Certified Federal Contracts Manager Quiz! Trivia
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This is a Certified Federal Contracts Manager exam practice test! If you want to hold a contract from the federal government, the go-to person to ensure you do it all right is a CFCM as they provide all the laws laid down for a specific acquisition or sale are as expected. Do you think you are ready to sit for the certification exam to earn this position after the course? This quiz will help you find out!
- 1.According to the FAR
- A.
An unauthorized commitment may be ratified as long as funds are available
- B.
The contracting officer is the ratification approval authority for actions up to $ 2,500.00
- C.
Agencies should take positive action to preclude the need for ratification actions
- D.
Proper delegation of micro-purchase authority eradicates any need for ratification procedures
- 2.A form of written approval signed by an authorized official that is required by statue or regulation as a prerequisite to taking certain contract actions is defined as a :
- A.
Ratification
- B.
Determination and Findings
- C.
Contracting Officer's Final Decision
- D.
Waiver
- 3.Consolidating two or more requirements for supplies or services, previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts, into a solicitation for a single contract is defined as:
- A.
Combining
- B.
Consolidating
- C.
Bundling
- D.
Mixing
- 4.Contractor's arrangements to pay contingent fees for soliciting Government contracts have long been considered contrary to public policy because:
- A.
They discourage competition
- B.
Such arrangements may lead to attempted or actual exercise of improper influence
- C.
They result in excessive overhead costs
- D.
Accountability of costs is difficult to track
- 5.The Contracting Officer may use competitive proposals in lieu of sealed bids if:
- A.
Time permits the solicitation,submission, and evaluation of sealed bids
- B.
Award will be made on the basis of price and other price related factors
- C.
It is necessary to conduct discussions
- D.
The resulting contract will be with a small business
- 6.If other than full and open competition is anticipated, the acquisition plan must be coordinated with the cognizant:
- A.
Competition Advocate
- B.
Head of the Contracting Activity
- C.
Small Business Office
- D.
Contract Administrator
- 7.Normally, testing and approval is required in contracts for:
- A.
Research and Development
- B.
Products requiring qualification before award
- C.
Commercial Items
- D.
Non-commercial items being manufactured for the first time
- 8.When is an indefinite-delivery contract appropriate??
- A.
When it is possible to estimate accurately the extent or duration of the work
- B.
When the specifications/work statement is clearly defined
- C.
When uncertainties involved in contractor performance do not permit costs to be estimated
- D.
When the exact times and/or quantities of future deliveries are not known at time of award
- 9.Agencies are required to use the results of market research to determine:
- A.
If detailed government specifications exist
- B.
A fair and reasonable price
- C.
The Government's requirements
- D.
The extent to which commercial items or nondevelopmental items could satisfy the need
- 10.Contracting activities shall employ simplified acquisition procedures to the maximum extent practicable for acquisitions of commercial items not exceeding:
- A.
$1,000,000
- B.
$100,000
- C.
$5,000,000
- D.
$3,000,000
- 11.When acquiring commercial items, the contracting officer:
- A.
Is not required to establish price reasonableness
- B.
Can accept the commercial standard for price reasonableness
- C.
Must establish price reasonableness in accordance with 13.106-3, 14.408-2 or Subpart 15.4 applicable
- D.
Must establish price reasonableness in accordance with commercial practices
- 12.It is advantageous to establish Blanket Purchase Agreements with firms who:
- A.
Have past performance records that show them to be unreliable
- B.
Bid only on purchases over the simplified acquisition threshold
- C.
Have provided few purchases at or below the simplified acquisition threshold
- D.
Offer quality supplies or services at consistently lower prices that their competitors
- 13.Which of the following is true concerning Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)?
- A.
A purchase requisition is required to establish one
- B.
Use of a BPA exempts an agency from the responsibility for keeping obligations and expenditures within available funds
- C.
They may be established with more than one supplier
- D.
They may be established even if there is an existing requirements contract for the same supply or service
- 14.Unpriced purchase orders may be used to acquire:
- A.
Repairs to equipment requiring disassembly to determine the nature and extent of repairs
- B.
Commercial or nondevelopmental items
- C.
Urgently needed supplies available through multiple sources
- D.
Routine items for stock
- 15.A pre-bid conference is never to be used for:
- A.
Answering industry's questions
- B.
Amending an ambiguous IFB
- C.
Explaining requirements
- D.
Conducting market research
- 16.What is acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the government installation?
- A.
A US Post Office proof of mailing receipt
- B.
Other documentary evidence maintained by the contractor
- C.
Oral testimony or statements by the bidder's personnel
- D.
Time/date stamp of that installation on the bid wrapper
- 17.Which of the following contract types may be used with Sealed Bidding procedures?
- A.
Cost-Plus-Fixed Ree
- B.
Firm-Fixed Price and sometimes fixed-price with economic price adjustment
- C.
Any type within the family of Fixed Price contract types
- D.
Firm-Fixed-price only
- 18.Which statement concerning Requests for Information (RFIs) is true?
- A.
Responses to RFIs are not offers and may not be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract
- B.
Responses to RFIs may be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract
- C.
RFIs are used when the Government desires market information and intends to award a contract immediately
- D.
Use of RFIs is limited to purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold
- 19.Communication with an offeror for the sold purpose of eliminating minor irregularities, informalities, or apparent clerical mistakes in the proposal is called:
- A.
Verification
- B.
Clarification
- C.
Discussion
- D.
Remuneration
- 20.A certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data:
- A.
Does not constitute a representation as to the accuracy of the contractor's judgment on the estimate of future costs or projections
- B.
Is required upon exercise of an option at the price established at contract award, regardless of dollar value
- C.
Is required for proposals in support of interim billing price adjustments valued in excess of $500,000
- D.
Is no longer required
- 21.The least preferred method of submitting ideas/concepts to the Government is:
- A.
In response to Broad Agency Announcements
- B.
Through participation in Small Business Innovation Research Programs
- C.
In response to Program Research and Development Announcements
- D.
Unsolicited proposals
- 22.The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires:
- A.
Each contractor and subcontractor to furnish a weekly statement of compliance with respect to the wages paid each employee during the preceding week
- B.
Makes it unlawful to induce any person employed in the construction or repair of public buildings or public works, financed in whole or in part by the U.S. to give up any part of the compensation to which that person is entitled under a contract of employment
- C.
States that no laborer or mechanic employed directly upon the site of the work shall receive less than the prevailing wage rates as determined by the Secretary of Labor
- D.
Mandates that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any work week unless paid for all additional hours at not less than 1 1/2 times the basic rate of pay
- 23.The Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act:
- A.
Addresses use of high technology ball bearings
- B.
Applies to construction contracts over $2,500
- C.
Requires that all manufacturing be accomplished outside the U.S
- D.
Applies to applicable contract actions exceeding $10,000
- 24.Performance and payment bonds are required or may be required for:
- A.
Construction contracts exceeding $2,000
- B.
Construction contracts exceeding $100,000
- C.
Services and supply contracts exceeding the simplified acquistion threshold when necessary to protect the Government's intrest
- D.
Both b and c
- 25.Performance-Based payments shall be used only:
- A.
When the contracting officer and offeror are able to agree on the performance-based payment
- B.
When a definitized fixed-price type contract is contemplated
- C.
When the contract does not provide for other methods of contract financing
- D.
When all of the above conditions are met
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