A retired Colonel in the Army has been hired by charge the time off to the Government contract.
ACME Corporation, Aviation Weapons Division,
To be an expert consultant for all new weapons
procurement activity. Fourteen months prior to his Government and contractor personnel work side by
last official role in the Army, the Colonel was the side on the Zephyr project in a government office
Chief Contracting Officer for all new weapons building. Emails were sent out to remind all
procurement activity. You are the Program Manager employees (government and contractor) of the offsite
for the Government on an upcoming new weapons dinner to celebrate Administrative Assistants' Day.
procurement project. You should: - ANSWER - Which of the following statements follows ethical
Be aware of his new role, and if he attempts to principles? - ANSWER -Contractor employees
communicate with you on behalf of ACME, raise your may attend if the time spent attending the dinner is
concern to your boss or the Contracting Officer not charged to the Government.
You are a government Program Manger and you The Government ___ be a partner in the same way
suspect the contractor's test results stated in the new that private parties can form a commercial
procurement proposal are inaccurate. You should: - partnership; common practices like combining
ANSWER -Document and report up the chain financial and personnel resources, sharing losses
of command that the data, which the contractor used and exchanging assets are generally ___ by Federal
in the proposal may be flawed. statute. - ANSWER -cannot/prohibited
Which of the following statements is correct? - Which of the following is a core ethical principle for
ANSWER -You do not have to accept a $20 gift government and contactor acquisition professionals?
if you think someone would question it. - ANSWER -Government employees must
protect and conserve Federal property (including
fiscal resources) and use it only for authorized
A Congresswoman for the 3rd District testified on purposes.
Capitol Hill about the poor results of test performed
by the contractor on the new procurement project.
Afterwards, in a meeting with the contractor's Project You are a Government Program Manager who is
Manager, you, the Government Program Manager, responsible for the Sure Shot Air Missile Program.
learn that the results were negatively flawed because The ACME Corporation, Aviation Weapons Division,
the testing tools were not calibrated properly. You is developing a preliminary technical feasibility study
should: - ANSWER -Document your findings for the Sure Shot under a $5 million Government
and explain the situation clearly up the Government's contract. You are nearing retirement and you have
chain of command provided your resume to a Professional Job Search
Company (a so-called "headhunter"). The
Headhunter calls you up and advises that he has
Government and contractor personnel work side by arranged an interview with the Sea Systems Division
side on the Beta project in a contractor's work space. of the ACME Company. The interview is tempting, but
Due to the tremendous progress that has been made what action should you take now? - ANSWER -
in the project, both the government program Promptly rescue yourself from taking any action on
manager and the contractor's project manager the ACME Sure Short contract. Report the conflict to
decide to reward their employees. The contractor's your supervisor and ethics official because your
project manager decides to give his employees the headhunter informed you that it contacted ACME on
afternoon off. The government's project manager your behalf.
decides to grant federal employees a 59- minute
early dismissal. Which of the following statements is
correct - ANSWER -The contractor my not You are a Government Program Manager who is
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