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NASPO CPPB Prep Exam Preparation
2025/2026/ Complete Questions And
Correct Answers
A specification that consists of one or more brand names, model numbers, or
product designations that identify by way of example the specific product of a
particular manufacturer as having the characteristics of the item that the
government is seeking is what kind of specification?
a) Performance specification
b) Brand-name-or-equal specification
c) Qualified products list specification
d) Design specification-correct-answer-b) Brand-name-or-equal specification
Which type of specification established the characteristics an item must possess,
including indicating how it is to be manufactured?
a) Design
b) Brand Name
c) Performance
d) Industry Standard-correct-answer-a) Design
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The school board is looking to procure new school buses due to the opening of a
new school in the district. Each school bus is manufactured after the order is
placed and must meet federal regulations for manufacturing. Which supplier
requirement should be included in the specifications?
a) Invoicing process
b) Size of the vendor's facility
c) Manufacturing process
d) Location of the vendor's facility-correct-answer-c) Manufacturing process
What is the benefit of creating and maintaining a valid supplier list?
a) It ensures that all potential bidders can be notified of current solicitations.
b) It ensures vendors are added to the e-procurement system.
c) It ensures that only past bidders will be notified of new bidding opportunities.
d) It ensures that vendor registration fees are renewed.-correct-answer-a) It
ensures that all potential bidders can be notified of current solicitations.
Which type of cost reimbursement contract should be used when it is impossible
to estimate costs firmly and there is a high probability that supplier will receive a
substantial commercial benefit?
a) Cost sharing
b) Cost-plus Fixed Fee
c) Cost-plus Award Fee
d) Cost-plus Incentive Fee-correct-answer-a) Cost sharing
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Which fixed price contract type requires the least amount of contract
administration and monitoring by the entity?
a) Fixed-price incentive
b) Fixed-price with re-determination
c) Firm-fixed price
d) Fixed-price with economic price adjustment-correct-answer-c) Firm-fixed price
The procurement office has been asked to research alternative funding models
involving private capital for the construction of a new lodge at one of the park
authority locations. The agency procuring the service would like the private entity
to outlay costs for the construction of the building, the contractor to assume all
risk for revenue generation, and allow the vendor to cover ongoing maintenance
and operation expenses. Which alternative funding model is best suited to meet
these goals?
a) Design-bid-build
b) Design-build-finance-operate-maintain
c) Design-build-operate-maintain
d) Design-build-correct-answer-b) Design-build-finance-operate-maintain
The procurement officer has been tasked with a large construction project. His
Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) advises him to use a construction delivery
method where the designer is separate from the construction company and is
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involved as the state's advocate throughout the construction project because the
construction contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive bidder, which he
sees as the best fit for this project. Which of the following construction delivery
methods should he use:
a) Design-Build.
b) Job Order Contracting.
c) Construction Manager at Risk.
d) Design-Bid-Build.-correct-answer-d) Design-Bid-Build.
The purchasing officer of Fleet Management Division has expressed concerns
about the number of repetitive requisitions, solicitations and purchase orders that
are being processed to purchase fuel for the state fleet. Every time a new order is
placed, another requisition is created and the prices paid are not steady;
sometimes more and sometimes less depending on competition and fluctuations.
The buyer advises the solution would be to use what type of contract?
a) Fixed-Price with Escalation/De-escalation
b) Fixed-Price with Redetermination
c) Fixed Price Incentive
d)Firm Fixed-Price-correct-answer-a) Fixed-Price with Escalation/De-escalation
What payment type is best suited for a large scale construction project?
a) Progress payments
b) Progress payments with retention
c) Advance payments
NASPO CPPB Prep Exam Preparation
2025/2026/ Complete Questions And
Correct Answers
A specification that consists of one or more brand names, model numbers, or
product designations that identify by way of example the specific product of a
particular manufacturer as having the characteristics of the item that the
government is seeking is what kind of specification?
a) Performance specification
b) Brand-name-or-equal specification
c) Qualified products list specification
d) Design specification-correct-answer-b) Brand-name-or-equal specification
Which type of specification established the characteristics an item must possess,
including indicating how it is to be manufactured?
a) Design
b) Brand Name
c) Performance
d) Industry Standard-correct-answer-a) Design
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The school board is looking to procure new school buses due to the opening of a
new school in the district. Each school bus is manufactured after the order is
placed and must meet federal regulations for manufacturing. Which supplier
requirement should be included in the specifications?
a) Invoicing process
b) Size of the vendor's facility
c) Manufacturing process
d) Location of the vendor's facility-correct-answer-c) Manufacturing process
What is the benefit of creating and maintaining a valid supplier list?
a) It ensures that all potential bidders can be notified of current solicitations.
b) It ensures vendors are added to the e-procurement system.
c) It ensures that only past bidders will be notified of new bidding opportunities.
d) It ensures that vendor registration fees are renewed.-correct-answer-a) It
ensures that all potential bidders can be notified of current solicitations.
Which type of cost reimbursement contract should be used when it is impossible
to estimate costs firmly and there is a high probability that supplier will receive a
substantial commercial benefit?
a) Cost sharing
b) Cost-plus Fixed Fee
c) Cost-plus Award Fee
d) Cost-plus Incentive Fee-correct-answer-a) Cost sharing
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Which fixed price contract type requires the least amount of contract
administration and monitoring by the entity?
a) Fixed-price incentive
b) Fixed-price with re-determination
c) Firm-fixed price
d) Fixed-price with economic price adjustment-correct-answer-c) Firm-fixed price
The procurement office has been asked to research alternative funding models
involving private capital for the construction of a new lodge at one of the park
authority locations. The agency procuring the service would like the private entity
to outlay costs for the construction of the building, the contractor to assume all
risk for revenue generation, and allow the vendor to cover ongoing maintenance
and operation expenses. Which alternative funding model is best suited to meet
these goals?
a) Design-bid-build
b) Design-build-finance-operate-maintain
c) Design-build-operate-maintain
d) Design-build-correct-answer-b) Design-build-finance-operate-maintain
The procurement officer has been tasked with a large construction project. His
Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) advises him to use a construction delivery
method where the designer is separate from the construction company and is
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involved as the state's advocate throughout the construction project because the
construction contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive bidder, which he
sees as the best fit for this project. Which of the following construction delivery
methods should he use:
a) Design-Build.
b) Job Order Contracting.
c) Construction Manager at Risk.
d) Design-Bid-Build.-correct-answer-d) Design-Bid-Build.
The purchasing officer of Fleet Management Division has expressed concerns
about the number of repetitive requisitions, solicitations and purchase orders that
are being processed to purchase fuel for the state fleet. Every time a new order is
placed, another requisition is created and the prices paid are not steady;
sometimes more and sometimes less depending on competition and fluctuations.
The buyer advises the solution would be to use what type of contract?
a) Fixed-Price with Escalation/De-escalation
b) Fixed-Price with Redetermination
c) Fixed Price Incentive
d)Firm Fixed-Price-correct-answer-a) Fixed-Price with Escalation/De-escalation
What payment type is best suited for a large scale construction project?
a) Progress payments
b) Progress payments with retention
c) Advance payments
