CFCM Practice Test
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1. With respect to proposal evaluations, solicitations for simplified acquisitions
are:: not required to state the relative importance of each evaluation factor and subfactor.
2. Performance-based acquisition offers __________, which can be used to adjust
payment to reflect the degree of performance success and to motivate superior
performance.: Incentives
3. _______________ contracts are characterized by the employer-employee rela-
tionship it creates between the Government and the contractor's personnel.: -
Personal
4. When deciding how to measure and manage performance, the contracting
officer (CO) should consider all of the following, EXCEPT:: Vendor satisfaction
5. Which response best describes a letter contract?: Normally a brief, written preliminary
contractual instrument that authorizes a contractor to begin performance immediately.
6. Performance-based contracts: use measurable performance standards and quality assurance sur-
veillance plans.
7. Which of the following is NOT a reason to contract for Advisory and Assistance
services?: Obtain work of a policy, decision-making, or managerial nature which is the direct responsibility of
agency officials
8. Options for increased quantities of supplies/services may NOT be expressed
in terms of: a range of quantities for various line items
9. Solicitations for commercial items shall require offerors to offer the Govern-
ment: the same warranty terms offered to the general public.
10. Who is generally responsible for determining a subcontractor's responsibil-
ity?: The prime contractor
11. When the time of delivery or timely performance is so important that the
Government may reasonably expect to suffer damage if the delivery or per-
formance is delinquent; and the extent or amount of such damage would
be difficult or impossible to estimate accurately or prove, then what type of
assessment may occur?: Liquidated damages.
12. The government's preferred remedy when terminating a contract for a com-
mercial item for cause will be: a. to acquire similar items from another contractor and to charge the
defaulted contractor with any excess reprocurement costs.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hq8mtl
1. With respect to proposal evaluations, solicitations for simplified acquisitions
are:: not required to state the relative importance of each evaluation factor and subfactor.
2. Performance-based acquisition offers __________, which can be used to adjust
payment to reflect the degree of performance success and to motivate superior
performance.: Incentives
3. _______________ contracts are characterized by the employer-employee rela-
tionship it creates between the Government and the contractor's personnel.: -
Personal
4. When deciding how to measure and manage performance, the contracting
officer (CO) should consider all of the following, EXCEPT:: Vendor satisfaction
5. Which response best describes a letter contract?: Normally a brief, written preliminary
contractual instrument that authorizes a contractor to begin performance immediately.
6. Performance-based contracts: use measurable performance standards and quality assurance sur-
veillance plans.
7. Which of the following is NOT a reason to contract for Advisory and Assistance
services?: Obtain work of a policy, decision-making, or managerial nature which is the direct responsibility of
agency officials
8. Options for increased quantities of supplies/services may NOT be expressed
in terms of: a range of quantities for various line items
9. Solicitations for commercial items shall require offerors to offer the Govern-
ment: the same warranty terms offered to the general public.
10. Who is generally responsible for determining a subcontractor's responsibil-
ity?: The prime contractor
11. When the time of delivery or timely performance is so important that the
Government may reasonably expect to suffer damage if the delivery or per-
formance is delinquent; and the extent or amount of such damage would
be difficult or impossible to estimate accurately or prove, then what type of
assessment may occur?: Liquidated damages.
12. The government's preferred remedy when terminating a contract for a com-
mercial item for cause will be: a. to acquire similar items from another contractor and to charge the
defaulted contractor with any excess reprocurement costs.
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