Sample Test 4

1. Using the criteria contained in 2 CFR 220 (OMB Circular A-21), which of the following costs would most likely be allowable as a direct expenditure item on federal grant?
a. Costs of preparing the grant proposal
b. Break refreshments at a project-sponsored workshop.
c. Facility rental for a project staff holiday party
d. An amount specifically set aside for unanticipated expenses.

2. Which of the following is located within the National Institutes of Health?

a. National Library of Medicine

b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

c. Food and Drug Administration

d. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

3. Under which of the following conditions is a Current Cost and Pricing required?

a. For a federal contract over $1,000,000

b. For my federal subcontractor

c. From any institution receives more than $500,000 in federal funding.

d. As a standard certification submitted by institutions applying for federal grants

4.  Which of the following is mandated for the oversight of research involving recombinant DNA?

a. rDNA Committee

b. Biosafety Ethics Committee

c. Institutional Biosafety Committee

d. Institutional Biohazard committee

5.  Which of the following requires Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) review and approval governing the user of animals?

a. When any animal is used

b. Only when laboratory animals are used in instruction 

c. Whenever covered animals are involved in a protocol 

d. Only if a protocol involves sacrificing animals.

6. State and local governments are subject to which of the following OMB Circulars?

a. 2 CFR 220 (A-21)

b. A-102

c. 2 CFR 230 (A-122

c. A-133

7.  International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are controlled by the 

a. United Nations 

b. U.S. Department of State.

c. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

d. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

8. The National Institutes of Health requires a written description of a program for providing  instruction in the responsible conduct of research for:

a. program project grants.

b. competing research project grants.

c. noncompeting research project grants.

d. Institutional National Research Service Awards

9.  The Office for Human Research Protection is administered by:

 a. a private agency.

 b. a nonprofit foundation.

 c. an independent federal agency.

d. a cabinet-level department.

10. Which of the following are two critical terminations clauses of the General Provisions of a federal contract?

a. Disputes and changes

b. Default and convenience

c. Default and stop work order

d. Stop work order and failure to conform

ANSWERS:
1.b.; 2. a; 3. a.; 4. c; 5. c.  6. b; 7. b.; 8. d; 9. d. ; 10.b