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NASPO CPPB PRACTICE EXAM WITH 500
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
RATIONALISED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED
VERSION JUST RELEASED NEWEST!!
Question: What is the function of a good specification?
a) To identify a pricing strategy for the upcoming procurement.
b) To identify products in the market.
c) To identify all the vendors in the marketplace.
d) To identify performance, quality, and operational characteristics. - ANSWER✔✔d) To identify
performance, quality, and operational characteristics.
Question: A scope of work:
a) Is the same as a Statement of Work (SOW).
b) Will describe the outcome or end result sought by the buyer rather than describing how to
accomplish that result.
c) Is developed by the supplier and is not included in the solicitation file
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d) Is developed by the procurement team and includes performance specifications that describe
the outcome or end result of the project. - ANSWER✔✔d) Is developed by the procurement
team and includes performance specifications that describe the outcome or end result of the
project.
Question: 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 - ANSWER✔✔b) Brand-name-or-equal specification
Question: Which type of specification established the characteristics an item must possess,
including indicating how it is to be manufactured?
a) Design
b) Brand Name
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c) Performance
d) Industry Standard - ANSWER✔✔a) Design
Question: 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 - ANSWER✔✔c) Manufacturing process
Question: 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.
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d) It ensures that vendor registration fees are renewed. - ANSWER✔✔a) It ensures that all
potential bidders can be notified of current solicitations.
Question: 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 - ANSWER✔✔a) Cost sharing
Q :BImplied authority occurs when?
a) Inferences and reasonable deductions based on conduct are made.
b) Explicit language grants authority;
c) Codified language is used to delegate responsibility and authority to a given party;
d) The illusion of authority is allowed - ANSWER✔✔a) Inferences and reasonable deductions
based on conduct are made.
NASPO CPPB PRACTICE EXAM WITH 500
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
RATIONALISED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED
VERSION JUST RELEASED NEWEST!!
Question: What is the function of a good specification?
a) To identify a pricing strategy for the upcoming procurement.
b) To identify products in the market.
c) To identify all the vendors in the marketplace.
d) To identify performance, quality, and operational characteristics. - ANSWER✔✔d) To identify
performance, quality, and operational characteristics.
Question: A scope of work:
a) Is the same as a Statement of Work (SOW).
b) Will describe the outcome or end result sought by the buyer rather than describing how to
accomplish that result.
c) Is developed by the supplier and is not included in the solicitation file
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d) Is developed by the procurement team and includes performance specifications that describe
the outcome or end result of the project. - ANSWER✔✔d) Is developed by the procurement
team and includes performance specifications that describe the outcome or end result of the
project.
Question: 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 - ANSWER✔✔b) Brand-name-or-equal specification
Question: Which type of specification established the characteristics an item must possess,
including indicating how it is to be manufactured?
a) Design
b) Brand Name
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c) Performance
d) Industry Standard - ANSWER✔✔a) Design
Question: 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 - ANSWER✔✔c) Manufacturing process
Question: 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.
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d) It ensures that vendor registration fees are renewed. - ANSWER✔✔a) It ensures that all
potential bidders can be notified of current solicitations.
Question: 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 - ANSWER✔✔a) Cost sharing
Q :BImplied authority occurs when?
a) Inferences and reasonable deductions based on conduct are made.
b) Explicit language grants authority;
c) Codified language is used to delegate responsibility and authority to a given party;
d) The illusion of authority is allowed - ANSWER✔✔a) Inferences and reasonable deductions
based on conduct are made.
