PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
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1. Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC) - ANSWER Manages and
oversees CH and Managing Accounts
2. Approving/Billing Official (A/BO) - ANSWER Reviews and approves GPC
Managing Account Invoices and transaction supporting data for compliance
3. Certifying Officer - ANSWER Reviews Managing Account invoices in
accordance with DoD Financial Management Regulation (DoD FMR) requirements
4. Resource Manager (RM) - ANSWER Provides appropriate GPC account funding
5. Cardholder (CH) - ANSWER Is issued a GPC cardholder account
6. Which characteristic describes the GPC business model? - ANSWER Similar to a
commercial credit card
7. What are the advantages to using a GPC instead of other forms of payment? (Select
the three that apply.) - ANSWER Expedited payment to merchant; Increased
, likelihood of the merchant doing business with the Government; Reducing invoicing
costs
8. Authorized DoD GPC Uses: - ANSWER Contract payments; Open-market micro
purchases; Payments for training requirements on approved Standard Form (SF) 182;
Ordering Officer purchases; Overseas purchases up to $25,000
9. Open-market micro-purchases - ANSWER Use of the GPC to streamline micro-
purchases and payment for mission-essential supplies and services
10. Ordering Officer purchases and payments - ANSWER Use of the GPC against
existing Government contracts
11. Contract payments - ANSWER Use of the GPC above the micro-purchase
threshold as a payment vehicle against existing Government contracts
12. SF-182 training payments - ANSWER Mandated method for payment for
requirements using SF-182 up to $25,000
13. Overseas purchases up to $25,000 - ANSWER Used outside the U.S. for
purchases exceeding the micro-purchase threshold but not exceeding $25,000
14. Sort the GPC Program Process steps in chronological order: - ANSWER Identify
the requirement and ensure it fulfills a mission-essential need; Determine whether the
specific funding type is available; Document the purchase file; Merchant transmits the
GPC transaction for processing; A/BO reviews transactions and supporting
documentation and signs the approval statement
15. Cardholder (CH) Responsibility - ANSWER Ensure transactions are made with
responsible merchants in accordance with Component instructions
16. Certifying Officer Responsibility - ANSWER Promptly certify that GPC
Managing Account (MA) Billing Statements are legal and proper for payment
, 17. Resource Manager (RM) Responsibility - ANSWER Coordinate with the
Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC) to review and adjust spending
limits
18. Supervisor Responsibility - ANSWER Take appropriate personnel action(s)
against individuals committing GPC misuse, abuse, or fraud
19. An Approving/Billing Official (A/BO) is authorized to be a Cardholder (CH) under
the same Managing Account (MA) for which they are an A/BO. - ANSWER False
20. Which three of the following statements about convenience checks are true? -
ANSWER The Cardholder can request that the bank "stop payment" on a check;
Funds must be available to cover the check value and the bank's processing fee; The
Cardholder can dispute a convenience check after payment has been made
21. Cardholders who have been formally granted the appropriate authority in their Letter
of Delegation may use the Governmentwide Commercial Purchase Card to make
Simplified acquisitions up to $25,000 outside the United States and its jurisdictions -
ANSWER True
22. Because they are a potential indicator of misuse, abuse, or fraud, delinquent accounts
are subject to what? - ANSWER Increased scrutiny
23. A cardholder reports their card as stolen. If transactions not made by the Cardholder
appear on the Statement of Account, the Cardholder should dispute them with the
card-issuing bank within how many days of the transaction date? - ANSWER 90
24. The Secretary of Defense authorizes an increase in the micro-purchase threshold to
$35,000 to support declared contingency operations in Afghanistan. You are presently
deployed to Afghanistan and several personnel in your Afghanistan office have been
needing new laptops, so you can purchase 35 laptops at $1,000 each, for a total price
of $35,000. - ANSWER False
25. Which one of the following is an example of abuse of the Governmentwide
Commercial Purchase Card? - ANSWER Failing to purchase from mandatory
sources