DHS ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT (ADA):
HOW TO COMPLY AND STOP
VIOLATIONS 2025 ACTUAL STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A government purchase card (GPC) card holder used the GPC for personal, non-govt
purchases. did the card holder violate an ADA provision? - ANSWER-Yes, 31 U.S.C.
1341 - Limitations on expending and obligating amounts.
At the urging of the chairman, a member of a federal commission agreed to waive
his statutory entitlement to $100 per day while involved in commission business.
The year after the commission was disbanded, the former member changed his
mind and filed a claim for a portion of the compensation he would have received
had it not been for the waiver. Since the $100 per day was a statutory entitlement,
the purported waiver was invalid, and the former commissioner was entitled to be
paid. Did the card holder violate an ADA provision? If so, which one? - ANSWER-Yes,
31 U.S.C. 1342 - Limitation on Voluntary Services.
An office manager purchased fitness equipment for the office for which
appropriations were not available. Did the cardholder violate an ADA provision? If
so, which one? - ANSWER-Yes, 31 U.S.C. 1341 - Limitations on expending and
obligating amounts.
A DOD activity used family housing funds in excess of the statutory limit for
maintenance and repair of a family housing unit without prior Congressional
approval. Did the cardholder violate an ADA provision? If so, which one? - ANSWER-
Yes, 1517 - Prohibited Obligations & Expenditures.
In Excess of - ANSWER-spending moremoney than you have or spending mony for
something the law doesn't allow.
In Advance of - ANSWER-funds were spent, for example, during a lapse in
appropriation or by spending money without fulfilling conditions imposed by
congress
Bona Fide Needs Rule - ANSWER-you cant use current year funds to fulfill a later-
year requirement taking place after the funds have expired.
Bona Fide Needs Rule Exceptions - ANSWER--Lead-time: normal production lead-
time in determining bona fide need for a purchase
-stock-level exception: agencies may use current year funds to replace stock
consumed in the current fiscal year, even though the replacement stock will not be
used until the following fiscal year
-nonserverable service: if the services produce a single or unified outcome, product,
or report, the services are considered to be nonserverable, and the government
HOW TO COMPLY AND STOP
VIOLATIONS 2025 ACTUAL STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A government purchase card (GPC) card holder used the GPC for personal, non-govt
purchases. did the card holder violate an ADA provision? - ANSWER-Yes, 31 U.S.C.
1341 - Limitations on expending and obligating amounts.
At the urging of the chairman, a member of a federal commission agreed to waive
his statutory entitlement to $100 per day while involved in commission business.
The year after the commission was disbanded, the former member changed his
mind and filed a claim for a portion of the compensation he would have received
had it not been for the waiver. Since the $100 per day was a statutory entitlement,
the purported waiver was invalid, and the former commissioner was entitled to be
paid. Did the card holder violate an ADA provision? If so, which one? - ANSWER-Yes,
31 U.S.C. 1342 - Limitation on Voluntary Services.
An office manager purchased fitness equipment for the office for which
appropriations were not available. Did the cardholder violate an ADA provision? If
so, which one? - ANSWER-Yes, 31 U.S.C. 1341 - Limitations on expending and
obligating amounts.
A DOD activity used family housing funds in excess of the statutory limit for
maintenance and repair of a family housing unit without prior Congressional
approval. Did the cardholder violate an ADA provision? If so, which one? - ANSWER-
Yes, 1517 - Prohibited Obligations & Expenditures.
In Excess of - ANSWER-spending moremoney than you have or spending mony for
something the law doesn't allow.
In Advance of - ANSWER-funds were spent, for example, during a lapse in
appropriation or by spending money without fulfilling conditions imposed by
congress
Bona Fide Needs Rule - ANSWER-you cant use current year funds to fulfill a later-
year requirement taking place after the funds have expired.
Bona Fide Needs Rule Exceptions - ANSWER--Lead-time: normal production lead-
time in determining bona fide need for a purchase
-stock-level exception: agencies may use current year funds to replace stock
consumed in the current fiscal year, even though the replacement stock will not be
used until the following fiscal year
-nonserverable service: if the services produce a single or unified outcome, product,
or report, the services are considered to be nonserverable, and the government
