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What are the limits for accepting gifts? ✔Correct answer-$20 per occasion, $50 per calendar year
Who should you consult if you are unsure about accepting a gratuity? ✔Correct answer-Legal,
chain of command, and ethical advisor
What is the first thing you should do if someone leaves you a gratuity? ✔Correct answer-Try and
find the person who left it and return it
As a last resort, if the contractor is offended and you have to accept a gift, what steps should you
take? ✔Correct answer-Contact legal counsel, write a memorandum for record, and safeguard the
gift with the finance officer (safe, lockbox, etc.)
What should you do if you are faced with a sex trafficking situation? ✔Correct answer-Inform legal,
inform chain of command, take action to potentially terminate the contract
What are the three common fraud offenses? ✔Correct answer-Kickbacks, bribes, and gratuities
What is the joint theater support contracting command most used for? ✔Correct answer-Most
applicable in complex, large-scale, long-term operations
What are the SCO's roles and responsibilities? ✔Correct answer-The Senior Contracting Official
executes theater support contracting authority for a specific command or operational area, official
designated by a Service HCA.
What are the CCO's roles and responsibilities? ✔Correct answer-The Contingency Contracting
Officer acquires supplies and services needed by the warfighter to support essential missions in
response to a crisis, contingency, or declaration of war.
What are the COR's roles and responsibilities? ✔Correct answer-The Contracting Officer's
Representative assists in requirements generation, preparation of acquisition documents, monitoring
contract performance, and performing other duties specified by their appointment letter.
Warranting of a CCO is based on what factors? ✔Correct answer-Knowledge of acquisition policies
and procedures
Who does the CCO receive their warrant from? ✔Correct answer-SCO
Who establishes policies and procedures for developing, reviewing, and managing the contingency
contracting process? ✔Correct answer-SCO
Who designates the SCO? ✔Correct answer-HCA
What is the joint theater support contracting command stood up for? ✔Correct answer-Most
applicable in complex, large-scale, long-term major sustained operations
, Small scale operations, single-service operations, who retains control of their own theater support
contracting authority and organization? ✔Correct answer-Service Component Commander
What are the three basic fiscal constraints to which appropriate funds are subjected to? ✔Correct
answer-Time, Purpose, Amount
The Bona Fide Need rule does what? ✔Correct answer-It provides that the appropriations for one
fiscal year (FY) will be obligated only to meet a genuine need (a bona fide need) arising in (or
sometimes before) the FY for that appropriation.
The purpose statute prohibits what? ✔Correct answer-Misappropriation
A knowing and willful violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act is punishable by? ✔Correct answer-
$5,000, two years in prison
All purchase requests must include what? ✔Correct answer-Item description, certified funds
Which of the following might a CCO not require for deployment? ✔Correct answer-Traveler's
checks
What are the three tenants that make up OCS? ✔Correct answer-Contracting support integration,
contracting support, contractor management
What is a mature contracting environment, and what would it possess? ✔Correct answer-
Sophisticated distribution system, vendors with USG experience, rapidly respond to changing
environment/priorities
What does not need to be discussed with an on-site commander when you arrive? Need to discuss:
✔Correct answer-1. Discuss prioritization of requirements
2. Purchase request control and delivery
3. No additional duties
4. CCO only person authorized to obligate government
5. No undue command influence
What is Phase 2 of the operation? ✔Correct answer-Joint Reception, Staging, and Onward
Integration - seize the initiative (answer is false)
What is DCMA and what do they do? ✔Correct answer-Defense Contract Management Agency,
conducts contract administration
How many exceptions to other than full and open competition are there? ✔Correct answer-7
CCO negotiates a contract, results are documented on what? ✔Correct answer-PNM - Price
Negotiation Memorandum
_______ is a special form of written approval, prerequisite to taking certain contract actions?
✔Correct answer-D&F - Determination & Findings