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CPPB FULL PREP EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Question (1):
Express the organization's purpose for existence
An organization's mission statement should:
CORRECT ANSWER : Clearly define the purpose of the
organization, its core values, and the target market it serves.
Question (2):
Legal and statutory requirements An agency is revising its document retention schedule. To what should the governmental entity look for guidance?
CORRECT ANSWER : Legal and statutory requirements
related to document retention.
Question (3):
Cooperative Contract An agency is looking into cooperative purchasing practices. After conducting some analysis, the agency
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would like to "piggyback" its purchases with other agencies that are participating in cooperative purchasing.When using a "piggyback" method, what would the arrangement be called?
CORRECT ANSWER : A cooperative contract.
Question (4):
Instituting a purchase card program A governmental agency has a threshold for small purchases of $1000 and three quotes are required above that figure. There has been a steady increase in the number of field purchase orders, along with recent complaints from internal customers about it taking too long to buy what they need. Which of the following actions is most likely to have the biggest impact on reducing costs and saving time in the long run?
CORRECT ANSWER : Instituting a purchase card
program.
Question (5):
a procurement profile
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Can be used to determine the impact of the expenditure patterns within a supply market
CORRECT ANSWER : A procurement profile.
Question (6):
Operating Fund/Capital Fund A governmental agency processed a purchase requisition for the purchase of direct-read water meters. Which fund should a purchasing agent check to confirm that the money was available for this purchase?
CORRECT ANSWER : The Operating Fund or Capital
Fund, depending on the nature of the purchase.
Question (7):
Notify the upper management and recommend a meeting with the group's leader to discuss their concerns The governmental agency has recently acquired a piece of property on which an old hotel of no notable historical significance sits. The city manager wants to perform construction on the site. A local preservation group, however, has made some overtures that they will oppose
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the governmental agency's plan to demolish the hotel. The city manager has asked the purchasing department to handle the preservation group's concerns. How should the department proceed?
CORRECT ANSWER : Notify the upper management
and recommend a meeting with the group's leader to discuss their concerns.
Question (8):
Establishing a combination of centralized and decentralized operations In today's economic and political environments, what is the MOST effective structure for governmental purchasing agencies?
CORRECT ANSWER : Establishing a combination of
centralized and decentralized operations.
Question (9):
Remind the requester of the code restrictions on fragmenting orders