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A budget is being prepared for a research grant. The principal investigator wants the Total Project Cost to be $250,000. The institution’s F&A cost rate is 40% MTDC. Assume no capital equipment, no subcontracts, and no graduate students. What is the Total Direct Cost requested?

$107,142
$125,000
$175,000
$178,571

A

$178,571

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When and why is a site visit usually conducted?

  1. Only when misconduct in research is suspected
  2. Every five years to check the security of confidential data
  3. About six months after issuance of the award so reviewers can obtain information not included in the written
    proposal
  4. Prior to award issuance to ensure the principal investigator has appropriate laboratory space to conduct the experiments proposed
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  1. Prior to award issuance to ensure the principal investigator has appropriate laboratory space to conduct the experiments proposed
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What NIH grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development?

R01
RO3
R21
R33

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R21

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What information does NIH require at the time of proposal submission?

  1. IACUC or IRB confirmation
  2. Current and pending support
  3. Public health relevance statement
  4. Evidence of human subject education for project personnel
A
  1. Public health relevance statement
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Which of the following best describes cost share?

  1. Only uncommitted matching funds must be tracked
  2. Committed and uncommitted matching funds must be tracked
  3. Effort expended on a sponsored program for which sponsor funding is requested
  4. Effort expended on a sponsored program for which no sponsor funding is requested
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  1. Committed and uncommitted matching funds must be tracked
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Which of the following is a part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)?

  1. Bureau of Indian Affairs
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  3. Maternal and Child Health Bureau
  4. Administration for Children and Families
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  1. Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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Foreign organizations are ineligible to receive

  1. federal grants.
  2. federal contracts.
  3. negotiated federal F&A cost rates.
  4. subawards under federal prime awards.
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  1. federal grants.
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In reviewing an RFP, FAR 52.215-2 Audit and Records-Negotiations is noted as an applicable term that will be in any subsequent contract. An institution of higher education submitting a cost-reimbursable proposal for $82,000 should

  1. comply.
  2. take exception and request the clause be deleted in any subsequent contract.
  3. take exception and request Alternate Il of the clause be incorporated in any subsequent contract.
  4. take exception and request FAR 52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records be substituted in any subsequent contract.
A
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Which of the following provides regulations regarding export controls?

  1. U.S. Department of Commerce
  2. U.S. Department of Transportation
  3. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  4. U.S. Department of the Health and Human Services
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  1. U.S. Department of Commerce
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An investigator is applying to a solicitation that requires 10% cost share on the total project cost. The investigator is working with another university and also a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). How should cost share be determined to meet the requirement?

  1. Obtain all of the cost share from the FERDC
  2. Obtain all of the cost share from the investigator’s institution
  3. Require all subrecipients to contribute 10% of their direct cost budget as cost share
  4. Require all subrecipients to cost share in proportion to their share of the scope of work
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  1. Require all subrecipients to cost share in proportion to their share of the scope of work
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Information about the use of research animal subjects is required by PHS in which of the following parts of the Research Plan of grant applications?

  1. Research Strategy
  2. Letters of Support
  3. Resource Sharing Plan
  4. Vertebrate Animal Section
A
  1. Vertebrate Animal Section
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To be allowable, cost sharing must meet at least which of the following criteria?

  1. Verifiable by records
  2. Required by sponsor
  3. Allowable as a direct cost
  4. Relevant to scope of work
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  1. Allowable as a direct cost
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To be allowable, cost sharing must meet at least which of the following criteria?

  1. Verifiable by records
  2. Required bv sponsor
  3. Allowable as a direct cost
  4. Relevant to scope of work
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  1. Relevant to scope of work
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A Contract Research Organization (CRO) typically provides services to

  1. universities.
  2. state research facilities.
  3. federal research agencies.
  4. pharmaceutical companies.
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  1. pharmaceutical companies.
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Which of the following should be considered when pricing wage employee costs on a federal time and materials contract proposal?

  1. Pricing of overtime rates
  2. FAR’s prohibition of paying overtime
  3. Paying of 20% of wage hours at overtime rates
  4. Assumption that all hours worked on weekends must be paid at overtime rates
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  1. FAR’s prohibition of paying overtime
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Reconsideration may be requested up to how many days after the date of a declination letter from NSF?

30
45
60
90

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90

17
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The F&A rate for a foreign subcontract in a proposal to a federal sponsor is usually

  1. limited by foreign entities.
  2. decided by the foreign institution.
  3. determined by the primary institution.
  4. listed in the foreign entity’s federally negotiated agreement.
A
  1. listed in the foreign entity’s federally negotiated agreement
18
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As a requirement of a Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) grant, the principal investigator must

  1. have a formal appointment or commitment to the partnering research institution.
  2. be employed more than 50% of the time during the award by the small business concern.
  3. be employed more than 75% of the time during the award by the small business concern.
  4. have a formal appointment or commitment to the small business concern.
A
  1. have a formal appointment or commitment to the partnering research institution.
19
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America COMPETES Act requires NSF to

  1. promote STEM programs.
  2. justify its budget to Congress.
  3. require RCR plans for postdoctoral researchers.
  4. increase the overall competitiveness of proposals.
A
  1. promote STEM programs.
20
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Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) must be applied to

  1. awards without federal funding.
  2. awards received from any funding source.
  3. cost sharing funds used for a covered project.
  4. only federal awards covered by a CFR 220 (OMB Circular A-21).
A
  1. only federal awards covered by a CFR 220 (OMB Circular A-21).
21
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Which of the following best describes a consultant?

  1. Is reimbursed for actual expenses
  2. Is usually a co-author of publications
  3. Has no rights to resulting intellectual property
  4. Performs substantial part of the technical effort
A
  1. Has no rights to resulting intellectual property
22
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Which of the following would be included in a Just-in-Time information request?

  1. Research plan
  2. Other support for key personnel
  3. Letters of support from collaborators
  4. Institutional Representations and Certifications
A
  1. Other support for key personnel
23
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What type of information should be included in a Current and Pending report?

  1. F&A agreement
  2. Budget justification
  3. Cost sharing amount
  4. Period of performance
A
  1. Period of performance
24
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Who should initiate the transfer process when a principal investigator moves to another institution?

  1. New institution
  2. Current institution
  3. Sponsor technical contact
  4. Sponsor administrative contact
A
  1. Current institution
25
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Upon receipt of a competing application, the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR) is responsible for

  1. assigning application to a review group.
  2. providing a priority score to the principal investigator.
  3. reviewing and evaluating the application for scientific merit.
  4. providing a Notice of Award to applicant institution/organization.
A
  1. assigning application to a review group.
26
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Which of the following award requirements for invoices would be most troublesome and typically be subject to negotiation?

  1. Must submit final invoice within 60 days of end of the project
  2. Must include certification that all expenses are allocable and allowable
  3. Must be received by sponsor on the last working day of every month
  4. Must be categorical with sufficient documentation to support costs
A
  1. Must be received by sponsor on the last working day of every month
27
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Which of the following should be budgeted as a direct cost instead of an F&A cost?

  1. Office supplies
  2. Purchased services
  3. Postage and mailings
  4. Building maintenance
A
  1. Postage and mailings
28
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Which of the following is an electronic resource for finding funding from foundations?

  1. FastLane
  2. Grants.gov
  3. eRA Commons
  4. proposalCENTRAL
A
  1. proposalCENTRAL
29
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Which of the following best describes a Broad Agency Announcement?

  1. Formal statement about a new or ongoing extramural activity or program
  2. Competitive solicitation procedure used to obtain proposals for basic and applied research
  3. Formal statement that solicits grant or cooperative agreement applications in a well-defined scientific area
  4. Document by which a federal agency makes known its intentions to award discretionary grants or cooperative agreements
A
  1. Competitive solicitation procedure used to obtain proposals for basic and applied research
30
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PHS Policy and the NIH Grants Policy Statement require the institution to verify that the IACUC has reviewed and approved those components of grant applications and contract proposals related to the care and use of animals before

  1. notice of award.
  2. proposal submission.
  3. beginning animal work.
  4. the expenditure of funds.
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  1. beginning animal work.
31
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The Bayh-Dole Act addresses

  1. faculty summer salary maximums.
  2. fair and equitable selection of subjects.
  3. public disclosure of new and useful inventions.
  4. consequences of noncompliance with OMB Circulars.
A
  1. public disclosure of new and useful inventions.
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If an investigator has a five-year funded NIH award which ended, and the application submitted to continue the same project was denied, what would the next revised application for the same project be considered?

  1. Renewal
  2. Resubmission
  3. New application
  4. Noncompeting continuation
A
  1. New application
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2 CFR Part 220 (OMB Circular A-21) defines a major project as a project that

  1. involves a multimillion dollar budget.
  2. requires an extensive amount of technical expertise.
  3. involves multiple investigators from multiple institutions.
  4. requires an extensive amount of administrative or clerical support.
A
  1. requires an extensive amount of administrative or clerical support.
34
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Regulations issued by executive branch agencies that affect the management of grants are available in which of the following?

  1. Federal Register
  2. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
  3. Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
  4. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
A
  1. Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
35
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Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, a patient’s authorization is required for

  1. participation in the research study as a whole.
  2. release of information in studies with minimal risk.
  3. access to medical information necessary to conduct research.
  4. disclosure of protected health information for research purposes.
A
  1. disclosure of protected health information for research purposes.

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