DELEGATED EXAMINING EXAM
Choose the step or steps that you can take to correct an illegal
appointment:
a. make every effort to place the employee on an appointment that can
be effectuated consistently with applicable law
b. explore appointment avenues in order to regularize the appointment
c. review previously advertised positions for which the employee
qualified and reconstruct those case files to determine if the employee
was within reach for selection
d. find out if the employee could have been within reach
competitively at any time during the period of de facto employment
e. all of the above - ANSWERS-e. all of the above: Correcting
(regularizing) an Erroneous Appointment DE Handbook CH 6 pg 47
True or False: If no alternatives are found in order to correct the
erroneous appointment you must remove the incumbent or submit a
variation request to OPM in order to retain the incumbent. -
ANSWERS-True: Correcting (regularizing) an Erroneous
Appointment DE Handbook CH 6 pg 47
True or False: An agency/department must conduct an annual "self-
audit" or "self-evaluation" of your delegated examining operations as
prescribed by your Interagency Delegated Examining Agreement. -
ANSWERS-True- Annual Internal Self Audits DE Handbook CH7 pg
7
,A competency/KSA that is expected to significantly enhance
performance in a position. - ANSWERS-Quality Ranking Factor
A list of employees within the local commuting area who have been
separated from an agency due to reduction in force (RIF) or work-
related injury. - ANSWERS-Reemployment Priority List (RPL)
Non-competitive appointment of a person formerly employed in the
competitive service (i.e., who either had a competitive status or was
serving probation when separated) into the competitive service as a
career or career-conditional employee. - ANSWERS-Reinstatement
A competency/KSA or special qualification without which a candidate
could not perform the duties of a position in a satisfactory manner.
Selective factors are applied in addition to minimum qualifications. -
ANSWERS-Selective Factor
An assessment method in which candidates' job-related
competencies/KSAs are evaluated using standard questions that are
scored systematically using predetermined criteria or benchmarks for
all interviews for a particular job. - ANSWERS-Structured Interview
A person with bona fide expert knowledge of the responsibilities,
duties, day-to-day functions, competencies/KSAs, and requirements
of a position. - ANSWERS-Subject Matter Expert (SME)
A statutory right that entitles qualifying veterans to certain advantages
in consideration for federal employment in the competitive and
, excepted services of the executive branch. - ANSWERS-Veteran's
Preference
Under CTAP and ICTAP, an eligible employee whose
competencies/KSAs clearly exceed the minimum qualification
requirements for the position. - ANSWERS-"Well-Qualified"
Employee
What is the name of the nine basic standards that govern the
management of the executive branch workforce and serve as the
foundation of the Federal Civil service? - ANSWERS-Merit Systems
Principles
What is the name of the actions that are forbidden for employees who
have the authority to make personnel decisions? - ANSWERS-
Prohibited Personnel Practices
How many Merit Systems Principles are there? - ANSWERS-9
How many Prohibited Personnel Practices are there? - ANSWERS-14
Does the Agency or OPM have the exclusive authority to make
medical determinations pertaining to preference eligible Veterans,
including proposed disqualification of a 30% or more CPS preference
eligible Veteran on the basis of physical disability? - ANSWERS-
OPM
Choose the step or steps that you can take to correct an illegal
appointment:
a. make every effort to place the employee on an appointment that can
be effectuated consistently with applicable law
b. explore appointment avenues in order to regularize the appointment
c. review previously advertised positions for which the employee
qualified and reconstruct those case files to determine if the employee
was within reach for selection
d. find out if the employee could have been within reach
competitively at any time during the period of de facto employment
e. all of the above - ANSWERS-e. all of the above: Correcting
(regularizing) an Erroneous Appointment DE Handbook CH 6 pg 47
True or False: If no alternatives are found in order to correct the
erroneous appointment you must remove the incumbent or submit a
variation request to OPM in order to retain the incumbent. -
ANSWERS-True: Correcting (regularizing) an Erroneous
Appointment DE Handbook CH 6 pg 47
True or False: An agency/department must conduct an annual "self-
audit" or "self-evaluation" of your delegated examining operations as
prescribed by your Interagency Delegated Examining Agreement. -
ANSWERS-True- Annual Internal Self Audits DE Handbook CH7 pg
7
,A competency/KSA that is expected to significantly enhance
performance in a position. - ANSWERS-Quality Ranking Factor
A list of employees within the local commuting area who have been
separated from an agency due to reduction in force (RIF) or work-
related injury. - ANSWERS-Reemployment Priority List (RPL)
Non-competitive appointment of a person formerly employed in the
competitive service (i.e., who either had a competitive status or was
serving probation when separated) into the competitive service as a
career or career-conditional employee. - ANSWERS-Reinstatement
A competency/KSA or special qualification without which a candidate
could not perform the duties of a position in a satisfactory manner.
Selective factors are applied in addition to minimum qualifications. -
ANSWERS-Selective Factor
An assessment method in which candidates' job-related
competencies/KSAs are evaluated using standard questions that are
scored systematically using predetermined criteria or benchmarks for
all interviews for a particular job. - ANSWERS-Structured Interview
A person with bona fide expert knowledge of the responsibilities,
duties, day-to-day functions, competencies/KSAs, and requirements
of a position. - ANSWERS-Subject Matter Expert (SME)
A statutory right that entitles qualifying veterans to certain advantages
in consideration for federal employment in the competitive and
, excepted services of the executive branch. - ANSWERS-Veteran's
Preference
Under CTAP and ICTAP, an eligible employee whose
competencies/KSAs clearly exceed the minimum qualification
requirements for the position. - ANSWERS-"Well-Qualified"
Employee
What is the name of the nine basic standards that govern the
management of the executive branch workforce and serve as the
foundation of the Federal Civil service? - ANSWERS-Merit Systems
Principles
What is the name of the actions that are forbidden for employees who
have the authority to make personnel decisions? - ANSWERS-
Prohibited Personnel Practices
How many Merit Systems Principles are there? - ANSWERS-9
How many Prohibited Personnel Practices are there? - ANSWERS-14
Does the Agency or OPM have the exclusive authority to make
medical determinations pertaining to preference eligible Veterans,
including proposed disqualification of a 30% or more CPS preference
eligible Veteran on the basis of physical disability? - ANSWERS-
OPM
