Practice Quiz 4 Flashcards
A postaward orientation aids both Government and contractor personnel to:
Achieve a clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements and identify and resolve potential problems
When late in paying an otherwise acceptable invoice, the Government will:
Pay an interest penalty
When acquiring commercial items, quality assurance is primarily the responsibility of:
The contractor
What agency does DoD typically delegate contract administrative functions for supply contracts?
Defense Contract Management Agency
You have a requirement for an online subscription to Engineering News Record. The site owner requires payment before they will provide the license code number to activate the annual subscription. Which payment form is required?
An advance payment
A purpose of a postaward orientation is to
Achieve a clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements
A contractor employee accidentally broke a test fixture that belongs to the Government and is accountable to a Government contract. Generally speaking:
Contractors are not held liable for loss of Government property
According to the FAR, the acquisition team:
Includes the contractor
With limited exceptions, a Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) report is required:
When the contract dollar value exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold
To be determined responsible by a contracting officer, a prospective contractor must:
Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them
In ensuring overall quality of items and services received under a contract, which of the following is the responsibility of the Government?
Quality assurance surveillance
The Government’s preferred remedy to nonconforming goods or services is:
Allow the contractor to repair or replace the nonconforming items, as long as there is still time left within the required delivery schedule
According to the FAR, acceptance of supplies or services is the responsibility of whom?
The contracting officer
Contractors are responsible for:
Tendering to the Government for acceptance only those supplies or services that conform to contract quality requirements
In commercial contracting, what quality system is utilized?
The contractor’s
Quality assurance policies and procedures found in FAR part 46:
Apply to both the Government and contractor
Does the Government have the right to inspect a product before it is accepted?
Yes, always.
When does title for a completed product transfer to the Government, assuming the product meets all contract requirements?
Upon formal acceptance by the Government
Quality assurance on contract actions valued below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) is:
Minimal, unless a special circumstance exists
When preparing a solicitation, the quality requirements essential to ensure the integrity of the supplies or services is developed by whom?
The activity responsible for technical requirements
Which of the following statements regarding Small Business Subcontracting Plans is accurate?
Not required for contracts with large businesses performed overseas
Does the Government’s policy to require prime contractors to incorporate, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial items or nondevelopmental items as components of items supplied to the agency, apply to subcontractors at all levels?
Yes.
Which of the following entities has privity with a first-tier subcontractor?
The prime contractor
Change orders issued under the changes clause of the contract use which form?
SF 30
