CON 1100V PRACTICE TEST – QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What are the five key stages of the Contracting Life Cycle? Right Ans - 1 -
Acquisition Planning (Pre-Award)
2 - Solicitation (Pre-Award)
3 - Evaluation ( Award)
4 - Award (Award)
5 - Contract Administration (Post-Award)
Which stage includes modifications, performance, payments, and contract
closeout? Right Ans - Contract Administration (Post-Award)
The purpose of the Contracting Subway Map is to: Right Ans - The purpose
of the DAU Contracting Subway Map is to provide the user with a generalized
order of events in the acquisition contracting process.
What affects how we effectively motivate contractors through the life cycle?
Right Ans - the Government's business strategies affect how we effectively
motivate contractors throughout the contracting life cycle.
When contemplating the business strategy of a procurement, what should the
acquisition team consider when aligning the strategy to the contractor
motivations? Right Ans - The team can best align the strategy with those
motivations, including the type of contract, the length of the contract,
financing arrangements, profit/fee percentages, performance evaluation, data
rights, required warranties, maintenance/sustainment, and future
requirements.
What is the role of the contracting professional? Right Ans - Contracting
professionals serve as the overall business advisors to the acquisition team,
responsible for advising on the establishment of a feasible and appropriate
acquisition business strategy. They are responsible for guiding the customer
and other stakeholders through the contracting life cycle stages
Contract management requires both general and business skills in areas such
as problem solving, critical thinking, costumer focus, communication, and
technical credibility. Successful contract management does not allow for
, adaptability in a changing business environment. Right Ans - False =
requires the ability to be adaptable to a changing business environment
One of the initial steps in Acquisition Planning is to identify the Acquisition
Team. FAR 1.102-4(e) describes the role of the Contracting Officer within the
Acquisition Team Right Ans - It says that Contracting officers should take
the lead in encouraging business process innovations and ensuring that
business decisions are sound.
FAR 1 Right Ans - Part 1 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF): A = Middle Tier DoD Right
Ans - To rapidly develop fieldable prototypes within an acquisition program
to demonstrate new capabilities and/or rapidly field production quantities of
systems with proven technologies that require minimal development
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF): B =Defense Business Right
Ans - To acquire information systems that support DoD business operations
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF): C = Urgent Capability Right
Ans - To field capabilities to fulfill urgent existing and/or emerging
operational needs or quick reactions in less than two years
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF): D =Acquisition of Services
Right Ans - To acquire services from the private sector including knowledge-
based, construction, electronics and communications, equipment, facilities,
product support, logistics, medical, research and development, and
transportation services.
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF): E = Software Acquisition
Right Ans - To facilitate rapid and iterative delivery of software capability
systems (DBS) (e.g., software-intensive systems and/or software-intensive
components or sub-systems) to the user.
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF): F = Major Capability Right
Ans - To acquire and modernize military unique programs that provide
enduring capability.
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