COMMERCIAL PURCHASE CARD STUDY
GUIDE UPDATED 2025/2026
1. Executive orders 12674 and 12731 form the foundational policy on the ethical conduct of
federal employees. What are three violations of these executive orders Using public office for
private gain Defrauding the government Giving preferential treatment to any person or
organization
2. Once you established a good working relationship with a particular supplier you should make
all of your purchases from that supplier False
3. Cardholders who have been formally granter the appropriate authority in their letter of
delegation may use the government wide commercial purchase card to make simplified
acquisitions up to $25,000 outside the United States and its jurisdictions True
4. Which three of the following statements are true Ordering officers are established to provide
DoD components with the ability to make purchases against existing contracts to support their
missions Ordering officer appointments are distinct from governmentwide commercial purchase
card cardholder appointments Only DoD contractors may be appointed as ordering officers No
ordering officer may be appointed until they have received training commensurate with their
delegated authority
5. 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 transactions date 30
6. The law requires the DoD to recover costs from governmentwide commercial purchase card
officials who have used the governmentwide commercial purchase card for illegal, improper, or
erroneous purchases
7. The government wide commercial purchase card used as the method for payment for
commercial training requests using the sf182, valued at or below $25,000, in lieu of an employee
reimbursement by miscellaneous payment Must be
8. Authorized uses of the governmentwide commercial purchase card include which three of the
following Payment against an existing contract Sf-182 training payments up to $50,000 Open
market micro-purchases Overseas purchases up to $25,000