CRA EXAM (LATEST UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
Renewal application NIH Ans✓✓✓ (aka Competing Continuation)
Request for an additional period of support based on a previously funded
project; compete with other competing continuation, competing
supplemental, and new applications for funds; If not funded, must use
the "new" application to reapply and continuity with previous award will
not be retained.
Resubmission NIH Ans✓✓✓ An unfunded application that has been
modified following initial review and resubmitted for new consideration.
FCOI Ans✓✓✓ Financial Conflict of Interest
Competing Revision Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ Initial request for (or
the award of) additional funds during a current project period to support
new or additional activities; reflects an expansion of the scope of the
grant-approved activities. Competitive revisions require peer review
Extension Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ Request for additional years of
support beyond the years previously awarded
Change of Organization Status Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ rights to and
obligations under an NIH grant(s) are acquired incidental to the transfer
of all of the assets of the grantee or the transfer of that part of the assets
involved in the performance of the grant(s). May result from legislative
or other legal action, such as a merger or other corporate change.
,Change of Institute or Center Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ Change of
awarding NIH institute or center for the noncompeting continuation
Change of Grantee or Training Institution Application NIH Ans✓✓✓
Transfer of the legal and administrative responsibility for a grant-
supported project or activity from one legal entity to another before the
completion date of the approved project period (competitive segment).
Noncompeting Continuation Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ Request or
award for a subsequent budget period within a previously approved
project for which a recipient does not have to compete with other
applications.
STTR Ans✓✓✓ Small Business Technology Transfer
R&D contracts Ans✓✓✓ to obtain research services and
other resources needed by the Federal Government; legally binding
documents and used when the principal purpose of the
transaction is to acquire a specific service or end product.
cooperative agreement Ans✓✓✓ is a support mechanism where the IC
and
extramural scientists work together during performance of the research.
Under this mechanism, the IC and the extramural community are both
responsible for ensuring clinical research is conducted. Used when:
,1. Substantial programmatic involvement is anticipated between IC and
the recipient during the performance of the research
activities 2. The applicant responds to a specific announcement for
cooperative agreements and must tailor the application to the
announcement requirements
CAS Ans✓✓✓ Cost Accounting Standards
IC Ans✓✓✓ NIH Institutes and Centers
FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE (F&A) COSTS Ans✓✓✓
Allowable F&A costs may include:
• Depreciation use allowance
• Facilities operations and maintenance
• General administration and general expense
• Departmental administration
• Sponsored project administration
• Libraries
The grantee institution assigns the costs to an F&A cost pool from which
they are appropriately distributed to all organizational activities on the
basis of a rate. The rate is a ratio of the F&A costs to a direct cost base.
The amount awarded for F&A costs is determined by multiplying the
rate
, by the allowable costs in the direct cost base for the project. Has
exceptions (e.g., training, fellowships, career programs, cancer
education, grants, and foreign grants)
DIRECT COSTS Ans✓✓✓ incurred in the conduct of the research
project; may include:
• Salaries and fringe benefits of the Principal Investigator, other key
personnel, and supporting staff
• Expenditures for project-related equipment and supplies
• Fees and supporting costs for consultant services
• Expenses for travel beneficial to the research
• Research patient care costs
• Alterations and renovations
• Publications and other miscellaneous expenses
• Contract services
• Costs for consortium participants
You must seek approval from the Program Director at least six weeks
prior to submission if you anticipate submitting an application exceeding
$500,000 in direct costs in any year of the project.
If the requested amount is significantly greater than $500,000, you
should receive approval even further in advance.
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
Renewal application NIH Ans✓✓✓ (aka Competing Continuation)
Request for an additional period of support based on a previously funded
project; compete with other competing continuation, competing
supplemental, and new applications for funds; If not funded, must use
the "new" application to reapply and continuity with previous award will
not be retained.
Resubmission NIH Ans✓✓✓ An unfunded application that has been
modified following initial review and resubmitted for new consideration.
FCOI Ans✓✓✓ Financial Conflict of Interest
Competing Revision Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ Initial request for (or
the award of) additional funds during a current project period to support
new or additional activities; reflects an expansion of the scope of the
grant-approved activities. Competitive revisions require peer review
Extension Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ Request for additional years of
support beyond the years previously awarded
Change of Organization Status Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ rights to and
obligations under an NIH grant(s) are acquired incidental to the transfer
of all of the assets of the grantee or the transfer of that part of the assets
involved in the performance of the grant(s). May result from legislative
or other legal action, such as a merger or other corporate change.
,Change of Institute or Center Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ Change of
awarding NIH institute or center for the noncompeting continuation
Change of Grantee or Training Institution Application NIH Ans✓✓✓
Transfer of the legal and administrative responsibility for a grant-
supported project or activity from one legal entity to another before the
completion date of the approved project period (competitive segment).
Noncompeting Continuation Application NIH Ans✓✓✓ Request or
award for a subsequent budget period within a previously approved
project for which a recipient does not have to compete with other
applications.
STTR Ans✓✓✓ Small Business Technology Transfer
R&D contracts Ans✓✓✓ to obtain research services and
other resources needed by the Federal Government; legally binding
documents and used when the principal purpose of the
transaction is to acquire a specific service or end product.
cooperative agreement Ans✓✓✓ is a support mechanism where the IC
and
extramural scientists work together during performance of the research.
Under this mechanism, the IC and the extramural community are both
responsible for ensuring clinical research is conducted. Used when:
,1. Substantial programmatic involvement is anticipated between IC and
the recipient during the performance of the research
activities 2. The applicant responds to a specific announcement for
cooperative agreements and must tailor the application to the
announcement requirements
CAS Ans✓✓✓ Cost Accounting Standards
IC Ans✓✓✓ NIH Institutes and Centers
FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE (F&A) COSTS Ans✓✓✓
Allowable F&A costs may include:
• Depreciation use allowance
• Facilities operations and maintenance
• General administration and general expense
• Departmental administration
• Sponsored project administration
• Libraries
The grantee institution assigns the costs to an F&A cost pool from which
they are appropriately distributed to all organizational activities on the
basis of a rate. The rate is a ratio of the F&A costs to a direct cost base.
The amount awarded for F&A costs is determined by multiplying the
rate
, by the allowable costs in the direct cost base for the project. Has
exceptions (e.g., training, fellowships, career programs, cancer
education, grants, and foreign grants)
DIRECT COSTS Ans✓✓✓ incurred in the conduct of the research
project; may include:
• Salaries and fringe benefits of the Principal Investigator, other key
personnel, and supporting staff
• Expenditures for project-related equipment and supplies
• Fees and supporting costs for consultant services
• Expenses for travel beneficial to the research
• Research patient care costs
• Alterations and renovations
• Publications and other miscellaneous expenses
• Contract services
• Costs for consortium participants
You must seek approval from the Program Director at least six weeks
prior to submission if you anticipate submitting an application exceeding
$500,000 in direct costs in any year of the project.
If the requested amount is significantly greater than $500,000, you
should receive approval even further in advance.
