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CONTRACTING OFFICER WARRANT BOARD EXAM NEWEST
VERSION 2026/2027 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTION 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS A+ GRADED FREE||SURE
EXAMS||QUICK PASS!!!
What is the purpose of ratification and what conditions must
first be met? - ANSWER-A ratification is the act of approving an
unauthorized commitment. Unauthorized commitments may
be ratified only when the conditions of FAR 1.602-3(c) are
met.a) Use of appropriated funds
b) Provided to or accepted by the Government - received a
benefit
c) Ratification official has the authority to ratify
d) Resulting contract must otherwise be proper
e) Price must be fair & reasonable
f) Funds are available and were available at the time the action
occurred
g) The CO recommends payments
h) It is IAW other requirements and limitations
You are the Contracting Officer on a program where the
contractor has recently submitted a very large claim based on a
constructive change to the contract. The claim is based on
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direction that the Colonel, the Group Commander of the
program, allegedly gave the contractor. The contractor
maintains it was a constructive change to the contract. You find
out from the Colonel's secretary that he is going out to the
contractor's facility next week to meet with corporate
management about the claim. You make inquiries and find out
that nobody from the program's contracting division or JAG will
be accompanying the colonel. What should you do? - ANSWER-
Authority: FAR 43.104 / FAR 52.243-7
A constructive change is sometimes called a 'change by
implication' and occurs when the Government, by its actions,
changes the contract without specifically adhering to the
requirements of the 'Changes' clause. A constructive change
order has been defined as an oral or written act or omission by
the Contracting Officer or other authorized Government
official, which is of such a nature that it has the same effect as a
formal written change order under the Changes clause.
You should notify you supervisor immediately and brief them
on the situation. You should also express concern over not
being involved in the situation and concern that the Colonel
might be compromising the Government's position in this
matter. You should recommend to your boss that the Group
COCO should ask the colonel either to take along his PCO and
JAG or cancel the trip altogether. If the colonel refuses, then
the COCO should elevate the matter by alerting the SCCO and
the JAG office.
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You are the Contracting Officer in a major weapon system
program. The program is under a lot of pressure to get through
flight test and into production. There are cost overruns.
Numerous IPTs are working with the contractor. The engineers
are meeting regularly with the contractor and making decisions
on how to accomplish flight test. Senior Program Management
is working with the contractor's management group deciding
how to get to production. Decisions are not getting
documented. No PCO letters have been issued for over six
months. What do you do? - ANSWER-Authority: FAR 43.202
There seems to be a major communications breakdown. It
appears that many folks may have given constructive changes
to the contractor. You should communicate to both
Government and contractor personnel that no one is
authorized to give direction or take action on a decision unless
they receive a PCOL. You need to try to document the past
agreements/decisions, etc. that have been made, on both
sides, and bring the contract up to date to reflect these things.
You may also need to prepare for an eventual claim from the
contractor. The PCO is the only one authorized to make a
change to a contract, unless it's been delegated to the ACO, per
FAR 43.202.
You receive notification from the Contractor they will submit a
new CDRL based on request by Lead Engineer on your contract.
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The KTR will be sending an invoice since this CDRL is at
additional cost. What are the ramifications of this notification
and what actions would you take? - ANSWER-IDENTIFY
POSSIBLE RATIFICATION (Ratification Processing Procedures)
1) Conduct CO Investigation
2) write determination (within 30 days)
3) would the CO mod the contract (scope determination)
4) Legal Opinion
5) Were funds available
6) Ratification on Mod
7) Thresholds for Ratification approval is <30K by COCO; if
>$30K by SCCO or HCA
Q1: Disclosure of Information. You are the PCO negotiating a
multi-million dollar, non-classified, research effort, on a tight
schedule, with a large business as prime. Near the end of
negotiations, the prospective contractor advises you that one
of its subcontractors, a university whose unique capabilities
render it a major player in the effort, refuses to accept the
DFARS clause 252.204-7000, Disclosure of Information. You
want to include this clause, which typically goes in solicitations
and contracts when the contractor will have access to or
generate unclassified information that may be sensitive or
inappropriate for release to the public. With the inclusion of
CONTRACTING OFFICER WARRANT BOARD EXAM NEWEST
VERSION 2026/2027 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTION 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS A+ GRADED FREE||SURE
EXAMS||QUICK PASS!!!
What is the purpose of ratification and what conditions must
first be met? - ANSWER-A ratification is the act of approving an
unauthorized commitment. Unauthorized commitments may
be ratified only when the conditions of FAR 1.602-3(c) are
met.a) Use of appropriated funds
b) Provided to or accepted by the Government - received a
benefit
c) Ratification official has the authority to ratify
d) Resulting contract must otherwise be proper
e) Price must be fair & reasonable
f) Funds are available and were available at the time the action
occurred
g) The CO recommends payments
h) It is IAW other requirements and limitations
You are the Contracting Officer on a program where the
contractor has recently submitted a very large claim based on a
constructive change to the contract. The claim is based on
,2|Page
direction that the Colonel, the Group Commander of the
program, allegedly gave the contractor. The contractor
maintains it was a constructive change to the contract. You find
out from the Colonel's secretary that he is going out to the
contractor's facility next week to meet with corporate
management about the claim. You make inquiries and find out
that nobody from the program's contracting division or JAG will
be accompanying the colonel. What should you do? - ANSWER-
Authority: FAR 43.104 / FAR 52.243-7
A constructive change is sometimes called a 'change by
implication' and occurs when the Government, by its actions,
changes the contract without specifically adhering to the
requirements of the 'Changes' clause. A constructive change
order has been defined as an oral or written act or omission by
the Contracting Officer or other authorized Government
official, which is of such a nature that it has the same effect as a
formal written change order under the Changes clause.
You should notify you supervisor immediately and brief them
on the situation. You should also express concern over not
being involved in the situation and concern that the Colonel
might be compromising the Government's position in this
matter. You should recommend to your boss that the Group
COCO should ask the colonel either to take along his PCO and
JAG or cancel the trip altogether. If the colonel refuses, then
the COCO should elevate the matter by alerting the SCCO and
the JAG office.
,3|Page
You are the Contracting Officer in a major weapon system
program. The program is under a lot of pressure to get through
flight test and into production. There are cost overruns.
Numerous IPTs are working with the contractor. The engineers
are meeting regularly with the contractor and making decisions
on how to accomplish flight test. Senior Program Management
is working with the contractor's management group deciding
how to get to production. Decisions are not getting
documented. No PCO letters have been issued for over six
months. What do you do? - ANSWER-Authority: FAR 43.202
There seems to be a major communications breakdown. It
appears that many folks may have given constructive changes
to the contractor. You should communicate to both
Government and contractor personnel that no one is
authorized to give direction or take action on a decision unless
they receive a PCOL. You need to try to document the past
agreements/decisions, etc. that have been made, on both
sides, and bring the contract up to date to reflect these things.
You may also need to prepare for an eventual claim from the
contractor. The PCO is the only one authorized to make a
change to a contract, unless it's been delegated to the ACO, per
FAR 43.202.
You receive notification from the Contractor they will submit a
new CDRL based on request by Lead Engineer on your contract.
, 4|Page
The KTR will be sending an invoice since this CDRL is at
additional cost. What are the ramifications of this notification
and what actions would you take? - ANSWER-IDENTIFY
POSSIBLE RATIFICATION (Ratification Processing Procedures)
1) Conduct CO Investigation
2) write determination (within 30 days)
3) would the CO mod the contract (scope determination)
4) Legal Opinion
5) Were funds available
6) Ratification on Mod
7) Thresholds for Ratification approval is <30K by COCO; if
>$30K by SCCO or HCA
Q1: Disclosure of Information. You are the PCO negotiating a
multi-million dollar, non-classified, research effort, on a tight
schedule, with a large business as prime. Near the end of
negotiations, the prospective contractor advises you that one
of its subcontractors, a university whose unique capabilities
render it a major player in the effort, refuses to accept the
DFARS clause 252.204-7000, Disclosure of Information. You
want to include this clause, which typically goes in solicitations
and contracts when the contractor will have access to or
generate unclassified information that may be sensitive or
inappropriate for release to the public. With the inclusion of
