CIPS Exam L4M6 Topic 8 Question 49 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIPS's L4M6 exam

Question #: 49
Topic #: 8

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A doctor's surgery requires a complex database system to manage all of its patients data, which is highly sensitive. The system also needs to link to other departments of the health service such as physiotherapy and intensive care. The Manager of the surgery is considering outsourcing the management of the database to an IT company. What is the Manager's main motivation for doing this?

AThe supplier is an expert in their field

BThis will result in economies of scale

CThis will free-up internal resources

DThis will result in cost-savings

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Suggested Answer: B

The correct answer is 'items of high value'. This links into the EU procurement principle of 'Proportionality' meaning that the procurement process must be proportionate to the value of the contract. Therefore, high value contracts must be procured via competition. What is considered 'high value' is decided by 'thresholds'. These are amended every 2 years to account for inflation etc, but you don't need to know what the thresholds are for this exam. P.75

by Alease at Sep 17, 2024, 06:02 PM

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Jaclyn

4 days ago

I think the Manager's main motivation is cost-savings.

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