CON 3910 Practice Exam questions
with 100% correct answers
Market research is conducted during which phase of acquisition?
a. When requirements are being developed
b. All phases of the acquisition
c. After award to ensure that a contractor's product or service is sufficient
d. During negotiations to ensure that a contractor's proposal is fair and reasonable - correct
answer ✔✔ b. All phases of the acquisition
What is the use of a procedure that is inconsistent with the FAR?
a. Extraordinary action
b. Exception
c. Deviation
d. Abnormal action - correct answer ✔✔ c. Deviation
Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) should:
a. Promote competition to the maximum extent practicable
b. Consider all quotations or offers, regardless of the time they are received, if they are the most
reasonable
c. Promote the use of current vendors for time-saving purposes
d. Equally consider all businesses, large or small - correct answer ✔✔ a. Promote competition to
the maximum extent practicable
,What is the tool (form) used by DoD to apply a structured profit/fee?
a. DD Form 1202, Guidelines for Profit Method
b. DD Form 1701, Structured Analogy Method
c. DD Form 1547, Weighted Guidelines Method
d. DD Form 1861, Weighted Profit Analogy - correct answer ✔✔ c. DD Form 1547, Weighted
Guidelines Method
What type(s) of contracts can be awarded when acquiring commercial items of supply?
a. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment
b. Any contract type that does not have an incentive
c. Any fixed-price contract type
d. Any type or combination of types as determined necessary by the contracting officer - correct
answer ✔✔ a. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price
adjustment
When using invitations for bids (IFBs), what type(s) of contracts can be awarded?
a. Any contract type that does not have an incentive
b. Any fixed-price contract type
c. Any type or combination of types as determined necessary by the contracting officer
d. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment -
correct answer ✔✔ d. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic
price adjustment
,Which of the following is correct regarding the DFARS Procedures Guidelines and Information
(PGI)?
a. There is no such thing as a DFARS PGI
b. The DFARS PGI is a companion resource to the DFARS
c. The DFARS PGI is not numbered similarly to the DFARS
d. The DFARS PGI is only used by DCMA and DCAA - correct answer ✔✔ b. The DFARS PGI is a
companion resource to the DFARS
Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the Government's policy on contract
modifications?
a. It is preferred that program managers sign modifications in lieu of the contracting officer
b. Any contract specialist can direct a contractor to perform work before the execution of the
contract modification
c. A contracting officer representative is authorized to execute contract modifications on behalf
of the Government
d. Only contracting officers acting within the scope of their authority are authorized to execute
contract modifications on behalf of the Government - correct answer ✔✔ d. Only contracting
officers acting within the scope of their authority are authorized to execute contract
modifications on behalf of the Government
Which of the following is accurate about unilateral modifications?
a. Are only signed by a Government contracting officer, not the contractor
b. Can be signed by the contract specialist
c. Are used to definitize contracts with price changes
d. Are used to add scope to a contract - correct answer ✔✔ a. Are only signed by a Government
contracting officer, not the contractor
, Except when authorized otherwise, a Government contract:
a. Need not be in writing
b. Must be in writing
c. Must be presented as a "hard copy" on paper
d. Must have oral confirmation - correct answer ✔✔ b. Must be in writing
Which is NOT a type of contracting officer?
a. Contracting officer
b. Administrative contracting officer
c. Terminating contracting officer
d. Executive contracting officer - correct answer ✔✔ d. Executive contracting officer
With respect to the requirements of law, executive orders, regulations, and all other applicable
procedures, prior to signing a contract, a contracting officer must:
a. Document noncompliance
b. Ensure that each has been met
c. Obtain legal validation that each has been met
d. Ensure that all statutory requirements have been met and try to ensure all regulations or
applicable procedures have been followed - correct answer ✔✔ b. Ensure that each has been
met
Joan stated that she was working on selecting solicitation provisions. With this in mind, you
know the contract:
with 100% correct answers
Market research is conducted during which phase of acquisition?
a. When requirements are being developed
b. All phases of the acquisition
c. After award to ensure that a contractor's product or service is sufficient
d. During negotiations to ensure that a contractor's proposal is fair and reasonable - correct
answer ✔✔ b. All phases of the acquisition
What is the use of a procedure that is inconsistent with the FAR?
a. Extraordinary action
b. Exception
c. Deviation
d. Abnormal action - correct answer ✔✔ c. Deviation
Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) should:
a. Promote competition to the maximum extent practicable
b. Consider all quotations or offers, regardless of the time they are received, if they are the most
reasonable
c. Promote the use of current vendors for time-saving purposes
d. Equally consider all businesses, large or small - correct answer ✔✔ a. Promote competition to
the maximum extent practicable
,What is the tool (form) used by DoD to apply a structured profit/fee?
a. DD Form 1202, Guidelines for Profit Method
b. DD Form 1701, Structured Analogy Method
c. DD Form 1547, Weighted Guidelines Method
d. DD Form 1861, Weighted Profit Analogy - correct answer ✔✔ c. DD Form 1547, Weighted
Guidelines Method
What type(s) of contracts can be awarded when acquiring commercial items of supply?
a. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment
b. Any contract type that does not have an incentive
c. Any fixed-price contract type
d. Any type or combination of types as determined necessary by the contracting officer - correct
answer ✔✔ a. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price
adjustment
When using invitations for bids (IFBs), what type(s) of contracts can be awarded?
a. Any contract type that does not have an incentive
b. Any fixed-price contract type
c. Any type or combination of types as determined necessary by the contracting officer
d. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment -
correct answer ✔✔ d. Only firm-fixed-price contracts or fixed-price contracts with economic
price adjustment
,Which of the following is correct regarding the DFARS Procedures Guidelines and Information
(PGI)?
a. There is no such thing as a DFARS PGI
b. The DFARS PGI is a companion resource to the DFARS
c. The DFARS PGI is not numbered similarly to the DFARS
d. The DFARS PGI is only used by DCMA and DCAA - correct answer ✔✔ b. The DFARS PGI is a
companion resource to the DFARS
Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the Government's policy on contract
modifications?
a. It is preferred that program managers sign modifications in lieu of the contracting officer
b. Any contract specialist can direct a contractor to perform work before the execution of the
contract modification
c. A contracting officer representative is authorized to execute contract modifications on behalf
of the Government
d. Only contracting officers acting within the scope of their authority are authorized to execute
contract modifications on behalf of the Government - correct answer ✔✔ d. Only contracting
officers acting within the scope of their authority are authorized to execute contract
modifications on behalf of the Government
Which of the following is accurate about unilateral modifications?
a. Are only signed by a Government contracting officer, not the contractor
b. Can be signed by the contract specialist
c. Are used to definitize contracts with price changes
d. Are used to add scope to a contract - correct answer ✔✔ a. Are only signed by a Government
contracting officer, not the contractor
, Except when authorized otherwise, a Government contract:
a. Need not be in writing
b. Must be in writing
c. Must be presented as a "hard copy" on paper
d. Must have oral confirmation - correct answer ✔✔ b. Must be in writing
Which is NOT a type of contracting officer?
a. Contracting officer
b. Administrative contracting officer
c. Terminating contracting officer
d. Executive contracting officer - correct answer ✔✔ d. Executive contracting officer
With respect to the requirements of law, executive orders, regulations, and all other applicable
procedures, prior to signing a contract, a contracting officer must:
a. Document noncompliance
b. Ensure that each has been met
c. Obtain legal validation that each has been met
d. Ensure that all statutory requirements have been met and try to ensure all regulations or
applicable procedures have been followed - correct answer ✔✔ b. Ensure that each has been
met
Joan stated that she was working on selecting solicitation provisions. With this in mind, you
know the contract:
