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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.
- answer-Selective Factor
A competency/KSA that is expected to significantly enhance performance in a
position.
- answer-Quality Ranking Factor
A hiring manager can move past a preference eligible veteran to select a non-
preference eligible if they feel that they have grounds for passing over the
preference eligible Veteran by following which procedure:
a. select the best qualified regardless of Veterans preference
b. complete pass-over procedures in order to select non-Veteran
c. ask Human Resources to merge the certificates to move the preference eligible
Veteran to a different category.
- answer-b. complete pass-over procedures in order to select non-Veteran.
A hiring manager may not move past a preference eligible to select a non-
preference eligible unless there are grounds for passing over the preference eligible
and the agency has complied with the pass-over procedures at 5 U.S.C. § 3318
A Job Opportunity Announcement is required to have the following:
a. Name of issuing agency, Position Title, Number of Openings, Salary
b. Announcement Number, Duty Location(s), Open/Close Dates
c. Job Type, Qualification Requirements, Duties, Contact person
d. How to Apply, Veterans Preference Info, CTAP/ICTAP definition
e. All of the above
- answer-e. All of the above - DE Handbook Chapter 3 pages 11-12
,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.
- answer-Reemployment Priority List (RPL)
A person with bona fide expert knowledge of the responsibilities, duties, day-to-
day functions, competencies/KSAs, and requirements of a position.
- answer-Subject Matter Expert (SME)
A position/job that is not expected to last longer than a year is what type of an
appoointment:
a. Career-Conditional
b. Term
C. Temporary Limited
D. None of the Above
- answer-c: Temporary Limited
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.
- answer-Veteran's Preference
Agencies announcing a job to applicants outside their workforce have the
following option(s) for posting their job opportunity announcement:
a. Post a merit promotion job opportunity limited to the Federal workforce.
b. Post a job opportunity announcement under delegated examining and for "all
sources"
c. Post two separate job opportunity announcements- one under delegated
examining and one limited to federal workforce.
d. a and b only
e. all of the above
- answer-e. all of the above (DE Handbook Ch 3 pg 16)
An appointment that has no status in the competitive service for a specific period
of more than one year but not more than four years is what type of appointment:
a. Term
, b. Temporary-Limited
C. Career
D. Career-Conditional
- answer-a. Term
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.
- answer-Structured Interview
At minimum you must communicate with an application concerning the status of
their application with how many touch-points?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6
- answer-c. 1. When the application is received. OPM suggests notifying applicants
no later than 5 business days after the application was received.
2. When the application is assessed for minimum qualifications
(eligibility/ineligibility) for the job after all applications have been assessed.
3. When applications are referred or certified (or not) to the hiring official.
4. When a selection is made (or not) for the position or the job is canceled. OPM
suggests non-selected candidates be notified no later than 10 business days after
the date on which the selected candidate has accepted the job offer or the job was
canceled.
Choose the applicable code for a 0-Point Preference granted to veterans released or
discharged from a period of active duty from the armed forces, after August 29,
2008, by reason of a "sole survivorship discharge" who would otherwise have been
eligible for 5-point preference if their military service had not been interrupted by
the sole survivorship discharge or release.
a. XP
b. CPS
c. SSP
d. NV
- answer-c. SSP DE Handbook CH 4 Pg 18 and VA Handbook