CON 1100V FINAL EXAM SCRIPT SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ Contract Specialist
Answer: A person responsible for assisting the KO through every
stage of contract development, from researching the acquisition
regulations, to negotiating the terms , and preparing contract
documents.
◉ When contemplating the business strategy of a procurement,
what should the acquisition team consider when aligning the
strategy to the contractor motivations?
Answer: Contract type and length, financing arrangements,
profit/fee percentages, performance evaluation, data rights,
required warranties, maintenance/sustainment, and future
requirements
◉ What is the role of the contracting professional?
Answer: Guiding customer and other stakeholders through contract
life cycle stages
◉ T/F Contract management requires both general and business
skills in areas such as problem solving, critical thinking, costumer
focus, communication, and technical credibility. Successful contract
,management does not allow for adaptability in a changing business
environment.
Answer: False
◉ One of the initial steps in Acquisition Planning is to identify the
Acquisition Team. FAR 1.102-4(e) describes the role of the
Contracting Officer within the Acquisition Team
Answer: It says that Contracting officers should take the lead in
encouraging business process innovations and ensuring that
business decisions are sound.
◉ The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) includes six pathways
to enable the workforce to tailor strategies to deliver better
solutions faster. What are those 6 pathways?
Answer: 1. Urgent Capability
2. Middle Tier DoD
3. Major Capability
4. Software Acquisition
5. Defense Business
6. Acquisition of Services
◉ Urgent Capability
Answer: fulfill urgent existing and/or emerging operational needs or
quick reactions in less than two years.
, ◉ Middle Tier DoD
Answer: rapidly develop fieldable prototypes within acquisition
program to demonstrate new capabilities and/or rapidly field
production quantities of systems with proven technologies that
require minimal development.
◉ Major Capability
Answer: acquire and modernize military unique programs that
provide enduring capability
◉ Software Acquisition
Answer: facilitate rapid and iterative delivery of software capability
systems to user
◉ Defense Business
Answer: acquire information systems that support DoD business
operations
◉ Acquisition of Services
Answer: acquire services from private sector including knowledge-
based, construction, electronics and communications, equipment,
facilities, product support, logistics, medical, research and
development, and transportation services.
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ Contract Specialist
Answer: A person responsible for assisting the KO through every
stage of contract development, from researching the acquisition
regulations, to negotiating the terms , and preparing contract
documents.
◉ When contemplating the business strategy of a procurement,
what should the acquisition team consider when aligning the
strategy to the contractor motivations?
Answer: Contract type and length, financing arrangements,
profit/fee percentages, performance evaluation, data rights,
required warranties, maintenance/sustainment, and future
requirements
◉ What is the role of the contracting professional?
Answer: Guiding customer and other stakeholders through contract
life cycle stages
◉ T/F Contract management requires both general and business
skills in areas such as problem solving, critical thinking, costumer
focus, communication, and technical credibility. Successful contract
,management does not allow for adaptability in a changing business
environment.
Answer: False
◉ One of the initial steps in Acquisition Planning is to identify the
Acquisition Team. FAR 1.102-4(e) describes the role of the
Contracting Officer within the Acquisition Team
Answer: It says that Contracting officers should take the lead in
encouraging business process innovations and ensuring that
business decisions are sound.
◉ The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) includes six pathways
to enable the workforce to tailor strategies to deliver better
solutions faster. What are those 6 pathways?
Answer: 1. Urgent Capability
2. Middle Tier DoD
3. Major Capability
4. Software Acquisition
5. Defense Business
6. Acquisition of Services
◉ Urgent Capability
Answer: fulfill urgent existing and/or emerging operational needs or
quick reactions in less than two years.
, ◉ Middle Tier DoD
Answer: rapidly develop fieldable prototypes within acquisition
program to demonstrate new capabilities and/or rapidly field
production quantities of systems with proven technologies that
require minimal development.
◉ Major Capability
Answer: acquire and modernize military unique programs that
provide enduring capability
◉ Software Acquisition
Answer: facilitate rapid and iterative delivery of software capability
systems to user
◉ Defense Business
Answer: acquire information systems that support DoD business
operations
◉ Acquisition of Services
Answer: acquire services from private sector including knowledge-
based, construction, electronics and communications, equipment,
facilities, product support, logistics, medical, research and
development, and transportation services.