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A contractor accidentally broke a test fixture that belongs to the gov property and he accountable to the gov contract. Generally speaking, which statement is true? |
Contractors are not held liable for loss of government property. |
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Generally speaking means in an ideal world where all is well |
Exam tip! |
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True or false: all invoice payments, with the exception of the interim payments on cost-reimbursement contracts for services, must be supported by a receiving report or other government documentation authorizing payment. |
True |
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The government will not make invoice payments earlier than seven days to the due dates specified in the contract unless what is determined by the agency? |
That the use of accelerated payments methods are necessary To make earlier payment on a case-by-case basis |
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What are done examples of financing methods? |
Progress payments Performance based payments |
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CO’s can only provide property to contractors when what is clearly demonstrated? |
It is the best interest of the government. The government requirements can’t otherwise be met. That providing the property doesn’t substantially increase the government’s assumption of risk. That the overall benefit to the acquisition overall benefit to the acquisition significantly outweighs the cost of administration, including ultimate property disposal. |
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True or false: generally speaking, contractors are held liable for loss of government property. |
False |
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True or false: government property shall normally be provided on a rent-free basis in performance of the contract under which it is accountable or otherwise authorized |
True |
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What are done examples of financing methods? |
Progress payments Performance based payments Advanced payments |
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True or false: Billing rates are used to adjust and close out contracts? |
False |
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What is true about billing rates as an indirect cost rate? |
They are adjusted as necessary pending establishing of final indirect cost rates. |
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True or false: the rate cycle process all starts when the contractor submits a forward rate proposal at the beginning of an accounting period. DCAA and DCMA take that proposal through a process ultimately lead to a forward pricing rate agreement. |
True |
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What is true about billing rates as an indirect cost rate? |
They are adjusted as necessary pending establishing of final indirect cost rates. They are established temporary for interim reimbursement of incurred indirect costs |
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Final indirect costs are established in what basis? |
CO determination procedure Auditor determination procedure |
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What are three categories of stakeholders? |
Governance- those responsible for approving the procurement , internal stakeholders - the customer, and external stakeholders - |
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Who is involved in performance management? |
Customer, stakeholders, and the contractor |
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A stakeholder is anyone with an interest in the acquisition and it’s outcome |
True |
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True or false: governance are individuals or organizations that must approve the requirement and acquisition strategies and May be in the contracting organization or the requirement organization |
True |
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True or false: a good understanding of the “as is state” or baseline, including current, past requirements, and spending, can help the acquisition team mode effectively develop plans and actions that will improve performance of the new requirement and implementation strategy. |
True |
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What should a communication plan include? |
Who the target audience is, what is needed to be communicated, what the communications should contain, who is responsible for generating the communication, what format or forum should be used, what format for forum should be used, and what frequency is needed to keep the target audience up to speed |
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With limited exceptions, when is Clara report required? |
When the contract dollar value exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold |
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What parts of the FAR addresses contract performance? |
FAR Part 42 FAR Part 46 - Quality Assurance |
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True or false: Government contract quality assurance shall be performed at such times (including any stage of the manufacture or performance of services) and places (including subcontractor’s plants) as May be necessary to determine the supplies or services conform to contract requirements. |
True |
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What are some of the more common types of assessment methods normally included in the quality insurance surveillance plan (QASP)? |
Random sampling, third party audits, customer feedbacks, periodic sampling, and trend analysis. |
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True or false. CPARS is used to document contractor performance on systems and non-systems contracts including services, IT, operation systems, and ship repaid and overhaul. |
True |
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Up to how many calendar days are contractors afforded from the date of notification of availability of the past performance evaluation to submit comments, rebutting statements, or additional information. |
14 |
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When does contract administration begin? |
During acqusition planning |
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Which of the following admin functions must the CO delegate to the contract admin office? |
Negotiations for forward pricing rate agreements |
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Which of the following is a key element of a contract admin plan? |
A listing of contract terms and conditions related to contract administration. Contractor performance milestones Names, positions, authorities, and limitations of authority for contract admin team members |
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What is the first task in the contract admin process? |
Review the contract file to identify critical contract requirements and clauses |
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Which of the following actions help ensure the success of a post award orientation conference. |
Prepare a conference agenda and coordinate it with the contractor and the other participants |
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The COR may be responsible for which of the following duties? |
Evaluating work as it progresses, inspecting and accepting completed work for the gov, and monitoring performance |
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Which of the following types of finances is permitted under a contract for commercial products or commercial services? |
Interim payments |
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What does the Prompt Payment Act require? |
Payment within 30 days of receipt by the designated billing office |
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If a contractor’s invoice is incorrect or incomplete, it must be returned within how many calendar days of receipt or it is considered accepted? |
7 |
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What is the gov’s obligation when providing a government. Property to a contractor? |
Furnish all required property within the time specified in the contract, in suitable condition |
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What is the gov’s obligation when providing a government. Property to a contractor? |
Furnish all required property within the time specified in the contract, in suitable condition |
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Upon completion of the contract, civilian agencies must prepare an evaluation of contractor performance for each supply contract in excess of what amount? |
$250,000 |
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What is about contractor performance evaluations? |
They are for future use by the government in source selections |
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Your contractor has asked for an interim performance report? Can you provide it? |
Yes, interim reports are optional. |
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What would best describe the stakeholder of a member of Congress? |
An external stakeholder |
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Who is responsible for developing the quality requirements for supplies and/or services included in solicitations and resultant contracts? |
The CO |
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Except under conditions of fraud, lack of good faith, or willful misconduct on the part of the contractor’s managerial personnel, which contract type(s) would the government bear the cost of replacement or correction of services |
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In each of the inspection clauses (fixed-price, cost-reimbursement and time-and-material contracts) what shall the contractor provide and/or maintain? |
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Which QA system does the government rely on as a substitute for government inspection and testing before accepting commercial products and/or commercial services? |
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The DoD Procurement Identifier (PIID) is 14 positions long. Position 9 is a “D”, which of the following types is representative? |
Indefinite-delivery contracts to include IDIQs and requirements contracts. |
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Which FAR Part sets forth the basic policies and general information about the Federal Acquisition Regulations Systems? |
FAR Part 1 |
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A contractor failed to deliver a commercial item within the time specified in the contract. What type of termination would you proceed with? |
Termination for cause |
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FAR 1.108(b) states what about the delegation of authority? |
Each authority is delegable unless specifically stated otherwise |
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What is a Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID)? |
A unique number identifying each solicitation, contract, agreement, or order related procurement instrument. |
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Which of the following is correct regarding the DFARS Procedure Guidance and Information (PGI)? |
The DFARS PGI is a companion resource to the DFARS. |
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What types of contracts can be awarded when acquiring commercial items of supply? |
Only firm-fixed price or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment |
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What is the use of a procedure that is inconsistent with the FAR? |
Deviation |
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What is the tool (form) used by DoD to apply a structured profit/fee? |
DD form 1547, Weighted Guidelines Method |
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When using invitations for bid (IFBs), what type of contracts can be awarded? |
Only form fixed price contracts or fixed price contracts with economic price adjustmentsZ |
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When can a time and material (T&M) contract be used? |
Only when it is not possible at the time placing of the contract to estimate accurately the extent or duration of the work or to anticipate costs. |
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Can a cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contract be used in government contracting? |
No! |
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Which section of thE UCF exists TJ include negotiated, meaningful special contract requirements that are not included in Section I, contract clauses, or in other sections of the UCF? |
Section H - special contract requirements |
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What is section H of the UCF? |
Special contract requirements |
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What is Section I of the UCF? |
Contract clauses |
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Who is responsible for developing the quality requirements for supplies and/or services included ln solicitations and resultant contracts? |
The activity responsible for technical requirements. |
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When acquiring commercial items, QA is primarily the responsibility of: |
The contractor |
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Which of the following is an improper inspection? |
The government reinspects for acceptance at the destination point when the supplies have already been accepted at a different locations |
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The government generally relies on the contractor’s existing quality control as a substitute for in-process government inspection when acquiring what? |
Commercial products and commercial services |
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Which of the following defects discovered prior to acceptance in a fixed-price service contract? |
The government may require reperformance of non conforming services at no increase in contract price |
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The technical requirements in the contract relating to the quality of product or service and those contract clauses prescribing inspection,and other quality controls incumbent in the contractor, to ensure that the product or service conforms to the contractual requirements. The statement is a definition of what term? |
Contractor quality requirements |
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What part of the FAR is critical in mitigating risks? |
FAR Part 46 ensures supplies and services acquired under gov contract conform to the contractor’s quality and quantity requirements and it lets all parties know their role in the execution of the contract and it sets forth the policies at Feb federal level |
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What is true about inspection clauses? |
Vary by the type of contract |
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Government reliance on inspection by the contractor is applicable to inspection of commercial products. An in-process inspection of a commercial product can only be done if what occurs? |
The CO determines the need and marker research supports the need and market research supports an in-process inspection as a common industry practice |
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What can an inspection best be defined as? |
Examining/testing supplies or services to determine if they conform to the contract |
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According to the Inspection of Supplies - Cost Reimbursement clause, when are supplies non confirming? |
When the product is defective in material or workmanship or when the product is not in conformance with contract requirements. |
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Who is responsible for acceptance of supplies and services? |
The CO |
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What is section L of the UCF? |
Instructions, conditions, and noticed to offerors or respondents |
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What is section m of the UCF? |
Evaluation factors for award |
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What FAR part covers protests? |
FAR Part 33 |
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What are contractors responsible for? |
Prescribing government quality assurance |
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Change order issued under the changes clause of the contract use which form? |
SF30 |
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What is FAR Part 44? |
Subcontracting Policies and Procedures |
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Which of the following contract modifications must be signed by both the contractor and the contracting officer? |
An agreement definitizing a letter contract. |
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What is FAR part 49? |
Termination of contracts |
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Far 52.212-4(l) termination for ________. |
Termination for convenience clause |
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Assume you decide the change is in the government’s best interest. What two-part analysis should be used to determine whether this change is authorized by the contract’s Changes clause? |
The contemplated change must be (1) reasonably anticipated by the contracting parties and (2) the type of change typical for the applicable Changes clause |
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Which of the following indicated that a requested change to a contract should be executed under the changes clauses rather than as a new procurement? |
The basic function of the supply or service has not changed |
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What is true about a change that adds work outside the general scope of the contract? |
It requires either a justification for other than full and open competition (JOFOC) or a new competitive acquisition. |
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Implementing contract modifications for which of the following typically involves fact-finding and negotiating with the contractor? |
Supplemental agreement |
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What is true about a change that exceeds the scope of the original contract? |
It is a breach of contract and it is a cardinal change |
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Which statement is true about a cure notice before terminating a contractor for inadequate contractor performance? |
Must allow the contractor at least 10 days to cure the specified deficiencies in cases other than a failure to perform or delivery on time |
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A fixed-price contract for noncommercial supplies and services may be terminated for default under the default clause when what occurs? |
There has been an inexcusable failure to deliver goods and services at the specified time |
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True or false: termination for cause describes a termination for contracts for commercial products or commercial services |
True |
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What should the CO do on concluding that the contract was improperly terminated for inadequate performance? |
Convert the termination to one for convenience. |
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A firm-fixed price contract termination for convenience settlement may be accomplished by what action? |
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Which of the statements allied to a contract that msg not be terminated for default when the failure to perform is due to a cause beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the contractor? |
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If there is a change of delivery address that needs to be completed in the contractor what must the CO do? |
Provide a bilateral modification to the contractor for the change in the place of delivery, since FAR 52.212-4(c) required that changes in the terms and conditions can only be made by written agreement of both parties |
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A firm-fixed price contract termination for convenience may be accomplished by what action? |
Settlement using the inventory or total cost basis |
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What is true about a termination due to inadequate contractor performance? |
It must be writing and issued by the CO |
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In reprocuring widgets after a supply contract was properly terminated due to inadequate contract performance, what is true about the CO? |
They must reprocure items or services that are substantially the same to those that were required under the terminated contracts. |
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Which if the following is not a reason to terminate a contract for default or cause? |
due to a technological breakthrough, the government no longer needs the supplies originally ordered under the contract. (Termination for convenience) |
