CFCM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS &
VALID CORRECT ANSWERS ALL
PASSED
With respect to proposal evaluations, solicitations for simplified acquisitions are: -
Correct Answer ✔✔ not required to state the relative importance of each evaluation
factor and subfactor.
Performance-based acquisition offers __________, which can be used to adjust
payment to reflect the degree of performance success and to motivate superior
performance. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Incentives
_______________ contracts are characterized by the employer-employee relationship it
creates between the Government and the contractor's personnel. - Correct Answer ✔✔
Personal
When deciding how to measure and manage performance, the contracting officer (CO)
should consider all of the following, EXCEPT: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Vendor satisfaction
Which response best describes a letter contract? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Normally a brief,
written preliminary contractual instrument that authorizes a contractor to begin
performance immediately.
Performance-based contracts - Correct Answer ✔✔ use measurable performance
standards and quality assurance surveillance plans.
Which of the following is NOT a reason to contract for Advisory and Assistance
services? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Obtain work of a policy, decision-making, or managerial
nature which is the direct responsibility of agency officials
Options for increased quantities of supplies/services may NOT be expressed in terms of
- Correct Answer ✔✔ a range of quantities for various line items
Solicitations for commercial items shall require offerors to offer the Government -
Correct Answer ✔✔ the same warranty terms offered to the general public.
Who is generally responsible for determining a subcontractor's responsibility? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The prime contractor
When the time of delivery or timely performance is so important that the Government
may reasonably expect to suffer damage if the delivery or performance is delinquent;
and the extent or amount of such damage would be difficult or impossible to estimate
, accurately or prove, then what type of assessment may occur? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Liquidated damages.
The government's preferred remedy when terminating a contract for a commercial item
for cause will be - Correct Answer ✔✔ a. to acquire similar items from another
contractor and to charge the defaulted contractor with any excess reprocurement costs.
The Contract Disputes Act covers - Correct Answer ✔✔ claims by a contractor against
the Government relating to a contract.
Which of the following is NOT required to be revealed during a post award debriefing? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Ranking of all offerors.
The contracting officer may accept proposal revisions during - Correct Answer ✔✔
discussions
What term is described by the following: The process by which efforts of all personnel
responsible for an acquisition are coordinated and integrated through a comprehensive
plan for fulfilling the agency need in a timely manner at a reasonable cost. It includes
developing the overall strategy for managing the acquisition. - Correct Answer ✔✔
Acquisition Plan
During source selection it is an acceptable practice to - Correct Answer ✔✔ inform an
offeror that its price is considered too high.
These are limited exchanges between the Government and offerors, that may occur
when award without discussions is contemplated: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Clarifications
A special form of written approval by an authorized official that is required by statute or
regulation as a prerequisite to taking certain contract actions is called - Correct Answer
✔✔ Determination and Findings
The CO shall review the contractor's request for overtime. CO approval is required for
which of the following contract types(s) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Time and Material and
Labor Hour Contracts
In terms of being a responsible government contractor, any prime contractor that
provides Government property to a subcontractor - Correct Answer ✔✔ is still
responsible for the property in accordance with the terms of the prime contract.
Government contracts personnel may use liquidated damages clauses only when -
Correct Answer ✔✔ time for delivery or performance is critical.
The process of independently reviewing and evaluating specific elements of each
offeror's proposed cost estimate to determine whether the estimated proposed cost
VALID CORRECT ANSWERS ALL
PASSED
With respect to proposal evaluations, solicitations for simplified acquisitions are: -
Correct Answer ✔✔ not required to state the relative importance of each evaluation
factor and subfactor.
Performance-based acquisition offers __________, which can be used to adjust
payment to reflect the degree of performance success and to motivate superior
performance. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Incentives
_______________ contracts are characterized by the employer-employee relationship it
creates between the Government and the contractor's personnel. - Correct Answer ✔✔
Personal
When deciding how to measure and manage performance, the contracting officer (CO)
should consider all of the following, EXCEPT: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Vendor satisfaction
Which response best describes a letter contract? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Normally a brief,
written preliminary contractual instrument that authorizes a contractor to begin
performance immediately.
Performance-based contracts - Correct Answer ✔✔ use measurable performance
standards and quality assurance surveillance plans.
Which of the following is NOT a reason to contract for Advisory and Assistance
services? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Obtain work of a policy, decision-making, or managerial
nature which is the direct responsibility of agency officials
Options for increased quantities of supplies/services may NOT be expressed in terms of
- Correct Answer ✔✔ a range of quantities for various line items
Solicitations for commercial items shall require offerors to offer the Government -
Correct Answer ✔✔ the same warranty terms offered to the general public.
Who is generally responsible for determining a subcontractor's responsibility? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The prime contractor
When the time of delivery or timely performance is so important that the Government
may reasonably expect to suffer damage if the delivery or performance is delinquent;
and the extent or amount of such damage would be difficult or impossible to estimate
, accurately or prove, then what type of assessment may occur? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Liquidated damages.
The government's preferred remedy when terminating a contract for a commercial item
for cause will be - Correct Answer ✔✔ a. to acquire similar items from another
contractor and to charge the defaulted contractor with any excess reprocurement costs.
The Contract Disputes Act covers - Correct Answer ✔✔ claims by a contractor against
the Government relating to a contract.
Which of the following is NOT required to be revealed during a post award debriefing? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Ranking of all offerors.
The contracting officer may accept proposal revisions during - Correct Answer ✔✔
discussions
What term is described by the following: The process by which efforts of all personnel
responsible for an acquisition are coordinated and integrated through a comprehensive
plan for fulfilling the agency need in a timely manner at a reasonable cost. It includes
developing the overall strategy for managing the acquisition. - Correct Answer ✔✔
Acquisition Plan
During source selection it is an acceptable practice to - Correct Answer ✔✔ inform an
offeror that its price is considered too high.
These are limited exchanges between the Government and offerors, that may occur
when award without discussions is contemplated: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Clarifications
A special form of written approval by an authorized official that is required by statute or
regulation as a prerequisite to taking certain contract actions is called - Correct Answer
✔✔ Determination and Findings
The CO shall review the contractor's request for overtime. CO approval is required for
which of the following contract types(s) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Time and Material and
Labor Hour Contracts
In terms of being a responsible government contractor, any prime contractor that
provides Government property to a subcontractor - Correct Answer ✔✔ is still
responsible for the property in accordance with the terms of the prime contract.
Government contracts personnel may use liquidated damages clauses only when -
Correct Answer ✔✔ time for delivery or performance is critical.
The process of independently reviewing and evaluating specific elements of each
offeror's proposed cost estimate to determine whether the estimated proposed cost
