DON Ethics V5 PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024

for the holidays, one of your contractor employees gives you a book on Navy history. the book retails for $24.95, but since his company bought it in bulk, it only cost them $19.95. May you keep it? no unless you pay the contractor the fair market price of $24.95 rob and Margaret have been friends for over 10 years. for their birthdays, they each treat each other to a special steak dinner. Rob works for NAVSEA... yes, because the gift is motivated by personal relationship May government employees accept the invitation to the party? maybe if an exemption or exception to the prohibition on accepting gifts from prohibited sources applies, such as the 20/50 rule the program management office is hosting a summer picnic. the event will take place off base during non-duty time and contractors that support the office have been invited to attend. may the committee charge the contractors to attend? no, while contractors may be invited to attend a command event, they can only be asked to pay the standard amount VADm (sel.) jones is the commander of a NAVYSYSCom field activity. In a few weeks, she is going to put on her third star... no, there is no severance of the superior-subordinate relationship. vadm jones is assuming a more senior position in the same COC. you own stock in big money co. that is worth $10,000. your supervisor asks you to serve on a technical evaluation... maybe, it depends on whether you have a financial interest in any of the other offerors. Your supervisor sends you an email stating that you are being appointed as a contracting Officer's Representative (COR) on a contract with Company X. Unbeknownst to your supervisor, you have been exploring the possibility of leaving....... are you allowed to serve as a COR? no because you are engaged in employment negotiations with company X your wife's grand mother died last year an left her $25,000 worth of company y stock in her will. grandma disliked you greatly and included a caveat in her will mandating... yes, because the financial interests of your wife... Approximately a year and a half ago, you were hired as a contracting officer for NAVYSCOM......... Can you work on this source selection? No, because within the last 2 years, you served as an employee of Company B. you are contracting the officer's representative (COR) on a contract with company B. Your brother-in-law works for company B and supports... maybe, while the regulating uses the term "close