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Certified Approver Exam
Sample Questions
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| These questions, dealing with direct charging, travel, and effort certification on sponsored projects, are taken from the full set of questions developed for part 1 of the certified approver exam. They are provided to give part 1 exam takers an understanding of the type of questions they will find on that part of the exam.
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- 1. When charging direct costs to federally sponsored projects, it is generally ACCEPTABLE to:
- a. Charge an expense exclusively to an award when the expense has supported only that award
- b. Rotate charges among projects without establishing that the rotation schedule accurately reflects the relative benefit to each project during that specified period of time
- c. Assign charges to a project on the basis of the remaining balance to resolve funding problems
- d. Assign charges that are part of normal administrative support for awards
- e. Both a and d
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- 2. According to University policy, all of the following are ALLOWABLE travel expenses EXCEPT:
- a. Baggage handling
- b. Laundry/valet
- c. Parking fees
- d. Check cashing charges
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- 3. Which of the following is true regarding signing effort reports?
- a. Effort reports must be signed by the employee expending the effort or by someone with direct knowledge of all the employee's effort.
- b. Signing the effort report confirms that the effort reported represents the effort expended by the employee during the quarter.
- c. Retroactive changes are allowed after the report has been signed.
- d. Both A and B
- e. All of the above.
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These questions are provided to give part 2 exam takers an understanding of the questions they will find on part 2 of the exam.
Part 2 is an 'open book' exam, so exam takers will have access to University policies and procedures, federal regulations, sponsor-specific regulations, the sponsor's notice of grant award, the University's Notice of Grant Award, the Proposal Routing Form, the proposal budget, the account setup information, and a set of transactions on which the exam questions are based.
- 1. Refer to the JE form marked Form C and the Request History marked Form C-1 (these forms will be provided in the packet of information the exam taker will receive at the exam site). Assume the original charge was made on 7/25/2000. Would you accept or reject this transaction? If reject, why?
- a. Accept this transaction
- b. Reject this transaction, because the justification provided is not adequate to explain why the cost transfer is necessary
- c. Reject this transaction, because the cost transfer request did not include a justification for the delay in making the request
- d. Reject this transaction, because the item was not included in the budget
- e. Both b and c
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- 2. Refer to the requisition form marked Form D and the Request History marked Form D-1 (these forms will be provided in the packet of information the exam taker will receive at the exam site). Would you accept or reject this transaction? If reject, why?
- a. Accept this transaction
- b. Reject this transaction, because the requisition form does not include the necessary signatures
- c. Reject this transaction, because office supplies were not included in the budget
- d. Reject this transaction, because there is no justification provided on the requisition form explaining why office supplies are being charged as a direct cost
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Answers to Part I.:
- a.
- d.
- d.
Answers to Part II:
The correct answers to these questions depend upon the specific
information provided on the JE and requisition forms and in the sponsored
project case study. |
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