CONTRACTING OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE
(COR) 101 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE.
1. Contracting Officer (CO): A Federal employee delegated authority to award, ad-
minister, and terminate contracts, purchase orders, delivery orders, task orders and
modifications; obligate Government funds; and make determinations and findings,
all subject to the limitations of his or her Certificate of Appointment.
2. Contracting Officer's Representative (COR): A Federal employee appointed
in writing, delegated limited responsibilities by a CO to perform specified contract
management duties related to technical oversight and administration of a specific
contract.
3. 4 things the COR must
not tell contractors to do: any of the following:: 1) Hire or fire a particular
employee;
2) Reassign or discipline an employee;
3) Grant or deny leave; and
4) Change employee duty hours.
4. What are the two main types of contracts?: 1) Fixed-price and 2) Cost-reim-
bursement.
5. COR post-award responsibilities include:: 1) Understanding the contract;
2) Keeping files current and complete;
3) Correspondence and responses;
4) Correspondence with the contractor;
5) Notifications to the Contracting Officer;
6) Monitoring contract performance;
7) Training;
8) Travel;
9) GFP
10) Personnel and labor;
11) Inspection and acceptance or rejection of deliverables;
12) Treatment of proprietary and classified information;
13) Managing problems;
14) Handling unsatisfactory performance;
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(COR) 101 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE.
1. Contracting Officer (CO): A Federal employee delegated authority to award, ad-
minister, and terminate contracts, purchase orders, delivery orders, task orders and
modifications; obligate Government funds; and make determinations and findings,
all subject to the limitations of his or her Certificate of Appointment.
2. Contracting Officer's Representative (COR): A Federal employee appointed
in writing, delegated limited responsibilities by a CO to perform specified contract
management duties related to technical oversight and administration of a specific
contract.
3. 4 things the COR must
not tell contractors to do: any of the following:: 1) Hire or fire a particular
employee;
2) Reassign or discipline an employee;
3) Grant or deny leave; and
4) Change employee duty hours.
4. What are the two main types of contracts?: 1) Fixed-price and 2) Cost-reim-
bursement.
5. COR post-award responsibilities include:: 1) Understanding the contract;
2) Keeping files current and complete;
3) Correspondence and responses;
4) Correspondence with the contractor;
5) Notifications to the Contracting Officer;
6) Monitoring contract performance;
7) Training;
8) Travel;
9) GFP
10) Personnel and labor;
11) Inspection and acceptance or rejection of deliverables;
12) Treatment of proprietary and classified information;
13) Managing problems;
14) Handling unsatisfactory performance;
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