CTCD Exam 2025 - Questions With Proven Solutions

CTCD Exam 2025 - Questions With Proven Solutions Vendor Communication consists of all of the following except.

• Avoids situations that could appear to show favoritism to a specific vendor
• is constant throughout the life of a contract
• Allows communication by the end user during solicitation as long as they

communicate to all vendors

• Is allowable and unallowable depending on the circumstance. Right Ans
• Allows communication by the end user during solicitation as long as they

communicate to all vendors The Statewide Procurement Division is part of the Comptroller's office and is responsible for everything except.

• Is directed by the State of Texas Chief Procurement Officer
• Assists and oversees all statewide procurement
• Provides assistance to procurement professionals conducting procurements

under delegated authority

• Responsible for the training program for all State of Texas Purchasers

Right Ans - A. Is directed by the State of Texas Chief Procurement Officer

Procurement consists of the following roles:

• Purchasing, Contract Development and Contract Monitoring
• Contract Management, Purchasing and Contract Development
• Procurement, Statement of Work and Vendor Oversight
• Procurement, Contract Development and Contract Management Right

Ans - B. Contract Management, Purchasing and Contract Development To obtain Certification as a Contract Developer or Manager in the state you

must:

• Attend the required training classes
• Pass the exam with a grade of 80 or above
• Have a minimum of 1 year experience purchasing
• All of the above Right Ans - D. All of the above

The Procurement Oversight & Delegation Team reviews the following

contracts except:

• Conducts reviews and delegation of authority for services of $100,000 or

greater

• Solicitations with value of $5 million or greater coordinates the review 1 / 3

• All Major Information Resources Projects
• Answer questions and provides advice at any time during solicitation

Right Ans - D. Answer questions and provides advice at any time during solicitation

The CMBL Stands for:

• Central Master Bid List
• Centralized Master Bidder's List
• Centralized Master Bid Log
• Comptroller Master Bid List Right Ans - B. Centralized Master Bidder's

List The Historically Underutilized Business Program consists of the following

except:

• Promotes full equal business opportunities to remedy disparity in state

procurement

• Requires agency to report HUB activity every 6 months to the Comptroller
• Requires agencies to conduct business with HUBs
• Is applicable to all state agencies and institutions of higher education

Right Ans - C. Requires agencies to conduct business with HUBs

The SPD administers all of the following except:

• Office of Vehicle Fleet Management, Vendor Performance Tracking and

State Travel Management Program

• Statewide Contract Development and Contract Management and Electronic

State Business Daily

• Statewide Mail Operations and Texas Smartbuy Online Ordering System
• Historically Underutilized Business Program and the Chief Procurement

Officer Right Ans - Texas Smartbuy is the online ordering system used to place orders for commodities on term contract.TRUE or FALSE. Right Ans - False Purchasing is the action taken prior to contract execution, including the receipt and processing of requisitions, Assessment of need, development and review of specifications, development and review of SOW, selection of 2 / 3

procurement method, preparation of evaluation criteria, and preparation and completion of contract award documents.TRUE or FALSE. Right Ans - True Contract Management is the term that applies to actions taken following contract execution.TRUE or FALSE. Right Ans - True State agencies must purchase goods and services offered through TIBH ("WorkQuest") that meet the reasonable requirements of the agency unless it costs less to obtain from a different source.TRUE or FALSE. Right Ans - FALSE ; For products and services offered through the State Use Program, agencies are not required to use WorkQuest provided products or services if they do not meet the agency's specifications as to quantity, quality, delivery time, or life cycle costs. Price is not a factor used in the comparison of other sources to WorkQuest-provided products or services.

Dollar thresholds for items purchased under a DIR contract are all except:

• $1 million to $5 million must obtain pricing from at least 6 vendors in the

category

• Under $50,000 may directly award to a vendor in the category
• $50,000 to $1 million must obtain pricing from at least 3 vendor in the

category

• Exceed $5 million must obtain pricing from all vendor in the category

Right Ans - D. Exceed $5 million must obtain pricing from all vendor in the category

Reason: Not allowable unless DIR coordinated BULK purchase. An agency may

not enter into a contract to purchase a commodity item through the DIR Cooperative Contracts Program if the value of the contract exceeds $5 million unless it is a DIR coordinated bulk purchase Purchase of goods available from WorkQuest (formerly TIBH) but obtained from a different source are made under an exception and must be reported to the CPA monthly.TRUE or FALSE. Right Ans - TRUE ;

Reason: SPD's State Use Program. Report through SPD's State Use Program

exception reporting tool each month the reason that products or services that

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