Sample Test 3

1. The impetus to change the ways in which federal agencies accept grant applications and manage grant awards has been mandated by

a. e-Government strategies.

b. new audit polities at the Office of Management and Budget.

c. Office of Science and Technology Policy

d. the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-1073)

2. Federal regulations require that documentation of expenditures must be kept for how long?
a.    3 years after end of award period
b.    Varies with funding source
c.    5 years after end of award period
d.    7 years after end of award period

3. The Drug-Free Schools and  Communities Act requires:
a. annual testing of research personnel
b. Annual filing of assurance documents
c. Biennial review of the institution’s drug prevention program
d. Certifications filed with each sponsored agency

4. Which of the following is the institutional Animal Care and Use Committee responsible for reviewing in a grant application using animal subjects?
a. A listing of other funded projects using animals
b. Certifications that all animals to be used in a given project are Specific Pathogen  Free (SPF)
c. A description of how the animals will be housed and in what procedures they will be involved
d. A statement of other agencies to which a proposal using the same protocol will be submitted

5. Federal regulations require that documentation of expenditures must be kept for how long?

a. 5 years after end of the award period
b. 3 years after end of the award period
c. 7 years after end of the award period
d. Varies with funding source


6. According to OMB Circular A-110, unrecovered F&A costs on a federal award may be included as part of mandatory cost sharing or matching only with the prior approval of the federal awarding agency.
a. True
b. False

7. A PI on a federally awarded grant wants to charge travel costs to a project for attendance at a conference that is unrelated to the project.  Which of the following BEST explains why the PI cannot charge the travel costs to the project?
a. The travel costs do not provide any benefit to the federally sponsored project
b. Travel costs on the award are not allowable
c. It would be difficult to determine if the travel costs were a direct or indirect cost, and OMB

d. Circular A-21 requires consistent treatment

8. Anti-lobbying cert is required on federal grants, cooperative agreements exceeding a minimum of?
a. 100,000
b. 500,000
c. 1,000,000
d. 10,000,000

9. The National Science Foundation indicates decisions on the funding of grant proposals should normally take

a. 2-4 months

b. 6-9 months.

c. 10-12 months

d. 18-24 months

10. Which of the following agencies is responsible for administering the Animal Welfare Act?

a. Public Health Service

b. Dept. of Agriculture

c. Environmental Protection Agency

d. American Society for Prevention of Cruelty of Animals

ANSWERS:

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