CERTIFIED TEXAS CONTRACT MANAGER EXAM 2024
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS / ALREADY GRADED A+
The central authority for state agencies for procurement guidance, education,
statewide contract development services, and delegation of purchasing authority.
Assists its statewide government customers with all stages of the procurement cycle.
- ANSWER: Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)
Conducts policy research, training and certification customer service support
services. - ANSWER: Policy and Outreach
A broad range of contracts for commodities and services. - ANSWER: Statewide
Contract Development and Contract Management
Reviews solicitations and issues a letter of delegation of purchasing authority for an
anticipated contract value of $100,000 or greater. - ANSWER: Contract Advisory
Team-Review and Delegation (CAT-RAD) Program
Consist of multiple agencies. Solicitations with a value greater than $1 million to $5
million. - ANSWER: Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Master database for Texas procurement professionals. - ANSWER: Centralized
Master Bidder's List (CMBL)
Is a vendor required to be on CMBL to do business with the State of Texas? -
ANSWER: No
Provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy disparity in
state procurement contracting. - ANSWER: Historically Underutilized Business (HUB)
Program
Heavy construction other than building contracts. - ANSWER: 11.2%
Any building construction, including general contracts and operative builders
contracts. - ANSWER: 21.1%
All special trade construction contracts. - ANSWER: 32.9%
Professional services contracts. - ANSWER: 23.7%
All other service contracts - ANSWER: 26.0%
Commodities contracts - ANSWER: 21.1%
, Manages and assist agencies with their vehicles. - ANSWER: Office of Vehicle Fleet
Management (OVFM)
Manages travel expenditures, including hotel, car rentals, airlines, and travel
agencies. - ANSWER: State Travel Management Program (STMP)
Provides state agencies and universities a variety of mail operations services. -
ANSWER: Statewide Mail Operations
A web portal to post solicitations and learn of contract awards. - ANSWER: Electronic
State Business Daily (ESBD)
Statewide contracts procured and managed by SPD must use a purchase order
through this system. - ANSWER: Texas Smartbuy Online Ordering System
Use this statutorily required method of reporting vendors once contracts are
completed. - ANSWER: Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS)
Contracts to supplement the term contracts issued and negotiated by SPD. -
ANSWER: Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS)
Due annually to the comptrollers office by Nov 30th. Collected for information on
delegated purchases and determines if there are any possible gains with
consolidating all the purchases together. - ANSWER: Agency Procurement Plans
The possibility of influence by a personal or financial interest, and the potential
benefit to the employee is undefined. - ANSWER: Conflicts of Interest
Parent or Child - ANSWER: First Degree (Consanguinity)
Grandparent, grandchild, brother or sister - ANSWER: Second Degree
(Consanguinity)
Great grandparent, great grandchild, uncle or aunt, niece or nephew - ANSWER:
Third Degree (Consanguinity)
A form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using one's position to
favor a relative. Form must be completed if contract is $1M+. - ANSWER: Nepotism
Monitors businesses whose agency has entered into a contractual agreement.
Businesses with a contract of $1M in value are required to submit a what before
entering into a contract? - ANSWER: Disclosure of Interested Parties (1295 Form)
An attempt to influence the decisions of a procurement professional through
enticement with a potential personal benefit. - ANSWER: Bribery
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS / ALREADY GRADED A+
The central authority for state agencies for procurement guidance, education,
statewide contract development services, and delegation of purchasing authority.
Assists its statewide government customers with all stages of the procurement cycle.
- ANSWER: Statewide Procurement Division (SPD)
Conducts policy research, training and certification customer service support
services. - ANSWER: Policy and Outreach
A broad range of contracts for commodities and services. - ANSWER: Statewide
Contract Development and Contract Management
Reviews solicitations and issues a letter of delegation of purchasing authority for an
anticipated contract value of $100,000 or greater. - ANSWER: Contract Advisory
Team-Review and Delegation (CAT-RAD) Program
Consist of multiple agencies. Solicitations with a value greater than $1 million to $5
million. - ANSWER: Contract Advisory Team (CAT)
Master database for Texas procurement professionals. - ANSWER: Centralized
Master Bidder's List (CMBL)
Is a vendor required to be on CMBL to do business with the State of Texas? -
ANSWER: No
Provides opportunities to disadvantaged groups in an effort to remedy disparity in
state procurement contracting. - ANSWER: Historically Underutilized Business (HUB)
Program
Heavy construction other than building contracts. - ANSWER: 11.2%
Any building construction, including general contracts and operative builders
contracts. - ANSWER: 21.1%
All special trade construction contracts. - ANSWER: 32.9%
Professional services contracts. - ANSWER: 23.7%
All other service contracts - ANSWER: 26.0%
Commodities contracts - ANSWER: 21.1%
, Manages and assist agencies with their vehicles. - ANSWER: Office of Vehicle Fleet
Management (OVFM)
Manages travel expenditures, including hotel, car rentals, airlines, and travel
agencies. - ANSWER: State Travel Management Program (STMP)
Provides state agencies and universities a variety of mail operations services. -
ANSWER: Statewide Mail Operations
A web portal to post solicitations and learn of contract awards. - ANSWER: Electronic
State Business Daily (ESBD)
Statewide contracts procured and managed by SPD must use a purchase order
through this system. - ANSWER: Texas Smartbuy Online Ordering System
Use this statutorily required method of reporting vendors once contracts are
completed. - ANSWER: Vendor Performance Tracking System (VPTS)
Contracts to supplement the term contracts issued and negotiated by SPD. -
ANSWER: Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS)
Due annually to the comptrollers office by Nov 30th. Collected for information on
delegated purchases and determines if there are any possible gains with
consolidating all the purchases together. - ANSWER: Agency Procurement Plans
The possibility of influence by a personal or financial interest, and the potential
benefit to the employee is undefined. - ANSWER: Conflicts of Interest
Parent or Child - ANSWER: First Degree (Consanguinity)
Grandparent, grandchild, brother or sister - ANSWER: Second Degree
(Consanguinity)
Great grandparent, great grandchild, uncle or aunt, niece or nephew - ANSWER:
Third Degree (Consanguinity)
A form of conflict of interest that involves an explicit act of using one's position to
favor a relative. Form must be completed if contract is $1M+. - ANSWER: Nepotism
Monitors businesses whose agency has entered into a contractual agreement.
Businesses with a contract of $1M in value are required to submit a what before
entering into a contract? - ANSWER: Disclosure of Interested Parties (1295 Form)
An attempt to influence the decisions of a procurement professional through
enticement with a potential personal benefit. - ANSWER: Bribery
