NCMA CPCM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS &
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. Which of the following requires the use of
The Clinger-Cohen Act
modular contracting for major IT system
purchases?
-The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
-The Clinger-Cohen Act
-SCA
-ITRA
Contract managers on the
2. Who is responsible for ensuring the
buyer and seller sides
contractor's per-formance is in accordance
with the contract?
-The contracting officer
-The seller's contract manager
-Contract managers on the buyer and seller
sides The UCC does not
-The government re-quire
consideration for
3. Which of the following is true about
the modification to
commercial con-tract modifications?
be
-Contract changes must always be in writing
-The UCC does not require consideration for the mod- valid
ification to be valid
-A modification does not need to comply
with the statute of frauds
-Commercial contract modifications are
governed by FAR Part 43
4. Which of the following is true about ethical -It is
behavior? separate
-It includes both personal and organizational from one's
ethics own life
experiences
,NCMA CPCM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS &
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
-Societal norms have no impact on whether a It includes both
particu-lar action is right or wrong personal and
-Organizational ethics is more of a organizational ethics
philosophical mat-ter than a fact-based one
,NCMA CPCM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS &
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
5. Who may make changes to a government A contracting oflcer,
contract? act-ing within the
-The agency head scope of his
-A contracting officer, acting within the scope of his or or her
authority
her authority
-The contractor
-Any representative of the government
6. Which of the following is true about the six- -Regulations
step con-tract changes management -Ethics
process? -Values
-It mirrors the phases of the contract life -Morals
cycle
-It is only appropriate for use by government 9. Which of
agencies the
-It will always result in on-time delivery or following
on-budget completion of the work is not
-It begins with the award of a contract one of
change the three
basic
7. Whose responsibility is effective contract
types of
administra-tion?
SOWs?
-The contracting officer
-
-The buyer Performance
-The seller
-Both the buyer and the seller
8. Which of the following provides an
authoritative, for-malized, written set of
guidelines that require certain actions and
prohibit others?
,NCMA CPCM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS &
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
It mirrors the phases of the contract life cycle
Both the buyer and the seller
Regulations
Specification
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. Which of the following requires the use of
The Clinger-Cohen Act
modular contracting for major IT system
purchases?
-The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
-The Clinger-Cohen Act
-SCA
-ITRA
Contract managers on the
2. Who is responsible for ensuring the
buyer and seller sides
contractor's per-formance is in accordance
with the contract?
-The contracting officer
-The seller's contract manager
-Contract managers on the buyer and seller
sides The UCC does not
-The government re-quire
consideration for
3. Which of the following is true about
the modification to
commercial con-tract modifications?
be
-Contract changes must always be in writing
-The UCC does not require consideration for the mod- valid
ification to be valid
-A modification does not need to comply
with the statute of frauds
-Commercial contract modifications are
governed by FAR Part 43
4. Which of the following is true about ethical -It is
behavior? separate
-It includes both personal and organizational from one's
ethics own life
experiences
,NCMA CPCM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS &
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
-Societal norms have no impact on whether a It includes both
particu-lar action is right or wrong personal and
-Organizational ethics is more of a organizational ethics
philosophical mat-ter than a fact-based one
,NCMA CPCM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS &
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
5. Who may make changes to a government A contracting oflcer,
contract? act-ing within the
-The agency head scope of his
-A contracting officer, acting within the scope of his or or her
authority
her authority
-The contractor
-Any representative of the government
6. Which of the following is true about the six- -Regulations
step con-tract changes management -Ethics
process? -Values
-It mirrors the phases of the contract life -Morals
cycle
-It is only appropriate for use by government 9. Which of
agencies the
-It will always result in on-time delivery or following
on-budget completion of the work is not
-It begins with the award of a contract one of
change the three
basic
7. Whose responsibility is effective contract
types of
administra-tion?
SOWs?
-The contracting officer
-
-The buyer Performance
-The seller
-Both the buyer and the seller
8. Which of the following provides an
authoritative, for-malized, written set of
guidelines that require certain actions and
prohibit others?
,NCMA CPCM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS &
DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED A+
It mirrors the phases of the contract life cycle
Both the buyer and the seller
Regulations
Specification
