Sample Test 2

1. The Bayh-Dole Act addresses:
a. Fixed price contracts for federally sponsored research
b. Ownership of intellectual property resulting from federally sponsored research
c. Publication rights to intellectual property
d. Extension of collaborative business opportunities

 2. An anti-lobbying certification is required on federal grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts exceeding a minimum of:
a. $25k
b. $50K
c. $100k
d. $10k

3. Which of the following establishes audit requirements and defines Federal responsibilities for implementing and monitoring these requirements for institutions of higher education and other nonprofit institutions receiving federal awards?
a. A-110
b. A-21
c. A-122
d. A-133


 4. A cost reimbursement sub agreement:
a. requires the PI at the prime institution to provide additional funds if the research costs more than originally planned
b. Provides for carry-forward and other expanded authorities
c. Is the least common type of subagreement
d. Requires that the subrecipient use best efforts to complete the research

5. If a sponsor has a published policy of reimbursing  F&A costs less than the University's approved research rate and is not requiring the University to cost share, what type of cost share would the unrecovered F&A costs be?
a. Voluntary Committed
b. Voluntary
c. Mandatory
d. None of the above


6. According to expanded authorities, costs incurred prior to the project start date are:
a. allowable only if approved by sponsor agency
b. unallowable
c. allowable only if approved by OMB
d. allowable only if approved by Project Director


7.  At minimum, how frequently must the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee review a facility’s programs for human care and use of animals, and inspect the animal’s facilities?
a.    Every two years
b.    Annually
c.    Every three years
d.    Every six months


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

9. Federal law generally requires grant financial records be kept for a MINIMUM of how many years?
a.    3
b.    10
c.    5
d.    1


10. A PI wants to hire a company to do a survey to collect and analyze the data necessary to understand why dog owners are healthier than cat owners.  The small company he wishes to hire, Survey U., is a spin-off start-up , created by a faculty member in the Sociology Department of the
PI’s institution. What mechanism should the PI use to hire Surveys U?
a. A cost-reimbursement sub agreement
b. a firm-fixed price subagreement
c. A consulting agreement
d. it depends
e. a service agreement


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