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CON 3910 EXAM/ACTUAL EXAM
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question: Market research is conducted during which phase of acquisition?
A. When requirements are being developed
B. All phases of the acquisition
C. After award to ensure that a contractor's product or service is sufficient
D. During negotiations to ensure that a contractor's proposal is fair and
reasonable
Answer: B. All phases of the acquisition
Question:What is the use of a procedure that is inconsistent with the FAR?
A. Extraordinary action
B. Exception
C. Deviation
D. Abnormal action
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Answer: C. Deviation
Question:Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) should:
A. Promote competition to the maximum extent practicable
B. Consider all quotations or offers, regardless of the time they are received, if
they are the most reasonable
C. Promote the use of current vendors for time-saving purposes
D. Equally consider all businesses, large or small
Answer: A. Promote competition to the maximum extent practicable
Question:What is the tool (form) used by DoD to apply a structured profit/fee?
A. DD Form 1202, Guidelines for Profit Method
B. DD Form 1701, Structured Analogy Method
C. DD Form 1547, Weighted Guidelines Method
D. DD Form 1861, Weighted Profit Analogy
Answer: C. DD Form 1547, Weighted Guidelines Method
Question:What type(s) of contracts can be awarded when acquiring
commercial items of supply?
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A. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price
adjustment
B. Any contract type that does not have an incentive
C. Any fixed-price contract type
D. Any type or combination of types as determined necessary by the
contracting officer
Answer: A. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with
economic price adjustment
Question:When using invitations for bids (IFBs), what type(s) of contracts can
be awarded?
A. Any contract type that does not have an incentive
B. Any fixed-price contract type
C. Any type or combination of types as determined necessary by the
contracting officer
D. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price
adjustment
Answer: D. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with
economic price adjustment
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Question:Which of the following is correct regarding the DFARS Procedures
Guidance and Information (PGI)?
A. There is no such thing as a DFARS PGI
B. The DFARS PGI is a companion resource to the DFARS
C. The DFARS PGI is not numbered similarly to the DFARS
D. The DFARS PGI is only used by DCMA and DCAA
Answer: B. The DFARS PGI is a companion resource to the DFARS
Question:Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the
Government's policy on contract modifications?
A. It is preferred that program managers sign modifications in lieu of the
contracting officer
B. Any contract specialist can direct a contractor to perform work before the
execution of the contract modification
C. A contracting officer representative is authorized to execute contract
modifications on behalf of the Government
D. Only contracting officers acting within the scope of their authority are
authorized to execute contract modifications on behalf of the Government
CON 3910 EXAM/ACTUAL EXAM
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question: Market research is conducted during which phase of acquisition?
A. When requirements are being developed
B. All phases of the acquisition
C. After award to ensure that a contractor's product or service is sufficient
D. During negotiations to ensure that a contractor's proposal is fair and
reasonable
Answer: B. All phases of the acquisition
Question:What is the use of a procedure that is inconsistent with the FAR?
A. Extraordinary action
B. Exception
C. Deviation
D. Abnormal action
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Answer: C. Deviation
Question:Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) should:
A. Promote competition to the maximum extent practicable
B. Consider all quotations or offers, regardless of the time they are received, if
they are the most reasonable
C. Promote the use of current vendors for time-saving purposes
D. Equally consider all businesses, large or small
Answer: A. Promote competition to the maximum extent practicable
Question:What is the tool (form) used by DoD to apply a structured profit/fee?
A. DD Form 1202, Guidelines for Profit Method
B. DD Form 1701, Structured Analogy Method
C. DD Form 1547, Weighted Guidelines Method
D. DD Form 1861, Weighted Profit Analogy
Answer: C. DD Form 1547, Weighted Guidelines Method
Question:What type(s) of contracts can be awarded when acquiring
commercial items of supply?
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A. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price
adjustment
B. Any contract type that does not have an incentive
C. Any fixed-price contract type
D. Any type or combination of types as determined necessary by the
contracting officer
Answer: A. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with
economic price adjustment
Question:When using invitations for bids (IFBs), what type(s) of contracts can
be awarded?
A. Any contract type that does not have an incentive
B. Any fixed-price contract type
C. Any type or combination of types as determined necessary by the
contracting officer
D. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price
adjustment
Answer: D. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with
economic price adjustment
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Question:Which of the following is correct regarding the DFARS Procedures
Guidance and Information (PGI)?
A. There is no such thing as a DFARS PGI
B. The DFARS PGI is a companion resource to the DFARS
C. The DFARS PGI is not numbered similarly to the DFARS
D. The DFARS PGI is only used by DCMA and DCAA
Answer: B. The DFARS PGI is a companion resource to the DFARS
Question:Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the
Government's policy on contract modifications?
A. It is preferred that program managers sign modifications in lieu of the
contracting officer
B. Any contract specialist can direct a contractor to perform work before the
execution of the contract modification
C. A contracting officer representative is authorized to execute contract
modifications on behalf of the Government
D. Only contracting officers acting within the scope of their authority are
authorized to execute contract modifications on behalf of the Government
