Project Procurement Management

169. All of the following are inputs to the Plan Procurement process EXCEPT: a) Project scope statement. b) Enterprise environmental factors. c) Application area extensions. d) Work breakdown structure. 170. The buyer structures procurement documents to accomplish all of the following EXCEPT: a) Facilitate an accurate and complete response from each prospective seller. b) Include the relevant contract statement of work and any required contractual provisions. c) Include a description of the desired form of the response. d) Provide a list of potential bidders to each prospective seller. 171. Generally, a bid differs from a proposal in that the term: a) Proposal is used when source selection will be based on price. b) Proposal is used when the project time frame is limited. c) Bid is used when source selection will be based on price. d) Proposal disregards price considerations. 172. Approved change requests can include all of the following EXCEPT: a) Modifications to the terms and conditions of the contract. b) Modification to the description of the products, services, or results to be provided. c) Seller invoices. d) Modification to pricing. 173. Which of the following is false about advertising as a tool and technique of the Conduct Procurement process? a) It is sometimes required on government projects. b) It can often be used to expand the existing lists of potential sellers. c) It can cause public pressure resulting in bid disputes. d) It can be placed in general circulation publications, such as newspapers, or in specialty publications, such as professional journals. 174. The payment system includes all of the following characteristics EXCEPT: a) Appropriate reviews and approvals by the project management team. b) Payments are made in accordance with the terms of the contract. c) Negotiations occur over price and other terms of the contract. d) Payments to the seller are usually handled by the accounts payable system of the buyer. 175. The buyer, usually through its authorized contract administrator, provides the seller with as an output of the contract closure process. a) A formal written notice that the deliverables have been accepted or rejected b) Letters of commendation to all project staff c) Informal notice of acceptance of the deliverables d) A copy of the internal notice of completion provided to senior management 176. Which category of contract is often used for a well-defined product? a) Unit-price contract. b) Fixed-price or lump-sum contract. c) Cost-reimbursable contract. d) Partnership contract. 177. Constructive changes are: a) Postponed as long as possible to protect the budget.

b) Viewed as negative, quantified, and tabulated. c) Uniquely identified and documented by project correspondence. d) Submitted for bids to the relevant vendor list. 178. The procurement audit has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT: a) It maintains a complete file of contract-related records. b) It is a structured review of the procurement process. c) It is a review of various processes from Plan Purchases and Acquisitions through Contract Administration. d) Its objective is to identify successes and failures that warrant recognition. 179. Which of these terms is one of the three used to describe contested changes and constructive changes where the buyer and seller cannot agree on compensation for the change, or cannot agree that a change has even occurred? a) Forcing. b) Mediation. c) Complaints. d) Disputes. 180. Different types of contracts are more or less appropriate for different types of purchases. Contracts generally fall into one of the following broad categories EXCEPT: a) Request for proposal (RFP). b) Fixed-price or lump-sum contracts. c) Cost-reimbursable contracts. d) Time and material (T&M) contracts. 181. All of the following are true about the statement of work (SOW) EXCEPT: a) It can include specifications, quantity desired, quality levels, performance data, period of performance, work location, and other requirements. b) It should be as ambiguous, as incomplete, and as wordy as possible to allow for future negotiations. c) It describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the item. d) It can be revised and refined as required as it moves through the procurement process until incorporated into a signed contract. 182. Outputs from the Close Contract process include all of the following EXCEPT: a) Closed Contract. b) Formal confirmation of deliverable acceptance or rejection. c) The request for proposal (RFP) or request for quotation (RFQ), and the sellers working proposal. d) Lessons learned documentation. 183. Evaluation criteria are developed and used to rate or score proposals. These criteria have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT: a) They can be objective, such as, The proposed project manager needs to be a certified Project Management Professional (or PMP). b) They can be subjective, such as, The proposed project manager needs to have documented previous experience with similar projects). c) They can be limited to purchase price if the procurement item is readily available from a number of acceptable sellers. d) They generally require specification of the name of the transportation organization responsible for delivery of procured items. 184. A cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT: a) Seller is reimbursed for allowable costs for performing the contract work.

b) Seller receives a fixed fee payment calculated as a percentage of the actual project costs. c) Seller receives a fixed fee payment calculated as a percentage of the estimated project costs. d) The fixed fee does not vary with actual costs unless the project scope changes.