CDC Volume 1 Test - For Those Who Want To Go Into The Air Force
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This first volume of CDC provides you with the basic information required for upgrade to the 5 skill level in the contracting career field. The information in this course is general in nature and is not intended to serve as a detailed guideline for accomplishing the various duties and tasks you perform as an Air Force contracting journeyman.
- 1.Which statement identifies the various forms of acts Congress uses to control government contracting?
- A.
Permissive acts, Administrative acts, and legal acts
- B.
Enabling acts, procedural acts, and permissive acts
- C.
Permissive acts, Administrative acts, and appropriations acts
- D.
Enabling acts and procedural acts, authorization acts, and appropriations acts
- 2.What agency's objective is to provide aid and counseling to small businesses?
- A.
Small Business Administration (SBA)
- B.
General Services Administration (GSA)
- C.
United States Department of Labor (DOL)
- D.
Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled
- 3.In the principle-agent relationship, which party is the contractor?
- A.
Agent
- B.
Principal
- C.
Third party
- D.
Agent and third party
- 4.Express actual authority is created by
- A.
Explicit language, written or oral, from the principal to the agent
- B.
Information that flows from the third-party to the agent
- C.
Information that flows from the agent to the third-party
- D.
The principle's tolerance of the agent's conduct
- 5.A characteristic of implied authority is that it is
- A.
Spelled out in oral or written authority when referring to minor details
- B.
Necessary or incidental to carrying out the express authority
- C.
Created by explicit language either in writing or orally
- D.
Option 4
- 6.Estoppel means to prevent
- A.
The government from acting as an agent for the contractor
- B.
Contractors from filing a claim based on apparent authority
- C.
A party from taking action which the party is legally entitled to take
- D.
A party from asserting a fact or claim inconsistent with a position that party previously took
- 7.The elements of equitable estoppel include all of the following expect the
- A.
Government knew or should have known the true facts
- B.
Contractor did not know and should not have known the true facts
- C.
Government intended that the contractor rely on the acts of the government
- D.
Contractor did not reasonably and innocently rely on the acts of the government
- 8.Which statement about the offeree is correct?
- A.
The offeror may not direct the offer to a class of person or to a public intending that any member of the class of public have the power to accept.
- B.
The intended offeree means in all cases there is one, and only one, specific offeree in whom the power of acceptance is vested
- C.
The offeror may not direct the offer to more than one person
- D.
Only the intended offeree can accept the offer
- 9.When no time is stated, an offer continues
- A.
Until the expiration of a reasonable time
- B.
Until acceptance takes place
- C.
Indefinitely
- D.
For 30 days
- 10.An offeror's withdrawal of an offer before acceptance is called a
- A.
Revocation
- B.
Termination
- C.
Cancellation
- D.
Breach of contract
- 11.Which of these is an example of rejecting an offer?
- A.
Allowing the acceptance period to expire
- B.
Having no intention of being bound
- C.
Proposing a counter offer
- D.
Delaying performance
- 12.If the offeror expresses time, place, and means of communication
- A.
Only that time, place, or means constitutes acceptance
- B.
Only the offeree may change the time, place, or means of communication
- C.
A different time, manner, and other condition for acceptance may be chosen
- D.
The offeree may communicate orally, even if the offeror communicated in writing
- 13.What are the two types of mistakes that the law recognizes as excusing performance?
- A.
Single and mutual
- B.
Single and bilateral
- C.
Unilateral with knowledge and bilateral
- D.
Unilateral without knowledge and bilateral
- 14.What is the name given to the exchange of promises?
- A.
Detriment
- B.
Sufficiency
- C.
Acceptance
- D.
Consideration
- 15.What is meant by adequate consideration?
- A.
Actual worth or a promise or an act is more than the offer has the right to commit
- B.
Consideration has enough value to induce the other party to perform
- C.
Whether the bargain involves the concepts of benefit and detriment
- D.
Consideration in the exchange is a fair bargain
- 16.For a contract to be enforceable, its terms must be clear enough to permit
- A.
The government to interpret the duties and obligations to be performed by either party
- B.
Each contractor to interpret the duties and obligations to be performed by either party
- C.
The courts to interpret the duties and obligations to be performed by either party
- D.
Each party to interpret its own duties and obligations to be performed
- 17.What is meant by the term "competent" in regards to a contracting party?
- A.
Having an unsound mind
- B.
Ensuring business is not conducted with minors
- C.
Having the ability to recognize defective corporations
- D.
Having the mental capacity to understand the intent to be bound
- 18.As a general rule, a contract that violates a statute is
- A.
Lawful if not challenged with 120 days
- B.
Unlawful, void, and will not be enforced
- C.
Lawful only to the party that made the offer
- D.
Unlawful, but may be enforced under some situations
- 19.What occurs when someone other than the contracting officer (CO) tries to make an agreement without the authority?
- A.
Unauthorized commitment
- B.
Unpriced purchase order
- C.
Contract dispute
- D.
Ratification
- 20.Which situation would preclude a ratification?
- A.
Availability of funds that were available at the time the unauthorized commitment was made
- B.
Contracting officer (CO) determining the price to be fair and reasonable
- C.
Government not obtaining a benefit from the performance
- D.
CO recommending payment and legal counsel concurs
- 21.Business clearance for noncompetitive contract actions is the approval to
- A.
Issue the solicitation
- B.
Begin negotiations
- C.
Ratify the contract
- D.
Issue a contract
- 22.For competitive acquisitions conducted without discussion, approval by the clearance approval authority is needed for the source selection authority (SSA) to
- A.
Issue the solicitation
- B.
Make the decision to award
- C.
Hold pre-construction meeting
- D.
Request final proposal revisions
- 23.A government action may be protested by
- A.
An interested party
- B.
The next low bidder
- C.
All responsible bidders
- D.
The next low small business bidder
- 24.Protests are made to
- A.
The Comptroller General or the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- B.
Either the appropriate agency or the Comptroller General
- C.
The appropriate agency or US Court of Appeals
- D.
Either the appropriate agency or the GAO
- 25.Which FAR Prat prescribes actions required upon receipt of protests?
- A.
Part 12
- B.
Part 17
- C.
Part 33
- D.
Part 36
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