CFCM LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔In order to satisfy the customer in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness, which of the
following is NOT something that should be done: (FAR 1.102-2)
(a) Take into account the perspective of those in your chain of command
(b) Communicate with the commercial sector to determine capabilities available
(c) Perform in a timely, high quality, and cost-effective manner
(d) Plan in advance, yet be flexible to accommodate unforeseen mission needs - ✔✔(a)
Take into account the perspective of those in your chain of command
✔✔An essential consideration in every aspect of the Federal Acquisition System is:
(FAR 1.102-2)
(a) Maintaining low cost at all times
(b) Maintaining high efficiency at all costs
(c) Maintaining the public's trust
(d) Maintaining your reputation through difficult situations - ✔✔(c) Maintaining the
public's trust
✔✔To achieve efficient operations, the System must shift its focus to: (FAR 1.102-2)
(a) Risk avoidance
(b) Risk management
(c) Risk allowance
(d) Risk measurement - ✔✔(b) Risk management
✔✔What is the fourth guiding principle/performance standard laid out by FAR 1.102-2?
(a) Fulfill target procurement goals
(b) Fulfill required prerequisites in all acquisitions
(c) Fulfill pertinent information protection guidelines
(d) Fulfill public policy objectives - ✔✔(d) Fulfill public policy objectives
✔✔Why is the Federal Acquisition Team defined in the Guiding Principles of the Federal
Acquisition System beginning with the customer and ending with the contractor? (FAR
1.102-3)
(a) To make all participants pull their fair share of the workload
(b) To create a meaningful organizational chart and division of labor for each acquisition
(c) To encourage teamwork, unity of purpose, and open communication
(d) To reduce ambiguity in which party will accomplish which task - ✔✔(c) To encourage
teamwork, unity of purpose, and open communication
✔✔Which member of the Acquisition Team must have the authority, to the maximum
extent practicable and consistent with law, to determine the application of rules,
regulations, and policies on a specific contract? (FAR 1.102-4)
(a) The program manager
(b) The technical representative
,(c) The contracting officer
(d) The customer - ✔✔(c) The contracting officer
✔✔In the absence of direction (in regards to an item not being specifically addressed in
the FAR or other laws), what should the Acquisition team do? (FAR 1.102-4)
(a) Feel free to innovate and use sound business judgment, consistent with the law and
within the limits of their authority
(b) Defer all ideas to the contracting officer, who will be the final authority on these types
of issue
(c) Take the issue up their chain of command so that adequate guidance will be given
(d) Contact at least 5 other Acquisition teams who have performed a similar acquisition
to hear their thoughts - ✔✔(a) Feel free to innovate and use sound business judgment,
consistent with the law and within the limits of their authority
✔✔Which laws outline the development of the FAR System? (FAR 1.103)
(a) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 93-200), as amended by
Pub. L. 94-81
(b) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-400), as amended by
Pub. L. 96-83
(c) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 93-600), as amended by
Pub. L. 98-85
(d) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 93-400), as amended by
Pub. L. 98-85 - ✔✔(b) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-
400), as amended by Pub. L. 96-83
✔✔Which of the following list is NOT a member who prescribes the FAR System? (FAR
1.103)
(a) Secretary of Defense
(b) Administrator of General Services
(c) Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
(d) Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration - ✔✔(c)
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
✔✔Which acquisitions does the FAR apply to? (FAR 1.104)
(a) All commercial acquisitions
(b) All acquisitions as defined by Part 2 of the FAR
(c) All acquisitions as defined by Part 3 of the FAR
(d) All acquisitions that fulfill public policy objectives - ✔✔(b) All acquisitions as defined
by Part 2 of the FAR
✔✔In which of the following is the FAR published? (FAR 1.105-1)
(a) A magazine series edition
(b) Cumulated form in the Code of Federal Regulations
(c) Library of Congress journal of federal law
, (d) The daily issue of the Judicial Register - ✔✔(b) Cumulated form in the Code of
Federal Regulations
Also in the daily issue of the Federal Register and a separate loose-leaf edition
✔✔Which chapter and title of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the FAR issued
as? (FAR 1.105-1)
(a) Chapter 1 of Title 46, CFR
(b) Chapter 2 of Title 48, CFR
(c) Chapter 2 of Title 43, CFR
(d) Chapter 1 of Title 48, CFR - ✔✔(d) Chapter 1 of Title 48, CFR
✔✔The FAR is Chapter 1 of Title 48, CFR. How many subchapters are contained in the
FAR?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9 - ✔✔(c) 8
Subchapters A - H, and these are not used with citations
✔✔The FAR is divided into subchapters, parts, subparts, and then: (FAR 1.105-2)
(a) Subsections
(b) Sections
(c) Sublevel
(d) Summaries - ✔✔(b) Sections
✔✔In the FAR citation 25.108-2, what do the "08" digits represent? (FAR 1.105-2)
(a) Part
(b) Subpart
(c) Section
(d) Subsection - ✔✔(c) Section
Is two digits
✔✔In the FAR citation 25.108-2, what does the "1" digit represent? (FAR 1.105-2)
(a) Part
(b) Subpart
(c) Section
(d) Subsection - ✔✔(b) Subpart
Can be one or two digits
✔✔In the FAR citation 25.108-2, what does the "-2" digit represent? (FAR 1.105-2)
(a) Part
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔In order to satisfy the customer in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness, which of the
following is NOT something that should be done: (FAR 1.102-2)
(a) Take into account the perspective of those in your chain of command
(b) Communicate with the commercial sector to determine capabilities available
(c) Perform in a timely, high quality, and cost-effective manner
(d) Plan in advance, yet be flexible to accommodate unforeseen mission needs - ✔✔(a)
Take into account the perspective of those in your chain of command
✔✔An essential consideration in every aspect of the Federal Acquisition System is:
(FAR 1.102-2)
(a) Maintaining low cost at all times
(b) Maintaining high efficiency at all costs
(c) Maintaining the public's trust
(d) Maintaining your reputation through difficult situations - ✔✔(c) Maintaining the
public's trust
✔✔To achieve efficient operations, the System must shift its focus to: (FAR 1.102-2)
(a) Risk avoidance
(b) Risk management
(c) Risk allowance
(d) Risk measurement - ✔✔(b) Risk management
✔✔What is the fourth guiding principle/performance standard laid out by FAR 1.102-2?
(a) Fulfill target procurement goals
(b) Fulfill required prerequisites in all acquisitions
(c) Fulfill pertinent information protection guidelines
(d) Fulfill public policy objectives - ✔✔(d) Fulfill public policy objectives
✔✔Why is the Federal Acquisition Team defined in the Guiding Principles of the Federal
Acquisition System beginning with the customer and ending with the contractor? (FAR
1.102-3)
(a) To make all participants pull their fair share of the workload
(b) To create a meaningful organizational chart and division of labor for each acquisition
(c) To encourage teamwork, unity of purpose, and open communication
(d) To reduce ambiguity in which party will accomplish which task - ✔✔(c) To encourage
teamwork, unity of purpose, and open communication
✔✔Which member of the Acquisition Team must have the authority, to the maximum
extent practicable and consistent with law, to determine the application of rules,
regulations, and policies on a specific contract? (FAR 1.102-4)
(a) The program manager
(b) The technical representative
,(c) The contracting officer
(d) The customer - ✔✔(c) The contracting officer
✔✔In the absence of direction (in regards to an item not being specifically addressed in
the FAR or other laws), what should the Acquisition team do? (FAR 1.102-4)
(a) Feel free to innovate and use sound business judgment, consistent with the law and
within the limits of their authority
(b) Defer all ideas to the contracting officer, who will be the final authority on these types
of issue
(c) Take the issue up their chain of command so that adequate guidance will be given
(d) Contact at least 5 other Acquisition teams who have performed a similar acquisition
to hear their thoughts - ✔✔(a) Feel free to innovate and use sound business judgment,
consistent with the law and within the limits of their authority
✔✔Which laws outline the development of the FAR System? (FAR 1.103)
(a) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 93-200), as amended by
Pub. L. 94-81
(b) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-400), as amended by
Pub. L. 96-83
(c) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 93-600), as amended by
Pub. L. 98-85
(d) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 93-400), as amended by
Pub. L. 98-85 - ✔✔(b) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-
400), as amended by Pub. L. 96-83
✔✔Which of the following list is NOT a member who prescribes the FAR System? (FAR
1.103)
(a) Secretary of Defense
(b) Administrator of General Services
(c) Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
(d) Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration - ✔✔(c)
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
✔✔Which acquisitions does the FAR apply to? (FAR 1.104)
(a) All commercial acquisitions
(b) All acquisitions as defined by Part 2 of the FAR
(c) All acquisitions as defined by Part 3 of the FAR
(d) All acquisitions that fulfill public policy objectives - ✔✔(b) All acquisitions as defined
by Part 2 of the FAR
✔✔In which of the following is the FAR published? (FAR 1.105-1)
(a) A magazine series edition
(b) Cumulated form in the Code of Federal Regulations
(c) Library of Congress journal of federal law
, (d) The daily issue of the Judicial Register - ✔✔(b) Cumulated form in the Code of
Federal Regulations
Also in the daily issue of the Federal Register and a separate loose-leaf edition
✔✔Which chapter and title of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the FAR issued
as? (FAR 1.105-1)
(a) Chapter 1 of Title 46, CFR
(b) Chapter 2 of Title 48, CFR
(c) Chapter 2 of Title 43, CFR
(d) Chapter 1 of Title 48, CFR - ✔✔(d) Chapter 1 of Title 48, CFR
✔✔The FAR is Chapter 1 of Title 48, CFR. How many subchapters are contained in the
FAR?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9 - ✔✔(c) 8
Subchapters A - H, and these are not used with citations
✔✔The FAR is divided into subchapters, parts, subparts, and then: (FAR 1.105-2)
(a) Subsections
(b) Sections
(c) Sublevel
(d) Summaries - ✔✔(b) Sections
✔✔In the FAR citation 25.108-2, what do the "08" digits represent? (FAR 1.105-2)
(a) Part
(b) Subpart
(c) Section
(d) Subsection - ✔✔(c) Section
Is two digits
✔✔In the FAR citation 25.108-2, what does the "1" digit represent? (FAR 1.105-2)
(a) Part
(b) Subpart
(c) Section
(d) Subsection - ✔✔(b) Subpart
Can be one or two digits
✔✔In the FAR citation 25.108-2, what does the "-2" digit represent? (FAR 1.105-2)
(a) Part
