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FAR test
Testing for Contracting EXAM (3900v)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following statements is accurate regarding Acquisition Teams? | The Acquisition Team includes representatives of the technical, supply, and procurement communities, the customers they serve, and the contractors who provide the products and services. |
| Actual Authority can be either: | Express Actual or Implied Actual Authority |
| Apparent Authority defined as | exists when someon reasonably believes an individual has the authority to act on behalf of the government, based on his or her conduct, eve though that individual as no acutal authority to bind the Government. |
| How amnay essential elements of a contract | (4) Capacity, Mutual Assent. Consideration and Lawful Purpose |
| Define Capacity | Legal competence of a person to enter a valid contract |
| Define Mutual Assent | Parties inolved in a contract must come to an agreement about the details of the transaction and each party either makes a promise or begins or renders performance |
| Define Consideration | Something of value that a promisor (the Offeror) recieves from a promisee (the offeree) in return for his or her offer. |
| Define Lawful Purpose | A contract is unenforceable if any term or the agreement is contrary to public policy. Public policy are governmental policies regarding public morals, health, safety and welfare that affect the whole population |
| A contract is considered physically complete when the contractor has completed all the required deliveries and | The Government has accepted all the items. |
| To be determined responsible by a contracting officer, a prospective contractor must | Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them |
| With few exceptions, which one of the following statements is true regarding awarding contracts to U.S. Government employees? | A contracting officer shall not knowingly award a contract to a Government employee |
| The DoD Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID) is 13 positions long. Position 9 identifies the type of instrument. If position 9 is a "D", which of the following types of instruments is representative? | Indefinite-delivery contracts to include IDIQs and requirements contracts |
| The GOV require 4 computer equipmnt. The PO indicates that its users will have no need for performance capabilities beyond the minimum technical spec the purchase request. Which source selection process would be most appropriate in this situation? | Lowest price technically acceptable |
| Can a contractor file a protest at any time it chooses? | No, there are established timeframes within which a contractor must file its protest. |
| In the FAR, the term "discussions" is synonymous with which of the following? | Negotiations |
| A protest can be filed for which of the following? | Solicitation |
| When using invitations for bids (IFBs), what type(s) of contracts can be awarded? | Only firm-fixed price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustments |
| How many parts are there in the FAR? | 53 |
| You've received a claim on your contract. The contractor is required to certify its claim above what amount? | $100,000 |
| With limited exceptions, a Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) report is required: | When the contract dollar value exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold |
| What entity can the contractor appeal to if they do not agree with the contracting officer's final decision on a claim? | The United States Court of Federal Claims |
| What part of the FAR covers terminations? | FAR part 49 |
| Which FAR part is the best source of information regarding competition requirements? | FAR part 6 |
| What is the general guidance provided by the FAR for contractor bid or proposal information? | It may not be disclosed to anyone unless they are authorized to receive it |
| The competitive range for competitive negotiations must be established | Prior to entering into discussions |
| Of the following types of contracts, which shall not be used in Government contracting? | Cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost |
| One of the proper protest venues is the | U.S. Court of Federal Claims |
| In evaluating a solicitation, which section of the uniform contract format (UCF) would contain information to the offeror regarding the evaluation factors and subfactors the Government will use to evaluate the offeror's proposal? | Section M |
| Select the statement that is NOT conducive toward forming a cohesive team. | The Government should foster an "arm's length" approach for an effective relationship |
| Negotiating positions should be developed through which of the following? | Price or cost analysis |
| You have a requirement for an online subscription to Engineering News Record. The site owner requires payment before they will provide the license code number to activate the annual subscription. Which payment form is required? | An advance payment |
| With limited exceptions as authorized by agency regulations, what does the FAR say about Government employees soliciting and accepting gifts from contractors? Government employees: | May not solicit or accept gifts |
| During discussions, the contracting officer | Should discuss aspects of an offerer's proposal if alterations or explanations would enhance the proposal's potential for award |
| What office/entity is responsible for initiating administrative closeout of the contract after receiving evidence of physical completion? | The Government contract administration office |
| When acquiring commercial items, quality assurance is primarily the responsibility of: | The contractor |
| A purpose of a post-award orientation is to | Achieve a clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements |
| You have determined that FAR part 12 applies to your commercial item requirement. Which of the following contract types is appropriate when using FAR part 12 procedures? | Firm-fixed-price |
| In briefing pre-negotiation objectives for approval, contracting officers should ensure their briefing slides are | Simple and concise |
| A contracting officer has the broadest discretion in fashioning suitable evaluation procedures when considering | Quotations |
| Except when authorized otherwise, a Government contract | Must be in writing |
| Which of the following are limited exchanges between the Government and offerors that may occur when award without discussions is contemplated? | Clarifications |
| Contracting officers shall provide property to contractors only when it is clearly demonstrated that: | The overall benefit to the acquisition significantly outweighs the increased cost of administration. |
| Select the action performed early in the acquisition cycle versus at or near contract award. | The acquisition plan is drafted and approved according to agency policy. |
| Which of the following reflects market research policy? Market research: | Aids in determining if sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exist |
| The authority of a contracting officer's representative (COR) shall be: | Designated in writing, with a copy given to the contractor and contract administration office |
| An overarching principle for responding to questions from all potential offerors is | Fairness |
| Acme Company did not make the competitive range in a source selection. When the contracting officer asks for final proposal revisions, the contracting officer | Will not contact Acme Company since it is no longer in the competition |
| Your customer comes to you anticipating a new requirement, one that has not been purchased recently. You'd like to refer them to the FAR part dealing specifically with market research. Which FAR part do you refer them to? | FAR part 10 |
| When using FAR part 12 procedures, the technical evaluation would normally include examination of such things as product literature, product samples (if requested), technical features, and | Warranty provisions |
| Of the following, which is an acceptable venue to file a protest? | The agency |
| Which offerors receive an amendment on a solicitation that has yet to close? | All parties receiving the solicitation |
| A post-award orientation aids both Government and contractor personnel to: | Achieve a clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements and identify and resolve potential problems |
| It is the Government's policy that before executing a contract, the contracting officer must | Obtain written assurance from the responsible fiscal authority that adequate funds are available. |
| Josh, a Government contract specialist, received several offers on a request for proposal (RFP) that was set aside for a small business. In order to avoid unnecessary work, what should be the first thing Josh should ensure when he reviews each proposal? | The proposal is from a small business. |
| What would be the preferred way to acquire an item in Government contracting? | Purchase the requirement as a commercial item. |
| Which of the following is the correct title of a solicitation for negotiated procedures? | Request for Proposals |
| Which acquisition situation would warrant an exception to the requirement for certified cost or pricing data? | Commercial item acquisition |
| To the maximum extent practicable, acquisition officials shall state requirements of supplies or services in terms of functions to be performed, performance required, or | Essential physical characteristics |
| Provisions and clauses should be incorporated by reference in solicitations and contracts | To the maximum practical extent, rather than being incorporated in full text |
| Which of the following is correct regarding the DFARS Procedures Guidance and Information (PGI)? | The DFARS PGI is a companion resource to the DFARS |
| Which of the following modifications must be issued bilaterally? | Making a negotiated equitable adjustment caused by a change order |
| What is a Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID)? | A unique number identifying each solicitation, contract, agreement, or order and related procurement |
| Which of the following is accurate about unilateral modifications? | Are only signed by a Government contracting officer, not the contractor |
| What are the two types of contract modifications? | Unilateral and bilateral |
| Which of the following contract modifications must be signed by both the contractor and the contracting officer? | An agreement definitizing a letter contract |
| It is the Government's pricing policy to purchase supplies and services at fair and reasonable prices from | Responsible sources |
| Which of the following is an accounting or financial term when addressing contractual funding issues? | Fiscal |
| What agency does DoD typically delegate contract administrative responsibilities for supply contracts? | Defense Contract Management Agency |
| With respect to the requirements of law, executive orders, regulations, and all other applicable procedures, prior to signing a contract, a contracting officer must | Ensure that each has been met |
| Contract files for contracts using simplified acquisition procedures should be considered closed when the contracting officer receives evidence of two things. The first is receipt of the property or service. What is the second? | Final payment |
| Upon notice that a protest has been filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), who must immediately begin compiling the information necessary for a report to the GAO? | The contracting officer |
| Where in the FAR can you find guidance on how to establish, maintain, and dispose of Government contract files? | FAR part 4 |
| Government contract types are grouped into two broad categories: fixed-price contracts and | Cost-reimbursement contracts |
| Which contract type shifts cost risk from the Government to the contractor? | Fixed-price |
| Prenegotiation objectives | Establish the Government's initial negotiation position |
| Quality assurance policies and procedures found in FAR part 46 | Apply to both the Government and contractor |
| You are reviewing a contract that utilizes the uniform contract format. In Section J you see an exhibit. How will the exhibit be displayed? | With one or two alpha characters (e.g., Exhibit AA) |
| Which type of solicitation may require the submission of certified cost or pricing data? | Request for proposals |
| Which is an essential element of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)? | A voluntary election by both parties to participate in the ADR process |
| The purpose of exchanging information with industry before receipt of proposals is to | Improve the understanding of Government requirements and industry capabilities |
| You are a proposal manager for a large defense contractor, leading your company's effort to win a contract. In order to determine the page limit for your proposal, which section in the request for proposal should you review? | Section L - Instructions, conditions, and notices to offerors or respondents |
| What type of contract should be used for an item that uses a very large amount of gold and other precious metals in the manufacturing process? | Fixed-price with economic price adjustment |
| What is the tool (form) used by DoD to apply a structured profit/fee? | DD Form 1547, Weighted Guidelines Method |
| Does the Government's policy to require prime contractors to incorporate, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial items or nondevelopmental items as components of items supplied to the agency, apply to subcontractors at all levels? | Yes |
| You are a DoD contracting officer and have determined the use of simplified acquisition procedures under FAR part 13 is appropriate for your customer's non-commercial requirement. Given only this information, which award form is most appropriate? | DD Form 1155, Order for Supplies or Services |
| Contractor is developing their pricing strategy in a competitive environment. Knowing the required effort will result in follow-on contracts, the contractor submits an offer below anticipated costs with the plan to recover any losses by increasing the pri | Buying-in |
| Change orders issued under the changes clause of the contract use which form? | SF 30 |
| Which of the following is correct regarding the preaward debriefing of offerors excluded from the competitive range? | The offerer must request the debriefing by written request to the contracting officer within 3 days after receipt of the notice of exclusion from the competition. |
| Select the order for the proposal evaluation process | Evaluate initial proposals, determine the competitive range, negotiate, request final proposal revisions, award the contract |
| Incentive contracts are designed to obtain specific acquisition objectives by: | Motivating contractor efforts that might not otherwise be emphasized |
| Joan stated that she was working on selecting solicitation provisions. With this in mind, you know the contract | Has not been awarded |
| Unless an exception exists, and in accordance with FAR part 15-Contracting by Negotiations, noncommercial contracts and solicitations will be awarded utilizing what contract format? | The uniform contract format |
| Whenever a contracting officer is required to publicize notice of proposed contract actions in the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE), they must | Establish a common response time for all offerors from the date of publication |
| Acquisition planning should begin | As soon as the agency need is identified |
| What is the preferred method to make a purchase at or below the micro-purchase threshold? | Governmentwide commercial purchase card |
| What is the use of a procedure that is inconsistent with the FAR? | Deviation |
| When does title for a completed product transfer to the Government, assuming the product meets all contract requirements? | Upon formal acceptance by the Government |
| The contracting officer shall take which of the following actions to encourage small business participation in acquisitions? | Divide acquisitions into reasonably small lots to permit offers on quantities less than the total requirement. |
| When a potential contractor is developing a proposal where cost analysis will be performed, the potential contractor will need to ensure it has excluded from the proposal any costs that are: | Expressly unallowable |
| Where in the FAR is contracting by negotiation covered? | FAR part 15 |
| One day after publicizing and releasing a solicitation, the contracting officer realizes that the contract line items need to be reorganized. The contracting officer must: | Amend the solicitation, changing the contract line items |
| What FAR part covers protests? | FAR part 33 |
| Who may execute contract modifications on behalf of the Government? | Contracting officers |
| Which FAR part is titled "Subcontracting Policies and Procedures"? | FAR part 44 |
| A contractor failed to deliver a commercial item within the time specified by the contract. As the Government contracting officer, you plan to terminate the contract. What type of termination would you proceed with? | Termination for Cause |
| Terms that address specific types of exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals include | Communications, discussions, and clarifications |
| Quality assurance on contract actions valued below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) is | Minimal, unless a special circumstance exists |
| After release of the solicitation, who must be the focal point of any exchange with potential offerors? | The contracting officer |
| What type(s) of contracts can be awarded when acquiring commercial items of supply? | Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment |
| Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) should | Promote competition to the maximum extent practicable |
| When preparing a solicitation, the quality requirements essential to ensure the integrity of the supplies or services is developed by whom? | The activity responsible for technical requirements |
| What are the two types of negotiated acquisitions? | Sole source and competitive |
| What is the Government's policy as it relates to controversies with a contractor during performance of the contract? | Attempt to resolve conflict at the contracting officer's level. |
| Who is the individual designated and authorized in writing by the contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions? | Contracting officer’s representative |
| When late in paying an otherwise acceptable invoice, the Government will: | Pay an interest penalty |
| Which is NOT a type of contracting officer? | Executive contracting officer |
| You are a contracting officer who has a $260,000 commercial contract. You decide you need to terminate the contract because the contractor has failed to perform. What is the name of this type of termination? | For Cause |
| In commercial contracting, what quality system is utilized? | The contractor's |
| Which of the following entities has privity with a first-tier subcontractor? | The prime contractor |
| Which section of the uniform contract format (UCF) exists to include negotiated, meaningful special contract requirements that are not included in Section I, Contract clauses, or in other sections of the UCF? | Section H |
| When can a time-and-materials (T&M) contract be used? | A T&M contract may be used only when it is not possible at the time of placing the contract to estimate accurately the extent or duration of the work or to anticipate costs |
| Which of the following would represent, or potentially represent, an organizational conflict of interest (OCI)? | An engineering support contractor (contractor A) is hired to assist in the development of Government specifications for a new requirement. Contractor A writes the specifications in such a way as to require the Government's use of contractor A's proprietar |
| A contractor employee accidentally broke a test fixture that belongs to the Government and is accountable to a Government contract. Generally speaking | Contractors are not held liable for loss of Government property |
| Which of the following best describes the purpose of proposal analysis? | To ensure the price is fair and reasonable |
| According to the FAR, the acquisition team | Includes the contractor |
| Two neighbors do not get along very well. One is a contracting officer, and the other works for an auto dealership, that has no contracts with the Government. The auto dealership employee decided to file a protest to a contract that was just awarded, know | No |
| The contracting officer is responsible for initiating contract closeout procedures after the contracting officer receives: | Evidence of physical completion |
| Which event is meant to aid both the Government and contractor personnel to 1) achieve a clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements, and (2) identify and resolve potential problems after contract award? | Postaward orientation conference |
| Contractors are required to certify that a claim is made in good faith when submitting any claim exceeding | $100,000 |
| A proposal submission time and date of 2 p.m. on February 3, 2020, appeared on the cover page of a Government solicitation. Based on the information provided at FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions, which of the following prop | The contractor provided its proposal at 2:15 p.m. on February 3, 2020. |
| The Government's preferred remedy to nonconforming goods or services is | Allow the contractor to repair or replace the nonconforming items, as long as there is still time left within the required delivery schedule. |
| A program manager asked John whether a contract clause is only used in the contract or if it applies to the solicitation as well. John correctly answered by replying with which of the following statements? | A contract clause is a term or condition used in contracts, or in both solicitations and contracts, that applies after contract award or both before and after award |
| What is the objective of a source selection? | To select the proposal that represents the best value |
| Which of the following is an exception to obtaining certified cost or pricing data? | Adequate price competition |
| Which of the following is correct regarding use of the tradeoff source selection process? | Evaluation factors that will affect contract award must be stated in the solicitation. |
| Which FAR part sets forth the basic policies and general information about the Federal Acquisition Regulation System? | FAR part 1 |
| Which term means the total cost to the Government of acquiring, operating, supporting, and (if applicable) disposing of the items being acquired? | Life-cycle costs |
| When holding discussions with offerors in a source selection, all the following must be discussed EXCEPT | Price |
| When shall contracting officers negotiate equitable adjustments resulting from change orders? | Within the shortest practicable time |
| In a Determination and Findings, the findings are | Support for the determination |
| Does the Government have the right to inspect a product before it is accepted? | Yes, always. |
| According to the FAR, acceptance of supplies or services is the responsibility of whom? | The contracting officer |
| Market research is conducted during which phase of acquisition? | All phases of the acquisition |
| Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the Government's policy on contract modifications? | Only contracting officers acting within the scope of their authority are authorized to execute contract modifications on behalf of the Government |
| Contractors are responsible for | Tendering to the Government for acceptance only those supplies or services that conform to contract quality requirements |
| When a contractor submits a Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing data, it is certifying that | The data submitted in support of a negotiations are current, accurate, and complete. |
| Which of the following statements best conveys the convention at FAR 1.108(b), delegation of authority? | Each authority is delegable unless specifically stated otherwise |
| Which of the following statements regarding Small Business Subcontracting Plans is accurate? | Not required for contracts with large businesses performed overseas |
| Agencies shall conduct market research | Appropriate to the circumstances |
| You're administering a large dollar non-commercial weapons contract. The contracting officer asks to see the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) in Exhibit B. Which uniform contract format (UCF) section in your contract would you refer to? | Section J |
| In ensuring overall quality of items and services received under a contract, which of the following is the responsibility of the Government? | Quality assurance surveillance |
| The Government team is ready to request final proposal revisions. As a result, we know that | Discussions have concluded |
| Which of the following documents would the contracting officer use to document the purpose, description, and outcome of negotiations? | Price Negotiation Memorandum |
| Which of the following is specifically set up to help firms view current Government business opportunities? | The Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE) |
| What underlying principle should the contracting officer follow to avoid organizational conflicts of interest? | Prevent unfair competitive advantage |
| At what dollar value must a contracting officer synopsize a proposed contract action in the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE)? | Expected to exceed $25,000 |
| In a competitive source selection, does the FAR require you to have the exact same "discussions" with each offeror in the competitive range? | No, discussions are tailored to each offeror's proposal. |
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