall, this document serves as a valuable resource for procurement professionals in texas who are seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills in the field of public procurement.

Typology: Exams

2024/2025

Available from 09/16/2024

Allivia
Allivia 🇨🇦

3.7

(83)

17K documents

1 / 10

Toggle sidebar

This page cannot be seen from the preview

Don't miss anything!

bg1
CTCD EXAM Questions and Answers
(Latest update 2024)
Awarding a contract to your uncle is an example of? - Correct Answer✅
Nepotism
Specifications of this type may inadvertently reduce the vendor pool,
increase cost due to customization and may result in proprietary
procurements: - Correct Answer✅ Restrictive Specifications
For a contract over 50k, how many days does the agency have to notify the
Legislative Budget Board (LBB) after award? - Correct Answer✅ 30 calendar
days
The amount of time a state agency must wait before it can contract with a
former executive head who has retired or left the agency is how long? -
Correct Answer✅ 4 years
These are the three types of contracts developed and managed by the
Contract Development and Contract Management Teams within the
Statewide Procurement Division: - Correct Answer✅ Term, Managed and
TXMAS
These forms must be filled out by the procurement professionals involved in
a procurement over 1 million dollars - Correct Answer✅ -SAO Nepotism
Disclosure Statement for Purchasing Personnel Form
-1295 disclosure of interested parties
-Conflict of Interest disclosure
What are the two activities that are prohibited by evaluation committee
members? - Correct Answer✅ Doing independent research, discussing the
procurement when not all members are present, pressuring members to
score vendors a certain way and breaking confidentiality
pf3
pf4
pf5
pf8
pf9
pfa

Partial preview of the text

Download CTCD Exam Questions and Answers and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity!

(Latest update 2024)

Awarding a contract to your uncle is an example of? - Correct Answer✅ Nepotism Specifications of this type may inadvertently reduce the vendor pool, increase cost due to customization and may result in proprietary procurements: - Correct Answer✅ Restrictive Specifications For a contract over 50k, how many days does the agency have to notify the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) after award? - Correct Answer✅ 30 calendar days The amount of time a state agency must wait before it can contract with a former executive head who has retired or left the agency is how long? - Correct Answer✅ 4 years These are the three types of contracts developed and managed by the Contract Development and Contract Management Teams within the Statewide Procurement Division: - Correct Answer✅ Term, Managed and TXMAS These forms must be filled out by the procurement professionals involved in a procurement over 1 million dollars - Correct Answer✅ -SAO Nepotism Disclosure Statement for Purchasing Personnel Form -1295 disclosure of interested parties -Conflict of Interest disclosure What are the two activities that are prohibited by evaluation committee members? - Correct Answer✅ Doing independent research, discussing the procurement when not all members are present, pressuring members to score vendors a certain way and breaking confidentiality

(Latest update 2024)

A bid tabulation is used when the evaluation criteria are objective, therefore it is appropriate to use when evaluating responses to a: - Correct Answer✅ IFB (invitation for bids) Provide two legal elements that are necessary to form a binding contract: - Correct Answer✅ Offer - Acceptance - Legal Purpose - Consideration - Certainty of Subject Matter - Competent Parties Accepting or offering any benefit in exchange for a decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion to or from a public official/servant is a? - Correct Answer✅ Bribe The standardized form used by an evaluation committee to evaluate vendor responses is called a: - Correct Answer✅ Scoring Matrix What procurement methods should be used if the requirements cannot be described by detailed specifications and the vendor is expected to provide innovative ideas? - Correct Answer✅ Request for Proposals (RFP) - Request for Offers (RFO) What are the Interagency Oversight Teams? - Correct Answer✅ Contract Advisory Team (CAT) - Quality Assurance Team (QAT) This eProcurement (online ordering) system is used by state agencies and members (local governments) to search existing SPD contracts and place purchase orders: - Correct Answer✅ Texas SmartBuy Technical Leveling, Technical Specifications and Auctioneering techniques are prohibited during: - Correct Answer✅ Negotiations

(Latest update 2024)

Who creates the statewide term contracts within SPD - Correct Answer✅ Contract Development Team what is an agency contract management handbook? - Correct Answer✅ - establishes consistent contracting policies and practices -May include standard contract provisions and formats What is an agency procurement plan? - Correct Answer✅ Identifies management controls and purchasing oversight authority in accordance with the policy guidance contained within the guide. Due to SPD annually by November 30th. What is the office of vehicle fleet management - Correct Answer✅ manages the state vehicle reporting system what is the statewide travel management program? - Correct Answer✅ - provides travel services for contracts -required for state agencies and available to TX SmartBuy members What are statewide mail operations? - Correct Answer✅ Delivers and collects interagency mail for state agencies what is the state's central eProcurement system for non-it goods and services - Correct Answer✅ TX SmartBuy What is the Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) - Correct Answer✅ used to post solicitations and inform potential vendors of contracting opportunities and provides public notice of awards

(Latest update 2024)

What is the Centralized Master Bidder's List? (CMBL) - Correct Answer✅ An online directory of vendors interested in working with the State of Texas What is the Vendor Performance Tracking System? (VPTS) - Correct Answer✅ - It collects vendor performance reports from agencies -It allows agencies to score vendors, track vendor performance and provide info about vendor performance to contract developers State employees should NOT: - Correct Answer✅ - Accept GIFTS or other employment that could influence their work duties

  • Accept any BENEFIT for exercising their official duties in favor of another
  • Make personal INVESTMENTS that create a substantial interest in a business Nepotism Types: - Correct Answer✅ Consanguinity and Affinity Consanguinity = Includes individuals related by blood to the official or employee - Correct Answer✅ -First Degree: Parents and Children -Second Degree: Grandparents/grandchildren , brothers/sisters -Third Degree: great grandparents/great grandchildren, nephews/nieces , uncles/aunts Affinity = Includes an official's spouse and individuals related to the spouse - Correct Answer✅ -First Degree: Spouse/spouse's parents , Children's spouses/spouse's children -Second Degree: Spouses grandparents/grandchildren, spouse's brothers/sisters , brothers and sister's spouses Employees who participated on behalf of an agency in procurement or contract negotiation may not work for the vendor until: - Correct Answer✅

(Latest update 2024)

What is an acquisition plan? - Correct Answer✅ documenting the solicitation process, calendar of events and assigning roles Agencies are prohibited from purchasing: - Correct Answer✅ -indoor plants -alcohol -private facilities for meetings -audit of financial accounts of the agency What is a request for applications RFA? - Correct Answer✅ Used to invite grant applications of which the agency is the grantor The agency may be required to provide one or more notifications of contract award: - Correct Answer✅ -ESB: notification of award posted within 2 business days -MIRP: Notification of award to QAT within 10 days of award -For contracts not posted to the LBB contract database, agencies must post information about each contract to the agency website Purchases up to 10k - Correct Answer✅ Considered a SPOT PURCHASE , no competitive bidding and you do not need to request purchasing authority from SPD purchases 10k to 25k - Correct Answer✅ informal bidding, must solicit 3 vendors from the CMBL and 2 should be HUBS purchases 25k and up - Correct Answer✅ -post solicitation and notice of award to ESBD -Solicit CMBL vendors on geographic area and NIGP code

(Latest update 2024)

-VPTS report submitted 30 days after contract completion Purchases 50k and up: - Correct Answer✅ -for GOODS , request delegation of purchasing authority through SPD Purchases 100k and up: - Correct Answer✅ - for SERVICES request delegation of authority from SPD -Submit solicitation via POD -Need a HUB subcontracting plan Purchases 1mil and up: - Correct Answer✅ -TEC Disclosure of interested parties form (1295) -SAO nepotism disclosure Purchases 5mil and up - Correct Answer✅ - CAT - reviews solicitation (can take 30 days and is submitted through POD portal) -VPTS - reports annually at each milestone purchases 10mil and up - Correct Answer✅ QAT reviews all MIRPS (can take 30 days) what are performance based specifications? - Correct Answer✅ specifications that describe the desired outcome. (pen that writes without smearing/skipping and does not penetrate paper) what are design based specifications? - Correct Answer✅ details the criteria a product or service will possess (pen that has white handle, 1/4th inch thick and a stainless steel tip)

(Latest update 2024)

what is the 7 step in the purchasing process? - Correct Answer✅ Can the purchase be completed by contracting with another agency? (Interagency Cooperation Contracts IAC) ( Interlocal Cooperation Contracts) what is the 8 step in the purchasing process? - Correct Answer✅ Can the purchase be completed using SPD term contracts? what is the 9 step in the purchasing process? - Correct Answer✅ Is the purchase for printing services or mail and messenger services(printing services and in-house copy printers)? what is the 10 step in the purchasing process? - Correct Answer✅ Does the purchase involve used equipment or supplies? what is the 11 step in the purchasing process? - Correct Answer✅ Can the purchase be completed via: (SPD Delegated Purchases) (SPD TXMAS Contract) (Contract Established by another state agency) (Federal Government Purchase) (interstate cooperative agreement) what is the 12 step in the purchasing process? - Correct Answer✅ Is the purchase for goods valued at over 50k or services valued at over 100k? Submit request through Procurement Oversight and Delegation (POD) for a request of purchasing authority