CON1100 Questions and Answers A+
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What are the five key stages of the Contracting Life Cycle? - correct
answers✅✅1. Acquisition Planning
2. Solicitation
3. Evaluation
4. Award
5. Contract Administration
Which stage includes modifications, performance, payments, and contract
closeout? - correct answers✅✅Contract Administration
The purpose of the Contracting Subway Map is to: - correct
answers✅✅Provide generalized order of events in the acquisition
contracting process
When contemplating the business strategy of a procurement, what should
the acquisition team consider when aligning the strategy to the contractor
motivations? - correct answers✅✅Contract type and length, financing
arrangements, profit/fee percentages, performance evaluation, data rights,
required warranties, maintenance/sustainment, and future requirements
What is the role of the contracting professional? - correct
answers✅✅Serve as overall business advisor to acquisition team
T/F: Contract management requires both general and business skills in areas
such as problem solving, critical thinking, costumer focus, communication,
and technical credibility. Successful contract management does not allow for
adaptability in a changing business environment. - correct
answers✅✅False
,CON1100 Questions and Answers A+
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One of the initial steps in Acquisition Planning is to identify the Acquisition
Team. How does FAR 1.102-4(e) describes the role of the Contracting Officer
within the Acquisition Team? - correct answers✅✅Contracting officers
should take lead in encouraging business process innovations and ensuring
that business decisions are sound.
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) includes six pathways to enable
the workforce to tailor strategies to deliver better solutions faster. What are
those 6 pathways? - correct answers✅✅1. Urgent Capability
2. Middle Tier DoD
3. Major Capability
4. Software Acquisition
5. Defense Business
6. Acquisition of Services
Urgent Capability - correct answers✅✅fulfill urgent existing and/or
emerging operational needs or quick reactions in less than two years.
Middle Tier DoD - correct answers✅✅rapidly develop fieldable prototypes
within acquisition program to demonstrate new capabilities and/or rapidly
field production quantities of systems with proven technologies that require
minimal development.
Major Capability - correct answers✅✅acquire and modernize military
unique programs that provide enduring capability
Software Acquisition - correct answers✅✅facilitate rapid and iterative
delivery of software capability systems to user
, CON1100 Questions and Answers A+
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Defense Business - correct answers✅✅acquire information systems that
support DoD business operations
Acquisition of Services - correct answers✅✅acquire services from private
sector including knowledge-based, construction, electronics and
communications, equipment, facilities, product support, logistics, medical,
research and development, and transportation services.
Acquisition planning must involve all personnel responsible for significant
aspects of the acquisition. What is the purpose of acquisition planning? -
correct answers✅✅Ensure Government meets its needs in the most
effective, economical, and timely manner
Market research means ____ information about capabilities within the market
to satisfy agency needs. - correct answers✅✅collecting and analyzing
Simplified acquisition is an acquisition method prescribed by FAR part 13 for
purchasing supplies and services, including construction, research and
development, and commercial items, for which the aggregate amount does
not exceed the ____ which currently is ____. - correct
answers✅✅Simplified acquisition threshold (SAT); $250k
Generally, contract types are grouped into what two families? - correct
answers✅✅fixed price; cost reimbursement
What is the official U.S. Government website that contracting officers use to
publicize contracting opportunities? - correct answers✅✅SAM.gov
When drafting a solicitation, what tool provides guidance on the use of all
provisions and clauses contained in FAR, DFARS, VAAR, and DEAR? It also
GUide
What are the five key stages of the Contracting Life Cycle? - correct
answers✅✅1. Acquisition Planning
2. Solicitation
3. Evaluation
4. Award
5. Contract Administration
Which stage includes modifications, performance, payments, and contract
closeout? - correct answers✅✅Contract Administration
The purpose of the Contracting Subway Map is to: - correct
answers✅✅Provide generalized order of events in the acquisition
contracting process
When contemplating the business strategy of a procurement, what should
the acquisition team consider when aligning the strategy to the contractor
motivations? - correct answers✅✅Contract type and length, financing
arrangements, profit/fee percentages, performance evaluation, data rights,
required warranties, maintenance/sustainment, and future requirements
What is the role of the contracting professional? - correct
answers✅✅Serve as overall business advisor to acquisition team
T/F: Contract management requires both general and business skills in areas
such as problem solving, critical thinking, costumer focus, communication,
and technical credibility. Successful contract management does not allow for
adaptability in a changing business environment. - correct
answers✅✅False
,CON1100 Questions and Answers A+
GUide
One of the initial steps in Acquisition Planning is to identify the Acquisition
Team. How does FAR 1.102-4(e) describes the role of the Contracting Officer
within the Acquisition Team? - correct answers✅✅Contracting officers
should take lead in encouraging business process innovations and ensuring
that business decisions are sound.
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) includes six pathways to enable
the workforce to tailor strategies to deliver better solutions faster. What are
those 6 pathways? - correct answers✅✅1. Urgent Capability
2. Middle Tier DoD
3. Major Capability
4. Software Acquisition
5. Defense Business
6. Acquisition of Services
Urgent Capability - correct answers✅✅fulfill urgent existing and/or
emerging operational needs or quick reactions in less than two years.
Middle Tier DoD - correct answers✅✅rapidly develop fieldable prototypes
within acquisition program to demonstrate new capabilities and/or rapidly
field production quantities of systems with proven technologies that require
minimal development.
Major Capability - correct answers✅✅acquire and modernize military
unique programs that provide enduring capability
Software Acquisition - correct answers✅✅facilitate rapid and iterative
delivery of software capability systems to user
, CON1100 Questions and Answers A+
GUide
Defense Business - correct answers✅✅acquire information systems that
support DoD business operations
Acquisition of Services - correct answers✅✅acquire services from private
sector including knowledge-based, construction, electronics and
communications, equipment, facilities, product support, logistics, medical,
research and development, and transportation services.
Acquisition planning must involve all personnel responsible for significant
aspects of the acquisition. What is the purpose of acquisition planning? -
correct answers✅✅Ensure Government meets its needs in the most
effective, economical, and timely manner
Market research means ____ information about capabilities within the market
to satisfy agency needs. - correct answers✅✅collecting and analyzing
Simplified acquisition is an acquisition method prescribed by FAR part 13 for
purchasing supplies and services, including construction, research and
development, and commercial items, for which the aggregate amount does
not exceed the ____ which currently is ____. - correct
answers✅✅Simplified acquisition threshold (SAT); $250k
Generally, contract types are grouped into what two families? - correct
answers✅✅fixed price; cost reimbursement
What is the official U.S. Government website that contracting officers use to
publicize contracting opportunities? - correct answers✅✅SAM.gov
When drafting a solicitation, what tool provides guidance on the use of all
provisions and clauses contained in FAR, DFARS, VAAR, and DEAR? It also
