Sercop Certification Exam Questions Guide
Sercop Certification Exam Questions Guide
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correct answer.
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Question 1
What type of goods does the principle of Technological Validity apply to?
A) Consulting
B) All goods and services including consulting
C) Computer equipment, printing and medical devices
D) Standardized office supplies
Question 2
Question 3
What is a bidding?
Question 4
Among others, from the following options, what aspects are mandatory for the formulation of
the terms of reference?
Question 6
Depending on the amount, what type of guarantee will be required if the contract budget exceeds USD
$64,160.73 (0.000002 of the PIE)?
A) Technical Guarantee
B) Good Use of Advance
C) Faithful compliance
D) All the guarantees contemplated in the Commercial Law
Question 7
A) For office furniture listed as long as it does not exceed the amount established for each purchase
B) For foods and beverages intended for human and animal consumption
C) For contracts made with media outlets for the dissemination of activities of the
Government for an amount of $70,000.00
D) Consulting service
Question 8
The contracts made between state entities are carried out by the procedure of:
Question 9
What is the amount established for hiring through the Inclusive Fairs procedure?
A) Only if the reference budget is greater than multiplying the coefficient 0.000002 of the PIE
(USD $64.160,73)
B) There is no consideration of amounts
C) Only if the reference budget is less than or equal to multiplying by the coefficient 0.0000002 of
PIE (USD $6.416,07)
D) Only if the reference budget is less than or equal to multiplying the coefficient 0.000002 of
PIE (USD $64.160,73)
Question 10
In which procedures are complete, definitive, and updated studies and designs, and plans necessary?
and calculations, technical specifications, duly approved
Question 11
A) Yes, in the Goods Tendering procedure it is possible to make partial awards, provided that
established in the document
B) A bidding procedure only accepts a single lot, but SERCOP can authorize
partial awards
C) No, since partial awards can only be applied in contracts for service provision.
of services
D) No, since in the Goods Bidding procedure it is only possible to make an award.
total
Question 12
A) Yes, as long as the consultancy is not included in the PAC and does not exceed the budget of 0.0000002 of the PIE
(USD $7.263,42)
B) Yes, by resolution of the highest authority of the entity.
C) No, the LOSNCP establishes its own procedures for Consulting
D) Yes, as long as it is contracted with actors of the popular and solidarity economy
Question 13
Can the experience of legal entities be credited by partners and shareholders as long as?
A) The legal entity has been in legal existence for at least three years.
B) The reference budget of the process must be less than $500.00.
C) The legal entity has been legally established for two years and has been registered in the RUP for one year.
D) The partners are registered in the RUP
Question 14
What is one of the main characteristics in the hiring process through inclusive fairs?
The guarantees of faithful compliance with the contract and proper use of the advance, in applicable cases, are
they will present:
Question 16
The award in a quotation procedure for works is carried out taking into account:
Question 17
Question 18
A) These are the fundamental characteristics that the goods or items required must fulfill.
B) They constitute the specific conditions under which the consultancy will be developed or services will be provided.
the services
C) They are the technical specifications under which the acquisition of goods and the provision of
services including those of consultancy
D) They are the specific needs to be met, the objectives, and the conditions of provision under the
how goods and services are acquired
Question 19
In the system, in the 'In Reception' stage, in order to finalize a process, the entity must enter with the
user of:
A) Contract Administrator
B) Creator of the process
C) With any type of user
D) Portal Administrator
Question 21
A) Quotation
B) Tender
C) Electronic Reverse Auction
D) Electronic catalog
Question 22
If the validity of the offer is not provided in the documents, it will be understood to be valid until?
Question 23
A) Dynamic Procedures
B) Special Procedures
C) Common Regime
D) Special Regime
Question 24
A) Yes, partial awards can already be made in contracts for the execution of Works and
the provision of services including Consulting services
B) No, since partial awards are exclusive to Consulting procedures.
C) Yes, in the Inclusive Fairs procedure it is possible to make partial awards.
D) No, since the Inclusive Fair is a special procedure
Question 25
A) Sheet
B) Market study
C) Act of handover and receipt
D) Budget Certification
Question 26
Question 27
Question 28
Question 29
What time will be disqualified in the RUP for a supplier sanctioned as a non-compliant contractor?
A year
Three years
C) Five years
Six years
Question 30
How can general and specific experience in a public procurement process be accredited?
Question 31
In which hiring procedure can the financial director and the technical committee intervene?
legal, or their delegates, with a voice but without a vote?
A) Tender
Public Competition
C) Quotation
D) Electronic Reverse Auction
Question 32
In the event of delays in the delivery of goods purchased through the Catalog
Electronically, the application of fines will be the sole responsibility of:
Question 33
A) Yes, they can be challenged in administrative proceedings, through the respective appeals or in jurisdiction.
judicial or arbitral
B) No, the imposed fines cannot be challenged as it is an administrative contract.
C) No, the imposed fines cannot be challenged as they are the sole responsibility of the
contract administrator
D) Yes, the challenges will be submitted to the SERCOP
Question 34
For Lesser Amounts of Goods and Services, the invitation will be sent to local suppliers, first to
level:
A) Regional
B) National
C) Provincial
D) Cantonal
Question 35
In public procurement procedures, from what date can the contracting entity respond?
the
questions asked by suppliers through the system?
Question 36
What study is conducted in a Works Bidding procedure to determine the Added Value?
Ecuadorian
Question 37
What is the duration range of the bid in the Reverse Auction procedure?
Question 38
Question 39
Which of the following actors will be responsible for contracting in a procedure for
emergency situation?
Question 41
What procedure cannot be carried out for the purchase of plane tickets with travel agencies?
Question 42
In a Minor Amount Procedure for Goods and Services, suppliers may submit their
expression of interest in a term of:
48 hours
B) 72 hours
C) 24 hours
D) The one indicated in the documents
Question 43
Can a supplier participate in the bidding if they did not submit the initial economic offer despite the entity?
enabled?
A) Yes, since the entity can enable bidders for the auction even if they did not submit their bids previously.
initial economic offers
B) Yes, as the Entity enabled it to participate in the bidding and the system allows sending the offer.
initial economic during the bidding
C) Yes, as participation in the bidding does not require the submission of the initial economic offer.
D) No, since in order to participate in the bidding, it is required that the bidders have submitted through the system their
initial economic offer
Pregunta 44
What entity should be approached for claims by those with a direct interest in a
hiring procedure?
The CPC of the lot in the Electronic Reverse Auction procedures? At what level is it selected?
A) Level 5
B) In Electronic Reverse Auction procedures, there are no Lots.
C) Level 9
D) At level 8
Question 46
What would happen in the system, in a procedure, if the Contracting Entity fails to evaluate the bids?
until before the Qualification deadline?
A) The system will not allow the following stages of the procedure to continue, and in
consequently it must be declared void
B) The Highest Authority can decide to continue outside the system with the procedure
C) The system will wait for the Contracting Entity to complete the qualification, regardless of whether it has
past the qualification deadline
D) The system will allow the next stages of the procedure to continue.
Question 47
When can a supplier be enabled in the Official System in Electronic Reverse Auction?
State contracting (SOCE) to participate in the bidding?
A) When the initial economic offer is less than 5% of the reference budget
B) When they send the technical offer
C) When the technical offer was validated
D) When the technical offer meets all the requirements of the specifications and the bidder submits the offer
initial economic
Question 48
Question 49
Please indicate which of the following options should be considered for the determination of a good or service.
normalized?
Question 51
Question 52
For all the actions generated and developed through the SERCOP institutional portal, what is the
official time?
Question 53
Who can request presumed receipt before a notary public or civil judge?
A) The contractor
B) The contract administrator with the final reception record
C) The contractor in coordination with the contracting entity
D) The contracting entity
Question 54
Which of the following hires does not belong to the Special Regime procedures?
Can the contractor assign the rights and obligations arising from the contract?
Question 56
Which of the following statements are subject to the specific regulations of the Special Regime?
A) Construction of an overpass
B) Acquisition of vehicles
C) The Execution of an artistic, literary, or scientific work
D) Transportation service for public officials
Question 57
To what extent will the payment of advances be contemplated in the supplementary contracts?
A) As determined by the highest authority of the entity, or their delegate, in the resolution
respective
B) In the proportion that the Contract Administrator agrees with the contractor
C) In the same proportion as provided in the original contract
D) Advance payments should not be made in supplementary contracts.
Question 58
Question 59
A) Only with suppliers, small businesses, or actors from the EPS, regardless of location.
B) Natural or legal persons with tax residence in the country
C) Natural persons residing in the country
D) Micro and small enterprises or actors from the Popular and Solidarity Economy sector based in
in the locality where the project will be carried out, registered and authorized in the RUP
Question 61
Taking into account the type of hiring, what aspects will the highest authority consider for awarding?
the
contract?
A) The contract will always be awarded to the bidder who offers the entity the best conditions.
presents and
futures in the technical, financial, and legal aspects without the lowest price being the only parameter of
selection
Preferably, the contracting entities will award contracts to micro and small units.
productive
C) The contract will always be awarded to the bidder who offers the lowest price.
D) To the bidder whose proposal presents the best cost, in the terms defined in the LAW
Question 62
A) When it is necessary to introduce the substantial reform that changes the object of the contract.
B) For not having questions from the suppliers in the corresponding stage
C) If the need does not persist
D) Due to the absence of any submitted offer
Question 63
In what contracting procedures to access the evaluation of the economic proposal, the offer
The technique must obtain at least 70 points; otherwise, it will be disqualified?
Question 64
What is the maximum number of registered consultants in the RUP that must be selected and invited?
contracting entity in a Short List procurement process?
A) 3 suppliers
B) The system selects the suppliers
C) 6 suppliers
D) 4 suppliers
Question 66
In which procurement procedure is the formation of the technical committee not applicable?
Question 67
Question 68
To make the guarantees effective, will the contracting entity have preference?
A) Yes, however, the contracting entity must carry out the administrative procedure provided for in the
guarantees and/or insurance policies
B) No, the contracting entity must wait for the opinion of the insurance company to make it effective.
the guarantee of compliance with the clause establishing the prior administrative procedure
C) No, the preferences are no longer related to the guarantees; rather, they apply to certain
procedimientos de contratación pública
D) Yes, it will have priority over any other creditor regardless of the nature and the title in which it is.
funded your claim
Question 69
Which of the following acquisitions is included in the special cases of the Minimum Amount?
In which procedure is the supplier not required to be registered or enabled in the RUP?
Question 71
Which of the following acquisitions is included in the special cases of the Minimum Amount?
Question 72
In the procurement of goods and services through catalog purchases, what is it or what does it mean?
posture?
A) It is the offer that the interested provider or providers will present to offer their goods or services in
electronic catalog
B) The term posture refers to the agreement signed between the contracting entity and the supplier prior to
acquisition of goods and services through electronic catalog
C) It is the economic offer that the cataloged provider will present to participate in the procedures.
direct purchase, best offer, best offer with bidding
D) It is the lowest cataloged product price that was entered by the supplier.
Question 73
If in a contracting entity, when forming the technical committee, there is no related professional available.
contracting object How would that commission be formed?
Question 74
What is one of the responsibilities of the suppliers that are part of the catalog?
electronic?
A) Deliver the goods only in the province where the person is domiciled
B) Deliver the goods and/or services according to the technical specifications or terms of reference.
in accordance with the provisions established in the framework agreement
C) Cancel the purchase order if you cannot attend to it
D) Indicate to the contracting entity that there is no stock available.
Question 75
A) Because all the proposals presented for national interests are considered inappropriate or
institutional
B) Due to the absence of submitted offers
C) Due to reasons attributable to the awardee
D) For substantial violation of a precontractual procedure
Question 76
Question 77
A) Quotation
B) Comprehensive Contract at a Fixed Price
C) Bidding
D) Electronic Reverse Auction
Question 78
In an Electronic Reverse Auction procedure, at what stages does the portal allow the bidder to
registration of the initial economic offer?
A) After the evaluation of bids and prior to the negotiation session or auction
B) Immediately after the question and answer phase is completed
C) Before the bid submission deadline
D) Between the submission of bids and the validation of errors
Question 79
The contracting entity during the structuring of the documents must observe the following:
A) Under no circumstances will the equal treatment that entities must provide to bidders be affected.
B) The use of the published bid templates on the institutional portal is not mandatory.
SERCOP
C) To demand specifications, conditions, or technical requirements that the national offer cannot
to fulfill
D) The model of the documents should not be modified in any of its sections
Question 80
In what procedure does the supplier not need to be registered or authorized in the RUP?
Pregunta 81
In which of the following procedures is it not necessary to provide guarantees of faithful compliance?
A) Minimal Amount
B) Quotation
C) Minor Amount Works
D) Short List Consulting
Question 82
Can the hiring planned under the Special Regime also be declared as emergency?
Question 83
When does the contractual phase begin in the bidding procedures in the SOCE?
Question 84
What other forms of guarantees can be presented to contract an artistic, literary, or scientific work?
A) Letters of credit
B) Shares granted personally
C) Cheques granted personally
D) Promissory notes or bills of exchange issued personally
Question 85
Question 86
In which cases can a contract not be awarded through the procedure of Minimal Amount?
Question 87
Question 88
If the contract amount does not exceed the coefficient of 0.0000002 of the PIE (USD $ 6416.07) can I
hire a consulting for a minimal amount?
Question 89
Does a medium-sized company have preferential margins in a bidding procedure for goods and
services?
A) No, because preference margins apply to micro, small, and medium suppliers of
the locality
B) No, because the preference margins apply only to MYPEs and EPS
C) Yes, because in the absence of micro and small enterprises, the score for companies will be accredited.
medians that comply with VAE
D) Yes, because preference margins apply to SMEs at the national level.
Question 90
When will the unilateral termination of the contract proceed exclusively in the Comprehensive Contracting?
Fixed Price?
A) Due to the nature of the Comprehensive Contracting processes for Fixed Price, it is not contemplated the
early and unilateral termination of contracts
B) When faced with circumstances of force majeure or unforeseen events indicated by the contracting Entity, the
Contractor will not accept the termination by mutual agreement
C) Unforeseen technical or economic circumstances of fortuitous occurrence or force majeure duly
verified
D) Unexpected variations in the unit prices of the project that were not contemplated in the
contract as long as it is not possible to sign a complementary contract
Question 91
Question 92
What effects will the definitive declaration of desertion of a contracting procedure have?
Question 93
Who is responsible for recording the information related to the execution of the contract in the portal?
Institutional of SERCOP?
Question 94
In the bidding process, the technical commission should also be composed of:
A) The financial director and the legal director or their delegates, with a voice and with a vote
B) The Administrative Financial Director with a voice and vote
C) The financial director and the legal director or their delegates, with a voice but without a vote
The highest authority with a voice but without a vote
Question 95
Question 96
How many members must necessarily be present to establish the quorum and start a session?
of the Technical Commission?
Question 97
Is it possible for the contracting entity to be in default of payment if the advance given has not been
accrued in full?
Question 98
Which of the following contracting entities could request SERCOP for the authorization of transfer
business specific?
Question 99
In what cases are guarantees for the proper use of advances extended between public institutions?
A) Inter-institutional agreement
B) Procurement of goods and services
C) Leasing of real estate
D) Under no circumstances
Question 100
The price agreed upon for the acquisition of a certain real estate property shall not exceed by
no concept
A) The mediation that the entity carries out with the owner of the asset
B) The appraisal stated in the previous purchase deed
C) The appraisal conducted by the appraisal and cadastre department of the municipality
D) 10% on the appraisal performed by the appraisal and cadastral office of the municipality
Pregunta 101
From the notification of the award of the offer, the supplier must?
A) Deliver the guarantees within a period of 15 days and request payment of the contract
B) To sign the delivery receipt minutes within the period of 15 days
C) Sign the contract within a period of 15 days
D) Sign the contract within a period of 15 days
Question 102
In a small claims procedure for Goods and Services, the suppliers will be able to submit their
expression of interest in a term of?
48 hours
B) 24 hours
C) The one indicated in the specifications
D) 72 hours
Question 103
In which procedure is it urged that the contracting entity has at least three proposals?
suppliers?
A) Quotation
B) Minimal Amount
C) Electronic Reverse Auction
Public competition
Question 104
In the execution of a work or service, in what cases can complementary contracts be concluded?
A) In the event that it is necessary to construct a new work due to unforeseen or technical reasons
B) In the event that it is necessary to expand, modify, or complement a work determined by causes
unforeseen or technical
C) In the event that it is necessary to subcontract the partial execution of the work
D) In the case where it has been necessary to rectify the designs or studies
Question 106
In the quoting process for works at the time of registering the contract, what documents are
Must they upload to the system?
Question 107
Will the contracting for the software development whose reference budget is 46,600 be possible?
carry out by the procedure of?
A) Special Regime
B) Minimal Amount
C) Direct hiring consultancy
D) Minor Amount Services
Question 108
High School
B) Contractual
C) Contractual
D) Execution
Question 109
When should the Technical Commission be formed in an Electronic Reverse Auction procedure?
A) When the reference budget is higher than 0.000002 of the PIE (USD 64,160.73)
B) When the budget reference is less than 0.000002 of the PIE (USD 64,160.73)
C) When indicated by the highest authority of the contracting entity
D) When the authorization of SERCOP is obtained
Question 110
¿En un procedimiento de Consultoría Lista Corta, solo un proveedor ha participado y ha cumplido con la
technical offer according to what is stated in the regulations, which of the following options is correct in order
to continue the process?
Question 111
A) Son las características fundamentales que deberán cumplir los bienes o rubros requeridos
B) These are the specific conditions under which the acquisition of goods and the provision of services will take place.
of services including consulting
C) They are the terms of reference under which the acquisition of goods and the provision of
services including consulting
D) They are the specific needs to be met, the objectives, and the conditions of provision under the
which services are acquired
Question 112
In the Minor Value Procedure for Goods and Services, how many suppliers will receive it?
invitation to the first selection?
Question 113
In the system, the stage 'In Reception' requires the entity to log in with the user to complete a process.
de:
A) Contract Manager
B) Portal Administrator
C) With any type of user
D) Creator of the process
Question 114
What type of purchase order is generated in the catalog when the order value is greater than the amount?
of the Minor Amount of Goods and Services?
A) Direct
B) Only best offer
C) Only bid
D) Large purchase with bidding or best offer
Question 115
Question 116
What time will the sanctioned provider as the failed awardee be disqualified in the RUP?
1 year
B) 6 years
C) 5 years
3 years
Question 117
What is the most appropriate procedure for contracting a television space to broadcast
citizenship the inauguration of hospitals built by the National Government?
Question 118
A) Those whose amount exceeds the value of the contribution for goods and services or works respectively
B) All contracts
C) Those whose amount exceeds the value of the lowest amount of goods and services or works
respectively
Those whose amount exceeds the sum of the bidding for goods and services or works respectively
Question 119
At what stage of the Electronic Reverse Auction process must the contracting entity publish the
market studies for the definition of benchmark budget?
A) Validation of offers
B) To be awarded
C) Questions, answers, and clarifications
D) Evaluation of offers
Question 120
Question 121
In the bidding procedures, when does the contractual phase begin in the SOCE?
Question 122
Do the bids submitted with electronic signature require the validation of pagination errors or of
summary?
A) It is no longer necessary to number and summarize the offer with an electronic signature.
B) Only in processes whose budget exceeds that defined for the Procurement of Goods and Services.
C) In all cases
D) Only works and consulting procedures
Question 123
When does the order of precedence apply for the signing of contracts for goods, services, and works?
Question 124
In which procurement procedure, to access the evaluation of the economic proposal, the offer
The technique must obtain at least 70 points, otherwise it will be disqualified?
Which of the following goods can be acquired through Minimal Amount, as long as it is not
Is it feasible to apply a procedure under special regime?
A) Office furniture
B) Stationery and Office Supplies
C) Computers
D) Spare parts or Accessories
Question 126
In which procurement procedure is the supplier requested to adhere to the reference budget?
Question 127
What types of purchases can be contracted under the contracting procedure in a situation of
emergency?
Question 128
Any violation of the LOSNCP committed by authorities, officials, public or private employees or
any person who acts or has intervened in the public procurement procedure on behalf of
the contracting entities will be sanctioned:
Question 129
To address emergency situations, the Minister of State or generally the highest authority of
a contracting entity must previously issue a reasoned resolution that orders:
Question 131
What do you call a supplier that, after being awarded, does not sign the contract?
A) Breached Contractor
B) Breached supplier
C) Failed bidder
D) Failed contractor
Question 132
The leases of real estate shall be subject to the provisions set forth in the
Regulations of the Law, in the following cases:
A) In the acquisition of real estate abroad by the state or entities of the sector
public
Ecuadorian
B) When the State or a public institution has exclusively the status of tenant
C) When the State or a Public Institution has exclusively the status of lessor
D) When the State or a public institution acts as the lessor as the lessee
Question 133
If there is an inconsistency between the information recorded in the forms that are part of the
integrity of the offer in relation to the supporting or evidentiary documents of a certain
condition, errors will be considered:
A) Of valid nature
B) Correction error by the entity
C) Arithmetic errors
D) Non-repairable errors
Question 134
What is the percentage of Ecuadorian added value that determines that a good or service is of origin?
national?
Of the following types of processes, indicate which one negotiation applies to?
A) Special Procedures
B) In all special regime procedures
C) Inclusive Holidays
D) Consulting Procedures
Question 136
The contracting for the development of software with a reference budget of $45,000 can be done
to carry out through the procedure of:
Question 137
For the definition of the technical specifications in the procurement procedures, the entities
contractors must rely on:
Question 138
Question 139
Foreign legal entities wishing to carry out consultancy activities must be registered.
in the RUP and consequently be domiciled in Ecuador?
Which of the following hiring procedures should be consulted before establishing the process of
acquisition of goods and services?
A) Inclusive Fair
B) Quotation of Goods and Services
C) Electronic Reverse Auction
D) Electronic Catalogue
Question 141
In all procedures established in LOSNCP, the provider of goods, works or services will be preferred.
that incorporates a greater component of Ecuadorian origin or the actors of the popular and solidarity economy
and micro, small and medium enterprises, through the application of mechanisms such as:
Question 142
What document will formalize the purchases made through the Catalog system?
A) Framework Agreement
B) Purchase order and delivery receipt record
C) Invoice
D) Contract with the supplier
Question 143
Can the experience of legal entities be accredited by partners and shareholders as long as?
Question 144
What is the only procedure that is exempt from being published on the SERCOP Institutional Portal?