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Question 1: UCC Requirements Payment
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Upon receipt, buyer is obligated to pay; payment is due upon receipt, Include entity payment policy in contract or PO
Question 2: UCC Requirements Delivery & Acceptance
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Seller's responsibility to make goods available, Reasonable time to deliver goods, Reasonable time to inspect goods
Question 3: Goals of Public Procurement
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Cost, Quality, Timeliness, Managing Risks, Accomplishing Social and Economic Objectives, Maximizing Competetion, Maintain Integrity and Transparency Question 4: The factors that affect the decision to stock or not to stock an item include?
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Special storage conditions, Freight costs, and Lead time of an item
Question 5: Which type of contract is intended to encourage the contractor to effectively manage contract costs to the mutual benefit of both parties?
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Fixed-price and incentive Question 6: To aid in determining suppliers' responsibility for a bidders list, a good practice is?
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A pre-qualification process
Question 7: The purpose of determining the Economic Order Quantity (EOC) is to
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Balance ordering and carrying costs, establish the optimum order quantity, and reduce some purchasing costs Question 8: A market in which few companies dominate with the power to control price is called?
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Oligopoly
Question 9: Centralized Benefits
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Minimizes duplication, assures accountability, Promotes consistency, Provides max competition, Volume discounts, better inventory control, reduce cost
Question 10: What is the fundamental purchasing responsibility?
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To provide the right quantity, of the right quality, at the right place, at the right time Question 11: The use of which cost-type contract is prohibited in most jurisdictions and by the US Government?
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Cost plus percentage of cost
Question 12: Which of the federal laws prohibits price discrimination, tying arragements, and certain mergers and acquisitions?
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The Clayton Act, amended 1936
Question 13: Good management reports?
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Save the reader time Question 14: Which type of transportation service is not subject to economic regulation by the ICC?
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Private carriers
Question 15: Executive Branch
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Heart of Public Procurement
Question 16: Effective reporting and documentation will?
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Facilitate a buyer's ability to deal effectively with suppliers
Question 17: Two primary kinds of compensation arrangements for contracts are?
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Fixed price and cost
Question 18: The four types of fixed price contracts are?
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Firm, escalation, incentive, and redetermination
Question 19: Judiciary Branch
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Decides issues that come up
Question 20: What are the necessary elements for a successful warehouse operation?
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Deciding wheather to keep certain items on hand, deciding how to manage stored items in an economical, efficient, and effective manner, and supporting government operations
Question 21: To be most effective, purchasing must?
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Establish a combination of centralized and decentralized operations
Question 22: Documents in the purchasing department?
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Includes manuals, lists, forms, records, files and reports Question 23: When the desired result is to insure acceptable performance and development on a contract, the buyer should utilize?
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Progress payment plan
Question 24: When purchasing bona fide sole source items?
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The contract should be negotiated
Question 25: Legislature Branch
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Enacts laws
Question 26: What is the essential purpose of an inspection?
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To ensure the quality of the goods received, verify the product specsifications have been met, and to protect the using agency from receiving unacceptable goods.Question 27: Although a salvage program many not be cost effective, the entity is most likely to proceed with the program because?
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Legal and environmental factors demand such programs