CON 237 EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS
WITH FULL SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ When should electronic commerce be used as a method of
solicitation? Answer: Whenever cost-effective and practicable.
◉ You have a requirement to buy a large commercially available,
prefabricated wash rack for the installation. The catalog price is
$102,000. Answer: Simplified acquisition procedures can be used.
◉ An offeror's experience as an evaluation factor consists primarily
of: Answer: Their history of completing similar contracts and quality
of their performance.
◉ Your base commander wants 25 employees in the personnel
department to attend a 1-day time-management seminar. The cost
per employee will be $75 each. What is the preferred method of
purchase? Answer: The Government wide commercial purchase card
◉ You have a requirement to buy 10 commercially available Doppler
weather systems for 10 aircraft. The total estimated cost is
$135,000. What is the preferred method of purchase? Answer:
Purchase order
,◉ The use of required sources of supplies or services takes
precedence over the use of simplified acquisition procedures.
Answer: true
◉ The public works department at your Federal facility needs to buy
repair parts for a water fountain in the building. The parts will cost
about $100 and can be bought at Nuts-n-Bolts Hardware. Which
method of purchase is preferred? Answer: The Governmentwide
commercial purchase card
◉ By soliciting two sources under SAP, you have satisfied the
requirement to obtain competition to the maximum extent
practicable. Answer: false
◉ Evaluation factors such as price and past performance are:
Answer: Used to evaluate responses to a solicitation.
◉ An oral solicitation may be used for: Answer: Construction less
than $2,000.
◉ You should use SAP when: Answer: The estimated value of the
requirement is equal to or less than the SAT.
◉ You have a requirement to purchase military transport vehicles
that can travel over rough terrain. Market research has shown that
, there are no commercially developed or Government developed
items that satisfy the terrain requirements. This type of item is a:
[Determine if a requirement can be satisfied by purchasing a
commercial or non-developmental item. (Noncommercial Items)]
Answer: Developmental item
◉ Market research is performed: Answer: To determine if
commercial or non-developmental items will satisfy the need
◉ What should be the last source to consider when trying to fulfill a
requirement? Answer: Commercial sources
◉ You have been requested to buy 100 hospital beds for a
humanitarian effort in Pedonia. The beds need to be delivered
within the next 30 days so they can be airlifted to Pedonia via
military transport. Your research has indicated that: - NIB/NISH
does not supply beds. - Federal Prison Industries can deliver the
beds in 45 days. The price per bed is $250. - A-Med, Inc. can deliver
the beds in 15 days at a price of $225 per bed. - The Army hospital
on post, which has been closed, will have 150 suitable excess beds in
21 days. Based upon this information, you should: Answer: Obtain
the beds from the Army hospital inventory.
◉ Requirements that cannot be met by a required source of supplies
or services and are expected to ___________ are automatically reserved
exclusively for small businesses. Answer: Exceed $3,500, but not
exceed $150,000
WITH FULL SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ When should electronic commerce be used as a method of
solicitation? Answer: Whenever cost-effective and practicable.
◉ You have a requirement to buy a large commercially available,
prefabricated wash rack for the installation. The catalog price is
$102,000. Answer: Simplified acquisition procedures can be used.
◉ An offeror's experience as an evaluation factor consists primarily
of: Answer: Their history of completing similar contracts and quality
of their performance.
◉ Your base commander wants 25 employees in the personnel
department to attend a 1-day time-management seminar. The cost
per employee will be $75 each. What is the preferred method of
purchase? Answer: The Government wide commercial purchase card
◉ You have a requirement to buy 10 commercially available Doppler
weather systems for 10 aircraft. The total estimated cost is
$135,000. What is the preferred method of purchase? Answer:
Purchase order
,◉ The use of required sources of supplies or services takes
precedence over the use of simplified acquisition procedures.
Answer: true
◉ The public works department at your Federal facility needs to buy
repair parts for a water fountain in the building. The parts will cost
about $100 and can be bought at Nuts-n-Bolts Hardware. Which
method of purchase is preferred? Answer: The Governmentwide
commercial purchase card
◉ By soliciting two sources under SAP, you have satisfied the
requirement to obtain competition to the maximum extent
practicable. Answer: false
◉ Evaluation factors such as price and past performance are:
Answer: Used to evaluate responses to a solicitation.
◉ An oral solicitation may be used for: Answer: Construction less
than $2,000.
◉ You should use SAP when: Answer: The estimated value of the
requirement is equal to or less than the SAT.
◉ You have a requirement to purchase military transport vehicles
that can travel over rough terrain. Market research has shown that
, there are no commercially developed or Government developed
items that satisfy the terrain requirements. This type of item is a:
[Determine if a requirement can be satisfied by purchasing a
commercial or non-developmental item. (Noncommercial Items)]
Answer: Developmental item
◉ Market research is performed: Answer: To determine if
commercial or non-developmental items will satisfy the need
◉ What should be the last source to consider when trying to fulfill a
requirement? Answer: Commercial sources
◉ You have been requested to buy 100 hospital beds for a
humanitarian effort in Pedonia. The beds need to be delivered
within the next 30 days so they can be airlifted to Pedonia via
military transport. Your research has indicated that: - NIB/NISH
does not supply beds. - Federal Prison Industries can deliver the
beds in 45 days. The price per bed is $250. - A-Med, Inc. can deliver
the beds in 15 days at a price of $225 per bed. - The Army hospital
on post, which has been closed, will have 150 suitable excess beds in
21 days. Based upon this information, you should: Answer: Obtain
the beds from the Army hospital inventory.
◉ Requirements that cannot be met by a required source of supplies
or services and are expected to ___________ are automatically reserved
exclusively for small businesses. Answer: Exceed $3,500, but not
exceed $150,000
