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QUESTION 1 1.
The Director of Research and Development (DRD) at the Orange Sands Missile Range comes to your office late on a Friday afternoon. He just learned that his office used an RDT&E appropriation to fund the purchase of a Lifterrator, a hydraulic lift system capable of lifting extremely heavy objects. Since the Lifterrator is a capital item costing more than the investment/expense threshold, however, its purchase should have been funded with a Procurement appropriation. The DRD wants to know what is necessary to avoid an Antideficiency Act violation for violating 31 U.S.C. § 1301(a) (the Purpose Statute). Please select the best answer.
a
.
Proper funds must have been available at the time of the erroneous obligation.
b
.
Proper funds must have been available when the agency discovered, and corrected the erroneous obligation.
c
.
Proper funds must have been available continuously between the time of the erroneous obligation and correction of the purpose violation.
d
.
The agency must show (A) & (B).
10 points QUESTION 2 1.
On 30 September 2014, $275,000 remains in the Operations and Maintenance, Army (OMA) allowance at the XVIII Airborne Corps. On that day, the contracting officer is about to award a supply contract, obligating $300,000 OMA. Award of the supply contract:
a
.
Will cause an Antideficiency Act (ADA) violation because the contract price exceeds the amount of OMA available at the XVIII Airborne Corps.
b
.
Will cause an ADA violation unless the contracting officer shows that she neither knew nor should have known that the XVIII Airborne Corps had only $275,000 in the OMA account.
c
.
Will cause an ADA violation if the XVIII Airborne Corps’s major
command, FORSCOM, lacks sufficient OMA funds in its formal subdivision to cover the overobligation.
d
.
Will not cause an ADA violation if Congress enacts either a Continuing Resolution Authority (CRA) or a permanent appropriation before the vendor seeks payment for the supplies.
e
.
Will not cause an ADA violation because the OMA account at the XVIII Airborne Corps was a target/allowance and an obligation in excess of a target/allowance can never result in an ADA violation.
10 points QUESTION 3 1.
Assume that on 15 September 2014, there is a national emergency requiring the assistance of DOD. As a result, the Secretary of Defense deems it necessary to obligate FY 2014 funds in excess of their availability. Under these circumstances, which of the following is true?
a
.
If Congress passes the FY 2015 Authorization Act in FY 2012, the Army could obligate and expend FY 2012 Operation and Maintenance, Army funds for ammunition and other operational needs.
b
.
The Antideficiency Act only prohibits the Army from incurring obligations "in excess of" an appropriation.
c
.
For certain subsistence items in emergency circumstances, the Feed and Forage Act (41 U.S.C. § 11) provides a limited exception to the prohibition against obligating "in excess of" the amount available in an appropriation.
d
.
The Army could accept any/all voluntary services before the FY 2015 appropriation was enacted because the government doesn't
pay for such services.
10 points QUESTION 4
1.
Assume a contracting officer (KO) at Ft. Bragg, NC awards a contract on 20 September 2014 for $10 million, inadvertently committing an ADA violation by causing the Army to exceed the amount available in its FY 2014 O&M appropriation. Which of the following is correct:
a
.
The KO is subject to administrative discipline because good faith or mistake of fact does not relieve him from liability under the ADA.
b
.
There is no ADA violation if DoD has sufficient funds to cover the overage.
c
.
The KO is not subject to criminal or adverse administrative action because Ft. Bragg's allotment is an informal subdivision of funds.
d
.
The KO will surely go to jail for an ADA violation, serving a mandatory minimum.
10 points QUESTION 5 1.
On 1 September 2014 the command at New Sands Missile Range purchases an x-ray machine for the installation hospital, which arrives and is accepted on 15 September 2014. The x-ray machine is not needed until August of 2015, when an increased number of Soldiers arrive due to BRAC. Assuming there is no applicable delivery or production lead time exception (as this is a commercial item and readily available off the shelf), has an ADA violation been committed and is it correctable?
a
.
No ADA violation has been committed.
b
.
As the bona fide need is in 2015, an ADA violation has been committed but it is correctable.
c
.
As the bona fide need is in 2015, an ADA violation has been committed, and is not correctable since proper funds, FY 2015 O&M (or procurement, depending on the value) were not available at the time of obligation.
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d
.
Although the bona fide need is in 2015, there is no ADA violation because the command was engaged in advanced planning, and was smartly purchasing an item ahead of the expected need and perhaps even getting a better price.
10 points QUESTION 1 1.
Under the Military Construction Codification Act (10 U.S.C. §2801), a “Military Construction Project” is defined as:
a
.
Any construction, maintenance and repair carried out on a military installation regardless of the source of funding.
b
.
All military construction work necessary to produce a complete and usable facility or a complete and usable improvement to an existing facility.
c
.
All specified military construction carried out on a military installation with a funded cost of $1.5 million or greater.
d
.
Any specified or unspecified construction carried out by the Corps
of Engineers using Operations and Maintenance funds.
10 points QUESTION 2 1.
As part of your installation's "Quality of Life" initiative, the Chief, Directorate of Engineering has proposed tearing down the building that now houses the Child Development Center (CDC),
moving the CDC to the gymnasium (so kids will have lots of room to run around and play on the weight-lifting equipment), and constructing a new barracks complex on the site where the CDC was located. Construction of the new barracks will cost about $4.8 million dollars. If approved, which type of funds should be used to fund the construction of the barracks?
a
.
Operation and Maintenance Funds (O&M).
b
.
Military Construction Funds (MILCON).
c
.
Unspecified Minor Military Construction Funds (UMMC).
d
.
Unspecified Quality of Life Enhancement Funds.
10 points QUESTION 3 1.
True or False. In accordance with Army Regulations, construction projects which have a common support purpose but are not mutually dependent are funded as separate projects.
a
. True
.
b
. Fals
e.
10 points QUESTION 4 1.
While supporting operations in Afghanistan, the Task Force Commander comes to you with a plan to re-fit the Task Force headquarters building. The plan includes renovating the inside of the current headquarters (which suffered significant water damage recently when a water pipe
burst) at a cost of approximately $300,000, and building an extension between the current cafeteria and headquarters building at a cost of about $600,000. The commander wants to know if he can use his O&M funds to pay for these projects. You correctly tell him that:
a
.
Based on the facts given, it is clear that the correct source of funding for this project would be “unspecified” MILCON. He can approve the project and execute it as soon as he wishes, but must use “unspecified” MILCON funds to pay for it.
b
.
We are in a deployment setting so Operations and Maintenance funds are used for all construction projects not exceeding $100 million.
c
.
In order to answer this question, I would need to talk to the Engineers to determine how they are scoping and classifying this
work. If these projects can be done separately, we may be able to
fund them separately with O&M as a repair project (the HQ renovation) and a construction project (the extension). However, if the work is so integrated that we can’t separate the construction project from the repair project, we will have to fund them together as a single project, which could potentially push the total funded project cost us over the O&M funding threshold.
d
.
While unspecified MILCON funding would be the proper funding source, before obligating such funds on this contract, we must first get approval from the Secretary of Defense who would notify Congress. We must then wait 21 days before obligating the money.
10 points QUESTION 5 1.
Dividing a project into seemingly complete and usable pieces, but the requirement is not met until all pieces are completed is called ____________________. (fill in the blank)
a
.
Project scoping
b
.
Creative planning
c
. Incrementation
d
.
Accomplishing the mission
QUESTION 1 1.
(Choose the best answer). When operating under Continuing Resolution Authority, government agencies:
a
.
Are not authorized to obligate funds.
b
.
Are authorized to obligate funds, but only to pay for contracts
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awarded during the previous fiscal year.
c
.
May obligate funds for new contracts, but only if the new contract
is not a “new start.”
d
.
May continue on as normal, because CRA has no effect on the authority to obligate funds.
10 points QUESTION 2 1.
The Department of Justice Trial Attorneys spoke to your contracting officer because the contractor was successful on a claim that was filed by the contractor on a 2005 construction project. The Court of Federal Claims ruled that the contractor's claim was based on an in-scope
modification and the agency is responsible for paying the claimed amount. Fortunately, the funds which funded the original contract are not yet closed. Unfortunately, the expired funds which funded the original contract are exhausted. How should the agency handle this judgment?
a
.
The contracting officer should seek payment from the Judgment Fund and reimbursement using current funds.
b
.
The contracting officer should seek payment from the Judgment Fund and disregard any reimbursement since the funds are exhausted.
c
.
The contracting officer should reallocate the FY 2005 funds to create funding to pay the judgment.
d
.
The contracting officer cannot pay the claim without creating an Antideficiency Act Violation.
10 points QUESTION 3 1.
Can the Judgment Fund be utilized to pay the prevailing appellant's attorney fees if the Government's actions were not substantially justified?
a
.
No, the government may never pay the prevailing appellant’s attorney fees, regardless of the source of the funds.
b
.
Yes, the Equal Access to Justice Act allows a prevailing party to recover legal fees from the Government. These fees can be paid from the Judgment Fund.
c
.
No, the Equal Access to Justice Act allows a prevailing party to recover legal fees from the Government. These fees cannot be paid from the Judgment Fund, however.
d
.
No, the unit's prior year funds which funded the original contract should be used to pay any current attorney fees awarded by the court.
10 points QUESTION 4 1.
The Army wants to procure some ammunition. It is August and the Department of Army (DA) has run out of funding in its Procurement of Ammunition, Army appropriation. It intends to move $10 million from its Other Procurement, Army (OPA) appropriation into the Procurement
of Ammunition appropriation. Can it do this?
a
.
No. This would constitute an Antideficiency Act violation in all circumstances.
b
.
Maybe. Congress typically provides general and specific transfer authorities in the annual appropriation act up to a certain dollar level. If the current appropriation includes a transfer authority that would cover this transaction, and it has not already been used, then the Army may transfer $10 million from the OPA account.
c
.
Maybe. Congress typically provides reprogramming authority in the annual appropriations act up to a certain dollar level. If the current appropriation includes this reprogramming authority and it has not already been used, then the Army may transfer $10 million from the OPA account.
d
.
No. Moving funds from one appropriation into another appropriation is an unauthorized augmentation of funds and a violation of the Purpose Statute, 31 USC § 1301(a).
10 points QUESTION 5 1.
When an agency “reprograms” funds, there is no change in the total amount available in the appropriations account.
a
. True
.
b
. Fals
e.
Question 1 On 1 September 2011 the command at New Sands Missile Range purchases an x-ray machine for the installation hospital, which arrives and is accepted on 15 September 2011. The x-ray machine is not needed until August of 2012, when an increased number of Soldiers arrive due to BRAC. Assuming there is no applicable delivery or production lead time exception (as this is a commercial item and readily available off the shelf), has an ADA violation been committed and is it correctable?
a. No ADA violation has been committed.
b.As the bona fide need is in 2012, an ADA violation has been committed but it is correctable.
c. As the bona fide need is in 2012, an ADA violation has been committed, and is not correctable since proper funds, FY 2012 O&M (or procurement, depending on the value) were not available at the time of obligation.
d.Although the bona fide need is in 2012, there is no ADA violation because the command was engaged in advanced planning, and was smartly purchasing an item ahead of the expected need and perhaps even getting a better price.
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Question 2 A unit is conducting a month-long Combined Airborne Parachute Exercise with the country of Romania. The Romanian troops are all already airborne qualified, have successfully completed multiple jumps, but have never jumped from a U.S. C-130 before. The Brigade S3 (operations officer) wants to conduct a two-
hour block of instruction for the Romanians on C-130 exit safety procedures. Can the unit provide the training?
a. The unit must contact DoS via DSCA to access their funds, since this is Security Assistance training (Big "T" Training).
b.The unit may fund it with Afghanistan Security Forces Funds.
c. The unit may fund it with O&M, because it is for Interoperability, Familiarization, and Safety training (little "t" training).
d.It depends on whether Congress has given DoD an authorization or appropriation to fund this type of Foreign Assistance.
4 points Question 3 Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) has the mission to train and equip the Security Forces of Afghanistan. The CSTC-A Commander wants to train an Afghan Battalion on Airborne Operations. The training will take three months. It will include a two-month long airborne school and one month of training on the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP). It will also cost approximately $15 million to conduct the 3-month training event. By the way, you have to build the school house and training facilities for approximately $12 million. Can CSTC-A pay for all of this?
a. CSTC-A can fund the training with appropriations that Congress has provided DoD, but we
cannot build the school or training facilities because this cost exceeds the contingency construction authority.
b.Yes sir, but only if we can get the DoS funds to pay for it, since this is clearly "Big T" Security Assistance Training.
c. We can legally fund all the planned training and construction with the ISFF appropriation.
d.We can legally fund all the planned training and construction with the ASFF appropriation.
4 points Question 4
As part of your installation's "Quality of Life" initiative, the Chief, Directorate of Engineering has proposed tearing down the building that now houses the Child Development Center (CDC), moving the CDC to the gymnasium (so kids will have lots of room to run around and play on the weight-lifting equipment), and constructing a new barracks complex on the site where the CDC was located. Construction of the new barracks will cost about $4.8 million dollars. If approved, which type of funds should be used to fund the construction of the barracks?
a. Operation and Maintenance Funds (O&M).
b.Military Construction Funds (MILCON).
c. Unspecified Minor Military Construction Funds (UMMC).
d.Unspecified Quality of Life Enhancement Funds.
4 points Question 5 How long does the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation give an individual discovering a possible Antideficiency Act violation to report it to his/her chain of command and the Financial Management Comptroller?
a. 5 working days.
b.2 weeks.
c. 90 calendar days.
d.45 days.
4 points Question 6 An accountable officer is not liable for an improper payment:
a. if there was a lack of fault or negligence; if the certification was based upon official records and the accountable officer using reasonable diligence could not have discovered the correct information; or if the obligation was incurred in good faith, no law specifically prohibits the payment, and the government received some benefit.
b.in some parallel universe. In our world, an accountable officer of the U.S. Government is always strictly liable for improper payments.
c. if the accountable officer obtained an advance decision from the proper authority and the improper payment was made in reliance on that advanced decision, or if he's a DoD Departmental Accountable Official and there was no fault or negligence.
d.if he was completely without fault or negligence, and he sought and reasonably relied upon the advice of his Judge Advocate before certifying the voucher for payment.
4 points Question 7 Which is the most likely example of a project that would be appropriate under the Commanders' Emergency Response Program (CERP)?
a. Payment of a reward to a local Iraqi for information about a possible mortar attack at Life Support Area (LSA) Anaconda ("Mortaritaville") in Balad, Iraq.
b.Construction of tent platforms and field latrines on the recently de-mined and undeveloped grounds at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, for the exclusive use of visiting British Army Aviators.
c. Rebuilding of a small health clinic in Gahzni, Afghanistan which was damaged during combat operations, and which is the only health clinic in the area.
d.Provision of office supplies (paper, pencils, and paper clips) to Afghan local police officers stationed at a police station near Kandahar, Afghanistan.
4 points Question 8 Under the Military Construction Codification Act (10 U.S.C. §2801), a “Military Construction Project” is defined as:
a. Any construction, maintenance and repair carried out on a military installation regardless of the source of funding.
b.All military construction work necessary to produce a complete and usable facility or a complete and usable improvement to an existing facility.
c. All specified military construction carried out on a military installation with a funded cost of $1.5 million or greater.
d.Any specified or unspecified construction carried out by the Corps of Engineers using Operations and Maintenance funds.
4 points
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Question 9 The fiscal year for the U.S. Government is a 12-month period from:
1 July through 30 June.
1 October through 30 September.
1 September through 30 August.
1 January through 31 December
4 points Question 10 Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is conducting a two-day long training event to educate its employees and service members on a new civilian performance appraisal system. About 90% of the participants will be on TDY status while attending the training. The highlight of the training will be a two-
hour long speech, given by a very high-level official in the Department of Defense, covering the new appraisal system. The problem is the only time this individual has available to speak is between the hours
of 1030 and 1330 on the second day of the training. MAJ Dull has therefore decided to schedule the speech for 1100 - 1300 hours and force all attendees to stay for the speech. MAJ Dull plans to purchase a
catered lunch for each of the attendees to consume during the speech. Can appropriated funds be used to buy the lunch?
a. No. Food is a personal expense and appropriated funds may not be used for any of the food.
b.No. No authority authorizes the purchase of a full-blown lunch. Since a majority of the attendees will be on travel status, however, MAJ Dull may purchase "light refreshments" which may be consumed by any of the attendees.
c. Yes. The catered lunch may be purchased under the "training" exception based upon the authority of 10 U.S.C. § 4301 and 5 U.S.C. § 4109 since attendance at the speech is necessary in order for each of the course participants to achieve the full benefit of the training.
4 points Question 11 True or False. In accordance with Army Regulations, construction projects which have a common support
purpose but are not mutually dependent are funded as separate projects.
a. True.
b.False.
4 points Question 12 When an agency “reprograms” funds, there is no change in the total amount available in the appropriations account.
a. True.
b.False.
4 points Question 13 Which of the following is a correct statement of Fiscal Law Philosophy:
a. If the law is silent as to whether a purchase can be made, it is probably safe to spend appropriated funds.
b.Expenditure of appropriated funds is proper only when authorized by Congress.
c. Absent a specific prohibition, expending appropriated funds is permitted.
4 points Question 14 Any obligation of appropriated funds must comply with which of the following fiscal constraints:
a. The Minimum Needs Rule.
b.The Bona Fide Needs Rule.
c. The Paperwork Reduction Act.
d.The Cost Accounting Standards Board.
e. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1947.
4 points Question 15
A severable services contract:
Must be funded with money available for obligation at the time each discreet service is performed, and each contract must stop not later than 30 September of that fiscal year.
May be funded for up to 12 months according to 10 U.S.C. § 2410a, with funds available for
obligation at the time of contract award even if the contract crosses fiscal years.
Must be funded entirely up front because there is a single, unified outcome.
May be funded with next year’s money because severable services are not considered contracts for fiscal law purposes.
4 points Question 16 The Department of Justice Trial Attorneys spoke to your contracting officer because the contractor was successful on a claim that was filed by the contractor on a 2005 construction project. The Court of Federal Claims ruled that the contractor's claim was based on an in-scope modification and the agency is
responsible for paying the claimed amount. Fortunately, the funds which funded the original contract are
not yet closed. Unfortunately, the expired funds which funded the original contract are exhausted. How should the agency handle this judgment?
a.
The contracting officer should seek payment from the Judgment Fund and reimbursement using current funds.
b.The contracting officer should seek payment from the Judgment Fund and disregard any reimbursement since the funds are exhausted.
c. The contracting officer should reallocate the FY 2005 funds to create funding to pay the judgment.
d.The contracting officer cannot pay the claim without creating an Antideficiency Act Violation.
4 points Question 17 On 1 September 2010 a Contracting Officer properly awards a contract to ABC Corporation for 1000 widgets. The widgets are delivered on 1 November 2010. The Contracting Officer correctly determined that the "lead-time" exception for supplies was applicable under the circumstances. The government paid ABC Corporation on 15 November 2010. What day did obligation of funds for this contract occur?
a.
1 September 2010
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b.1 November 2010
c. 15 November 2010
d.The Government and the contractor can agree on an obligation date so the government can use funds from the fiscal year with the most money available.
4 points Question 18 The Director of Research and Development (DRD) at the Orange Sands Missile Range comes to your office late on a Friday afternoon. He just learned that his office used an RDT&E appropriation to fund the purchase of a Lifterrator, a hydraulic lift system capable of lifting extremely heavy objects. Since the Lifterrator is a capital item costing more than the investment/expense threshold, however, its purchase should have been funded with a Procurement appropriation. The DRD wants to know what is necessary to avoid an Antideficiency Act violation for violating 31 U.S.C. § 1301(a) (the Purpose Statute). Please select the best answer.
a. Proper funds must have been available at the time of the erroneous obligation.
b.Proper funds must have been available when the agency discovered, and corrected the erroneous obligation.
c. Proper funds must have been available continuously between the time of the erroneous obligation and correction of the purpose violation.
d.The agency must show (A) & (B).
4 points Question 19 Which U.S. Government agency is primarily responsible for funding foreign humanitarian or security assistance provided to our allies?
a. DoD- Department of Defense
b
.
USDA- U.S. Department of Agriculture
c. DoS- Department of State
d
.
The U.S. Treasury Department
4 points Question 20 Under an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement (ACSA), a country can "pay" for goods or services this way:
a. Payment in Kind (PIK) (cash).
b.Equal Value Exchange (EVE).
c. Replacement in Kind (RIK).
d.All of the above are available.
4 points Question 21 Which is the most likely example of a project that would be proper using humanitarian and civic assistance (HCA) authority (10 U.S.C. § 401)?
a. Building of a state-of-the-art two story health clinic in Kandahar, Afghanistan, by an infantry platoon.
b.An Army doctor training local civilian doctors to stitch and bandage a local boy's injured leg in Lagos, Nigeria, while on a COCOM approved combined training exercise with the Nigerian Army.
c. Grading and paving of a 5-mile road from Ba'quabah and Al Khalis, Iraq, by an engineering company.
d.Purchase of 1,000 math, science, and history books, 300 student desks, a year's supply of paper and pencils for a school in Herat, Afghanistan.
4 points Question 22 The Fort TJAGLCS installation commander is hosting an awards ceremony for several service members within the command who will be departing soon for a new duty station. The commander will be awarding each of them a Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) honoring their accomplishments while at Fort TJAGLCS. He intends to have a local art frame shop frame each awardee's award certificate and he will present the framed certificate as part of the ceremony. In addition, he plans to purchase cake and punch and serve it upon completion of the awards ceremony. Assuming the commander intends to use appropriated funds to make these purchases, is there anything wrong with these intended purchases?
a. No. He may use appropriated funds to purchase both the frame for the award certificates and the cake and punch to be served at the ceremony if he deems these expenses necessary to honor the award recipients.
b.Yes. The military awards statute, 10 U.S.C. § 1125, gives us the authority to issue military awards so we must be able to frame them. The statute does not, however, allow Fort TJAGLCS to incur other necessary expenses to honor the award recipients' accomplishments while at Fort TJAGLCS. Therefore, the cake and punch may not be purchased with appropriated funds.
c. Yes. The military awards statute, 10 U.S.C. § 1125, only gives us the authority to issue the actual military awards/certificates of award. It does not allow Fort TJAGLCS to incur any other expenses to honor the award recipients' accomplishments. Therefore, neither the cake and punch nor the frames may be purchased with appropriated funds.
d.Yes. The military awards statute, 10 U.S.C. § 1125, only gives us the authority to issue the actual military awards/certificates of award. In order to pay for the cake and punch using appropriated funds, the commander will have to declare the awards ceremony a mandatory training event. Even then, the frames could not be paid for using appropriated
funds.
4 points Question 23 Mr. Sanders is a Government Commercial Purchase Card (GCPC) holder at Fort Coop. His boss, COL Perdue, is the G-4 (Logistics Officer). One of her collateral duties as the G-4 includes serving as the certifying official for the ten GCPC holders in her office. Mr. Sanders used his GCPC to pay for BG Rooster’s (Ft. Coop’s Commander) annual Labor Day BBQ for the 25 military and civilian employees and 12 contractors that work in Fort Coop’s headquarters building. It is now 1 November and someone is questioning the purchase. Which statement is true?
a. Commanders have complete authority and are certainly entitled to treat their employees to a BBQ once a year.
b.Since the expenditure obviously was made with last year’s funds, and the period of availability of those funds has ended, it’s really too late to do anything.
c. Since food is generally considered a personal expense, the only issue raised by these facts
is a potential ADA violation.
d.COL Perdue could be held pecuniarily liable if the purchase is found to be improper.
4 points Question 24
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On 30 September 2012 the maintenance service contract with Keepin' It Clean at Fort Meade Garrison is scheduled to expire with no more options to extend. The contracting officer at Fort Meade would like to award a new contract on the day the current contract ends, but is not sure if he will have the FY 2013 appropriations in time. Can the contracting officer award Keepin' It Clean a new contract on 1 October 2013?
a.
No, the contracting officer may not award a contract in excess of an appropriation and there is no money available in the current appropriation.
b.Yes, the contracting officer may seek an exception under the Feed and Forage Act to contract in excess of an appropriation.
c. Yes, the contracting officer may seek an exception under Multiple Award Contracting because multi-year contract authority permits an agency to award contracts for terms in excess of one year obligating one-year funds.
d.Yes, the contracting officer may award the contract "subject to the availability of funds," but the government may not accept supplies or services until the contracting officer has given written notice to the contractor that funds are available.
4 points Question 25 A valid Bona Fide Need exists when:
a. The first General Officer in the chain of command says so, regardless of when the supplies/services are needed.
b.The contract is awarded and funds are obligated.
c. Two witnesses agree that a Bona Fide Need exists.
d.The unit uses the supplies, or for service contracts, when the unit requires the services to
be performed.
4 points 20 points QUESTION 5
True or False. In accordance with Army Regulations, construction projects which have a common support purpose but are not mutually dependent are funded as separate projects.
True False 1.
Which is the most likely example of a project that would be appropriate
under the Commanders' Emergency Response Program (CERP)?
Payment of a reward to a local Iraqi for information about a possible mortar attack at Life Support Area (LSA) Anaconda ("Mortaritaville") in Balad, Iraq.
Construction of tent platforms and field latrines on the recently de-mined and undeveloped grounds at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, for the exclusive use of visiting British Army Aviators.
Rebuilding of a small health clinic in Gahzni, Afghanistan which was damaged during combat operations, and which is the only health clinic in the area.
Provision of office supplies (paper, pencils, and paper clips) to Afghan local police officers stationed at a police station near Kandahar, Afghanistan.