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What is the term for the amount of money specified in a bond as the maximum payment for which the
surety is obligated?
a. Bonded amount
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b. Guaranteed amount
c. Performance amount
d. Penal amount
Penal amount
In general, which of the following methods of contract financing is least preferred by the Government?
a. Advance payment
b. Customary progress payment
c. Private loan
d. Unusual progress payment
a. Advance payment
The process of establishing a reasonable amount to be paid for supplies or services is called what?
a. Cost analysis
b. Pricing
c. Solicitation
d. Source selection
b. Pricing
Which of the following acquisitions may not use the acquisition procedures of FAR Part 12?
a. A purchase made directly from another Federal agency
b. Acquisition of a commercial-off-the-shelf item
c. Performance-based acquisition
d. Acquisition based on the results of market research
a. A purchase made directly from another Federal agency
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For agencies delegated authority to establish new Federal Supply Schedules, what must the
contracting officer do prior to establishing such a contract?
a. Obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget
b. Obtain advisory or assistance services
c. Obtain approval from the GSA Federal Supply Service
d. Obtain permission from the Administrator of General Services
c. Obtain approval from the GSA Federal Supply Service
In an acquisition plan, which of the following is a responsibility of the agency head (or the agency
head's designee)?
a. Encouraging offerors to supply developmental items whenever practicable
b. Promoting and providing for full and open competition
c. Ensuring that acquisition planners employ bundling to the maximum extent possible
d. Designating and authorizing a COR
b. Promoting and providing for full and open competition
When is posting an RFQ on e-Buy required?
a. Whenever the order is not being placed against a GSA Schedule
b. When the order contains brand-name specifications
c. When an item is being added to a blanket purchase agreement
d. It is never required
b. When the order contains brand-name specifications
Which of the following is the Government permitted to do after receipt of proposals?
a. Reveal the names of individuals providing reference information about an offeror's past
performance
b. Consider revisions to an offeror's proposal after that proposal has been eliminated
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c. Make an award without holding discussions, if the solicitation says this is intended
d. Make an award without documenting the source selection decision
c. Make an award without holding discussions, if the solicitation says this is intended
If the contracting officer receives only one acceptable offer at a reasonable price from a responsible
small business concern in response to a set-aside, the contracting officer should ...
a. perform market research to avoid "bundling."
b. resolicit without the set-aside restriction for "full and open competition."
c. seek additional small business offers under the "rule of two."
d. make an award to that firm.
d. make an award to that firm.
Who is generally responsible for granting approval of a contractor's purchasing system?
a. The prime contractor
b. The procuring contracting officer
c. The fee-determining official
d. The administrative contracting officer
d. The administrative contracting office
Which of the following public relations or advertising costs would be unallowable?
a. Responding to inquiries on company policies
b. Participating in community service activities
c. Providing a tour or open house of a facility
d. Hosting a ceremony to announce a new product
d. Hosting a ceremony to announce a new product
Which of the following is a true statement about the role of the Acquisition Team?
a. The authority to make decisions shall generally be vested in the highest level within the FAR system
b. The Government usually does not provide training for Government participants on the Team
c. The procurement policies and procedures that are used by members of the Acquisition Team are
outlined in the FAR
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Medical Assistant Certification Exam
(NCMA) Latest Practice Test Bank with
330 Questions and Correct Answers/
NCCT Medical Assistant Latest Practice
Exam / National Certified Medical
Assistant NCMA Exam
What is the term for the amount of money specified in a bond as the maximum payment for which the
surety is obligated?
a. Bonded amount
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b. Guaranteed amount
c. Performance amount
d. Penal amount
Penal amount
In general, which of the following methods of contract financing is least preferred by the Government?
a. Advance payment
b. Customary progress payment
c. Private loan
d. Unusual progress payment
a. Advance payment
The process of establishing a reasonable amount to be paid for supplies or services is called what?
a. Cost analysis
b. Pricing
c. Solicitation
d. Source selection
b. Pricing
Which of the following acquisitions may not use the acquisition procedures of FAR Part 12?
a. A purchase made directly from another Federal agency
b. Acquisition of a commercial-off-the-shelf item
c. Performance-based acquisition
d. Acquisition based on the results of market research
a. A purchase made directly from another Federal agency
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For agencies delegated authority to establish new Federal Supply Schedules, what must the
contracting officer do prior to establishing such a contract?
a. Obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget
b. Obtain advisory or assistance services
c. Obtain approval from the GSA Federal Supply Service
d. Obtain permission from the Administrator of General Services
c. Obtain approval from the GSA Federal Supply Service
In an acquisition plan, which of the following is a responsibility of the agency head (or the agency
head's designee)?
a. Encouraging offerors to supply developmental items whenever practicable
b. Promoting and providing for full and open competition
c. Ensuring that acquisition planners employ bundling to the maximum extent possible
d. Designating and authorizing a COR
b. Promoting and providing for full and open competition
When is posting an RFQ on e-Buy required?
a. Whenever the order is not being placed against a GSA Schedule
b. When the order contains brand-name specifications
c. When an item is being added to a blanket purchase agreement
d. It is never required
b. When the order contains brand-name specifications
Which of the following is the Government permitted to do after receipt of proposals?
a. Reveal the names of individuals providing reference information about an offeror's past
performance
b. Consider revisions to an offeror's proposal after that proposal has been eliminated
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c. Make an award without holding discussions, if the solicitation says this is intended
d. Make an award without documenting the source selection decision
c. Make an award without holding discussions, if the solicitation says this is intended
If the contracting officer receives only one acceptable offer at a reasonable price from a responsible
small business concern in response to a set-aside, the contracting officer should ...
a. perform market research to avoid "bundling."
b. resolicit without the set-aside restriction for "full and open competition."
c. seek additional small business offers under the "rule of two."
d. make an award to that firm.
d. make an award to that firm.
Who is generally responsible for granting approval of a contractor's purchasing system?
a. The prime contractor
b. The procuring contracting officer
c. The fee-determining official
d. The administrative contracting officer
d. The administrative contracting office
Which of the following public relations or advertising costs would be unallowable?
a. Responding to inquiries on company policies
b. Participating in community service activities
c. Providing a tour or open house of a facility
d. Hosting a ceremony to announce a new product
d. Hosting a ceremony to announce a new product
Which of the following is a true statement about the role of the Acquisition Team?
a. The authority to make decisions shall generally be vested in the highest level within the FAR system
b. The Government usually does not provide training for Government participants on the Team
c. The procurement policies and procedures that are used by members of the Acquisition Team are
outlined in the FAR
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