CON3910 Practice Test 4 Flashcards
Covers U17: Administer Contract, U18: Ensure Quality, U19: Manage Changes, and U20: Manage Subcontracts/Close Out Contract
A postaward orientation aids both Government and contractor personnel to:
-Achieve a clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements and identify and resolve potential problems
-Discuss and further develop the Performance Work Statement
-Meet all stakeholders in person in order to brainstorm how to make the contract less costly
-Develop and understand the contractor’s quality control plan
Achieve a clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements and identify and resolve potential problems
When late in paying an otherwise acceptable invoice, the Government will:
-Negotiate consideration
-Submit a claim
-NOT pay an interest penalty
-Pay an interest penalty
Pay an interest penalty
When acquiring commercial items, quality assurance is primarily the responsibility of:
-The contracting officer
-The contracting officer’s representative (COR)
-The inspection and acceptance personnel at the receiving dock (Government supply point)
-The contractor
The contractor
You have a requirement for an online subscription to Engineering News Record. The site owner requires payment before they will provide the license code number to activate the annual subscription. Which payment form is required?
-An invoice payment
-A progress payment
-A commercial payment
-An advance payment
An advance payment
What agency does DoD typically delegate contract administrative functions for supply contracts?
-Defense Contract Audit Agency
-Defense Contract Management Agency
-Defense Regulatory Agency
-Defense Logistics Agency
Defense Contract Management Agency
A purpose of a postaward orientation is to:
-Allow the contractor to change an unclear term or condition in the contract
-Start working on the first modification to the contract
-Achieve a clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements
-Allow the Government to meet and establish privity with subcontractors
Achieve a clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements
A contractor employee accidentally broke a test fixture that belongs to the Government and is accountable to a Government contract. Generally speaking:
-Contractors are held liable but only in cost-reimbursement contracts
-Contractors are not held liable for loss of Government property
-The contractor will have to pay for the test fixture
-The Government shall terminate the contract when any Government property is intentionally destroyed
Contractors are not held liable for loss of Government property
According to the FAR, the acquisition team:
-Includes the contractor
-Does not include the contractor
-Includes the contractor for sole source buys only
-Includes the contractor for competitive buys only
Includes the contractor
With limited exceptions, a Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) report is required:
-When the contract requires certified cost or pricing data
-For all contracts/purchase orders
-For contracts exceeding one million dollars
-When the contract dollar value exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold
When the contract dollar value exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold
To be determined responsible by a contracting officer, a prospective contractor must:
-Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them
-Not have any current or pending civil or criminal cases against it
-Be fully compliant with all cost accounting standards (CAS)
-Be approved by the Small Business Administration (SBA)
Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them
In ensuring overall quality of items and services received under a contract, which of the following is the responsibility of the Government?
-Designing, fabrication and inspection of all items
-Quality assurance surveillance
-Designing the contractor’s inspection system
-Fabrication of subassemblies
Quality assurance surveillance
The Government’s preferred remedy to nonconforming goods or services is:
-Terminate the contract for default
-Unilaterally reduce the contract price by the value of the nonconforming goods or services
-Allow the contractor to repair or replace the nonconforming items, as long as the contract has not been closed out
-Allow the contractor to repair or replace the nonconforming items, as long as there is still time left within the required delivery schedule
Allow the contractor to repair or replace the nonconforming items, as long as there is still time left within the required delivery schedule
Quality assurance policies and procedures found in FAR part 46:
-Apply to both the Government and contractor
-Apply only to subcontractors
-Guide the process of determining a competitive range
-Apply to contractors but not the Government
Apply to both the Government and contractor
Contractors are responsible for:
-Appointing Government Contracting Officer Representatives
-Managing Government quality control
-Tendering to the Government for acceptance only those supplies or services that conform to contract quality requirements
-Prescribing Government quality assurance
Tendering to the Government for acceptance only those supplies or services that conform to contract quality requirements
Does the Government have the right to inspect a product before it is accepted?
-No.
-No, unless the item is a commercial product.
-Yes, unless the item is a commercial product.
-Yes, always.
Yes, always.