NCMA CPCM Quiz - Contract
Management Body of Knowledge
(CMBOK) Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Recommended basic types of feedback - ANSWER✔✔-Corrective, confirmatory, motivating
A decisive leader is - ANSWER✔✔-Confident and effective
Which of the following is a leadership process competency? (-a. Character, -b. Credibility, -c.
Confidence, -d. Cooperation) - ANSWER✔✔-Character
Which of the following is not a step in the 6-step Decision-Making process to decisive decision
making? (-a. Provide feedback, -b. Implement the decision, -c. Collect internal and external opinions
, -d. Pre-plan strategies to make the decision) - ANSWER✔✔-Collect internal and external opinions
What can reduce or even eliminate the creative process? - ANSWER✔✔-Forced consensus
In which decision-making step should one create objectives and goals? - ANSWER✔✔-Pre-plan
strategies
An integrative thinker is: - ANSWER✔✔-able to create innovative solutions to problems
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,Step 4 of the 6-step Decision-Making Process advises leaders to create a written plan that: -
ANSWER✔✔-Details the problem, determines the root cause, and lists criteria to help choose a
solution
What reflects a leadership activity for a contract manager? (-a. Resolving a dispute with a supplier., -
b. Quoting the Federal Acquisition Regulation., -c. Promptly responding to seller inquiries., -d.
Developing questions in response to a solicitation.) - ANSWER✔✔-Resolving a dispute with a
supplier.
Which of the following describes a leader who is developing new leaders? -a. Develops the bottom
20% of the workforce, -b. Treats everyone the same, -c. Grows the organization by addition, -d.
Focuses on individual strengths) - ANSWER✔✔-Focuses on individual strengths
What best reflects the relationship between the leader and vision? - ANSWER✔✔-Leader + vision
= result
Employee __________ is a major component of organizational success. - ANSWER✔✔-
Motivation
_________ and _________ competencies support the technical application of contract
management.. - ANSWER✔✔-Leadership and Management
Assuring your organization adheres to high ethical standards is an example of what? -
ANSWER✔✔-A leader's focus on character
Which of the following can impede leaders from developing a vision? (Failing to consult others,
Focusing on the day-to-day, Being inflexible, Living in the past) - ANSWER✔✔-Living in the past
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,When a leader in your organization insists that you accomplish something that you believe is
unethical, it likely reflects what? - ANSWER✔✔-Abuse of power
Why would contract managers need vision? - ANSWER✔✔-To drive behaviors that achieve the
mission
Optimism is an important leadership tool, but it can be undermined by: - ANSWER✔✔-Inflexibility
You've read FAR 33.103 (Agency Protests) over and over and are still unable to determine if you can
go ahead and award the contract. This could be an example of _______________, and your next
step could be _______________. - ANSWER✔✔-Insufficient information; consult with
stakeholders
Character is composed of which three elements? - ANSWER✔✔-Integrity, optimism, decisiveness
When pre-planning strategies for making a decision, the leader should: - ANSWER✔✔-Dispel
assumptions that can negatively affect his/her leadership role
Which of the following is a principle required for an organizational culture of high ethical standards?
(-a. Documenting all decisions, -b. Providing rationale for all decisions, -c. Including others in
decisions, -d. Leading by example) - ANSWER✔✔-Leading by example
When your supervisor fails to delegate tasks to you, preferring to do it themselves, what is this
called? - ANSWER✔✔-Resisting force to achieving competence
Successful contract management depends on the leader's ability to integrate: - ANSWER✔✔-The
leadership process competencies
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, If you are an experienced contract management leader and you need to make a fast, high risk
decision in an uncertain situation, what is the best approach? - ANSWER✔✔-Intuition
Risk management is: - ANSWER✔✔-The ability to efficiently and cost-effectively mitigate problems
When tracking costs following the award of a contract, what is latency? - ANSWER✔✔-The delay
between when a cost is incurred and when it appears in the accounting system.
This costing method uses a two-step process: 1 - assign the resource costs of each activity, and 2 -
assign activity costs to the output: - ANSWER✔✔-Activity-Based Costing System.
The process for creating the Resource-Loaded Schedule begins with: - ANSWER✔✔-...extracting a
Work Breakdown Structure from the Statement of Work.
When suppliers are being certified or pre-qualified they have been: - ANSWER✔✔-Screened
Regardless of an organization's contracting activity size and purpose, the following four key
functions of management are essential: - ANSWER✔✔-Planning, Organizing, Directing,
Controlling
Analysis to measure the company's ability to meet current and long-term obligations would use the
following ratio: - ANSWER✔✔-Solvency Ratio.
Providing information to satisfy Federal contract reporting requires the comparison of current
accounting data and a time-phased program budget. One standard approach is the use of: -
ANSWER✔✔-An "S" Curve that represents how activities ramp up and tail off during a project.
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Management Body of Knowledge
(CMBOK) Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Recommended basic types of feedback - ANSWER✔✔-Corrective, confirmatory, motivating
A decisive leader is - ANSWER✔✔-Confident and effective
Which of the following is a leadership process competency? (-a. Character, -b. Credibility, -c.
Confidence, -d. Cooperation) - ANSWER✔✔-Character
Which of the following is not a step in the 6-step Decision-Making process to decisive decision
making? (-a. Provide feedback, -b. Implement the decision, -c. Collect internal and external opinions
, -d. Pre-plan strategies to make the decision) - ANSWER✔✔-Collect internal and external opinions
What can reduce or even eliminate the creative process? - ANSWER✔✔-Forced consensus
In which decision-making step should one create objectives and goals? - ANSWER✔✔-Pre-plan
strategies
An integrative thinker is: - ANSWER✔✔-able to create innovative solutions to problems
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,Step 4 of the 6-step Decision-Making Process advises leaders to create a written plan that: -
ANSWER✔✔-Details the problem, determines the root cause, and lists criteria to help choose a
solution
What reflects a leadership activity for a contract manager? (-a. Resolving a dispute with a supplier., -
b. Quoting the Federal Acquisition Regulation., -c. Promptly responding to seller inquiries., -d.
Developing questions in response to a solicitation.) - ANSWER✔✔-Resolving a dispute with a
supplier.
Which of the following describes a leader who is developing new leaders? -a. Develops the bottom
20% of the workforce, -b. Treats everyone the same, -c. Grows the organization by addition, -d.
Focuses on individual strengths) - ANSWER✔✔-Focuses on individual strengths
What best reflects the relationship between the leader and vision? - ANSWER✔✔-Leader + vision
= result
Employee __________ is a major component of organizational success. - ANSWER✔✔-
Motivation
_________ and _________ competencies support the technical application of contract
management.. - ANSWER✔✔-Leadership and Management
Assuring your organization adheres to high ethical standards is an example of what? -
ANSWER✔✔-A leader's focus on character
Which of the following can impede leaders from developing a vision? (Failing to consult others,
Focusing on the day-to-day, Being inflexible, Living in the past) - ANSWER✔✔-Living in the past
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,When a leader in your organization insists that you accomplish something that you believe is
unethical, it likely reflects what? - ANSWER✔✔-Abuse of power
Why would contract managers need vision? - ANSWER✔✔-To drive behaviors that achieve the
mission
Optimism is an important leadership tool, but it can be undermined by: - ANSWER✔✔-Inflexibility
You've read FAR 33.103 (Agency Protests) over and over and are still unable to determine if you can
go ahead and award the contract. This could be an example of _______________, and your next
step could be _______________. - ANSWER✔✔-Insufficient information; consult with
stakeholders
Character is composed of which three elements? - ANSWER✔✔-Integrity, optimism, decisiveness
When pre-planning strategies for making a decision, the leader should: - ANSWER✔✔-Dispel
assumptions that can negatively affect his/her leadership role
Which of the following is a principle required for an organizational culture of high ethical standards?
(-a. Documenting all decisions, -b. Providing rationale for all decisions, -c. Including others in
decisions, -d. Leading by example) - ANSWER✔✔-Leading by example
When your supervisor fails to delegate tasks to you, preferring to do it themselves, what is this
called? - ANSWER✔✔-Resisting force to achieving competence
Successful contract management depends on the leader's ability to integrate: - ANSWER✔✔-The
leadership process competencies
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, If you are an experienced contract management leader and you need to make a fast, high risk
decision in an uncertain situation, what is the best approach? - ANSWER✔✔-Intuition
Risk management is: - ANSWER✔✔-The ability to efficiently and cost-effectively mitigate problems
When tracking costs following the award of a contract, what is latency? - ANSWER✔✔-The delay
between when a cost is incurred and when it appears in the accounting system.
This costing method uses a two-step process: 1 - assign the resource costs of each activity, and 2 -
assign activity costs to the output: - ANSWER✔✔-Activity-Based Costing System.
The process for creating the Resource-Loaded Schedule begins with: - ANSWER✔✔-...extracting a
Work Breakdown Structure from the Statement of Work.
When suppliers are being certified or pre-qualified they have been: - ANSWER✔✔-Screened
Regardless of an organization's contracting activity size and purpose, the following four key
functions of management are essential: - ANSWER✔✔-Planning, Organizing, Directing,
Controlling
Analysis to measure the company's ability to meet current and long-term obligations would use the
following ratio: - ANSWER✔✔-Solvency Ratio.
Providing information to satisfy Federal contract reporting requires the comparison of current
accounting data and a time-phased program budget. One standard approach is the use of: -
ANSWER✔✔-An "S" Curve that represents how activities ramp up and tail off during a project.
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